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From: atropos@mac.com
On Oct 6, 2025 at 6:07:26 PM PDT, "Dimensional Traveler"
wrote:
> 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.
No, Marvel's superheroes didn't need to be constantly rescued during the
movie.
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