14 DAY TRIAL // Fans’ biggest complaint with Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” was that it bore too much the mark of director Christopher Nolan, who served as executive producer and whose “Dark Knight” trilogy launched the era of the “serious” superhero.
Nolan’s “Dark Knight” is one of a very somber aesthetic, where all the colors are muted and a wide palette of greys and blues are used. The same happened with “Man of Steel,” which felt less like a Superman movie and more like a Superman-is-Batman’s-offspring one in terms of the visuals.
VideoLab is here to set this wrong right. Short on the heels of the release of the first “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” trailer, which confirms that the same aesthetic will prevail, VideoLab has a video of what “Man of Steel” could have been like if no one had tampered with its colors in post-production.
“Man of Steel” was a movie of huge scope and outstanding cinematography, and without those muted, somber colors, it would have also been beautiful to the point of being breathtaking. Today’s Viral of the Day proves that.
I also love the suggestion in the video to use somber colors for Ben Affleck’s Batman but vibrant ones for Superman. This way, Snyder and Warner Bros. would get the best of both worlds, but more importantly, they would do right by Supes and his fans. Because “Superman should fly in blue skies, not grey ones.”
