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Before you all go bashing Tim Burton, let me explain what you're looking at in the "Burton Superman" thread;
Firstly, I worked for Steve Johnson on "The Abyss". Of all the special FX companies I've worked for, including Stan Winston's, Rick Baker's and Rob Bottin's, I can honestly say with all confidence, that Steve is not only the least talented, but personally, the biggest moron out of the bunch. He wasn't impressive in the least and did nothing but contribute BAD ideas to GOOD directors. Cameron included... Jim hated him. Let me repeat that; Jim HATED him.
That monstrosity of a Superman costume you're looking at in the other thread, was HIS idea. NOT Burton's. I actually have a copy of a 1:3 scale maquette that Burton had sculpted for this film, after Johnson was fired. I also own several pieces of original production art from that unmade film, and it all looks NOTHING like those photos.
Tim Burton is a genius. Plain and simple. Is he the right guy for Superman? In my opinion, no, but neither was Bryan Singer. Special FX guys and costume designers sometimes do this kind of work on spec, to try to get the job. This was Johnson's attempt at Superman, and just like his career ended up being, it was a miserable failure.
Don't believe everything you read.
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Firstly, I worked for Steve Johnson on "The Abyss". Of all the special FX companies I've worked for, including Stan Winston's, Rick Baker's and Rob Bottin's, I can honestly say with all confidence, that Steve is not only the least talented, but personally, the biggest moron out of the bunch. He wasn't impressive in the least and did nothing but contribute BAD ideas to GOOD directors. Cameron included... Jim hated him. Let me repeat that; Jim HATED him.
That monstrosity of a Superman costume you're looking at in the other thread, was HIS idea. NOT Burton's. I actually have a copy of a 1:3 scale maquette that Burton had sculpted for this film, after Johnson was fired. I also own several pieces of original production art from that unmade film, and it all looks NOTHING like those photos.
Tim Burton is a genius. Plain and simple. Is he the right guy for Superman? In my opinion, no, but neither was Bryan Singer. Special FX guys and costume designers sometimes do this kind of work on spec, to try to get the job. This was Johnson's attempt at Superman, and just like his career ended up being, it was a miserable failure.
Don't believe everything you read.
SC
Not to mention Micheal Keating as Batman!
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