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A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage. Superman Lives suffered basically from what Jon Peters said the script, Nicolas Cage and Tim Burton i think that Burton is an excellent director but for a Superman movie? I don't know when the film was cancelled Warner Brothers chose to go with Wild Wild West and if you see the reviews that movie was stupid as hell. Even back in the day before all this stupid Ben Affleck can't play Batman thing there were people that thought that Mr. Mom Michael Keaton couldn't pull it off as Batman and guess what? He did twice then they screwed it up even Burton himself said that Ben Affleck will pull it off and he did and he is basically the best live action Bruce Wayne A.k.a Batman a bad casting is when you put someone like George Clooney play Batman and that was a disaster just like Superman IV killed the franchise once and for all. Back in the day everyone thought that Superheroes were this goofy dudes with a logo on their chest just like Adam West's Batman was but that is not how they should be portrayed if you ask me Superman Lives tried to take Superman in a light/dark/Gothic tone like what Burton did with Batman & Batman Returns and that worked because it was Batman now Superman is different maybe Snyder pulled it off but he i don't know it just didn't seem right Big Monsters. Spiders, Doomsday who by the way looked even worse than BVS so stop bitching about it and then you have Lois Lane, Brainiac even goddamn Ninjas were they trying to make another Robocop 3 or a new Superman for a new Generation? Cage also didn't take his self seriously and the long hair Superman kinda looked dumb especially as Clark Kent with a Mickey Mouse T-Shirt yeap he actually suggested that. Nic Cage is not a bad actor he just takes roles and bad movies because he doesn't care he even said that he loves every movie he has made they are like his children yeah sure Wicker Man was a masterpiece right? They even say that Big Companies screw up with big directors and not small unknown ones for instance take a look at BVS and Suicide Squad Warner Brothers took the goddamn films butchered them and even tho i enjoyed the hell out of BVS both cuts and i haven't seen Suicide Squad yet those people cut out important scenes like Superman or Clark Kent being an actual reporter and pretty much everything out of the Joker what i'm basically try to say is this don't be mad at the directors blame the companies Superman Lives could turn out to be a Success or a Disaster nobody will ever know but it still makes me wonder was this movie really such a big problem? Cause WB did say yes to Batman & Robin and Steel and guess what those 2 films turned out to be. Anyways make sure you check out The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? because it's a very fun Documentary about a film that never happened.

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? (2015) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Remember SUPERMAN LIVES? You know, that new Superman movie that was going to be directed by Tim Burton and feature Nicolas Cage in the title role? It got into production but the film never managed to see the screen and this fun documentary explains why.What's so great about this documentary is that many of the main people involved with the production are interviewed here. This includes Burton, producer Jon Peters, the three different screenwriters including Kevin Smith as well as people involved in costumes, set design and various others. What's even more entertaining is that those interviewed are willing too speak their mind on what went wrong.As one person states, it would have been a great movie or something laughed off the screen and it seems Warner knew this and that's one reason the film was canceled. There's a lot of great stuff on display here including the interviews that are terrific. We also get to see video footage of Cage inside the Superman suit and having discussions with Burton and the crew. Speaking of Burton, you can tell that this film still bothers him.If you're a fan of comic book movies or just disastrous Hollywood mistakes then you should get a kick out of this documentary.

After watching this documentary, I'm sure glad "Superman Lives" was never made. There are way too many changes from the original but, to me, the worst is the no-flying manifesto.Supe flies; that's what he does. He doesn't hop from building to building. The Incredible Hulk hops. Spiderman and Batman swing. Superman flies.As corny as the Superman, II, III and IV were, I still prefer them over the more recent entries.As far as this documentary goes, I had a hard time deciphering the feud between Kevin Smith and Jon Peters, and an even harder time caring. And, by the way, what has Smith ever done well other than "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"?

It is always fascinating to see the innards of the making of a movie. People that are working so much before you even know that the idea exists. Superman Lives, though, was not that special an idea.It would have been fun to see a long hared Nicolas Cage play Superman (and I honestly mean it, especially since he was still young and caring enough about his roles) and Tim Burton would have probably reinvented the superhero genre all by his lonesome. However it would have been neither completely revolutionary nor conservatory enough to appeal to movie studios. Its cancellation was not possible, but the most probable outcome.The documentary goes ahead and describes how the work for the movie started and how they prepared concepts and costumes and they were weeks from starting filming when the project was canceled. Fun to see Kevin Smith contradict Jon Peters on how things actually happened and who had which idea, but in the end the viewer doesn't care one way or the other.I feel that the documentary, unlike others in the genre, like Jodorowsky's Dune, failed completely in making the viewer care. You didn't see Cage heartbroken for not making the film (in fact he didn't appear at all, except in archive footage), you didn't see Smith or Peters cry tears of frustration for not getting the thing done, and the footage about their preparations and the minute details about the Superman costume left me cold.Bottom line: Good to watch it in order to learn how movies get conceived and made. Bad if you want to enjoy yourself or feel anything about this movie that was not made.