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Does the world still want/need Superman?
posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on May 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Excerpt from James Gunn Addresses Why Superman Bleeds In The First Shot Of The DC Reboot’s Trailer - "Not A Fascistic Power Fantasy":
“We do have a battered Superman in the beginning. That is our country. I believe in the goodness of human beings, and I believe that most people in this country, despite their ideological beliefs, their politics, are doing their best to get by and be good people — despite what it may seem like to the other side, no matter what that other side might be. This movie is about that. It’s about the basic kindness of human beings, and that it can be seen as uncool and under siege [by] some of the darker voices or some of the louder voices.”
"Recently, you've come under a lot of fire for what one might..."
"I know it's a lot of fire."
"It's, it's a lot."
"Today the Secretary of Defense said he was going to look into your actions."
"My actions? I stopped a war."
"Maybe."
"Uh, not maybe. I did."
"In effect you illegaly entered a country."
"Did you consult with the president?"
"No."
"You seemingly acting as a representative of the United States will cause more problems around the world."
"I wasn't representing anybody... except for me... and, and, and doing good."
"I would question myself in the same situation and consider the consequences."
"People were going to die!"
Side note:
Reply by aholejones
on May 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
People (myself included) shouldn't generally judge movies based on trailers, but from the trailer it doesn't really seem very good. Is it going to be better than "Superman returns" or "Justice League", yeah, most likely, but I'm going to be surprised if it even manages to be on the same level as "Man of Steel" and I think that was a 7/10 movie.
Reply by rssp55
on July 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The combination of James Gunn and the knowledge that they're not rehashing Superman's origin for the umpteenth time has me interested. I enjoyed Zach Snyder's super-serious take and think it might be nice to have a more lighthearted version of the Superman story.
Reply by rooprect
on July 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Apparently the world does want/need another Superman...
"Superman just set a Rotten Tomatoes audience score record"
The article title is kinda clickbaity, since the "record" they're talking about is highest RT audience score of a live action Superman movie (not exactly a Guinness Book category), but a 95% audience score is pretty impressive regardless. Opening weekend is on track to make $200M according to Forbes.
I won't be seeing this, but I hope audiences enjoy it. I'm closer to the original Christopher Reeves Superman generation and I loved it as a kid, so I hope the next generation has their fun too.
Reply by northcoast
on July 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We're getting old, rooprect.
(Sigh)
Reply by rooprect
on July 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
For real, come Halloween I'm gonna ask all the Supermans which version they are. The Christopher Reeves will get Toberlone. The Corenswets will get a pack of expired ramen noodles.
Of course the George Reeveses will get.... uh... a bottle of Ensure? (surprised none of them called me out for calling Christopher the 'original' 😬)
Reply by wonder2wonder
on July 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
See all the Supermans here.
Reply by bratface
on July 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So what will the others get? Here is W2W's list (minus the ones you already listed):
Kirk Alyn (1948–1950)
Dean Cain (1993–1997)
Tom Welling (2001-2011)
Brandon Routh (2006)
Henry Cavill (2013-2022)
Tyler Hoechlin (2016-2024)
Reply by rooprect
on July 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hmm… to make it easy, all the non-Reeve Supermans will get a DVD of Superman (1978) 😉
Reply by Philippe LeMarchand
on July 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I was going to see it anyway, mainly out of curiosity, but as it's enraged certain sections of the US populace helping it to make bank seems like a bonus.
The White House seems to think we need a Superman, though i think the are using a different definition of "super". https://c.ndtvimg.com/2025-07/afd79sic_donald-trump-superman_625x300_12_July_25.jpeg
Reply by rooprect
on July 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Any movie that pisses off MAGA is usually good. Hm this changes everything.
As for the WH meme... Sorry all I see is a guy rising from the flames of hell? ¯_(ツ)_/¯