I appeased Warner Bros. by not calling it a spider. I called it a Thanagarian snare beast....
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Kevin Smith:
I appeased Warner Bros. by not calling it a spider. I called it a Thanagarian snare beast.
Jon Schnepp:
Another Hawkman reference.
Kevin Smith:
A little Hawkman reference. The planet Thanagar or something like that. Just little things to throw in and the Warner Bros. execs were like, "As long as it doesn't say spider, we don't give a fuck. We know it's a spider. Call it what you --" I mean, snare beast? Like come on.
Jon Schnepp:
[talking to Jon Peters]
What made you want to tell "The Death of Superman"?
Jon Peters:
I loved, you know, dramatic structures. So the idea was the death of Superman. Chaos rules. Really, I knew it could be amazing. I just felt it in my bones.
Kevin Smith:
They wanted to do "The Death of Superman" storyline that had been done very successfully in the comics a few years before. "Death" and "Return".
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I had appeased Warner Brothers by not calling it a spider
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I called it a Thanagarian Snare Beast Another Hawkman reference
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A little Hawkman reference The planet Thanagar something like
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Just little things to throw in And the Warner Brothers execs were like
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As long as it doesn't say 'spider ' we don't give a shit
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We know it's a spider Call it what you
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I mean 'snare beast' Come on
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What made you want to tell the death of Superman
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I love dramatic structures so the idea
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was The Death of Superman Chaos Rules
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really I knew could be amazing
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I just felt it in my bones
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They wanted to do the death of Superman storyline
Clip duration: 37 seconds
Views: 74
Timestamp in movie: 00h 14m 35s
Uploaded: 17 November, 2022
Genres: documentary, sci-fi
Summary: A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage.
Comments
00:21 Highly creative people
00:27 So any final thoughts on Superman Lives
00:07 I don't think people get over the fact that I started...
00:30 Cage You know that character is such a bull's eye
00:35 Jon Peters comes in I hear you've got a take on...
00:37 I had appeased Warner Brothers by not calling it a spider