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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 10/6/2025 8:32 AM, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
   > In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,   
   > Ubiquitous   wrote:   
   >> You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a   
   >> little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out   
   >> of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the   
   >> amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one-   
   >> dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places,   
   >> or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this   
   >> being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with   
   >> disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his   
   >> obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him,   
   takes   
   >> her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main   
   >> character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't   
   wait.   
   >>   
   >> https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was   
   > the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there   
   > is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents,   
   > and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily   
   > set him straight on their message.   
      
   The problem I had with Gunn's Superman movie is he made another Marvel   
   movie using DC characters.   
      
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