My response to this Singer Interview on Superman Returns... nevermind

[athenesolon]

I just found this interview by Ed Gross with Bryan Singer over at "Voices of Krypton" about Superman Returns and I just felt I had to respond to it.  However, I'm going to sit on it for a bit.  I need to go back and rethink and organize my thoughts better.  If I was to post it not as it sits all it would end up being is a rambling rant and I don't

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[repmetsyrrah]

I saw the Singer thing on ES.c a few days ago. I'm not really sure what I think. I loved SR and I always will, for me it's above even STM and SII - to be honest a small part of that has something to do with my age and my early exposure to much better special effects than STM had to offer. But to me it really was an amazing movie and I'm sad Singer has regrets, he shouldn't, it was perfect, just because some fan boys didn't like it he thinks he should redo it or something?

Also, regarding the other link, I can actually see why they didn't pick that up. There are so many stories about 'kid investigators' out there and to be completely honest, I wouldn't read another. They're boring and more often than not completely unbelievable. Calling the main character 'Lois Lane' wouldn't change that much. Then again, I'm one of those people who's more a Clark fan than a Lois one so who know, it may have taken off with some people. Also, I hate the way these pre-hero stories always try to slam the characters together before their time. How small do these people think the world is?

ETA: I just realised this comment is kinda negative, I don't mean it that way, just trying to share my thoughts on this.

[athenesolon]

I wasn't going to hit on this topic in great detail. TBACH, it wasn't just the fanboys but this fangirl as well. And there has been studies that show that women are more social when it comes to marketing. Get one female interested and they go with their gal friends that might have been kind of "meh" about the subject matter but curious as well (the kind that might have waited to see it on video, if at all) and if one of them liked it enough they would go with their outward circle of friends and so on. By losing one fangirl you lose out on all those possibilities. By eschewing too much one way in an attempt to reach that segment he lost out on a major marketing opportunity.

I had somewhat pondered the possibility that the comic might come across as too "Nancy Drew" over on the SupermanHomepage but ultimately, I'm of the opinion that there's a lot of things that are smoothed over by the positive presence of Lois Lane (the Fleischer shorts being the primary one.) :D

I understand your opinion. I'm not going to be a complete downer, I appreciate the film now for what it is. I just couldn't when it came out and as a result eschewed it and he lost the possibility of more faces at the theater as a result (not just mine and my husband's.) Those lost ticket sales add up.

On a slight sidenote: I did some digging into marketing research based on gender identity (not simply whether someone was male or female but whether or not they preferred masculine or feminine traits) and I found something that got me thinking that he might have been saying something else entirely when it comes to his comments about making it for the "Devil Wears Prada" crowd. Not so much that he was aiming for the /female audience but more the metrosexual/more feminine audience. The question is whether or not he succeeded in that case. I'm not sure, TBH. I tend to lean more towards not (in part because a good portion of my-in person- friends, gay AND straight females didn't go.)