Actually, that symbol on
Superman's chest -- the one that millions of fans have come to assume
means "Superman" since, you know, the beginning of time, stands for
something perhaps even greater. And, according to the new trailer for
this summer's "Man of Steel," it's not even an "S" at all.
"It's not an S," says the last son
of Krypton during what looks like a much less romantic interview with
Lois Lane than the one in the original 1978 film. "On my world it means
hope."
"Well, here it's an 'S'," replies Lois. "How about ... 'Supe ..."
A bit of interrogation-room
feedback interrupts the tireless Daily Planet reporter, leaving the Man
of Steel without the name we've all come to know him by.
This is the most striking moment
of the third and supposedly final trailer for "Man of Steel," presenting
director Zack Snyder's new film as without a doubt a bold revisionist
vision of a beloved character. This Superman isn't even called Superman
-- at least not in that scene, anyway.
Watch the latest trailer for 'Man of Steel':
The new trailer succeeds in presenting "Man of Steel"
as the film we hope it truly is: a moody, insightful character study
involving a solitary alien seeking some sort of identity and purpose on
our planet -- indeed, someone who has spent his whole life "covering his
tracks" and hiding his abilities from a society that will outcast him
if he appears too "different" -- and a kick-ass mega-action
film in which a guy in a blue suit and red cape flies around and shoots
heat lasers from his eyes and punches Michael Shannon. If Snyder and
producer Christopher Nolan have maintained this tightrope act throughout
the entire film as well as the marketing team has in this new trailer,
then we've definitely got ourselves a winner.
The preview also gives us our
first look at what looks like a war-torn Krypton and how Jor-El (Russell
Crowe) sends baby Kal-El on his "mission of hope," as it were. We see
that Kal-El, aka Clark Kent, is definitely a child of two fathers,
fathers who help shape him into the superhero he grows up to be ("You are my son," says Kevin Costner's Jonathan Kent to his frightened adopted son in the trailer's most touching moment).
And we also get lots of fire and
explosions and a few instances of Michael Shannon's decidedly
non-Terrence Stamp-like portrayal of notorious Kryptonian villain
General Zod, whose exclamation of "I WILL FIND HIM!" already puts him
into the camp of gleefully over-the-top comic book villains. Zod is not
the suave British gentleman that Stamp portrayed -- Shannon's bad guy is
a much more General Patton kind of military (super)man.
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