The Death & Return of Superman Short Film is Awesome
Fri, February 3, 2012 If you're a Superman fan, you know about Superman #75. DC Comics, in need of a sales-boost Marvel was beating them to a pulp so badly, killed off the Man of Steel.
I know this may sound silly to some of you not old enough to remember. But at the time, this was a big deal. So much so, or perhaps it was such a slow news-day, this was covered on CNN and what always stuck out for my eight year-old mind was how serious adults were taking it; particularly an elderly couple interviewed on camera who appears visibly upset. Sure, it bugged me too. But I was a kid. I didn't know any better! But why were grown-ups bothered by this? I guess, it speaks to how much the character and the myth of Superman really means to us.
Max Landis (screenwriter of Chronicle) has made this short film The Death & Return of Superman recreating everything from the creation of Doomsday, the monster who slugged Supes to death in the streets of Metropolis, to Superman's resurrection. Even if you're not a comic-fan, I think you're going to get a kick out of this.
To say this is a piece of genius would be an understatement.
Reader Comments (3)
I love how Mandy Moore, Hobbit, and Ron Howard are in this...
A decent enough concept, but a failed execution. Even when they did manage to pull off the humor, it wasn't very funny. The stuff about Henshaw's crew and Hal going nuts were about all it had going for it. The skits were really just stupid for the most part and the celebrity cameos really didn't add anything. Like I said, cool idea; there's certainly plenty from the Reign to pick on, less so about the death itself, but it just didn't play very well for me.
I wonder what the product would have been if they toned down the very pretentious and disingenuous "rant" and had done the reenactments in some kind of animation.
This reminds me of when a 5 year old works so hard on a drawing, then shows it to everyone because he thinks its the greatest thing ever. All the adults pat him on the back while thinking of how bad it looks.