2011 appears to be the year of the big budget comic book movie. When it comes to adaptations of graphic novels, we're being spoiled rotten right now.
Marvel?s first avenger, Captain America has just hit cinemas worldwide, Green Lantern? well, it happened didn't it? and we've been given 3 brand spanking new teaser trailers to salivate over.
New offerings from Batman, Spiderman and The Avengers may well be due soon, but one hero currently not donning his tightest pants in preparation to be thrust back into the spotlight like some weird pervert is Superman.
But fear not earthlings! It turns out there is some new Superman footage to get you all wheezy and out of breath. Well, it's not actually new, it's pretty old, but it hasn't been seen before, so it's like new.
A deleted scene from the last installment of the Superman movie franchise, the fantastically woeful Superman Returns, has been unearthed.
The $10million scene shows Supes flying in some sort of Dr. Manhattanesque giant crystal spaceship to his desolate home planet of Krypton, before crying like a little bitch and deciding it's probably worth going back to Earth.
Visually the scene is fairly impressive, however at 6 minutes long with minimal action or sound it is incredibly tedious. The fact that this scene was so tedious that it was deleted from one of the most tedious movies in recent history should tell you all you need to know about it really.
There are a few things that puzzle us though. Why the hell is The Man of Steel flying a spaceship, he's able to fly through space without any real problems, what makes this ship so special?
Also, wasn?t Krypton destroyed? It seems to be in fairly good nick when our hero arrives, admittedly it is barren and everyone is probably dead, but we?ll overlook that fact because it's depressing and goes against our, ?it seems to be in fairly good nick,? theory that was outlined at the start of this paragraph.
Anyway, if you just couldn't get enough of Superman Returns, then you have a problem and we here at hecklerspray suggest you get help, quickly.
For the rest of you, point your peepers at the video below to see how spending $10million on 6 minutes doesn't always guarantee a good time.
TrailerTrash says
Supes had to fly a spaceship because Krypton orbited a red sun, and he would lose all his powers when he got close enough.
Plus, in space no one can hear you cry.