re: 'Superman' Megathread: Spoilers Allowed! DC News. Releases on Digital on August 15.

I like when people try to rile me up. I don't take the bait, and then they start with name calling.

I love that. Because then I treat the insult as if it is a point they are making.

Turns the exchange into a cartoon.

Eventually people learn to not engage me that way.

Appears to be solid to good, not great.

Worth seeing if you like Superman

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Not wanting to read through 57 pages of Kaiju melting to find what people think of the movie.

What are the general thoughts? I’ve been holding off as the commercials didn’t look great to me but I enjoy the dc universe

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For context, I was born in '79 and fell in love with Superman lore from the Donner/Reeve films and further into DC with Burton's Batman films. Read many of the Superman comics of the 80s/90s era. Enjoyed the TV show Smallville as well. Was never really a Marvel guy.

I thought Zach Snyder had some good ideas but failed to understand the motivations of the characters and tried to Batman'ify too many of them. Superman is not meant to be brooding and dark and 'grounded'. He's science fiction fantasy, optimism and hope.

I have seen James Gunn's Superman twice and I really enjoyed it. I loved how he did not re-hash Superman's origin story. It's well known by now. He jumps right into the action and the universe and world building are impressive. Does it veer a little too much into the Gunn schtick a few times? Maybe.

But the casting is spot on for this universe. The musical cues that harken back to John Williams's iconic score are nice but they also bring a new element. The story is very fast paced and a lot to take in the first time you see it. I actually enjoyed it more the second time around when i was able to absorb more.

Definitely worth seeing in the theater and strongly recommend IMAX.

Shows what you know!

My Mom says I'm awesome

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If I am such a troll then counterpoint what I say with your own facts. By all means, have at it.

But in the current box office environment, $400 million after a 2nd weekend is fantastic.

It would be just retarded to argue otherwise.

As a bit of constructive feedback, it makes you sound sour-grapey

It is doing great. You don't have to like it. But reaching for reasons to say it is not doing well is a bad look.

Love and Thunder did great, it fricking sucked.

It has less to do with how much you make than it does how much it takes to break even.

James Gunn said he had a hard time figuring out what to do with Superman. So he injected himself into the movie. How exactly? Not sure. But it definitely feels like he put his view of parents in. And I’m sure everywhere else because it feels like his other movies.

People can get mad about it if they want, but this is how directors create passion projects and it shows. It is what is.

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So he injected himself into the movie. How exactly? Not sure.

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He has made no secret about this & has openly said so.

He used his own dog as the model (breed swap) for Krypto.

He projected his own views on flyover country farmers, many of them as he saw it as bumpkins & living in double wides.

The aforementioned “Internet hate“ he received after his very twisted & sick jokes were dug up. He compares this to what Superman goes through with Lex Luther and his keyboard monkeys? Because of course it’s the exact same thing.

There are probably a couple of other examples, but he hasn’t been shy about saying so.