2015 Comic Book News Archives

October 6, 2015: Max Landis Talks About His Love of Superman

Superman: American Alien Max Landis, the screenwriter best known for his film "Chronicle", who is a big Superman fan and has his own Superman comic book series "Superman: American Alien" coming out in November, spoke to ComicBookResources.com about the series, and his love of the character...

WARNING: Max Landis does use some harsh language that some people might find offensive.

    When written simplistically, Superman is a very bland superhero. He's a messianic figure who can fly, is super strong and has a myriad of other powers. And the powerful you make him, the less interesting he becomes - just because you lose track of him as an entity and of him as vulnerable. And, in my eyes, he is the most vulnerable superhero because his superheroic persona is the closest to who he actually is, and that is something incredibly compelling to me about the character, is that he doesn't do a Superman voice. It's literally just Clark in a costume. He shows and tries to help people, then he goes back, goes to work, goes to bed, goes on a date with his girlfriend - his date is ruined, "I have to fly over there" ... He's a guy who's a superhero 'cause that's probably the right thing to do.

Watch all four parts of the video interview with Max Landis at the CBR website.



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