My cousin and I was discussing this last night and I just wanted to share. He suggested the reboot for Superman must be the Golden Age one with the old "S". The one seen on Action Comics #1. I argued it would not work because the non-fans would feel, ironically, that it was a "deviation" from the "traditional" costume and would not get quite an acclaim in the silver screen. He said it was Ok cause Superhero movies must be for real fans instead of "ignorant " viewers that lack depth in critical thinking. I agreed with that but it seems to me that (another irony) non-fans are the driving force of the movie industry today, especially in comicbook adaptations. It's got to be a blockbuster in order to garner support form the producers and allow a sequel.  
 
Any thoughts?
 
Here's the image he's talking about anyway.... 
 

Not a bad idea.But I agree that non-fans might not like it.

Superhero movies must be for real fans instead of "ignorant " viewers that lack depth in critical thinking.

hmmmm

My thing with comic book based movies is just that, because they focus on the non-fan viewing audience, they dumb the movies down a lot.  They waste too much time introducing the characters and making very few references that are more in-depth than "here is hero.  Here is villain.  Villain do bad thing. Hero beat villain!" I'm exaggerating a bit of course but that's just how it feels when i go to watch a superhero movie. They also sometimes do things that contradict the comics and that's just annoying.... 

I'd go see it if it came out. Golden Age Superman is the only one I remotely like.

IDK...it seems to me that Superman from the golden age wasn't really a character, just a guy with like every super power. Now that hasn't changed to much imo. But to be fair the writers have made him more 3 dimensional in the last few years. As much as I may enjoy a movie where all we see is Superman do nothing but race trains and destroy giant robots...I prefer character driven movies...and I don't think we'd get that from a Superman movie based solely on the 30's version.

I don't think the retro "S" is such a good idea. It's true that most non-comic book fans seeing it will not want the RS (Retro S), but true fans may not want to see the RS either splitting up the difference even more. That only leaves a small majority seeing the movie walking away satisfied and i'm sure the producers don't want that.

One huge problem with Golden age Superman. Superman is known for flight, Golden age Superman could not.  GA Superman didn't have most of the powers that make him awesome. He was just faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to LEAP tall buildings in a single bound. Where is my heat vision? Ice breathe, light speed and all the things that make him super?  
 
Current Superman is already sweet, just develop the character better and get a good actor (NOT ROUTH) to play Superman.