Officially Super-Excited, Man

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So sure, I've had some problems with certain Super-happenings... such as, say, Kate-fucking-Bosworth being cast as Lois Lane.

But today officially marks me now being excited.

Bryan Singer is a great director (Apt Pupil is seriously underrated, by the way) and from all accounts he's got passion oozing from his every orifice for the Supes story. (sidenote: There's a good shot I'll get to see the film early, having friends in right places, so if and when that happens I'll share.)

So, here are the couple of Super-related tidbits that have turned the tide of my anticipation:

A review of new footage shown at ShoWest, including this jaw-dropper:

"Then we see the biggie. Superman trailing a plane with engines smoking. He rips off one of the plane's wings, sending it flying back. The plane goes into a nose dive and Supes charges after it, smoke trails surrounding him as he and the plane are both pointed towards the earth. The shot is the classic Superman shot, with Supes dead center and the camera looking as if it's placed on his back, showing his shoulders up. Keep in mind we're pointed down. The other wing of the plane rips off and flies right at Superman, which is also us at this point. It rushes up and right as it hits Superman the screen cut to black. The fanfare still going, the title comes up."

Sounds fantastic.

And an interview with the suited man himself, Brandon Routh, which is fairly blah... as everything associated with BR has come across so far. The boy needs some more personality, stat. He does share that the scene described above is really long - possibly the action centerpiece of the film? Who knows. Anyway, early word is he's just fine in the movie itself, and he sure does fill out that suit...
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