A few more things about Superman

[seriousfic]

I don't know if they should go the Star Trek/Casino Royale route of saving the John Williams theme until the credits, building slowly up to it, but I like the idea of very quickly recapping Kal-El's origin. As the first notes play, just show Krypton exploding, the Kents finding Kal-El, him discovering his powers, et al, with a few Grant Morrison captions like "DOOMED PLANET," "DESPERATE SCIENTISTS," "LAST HOPE." You could even put the captions in 3D space, like on Fringe. Then when the orchestra bursts to life, we see newspaper headlines chronicling Clark's early "career". "NASA says 'flying man' just bird or plane." "Faster than a locomotive!" "Look ma, no wires!"

Then play him seeking out the memory crystals as him longing for his Kryptonian heritage. He's literally abandoning his adopted parents to seek out his birth parents. Then by the end, he chooses Earth by destroying the Fortress of Solitude to take out Zod's army, maybe by luring them all inside and then sending the whole she-bang to the Phantom Zone.

There. You've got a nice little theme, and an excuse for loads of ass-kicking. Just imagine Superman confronting Zod over ruling humanity versus inspiring humanity. Suddenly, three of Zod's men jump Supes. They grapple for a moment... and then Superman takes to the sky, dragging them along with him...