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Originally Posted by Ravenxl7

If they had chosen someone other than Cage for the role of Superman, I would have bee interested in seeing this come to fruition. The "Kryptonian explorer" would have made for an interesting toy vehicle, imho, and some of the suits would have been interesting to see in toy-form.


Haven't they since then killed him and brought him back to life? (in one of the animated movies, haven't seen it, but I've heard some things about it).

No... it may have made for a decent toy vehicle, but it was going to be in the movie.
The people who down Returns as being as bad, if not worse than what was cancelled really have no working knowledge of what we almost got.

A quick breakdown for those who haven't read the script, or read summeries (Kevin Smith has a loooooong blog about it, but I lost the link)...
Burton hated the idea of Superman being an alien. And being able to fly. So his Superman couldn't fly, he had no invincibility... he was going to wear a suit that gave him super strength at some point... which also made him look skinless and revealed the details of the sinew in his muscles (Moreso than the GL movie).
Because he couldn't fly, he was going to have a "supercar" which sped him around where he needed to be, and he was going to rely on gadgets to do the bulk of his fighting for him.
Among the rejected details of his death and return, when he died he was going to touch Lois' stomach. And when he died, she would become pregnant... with him. When he was born through her, he'd grow up really fast, like within days.
Burtan honestly hated Superman, wanted nothing to do with the original, and cared nothing for this project except as an ego train.
Brett Ratner's stint in keeping it in developement hell wasn't much better.

Superman Returns wasn't the greatest movie ever, but it was far from the worst Superman movie we've gotten, and it's a hell of a lot better than most of the rejected ideas of what could have been.
My speculation is that WB was so invested in Superman at this point, given all it's years in developement hell, that they wouldn't allow a clean break and a reboot, yet. Singer was limited in what he could do, and pretty much had to pick up the best scraps of what existed before he came aboard. One thing I do remember for certain, is that they refused to allow for a complete reboot, like they did with Batman Begins.
But one thing Superman Returns did, is cleared the way for future, better Superman movies to come. Whether they pick up after Superman IV, or Returns... or start from scratch (Which is the rumor, and what I hope. Was never a fan of the Reeves movies).

I'm personally thankful that Superman Returns was a hell of a lot better than the failed Superman V.