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From: weberm@polaris.net
anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Wait a minute. Didn't Luther tell one of his hench people that the
>recovered back half of the message was genuine?
One of his henchmen told Luthor it was genuine, which seemed suspicious
because rthere was no way to know what the undamaged part said. I also
assumed whoever told him was lying to please the boss and avoid his wrath.
>Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and he's not
>going to retcon it.
Oh, I had not heard that.
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