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Post by claypot on Jul 1, 2020 20:51:05 GMT -5
I've been thinking of doing a reimagining of the Superman mythos set in the 21st century, unlike what was in the Man of Steel film. Sort of like Marvel's Ultimate line of titles, with new takes on iconic characters. Like Lois Lane is a tough as nails reporter who drinks a beer and smokes cigars and is not a damsel in distress type woman. Jimmy would be more of a tech savvy guy who still gets pics. I would like to make a better take of Superman and maybe down the line do a team-up with Batman.
Thoughts?
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Post by travis on Jul 2, 2020 9:17:34 GMT -5
Lois Lane is a tough as nails reporter. And the smoking and drinking makes it sound like you are trading one cliche for another.
Ultimate DC is a cool idea, but the reason marvel's failed is too many writers just used it to see what they could get away with.
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Post by claypot on Jul 2, 2020 11:56:39 GMT -5
If you remember that in the original Superman films, Lois did smoke even in Returns. I want Lois to be a modern independent woman and do what other men do, even make her a avid cigar smoker and drink a beer. I want to make her a fighter with her army brat past. I sent a pitch to Emma as well as one for M2K, as I want her to decide to see which is good for me to write.
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Post by travis on Jul 2, 2020 21:34:30 GMT -5
If she's a tough 21st century woman then you'll need to lose the cigars and have Lois start vaping.
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Post by claypot on Jul 3, 2020 15:49:20 GMT -5
I don't like vaping. I might just lose the cigars anyway. I kind of wanted to replace Perry White with a woman, more like his daughter and she'll take up her dad's vice for cigars. What I like to do is start with flashbacks to Krypton before the end, then involve Clack as a teen still learning of his "gifts."
I do want to redo the Nuclear Man villain as a solider that is given Superman's DNA to have special powers that Superman never had. This would lead into the creation of Bizarro, but with a twist.
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