But let’s get real – this is all about Superman. While Amy Adams isn’t the best Lois Lane, I think she did a fine job here. I was at first very dubious as to the casting of Henry Cavill, though I’d enjoyed him in Immortals, I wondered if he had the chops to pull this roll off. Granted it’s nice to not have the same story rehashed again and again, so it was a nice change of pace to get a different perspective on… everything. I wouldn’t consider myself a Superman “nut” but I’ve seen every big screen adaptation and I have to say that this is, by far, my favorite version. This, of course, begs the question – can Superman save the Earth against the forces of Gen. We then meet some familiar faces with Lois Lane (Amy Adams), Perry White (Laurence Fishburne) and Col. Clark has taken odd jobs to remain anonymous, but when General Zod and company finally make their way to Earth – it’s hard to fit in when you’re the man of steel. We meet him as an adult, then see him as a child all the while his parents (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane) try to suppress his natural powers. However, we’re treated to a rather randomized version of Clark’s (Henry Cavill) life on Earth. The baby, as we all know, is Superman and we know what happens then. Jor-El is “freed” but not before he snags a mysterious skull object and returns home to his wife Lara (Ayelet Zurer) as she’s just given birth (the first birth in several hundred years). But before he can fully convince them in walks General Zod (Michael Shannon) who instigates a coup and takes Jor-El prisoner. In Man of Steel, we’re treated to a different point of view as we meet Jor-El (Russell Crowe) as he tries to convince a council of elders that the planet of Krypton is dying. Either Warner will knock it out of the park or it’s back to the drawing board. It’s 2013 and we’ve got Henry Cavill playing the Man of Steel, he’s ditched the red underwear and we get a glimpse into a side of Superman that we’ve not seen before. In 2006 they tried to reboot the franchise with Brandon Routh in the lead, but that really failed to make an impression. Admittedly the first two were great and the last two…not so much. It’s been said that the most popular version is Richard Donner’s 1978 version starring Christopher Reeve. Hell, DC Comics even killed the character in 1992.
Truly there’s really nothing that Superman hasn’t done or been through.
Since then, Superman has been part of our lives on radio, television and of course the silver screen. Superman first burst onto the scene in Action Comics #1 in the late 1930’s (and if anyone out there actually has a mint condition copy of that issue, I’m sure it’s worth quite a pretty penny). And, let’s face it, this is probably one superhero that pretty much everyone has heard of. Just saying the word evokes images of a flowing red cape, jet black hair and the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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