Super....man?????

How is it that Superman has gone from this:

DC Comics 2005

And this...

DC Comics 2005

To this...

Superman Returns 2006

and...what the Hell is this all about?!?!

Superman Returns 2006

I mean, C'mon!!!

How is it that the Superman character dipicted in the DC comics evolved into...oh, I don't know.... A MAN! and the director of Superman Returns, a 2006 Summer Movie Release, comes up with this Yo-Yo who, if he looked any more feminine, would challenge the performer Prince for the Best Looking Male in Tights catagory.

The movie pics are from an actual link titled "bluetights.net" that is located on the Superman Returns Official web site.

Bluetights??? are they serious?

In the comics, people like Jim Lee and Jeph Loebe have developed the Superman character into something worth reading about. An alien, who looks human, with superhuman abilities following his instincts to save us from ourselves. Other's need him...but can they trust someone with that much power?

The guy I see in the TV ads and on the movie posters for Superman Returns is nothing close to the character that Jeph Loeb has personified and Jim Lee has captured in his art form. This guy Brandon Routh has an acting career that contains more gay rolls than straight and more small/supporting rolls than leading rolls. And now he's superman...???

The Director, Bryan Singer, does have X-Men and X-Men United under his belt but even there,
characters like the"Storm" played by Halle Berry, fell far short of the character Storm's true potential and the character's rich history. While Halle was nice eye candy for the big screen, the character Storm left a lot to be desired. So it's not a far reach to assume that Mr. Singer is unable to capture the true essence of Superman just as he missed the mark with Storm in the X-Men series...how he did that while having an Academy Award Winning actress like Halle Berry playing the part is still a mystery to me.

So say what you want about this movie; I am very cautious about the whole production. I'm still trying to figure out what they spent 300 million dollars on... I hope the movie is good, but my spider-sense tells me otherwise. It's up to Director Bryan Singer and actor Brandon Routh to prove me wrong and make Superman Returns one of the best summer releases since Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. We shall soon know the truth about this movie and it's chances for a sequel.

Mike DiBartolo