Zack Snyder has been tapped to direct the Superman reboot.  Snyder is reportedly going to be directing the film under the supervision of Chris Nolan, whatever the hell that means.  This announcement is sure to please fans of Snyder's work on films such as 300, the Watchmen and Dawn of the Dead.  It's also sure to piss of people who maybe wanted Nolan to do it himself.  Let's cross our fingers that Snyder doesn't subcontract it out to Uwe Boll.

As for me, up until yesterday I wasn't the least bit interested in seeing Superman back on the silver screen.  I realize that the man with the "S" on his chest has become a part of the culture, both in America and the world over.  So it's with all due respect to the characters, the mythos and DC comics as a whole, that I say: Superman's origin story is boring as hell.  It's 2010 for god's sake, we don't need to see the same thing done all over again.

Earth's Yellow Sun!   Wind-Breath!  Kryptonite!

…I know, I know

Mild Mannered!   Lois Lane!   Single Bound!

...I said I heard it before.

Lex Luthor!   Fortress of Solitude!  

…seriously, stop it.

I'm interested in a re-imagining, not a reboot.  Sure, there's probably several other great ways to tell how baby Kal got on the short bus to meteor town.  I, for one, am not interested.  The real courage is leaving the origin behind and going for a new angle - something with balls. That's what I'm hoping Zack has to offer.  

If thing's don't go too well, we'll see the Man of Steel dry-humping Lois in the night sky over Metropolis - AGAIN.  If things DO go well, we might see a great movie with a new storyline with Braniac and Doomsday.  If things go according to the script I wrote, we'll see a buddy cop movie with Bizarro and Zombie Gus Gorman (played by George Clooney and Zombie Richard Pryor).