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  • 17
    Apr
    2013
    1:06pm, EDT

    'Man of Steel' trailer explains Superman's famous 'S'

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    "Man of Steel," the reboot of the Superman movie franchise, is just two months away, and a new trailer released Tuesday has fans buzzing.

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    We see a baby Superman being sent to Earth ("our hopes and dreams travel with you," says Russell Crowe as Jor-El) and then an adolescent Supes saving his classmates from a sinking school bus, scenes that have appeared in earlier trailers.


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    New Earth dad Kevin Costner gives him some parental love and hopeful words, but young adulthood looks tough for our hero, eventually played by Henry Cavill. He grows a beard, hitchhikes, appears to join a crew on "Deadliest Catch."

    But then, as we knew he would, he finds his feet and his role. And just in time, too because evil General Zod (Michael Shannon) is ready for battle.

    But our favorite scene comes at the end of the trailer, when Lois Lane (Amy Adams) asks her soon-to-be-beau what the S on his chest stands for.

    "It's not an S," he says. "On my world, it means hope."

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    Dec
    2012
    3:31pm, EST

    'Man of Steel' trailer shows a majestic Superman

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    Secret identities can be problematic. Like, say you could save an entire school bus full of kids when the bus sinks into a body of water, but it might mean that they discover you're Superman.

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    What're you gonna do? Let them drown? That's the dilemma for young Clark Kent in the new "Man of Steel" trailer, which gives you the idea that being plunked down into Smallville isn't the easiest possible transition for a superpowered kid.

    Those of us who still mourn Christopher Reeve, long for the iconic version of this hunky, clean-cut hero, can feel the legacy's in good hands after watching this trailer. British actor Henry Cavill, best-known from "The Tudors," is majestic and powerful in the few glimpses we get of him in full Supe costume.

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Gael Cooper is the movies editor for TODAY.com and a pop-culture junkie. She is the co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?" and "The Totally Sweet '90s."

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