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" &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s the king of all superheroes,&amp;quot; director Zack Snyder said last week in confirming his plans to reboot the Superman franchise as soon as humanly possible. Next up: casting. And with regal expectations, of course, come important qualifications: the new Clark Kent (not unlike James Bond) must be at once classic and modern, as Reeve-ian as he is the anti-Kilmer. Which is to say, no breast plates, please \u2014 we&amp;#039;re ready for a new look. In some ways, the world has changed significantly since D.C. Comics first unveiled the Man of Steel in 1938: the Internet, the collapse of communism, sneakers. In other ways, it&amp;#039;s exactly the same: war, massive public debt, men in flannel and tweed. So what, exactly, does this mean for Snyder&amp;#039;s selection of a star? Well, he needs to find someone who can make the clumsy journalist thing more appealing. So Christian Bale&amp;#039;s out, and he&amp;#039;s got enough franchises to care for as it stands. Not that Clark Kent can&amp;#039;t stand up in a proper suit \u2014 it&amp;#039;s essential that he does. So Dean Cain&amp;#039;s out, because he&amp;#039;s got the basic-cable uncle look to pull off. But, you know, there&amp;#039;s spandex involved. And capes. Because the new Superman should not be all body armor and brawn \u2014 the myth&amp;#039;s adjustment for these uncertain times should be toward an everyman in the red, yellow and blue. Or at least an icon we can believe in a bit more than that Brandon Routh kid. Herein, some suggestions \u2014 and our early favorite...  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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