Quote Originally Posted by objectivewatcher2013 View Post
Well, not to say go Marvel style per se, but keep in mind, you don't get any cornier than Captain America, and yet somehow he's cool, how? That's the key.
Captain America is cool because they changed the formula of his movies. Borrowing heavy from the Brubaker run. Which saw Cap change from social crusader/Avenger. To a Mission Impossible/James Bond super spy superhero. Note how the Brubaker and the Russo brother movies kept the super villain/world ending plans to a minimum. Cap's cast in both comics and movies was elevated by street level heroes and villains. Bucky, Falcon, Zemo, Crossbones, Sin, Sharon Carter (way cooler in the comics than the movies), and Nick Fury.


With Supes, you are advocating a mishmash of the hyperbolic fantasy/whimsical fairy tale of the Silver Age/Reeves films and the modern (what if Superman was real in our world) take of post-Crisis/New 52/MOS.

Captain America worked on screen because he changed genres to something people like and can easily consume. See James Bond, Mission Impossible, Fast and the Furious 5-8. Something similar can work for Supes, but you'd have to work out the how, and what of the question. How would you go about adapting genres and attracting and audience. What is the new take trying to accomplish or what goal is Supes working towards.


It be better to compare Supes to Thor. Thor managed to keep the fantasy and fairy tale aspects of his comics and still produce action romps with comedy. Issue with Supes is, you can't do that with the Daily Planet cast. Jimmy, Lois, Perry, Cat, Steve and Morgan Edge don't fit into that type of world. There are however low tier JLA, JSA and TT members Supes could have adventures with and play off against. Just like Thor and Cap play off against lower tier characters in their movies to great success.