FanFilmFriday: The Death and Return of Superman

Here's a "fanfilm" for the day!

Remember when Man of Steel died and returned in the '90s?
Well Max Landis here certainly does. (though he's waaaay too young to have actually followed the whole thing originally now that I think about it..)
Who's Max Landis? He's the son of the legendary comedy and horror movie master John Landis.

Back then, the epic Death and Return of Superman story was such a success it launched a boom in comics that marked the generations to come, changed the whole comic book industry regarding mega-events and tie-ins, was adapted into a videogame..
Warner even tried to make a movie out of all this..but only that lame lackbuster Steel was made - with no connections to Supes whatsoever due to all the delays and cancellation of the other related movies. (a Superboy, Cyborg and Eradicator movies were also planned to accompany a Death and Return of Superman)

Anyway, Max did this whole summary and critique of the whole Death and Return saga, featuring various talents such as Mandy Moore as Lois Lane, Elijah Wood as Hank Henshaw, Simon Pegg as John Landis, etc...

Enjoy this ~17 minutes video!

Epic!
Funny enough, accurate and entertaining!

Max Landis adds:

The original rant was 45 minutes long, so of course we had to cut a bunch of stuff out for time, and because it was just too stupid. Like for instance the part where Pa Kent dies of a heart attack and literally GOES TO HEAVEN. AND SEES SUPERMAN.

If I saw this video, I might nerd rage out so hard. But luckily I made it, so I'm pretty happy. Really I'd hope people just are with me, and happy that Guy Gardner and Bloodwynd get to be in a movie.

Guy Gardner, haha!
Gotta love seeing all these characters portrayed, even if briefly!

Kids these days, always complaining about everything..
Even more so on the interwebz :P

Anyways, besides that, the video was actually sort of fun!
I actually like Death and Return of.. but managed to enjoy this lil' video nonetheless.

TV NEWS! TRON Cartoon preview!

It seems I wrote my Tron Legacy review just in time!

Here's Tron: Uprising preview trailer from the ComicCon, released just now officially.
What a coincidence!



Yes it will feature a unique mixture of 2D (characters) and 3D (The Grid).
It will follow Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), the program who leads the uprising on The Grid. The whole thing takes place right before the film Tron: Legacy.
Also lending their voices to this series are Lance Henriksen, Mandy Moore, Bruce Boxleitner and Paul Reubens.

The 10-part micro series will air on Disney XD this fall, and then pick up for a regular spot in the summer of 2012.

Cartoon NEWS! TRON the animated series.

Finally some material of the upcoming animated series based on the Tron franchise!

 WeeeEeeE!!

 For several years, Disney never touched upon this franchise...apart from a very successful game in the 2000s and a lesser known comic series later.

And since Tron Legacy? WHAM! Tron everywhere!
While we await some Tron 3 (Yep!!!) informations on the future release of the Bluray&DVD of Tron Legacy, Tron Uprising shows it premises.

Disney will be airing a Tron cartoon during the Summer of 2012.
Uprising will focus on the Grid while Clu 2's revolting and conquering this digital universe before Sam Flynn arrived in the recent movie.
Oops. Huh...spoiler for Tron Legacy above? 'guess if you're reading this you already saw that one anyway :P

It will follow a new character called Beck (Elijah Wood) a program which will fight alongside Tron and Kevin Flynn.
The show will be done in traditional animation for the characters and most elements, and CGi for the Tronverse (Ha! new word right there! Let's copyright it before Disney!) and vehicles.

The show will be a contained 10-parter series and air in 2012. A preview of the show is set to premiere on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Tron Legacy on April 5, 2011.
And here's a teaser trailer: