New Man of Steel to be “Serious”

The upcoming pants-and-cape-a-thon will, it has been revealed, take the series in a darker, more realistic direction. Well, as realistic as a film about an alien who hovers about, occasionally fighting bald men, can be.

In an interview with the LA Times Director Zack Snyder said “it’s a more serious version of Superman. It’s not like a heart attack. We took the mythology seriously. We take him as a character seriously. I believe the movie would appeal to anyone. I think that you’re going to see a Superman you’ve never seen before.”

This is such bullshit. Just because this is a comic book adaptation doesn’t mean that it has to be grittier than a salt and gravel sandwich. Not everything has to try and be Watchmen, mostly because that film/comic is close to being the best thing ever, and especially not Superman as it’s about as far away from “dark” as it is possible to be. I am just really worried that we might end up with will be  this:

Which, whilst unintentionally hilarious, is massively crap.