I’ve never been much of a superhero movie fan, but one I’d have gladly queued up for back in the 1990s would have been Tim Burton directing Nicolas Cage in “Superman Lives.” Along with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s wildly ambitious non-starter “Dune,” it must go down as one of the greatest what-ifs in cinema history, especially during that period of their respective careers.”Mars Attacks!” aside, Burton was still regularly making great movies back then, with his unmistakable visual style and penchant for weirdos and outsiders like himself.
Cage, on the other hand, was the maverick who made good with his Oscar-winning performance in “Leaving Las Vegas” before transforming himself into one of the decade’s biggest action stars.As for Superman, the time was right for a reinvention after the huge success of Burton’s two “Batman” movies.
The original “Superman” franchise, which had made audiences believe a man could fly since
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