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\nBy Daniel Wallace <\/b>with photographs by Clay Enos<\/b> (Insight Studios\/Titan Books)
\nISBN: 978-178116-817-2<\/p>\n
\nBy Daniel Wallace <\/b>with photographs by Clay Enos<\/b> (Insight Studios\/Titan Books)
\nISBN: 978-178116-817-2<\/p>\n
Always foremost amongst the fascinating publishing add-ons to accompany major fantasy motion picture releases are the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Art of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d compendiums, and the terrific oversized (286 x 240 x 22mm) hardcover tome which supports the new Man of Steel<\/b> film is both gloriously enticing and genuinely informative.<\/p>\n
Author Daniel Wallace has compiled an eye-popping mix of production art, panoramic stills, pre-production designs and concept paintings gleaned from the various art departments and combined them with behind-the-scenes interviews, commentary and colour to produce a celebratory coffee-table art-book that is absolutely breathtaking.<\/p>\n
After a Foreword<\/i> by producer Christopher Nolan and Introduction<\/i> from director Zack Snyder, ‘Modern Day Mythmaking’ <\/i><\/b>reveals how the project came about with ‘Making it Happen’<\/i> and ‘Making it Real’<\/i>, further disclosing the secrets of ‘The Suit’<\/i> before closing with the film’s philosophical mission statement in ‘Superman V\u00c3\u00a9rit\u00c3\u00a9’<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The all-important ‘Casting Man of Steel’<\/i><\/b> explores and examines the actors, roles and thinking of the vast and stellar cast over nearly thirty electrifying pages, paying great attention to the costumes and designs of a scenario and society such as Superman fans have never seen before.<\/p>\n
That imagination overload continues into ‘Welcome to Krypton’<\/i><\/b>, highlighting ‘Kandor’<\/i> and ‘The Kryptonian Chamber’<\/i> before digressing onto a page dedicated to ‘Speaking Kryptonian’<\/i> (in my day it was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kryptonese\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but that’s my own personal digression-lite), after which the visual secrets of ‘The Ruling Council’<\/i>, ‘Crafted Technology’<\/i> and ‘Automated Helpmates’<\/i> bring the planet’s robotic excesses to astounding life.<\/p>\n
Now a ravaged, worn-torn world, Krypton’s martial advances are spotlighted in ‘Armed for Battle’<\/i> whilst ‘The House of El’<\/i>, ‘Flora and Fauna’<\/i> and ‘The Genesis Chamber’<\/i> readily inform and expand on the unworldly realities of the lost planet and Superman’s history.<\/p>\n
Further visualisations and revelations depict ‘Last Hope’<\/i>, the awesomely appalling ‘Black Zero’<\/i>, ‘The Dead Colonies’<\/i> long-abandoned by Krypton, and explain how the film designers attempted ‘Communicating with Contours’<\/i> before concluding with views of the pivotal ‘Scout Ship’<\/i> that changed Clark Kent’s life forever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Locations and sets star in ‘Welcome to Earth’<\/i><\/b>, with specific attention paid to the hero-in-waiting’s ‘Northern Journeys’<\/i>, ‘Smallville’<\/i>, Earth’s military bastion ‘U.S. Northcom’<\/i> and of course, ‘Metropolis’<\/i> before the epic exploration ends with a heartfelt appreciation of ‘The Heart of the Legend’<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Admittedly Inside the Legendary World of Superman<\/b> was released to cash-in on the long-awaited movie, but this utterly engrossing picture-treat is such a superb slice of sheer imaginative indulgence no fan of film or funnybooks will want to miss out on such a marvellously magical experience.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2013 DC Comics. MAN OF STEEL, SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements \u00e2\u201e\u00a2 and \u00c2\u00a9 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Daniel Wallace with photographs by Clay Enos (Insight Studios\/Titan Books) ISBN: 978-178116-817-2 Always foremost amongst the fascinating publishing add-ons to accompany major fantasy motion picture releases are the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Art of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d compendiums, and the terrific oversized (286 x 240 x 22mm) hardcover tome which supports the new Man of Steel film is both gloriously enticing … <\/p>\n