Who's seeing Superman early?

[powersthatbe]

I saw it this afternoon. Gunn did a great job and was a fun theatre experience. I liked how it was bright and colorful. Forgot about sticking around though for the post credit scenes.9

[Frenchy99]

Watched to movie yesterday night with the wife, I enjoyed the movie very much. Nice new reboot with a short origin and lots of JL members involved for a new DCU.

My wife that does not follow my hobby but likes the Marvels ( up to phase 4) and the DC films, sz she prefers Henry in the role and liked the previous ones better ( She has no clue who Zack Snyder is ) . Said that the new Superman came across as a little stupid-dumb not only as Clark but as Superman as well.

I asked if she would see it again with me, No.

Taste is out there for every one, I will be seeing it again shortly.

[Jmass]

We went to see it Monday. It was the most fun I've had at the movies since the first Guardians of the Galaxy. Even my wife, who tolerates my nerdom and goes with me to most comic book movies (mainly for the popcorn) leaned over about halfway through and said "This is a really good movie"!

[monitor_ep]

Why are we stuck on Superman Robots with capes. The original Superbots looked just like Sups.
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Then as time came the Superbots were helping around the world where Supes could be everywhere.
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Then in All Stars they looked more like Terminator
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They give Kal-El a since of being around Kryptonians.
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[ODBJBG]

I mean why does the dog wear a cape for that matter? Hell, why does Superman wear a cape? I mean, you could make a lot of arguments in a variety of ways but it's just a silly little comic thing. And frankly, I kind of find it funny that Superman just puts capes on everything. His robots, his dog, a potted plant in the corner. It's amusing.

I quite enjoyed the movie. I do wish there was a BIT more Superman. I appreciate they depowered him a bit, but I would have liked maybe 10-15 more minutes earlier to help set up his super heroics, but that's a minor complaint. All these superhero movies are like 3 and a half hours these days but it felt like this one should have been just a touch longer for that reason. I don't think he was able to develop as much as I'd like, but it wasn't completely absent.

The "twists" were unique enough and didn't make me groan or anything, but nothing entirely made me go crazy with excitement. It had some silly dumb moments, but that's true to the source material. I didn't think it went out of its way to do zany stuff just for the sake of it.

I'd still love a retro 1950s style Superman movie and maybe the success of FF will mean someone will do that eventually, but I generally trust James Gunn to do solid stuff.

[Dan2Dan]

Hi Dan, I taped three episodes of Peacemaker and have yet to watch them, hopefully it will surprise me. Really want to just hear them talk about: Bat-Mite! Hahaha!

As a teenager in the 1980s, my 2nd favorite comic book was "The Badger," a veteran of the Vietnam War who had multiple personality disorder as a result, and who was also a martial arts expert who could talk to animals, "like Dr. Doolittle." The character was so compelling to me because, at times, he was over-the-top nuts, and at other times was incredibly sympathetic and vulnerable because of his past. To me, James Gunn's Peacemaker is the modern-day equivalent of the Badger...

[Jorge Galvan]

Superman Robots were from All Star Superman
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Yes, but does the story explain why they wear capes?




Does anyone else feel like Mr. Terrific was a bit of a Batman proxy?

Now that you mention it, yes, and maybe a bit of METRON, too. As he did that Chair sitting flight routine. The whole Billionaire masked crimefighter detective.



Jimmy Olsen has been the opposite of Clark Kent, he has been the ladies man. Basically he DC Comics version of Captain Kirk, Jimmy has dates every type of female.


Yeah, but to me he was always a GOOF. When I watch Superman on TV (50's) he is always just getting in trouble and a bit of a pest. Too big for his Britches! Ask Perry White or George Starr! I do remember one cover (Jimmy Olsen or Superman Family) where he was going into the future as Elastic Lad to join the Legion and he is bidding LUCY LANE good bye and she is Bawling for him to stay!


Good Ole Silver Age drama! ​

[Jorge Galvan]

I haven't seen the film yet, but the exact same thought about the Grant Morrison likeness occurred to me when I first saw the trailer!

Season 1 of Peacemaker hugely surprised me by being, in my personal opinion, phenomenal. I have never been a wrestling fan and knew nothing about John Cena. But I thought he was absolutely great in this role. It's a more complex and layered character than the Charlton version with which I was familiar. (I knew that DC had once published a Peacemaker mini series in the late 1980s-ish. But I never read that.) I liked the show so much that I DVR'd an episode when I saw that it was being re-run now on TBS. I still enjoyed it. But there have been a lot of edits for content and language. So if you have access to the original on streaming, my personal view is that the original is substantially better.

Regarding the dozen people in the cinema, my personal view is that there are three things impacting that: (1) very few movies these days make big money at the Box Office because so many people simply wait to see films much more cheaply, just a few weeks or months later, at home via PPV or streaming, and (2) super hero film fatigue generally, and (3) a very serious drag on the DC and Superman brand among the general public because the last several DC super hero films bombed and were critically panned. I have an 18-year-old daughter. I use her and her friends as a barometer of what films are breaking through with the younger audiences that Hollywood prefers. She saw Minecraft three times, with three different sets of friends. She hasn't said one word about the Superman film.

Hi Dan, I taped three episodes of Peacemaker and have yet to watch them, hopefully it will surprise me. Really want to just hear them talk about: Bat-Mite! Hahaha!

I have no idea what Minecraft is or Fortnite or most things that youngsters do. I also think the reason there were 12 people was it was a LASER Film, so you needed glasses. And I didn't pay for the ticket, a friend did and couldn't go and gave it to me and it was for 10:00AM Saturday morning and typical, I did not need to work that day, so I said; "Okay".


Maybe people were too hung over or partied out?


When I have time this week I will try to watch Peacemaker.

[monitor_ep]

The Milk Bone commercial has the Krypto & Mr Terrific footage.
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[Z-man 307]

Went and saw the movie on Sunday afternoon. I thought it was great! It's exactly what a super hero movie should be. As always, brought along a couple of friends to enjoy the experience!

[monitor_ep]

Jimmy Olsen has been the opposite of Clark Kent, he has been the ladies man. Basically he DC Comics version of Captain Kirk, Jimmy has dates every type of female.

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Superman Robots were from All Star Superman
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[Dannyc]

James Gunn is a Troma-mite. I am a Troma-mite. I have great respect for James, if he never ever made another film after Guardians III, that would have sealed his legacy.


Don't ask me how, but somehow I got roped into going to see the flick today instead of this coming Tuesday. And Like most reviews, it was sensational. But...



Why the need for Robots to have Capes????

That seemed a bit weird, if I built a robot, I would NOT give it a cape, Would the 'Bot feel the need for one? Arrogance? Purpose?
Asimov's rules??? maybe a Kryptonian thing?



Anyway, to address some of the comments made here.


"Silly film" Um, yeah and no. there were parts that were silly, JImmy Olsen seems to have a rep and a rapport with the ladies!?!?!


"politicized" Well after the "interrogation scene" it deserves that honor in it's favor. Well done, James.


filmed on an iphone; Henry Braham is the Director of Cinematography. He knows his craft.



Ma and Pa Kent. I think their accents were a bit over the top, but, the fact that they were in the film and still ALIVE does count a lot, And for Kal-El/Clark that makes all the difference in the world.

And in regards to the old saying; "you can pick you're friends, but you CAN'T PICK YOU'RE FAMLY" well, at the end of the film, we get that in effect and what it leads too?


The "Justice Gang" are really the TERRIFICS. Same outfits, different members. Substitute: Plastic man, Phantom Girl and now you have Metamorpho.
That one battle at Night, with _______, was kind of knicked from an issue of WORLD'S FINEST. From the 60's. I recognized the villain.

Krypto. Um... a Kryptonian canine. I am not gonna argue why he acted the way he did, as a fan of the Legion of Super-PETS, I always preferred: Comet & Beppo, then Streaky, and Krypto last. PROTY II was not a pet, he was an intelligent being!!! But Krypto, he added some comedy and he is a huge part of the legend, so it is what it is.




The Comic Creators Who Get Special Thanks In The New Superman Movie

Chuck Austen writer on Superman Metropolis and Action Comics
Brian Azzarello, reworkers of Lex Luthor's motivations in Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel
Cary Bates, co-creator of Steve Lombard
Scott Benefiel, co-creator of Kendra Saunders Hawkgirl
Lee Bermejo, reworkers of Lex Luthor's motivations in Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel
Otto Binder, co-creator of Krypto, co-creator of Supergirl
John Broome, co-creator of Guy Gardner Green Lantern
John Byrne, rebooter of Superman, including Lex Luthor as a businessman
J.M. Dematteis, co-creator of Maxwell Lord and Justice League dynamic
Warren Ellis , co-creator of The Engineer
Steve Englehart, Green Lantern writer who established Guy Gardner's personality.
Bill Finger, co-creator of Green Lantern
Gardner F. Fox, co-creator of Ultraman, co-creator of Hawkgirl
Ramona Fradon,co-creator of Metamorpho
Keith Giffen, co-creator of Maxwell Lord, Joseph Lord and Justice League dynamic
David S. Goyer, co-creator of Kendra Saunders version of Hawkgirl
Tom Grummett, co-creator of Ron Troupe
Bob Haney, co-creator of Metamorpho
Bryan Hitch, co-creator of Angela Spica version of The Engineer
Dan Jurgens co-creator of Cheryl Kimble for Superman Vs Aliens
Gil Kane, co-creator of Guy Gardner as Green Lantern
Jeph Loeb, writer on Superman For All Seasons
Kevin Maguire, co-creator of Maxwell Lord and Justice League dynamic
Tom Mandrake, co-creator of Mister Terrific
Luke Mcdonnell, co-creator of Rick Flag and Belle Reve
Grant Morrison, wrote All Star Superman
Dennis Neville, co-creator of Hawkgirl
Martin Nodell, co-creator of Green Lantern
Jerry Ordway, co-creator of Cat Grant, co-creator of Ron Troupe
John Ostrander, co-creator of Rick Flag, co-creator of Mister Terrific, and Belle Reve.
Al Plastino, co-creator of Supergirl
Frank Quitely, artist on All-Star Superman
Charles Reizenstein, co-creator of original Mister Terrific
James Robinson, co-creator of Kendra Saunders Hawkgirl
Alex Ross, redesigned of the Superman shield in Kingdom Come
Tim Sale, artist on Superman For All Seasons
Bart Sears, co-creator of Joseph Mason
Mike Sekowsky, co-creator of Ultraman
Hal Sharpe, co-creator of original Mister Terrific
Jack Sparling, artist on Superman, Green Lantern
Joe Staton, artist on Green Lantern, redesign of Guy Gardner
Len Strazewski, writer on Justice Society Of America (MY SENSEI!!!!)
Curt Swan, co-creator of Krypto, co-creator of Steve Lombard
Mark Waid, co-creator of Kingdom Come
Marv Wolfman, co-creator of Cat Grant, rebooted of Superman and Lex Luthor.â


I am surprised Geoff Johns is not listed. He had a huge part in the Mythology of all this.



Doesn't Luthor look just like GRANT MORRISON? BWAHAHAHA!!


So where do we go from here? Well, TBS is now showing episodes of the Peacemaker and I am gonna check it out, don't like the lead actor if you wanna call him an "actor"
Maybe I will get to hear them talk about Bat-Mite!?!!! James is gonna have his hands filled, and of course Fantastic Four is around the corner. And surprisingly there were ONLY 12 people in the cinema, including me. That seemed a bit weird as I would think it would have been packed!?!


Ramifications? Here we go:

https://bleedingcool.com/movies/ta-nehisi-coates-black-superman-film-cancelled-for-being-too-woke/

but the BIGGEST ONE:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-plans-100th-anniversary-in-2035-lose-rights-to-batman-and-superman/

I know Mr. Donner, Chris and George Reeves are proud of this film!! As a Troma-mite I am proud of James, he did great and he will continue to do great. Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow. We ALL need it.


Cheers.

The robots with capes...i believe at one point in the comics the robots were actually replicas of superman. So that might be where the capes come from. Ditto for Jimmy as an unwitting ladies man. That felt likel Will Ferrell's character in The Other Guys lol but, its probably some kind of trope as well.
His parents accents were so strong and it instantly made me wonder why Clark had no trace of an accent.

Does anyone else feel like Mr. Terrific was a bit of a Batman proxy?

[Dan2Dan]

Doesn't Luthor look just like GRANT MORRISON? BWAHAHAHA!!

So where do we go from here? Well, TBS is now showing episodes of the Peacemaker and I am gonna check it out, don't like the lead actor if you wanna call him an "actor"

And surprisingly there were ONLY 12 people in the cinema, including me. That seemed a bit weird as I would think it would have been packed!?!

I haven't seen the film yet, but the exact same thought about the Grant Morrison likeness occurred to me when I first saw the trailer!

Season 1 of Peacemaker hugely surprised me by being, in my personal opinion, phenomenal. I have never been a wrestling fan and knew nothing about John Cena. But I thought he was absolutely great in this role. It's a more complex and layered character than the Charlton version with which I was familiar. (I knew that DC had once published a Peacemaker mini series in the late 1980s-ish. But I never read that.) I liked the show so much that I DVR'd an episode when I saw that it was being re-run now on TBS. I still enjoyed it. But there have been a lot of edits for content and language. So if you have access to the original on streaming, my personal view is that the original is substantially better.

Regarding the dozen people in the cinema, my personal view is that there are three things impacting that: (1) very few movies these days make big money at the Box Office because so many people simply wait to see films much more cheaply, just a few weeks or months later, at home via PPV or streaming, and (2) super hero film fatigue generally, and (3) a very serious drag on the DC and Superman brand among the general public because the last several DC super hero films bombed and were critically panned. I have an 18-year-old daughter. I use her and her friends as a barometer of what films are breaking through with the younger audiences that Hollywood prefers. She saw Minecraft three times, with three different sets of friends. She hasn't said one word about the Superman film.

[Jorge Galvan]

James Gunn is a Troma-mite. I am a Troma-mite. I have great respect for James, if he never ever made another film after Guardians III, that would have sealed his legacy.


Don't ask me how, but somehow I got roped into going to see the flick today instead of this coming Tuesday. And Like most reviews, it was sensational. But...



Why the need for Robots to have Capes????

That seemed a bit weird, if I built a robot, I would NOT give it a cape, Would the 'Bot feel the need for one? Arrogance? Purpose?
Asimov's rules??? maybe a Kryptonian thing?



Anyway, to address some of the comments made here.


"Silly film" Um, yeah and no. there were parts that were silly, JImmy Olsen seems to have a rep and a rapport with the ladies!?!?!


"politicized" Well after the "interrogation scene" it deserves that honor in it's favor. Well done, James.


filmed on an iphone; Henry Braham is the Director of Cinematography. He knows his craft.



Ma and Pa Kent. I think their accents were a bit over the top, but, the fact that they were in the film and still ALIVE does count a lot, And for Kal-El/Clark that makes all the difference in the world.

And in regards to the old saying; "you can pick you're friends, but you CAN'T PICK YOU'RE FAMLY" well, at the end of the film, we get that in effect and what it leads too?


The "Justice Gang" are really the TERRIFICS. Same outfits, different members. Substitute: Plastic man, Phantom Girl and now you have Metamorpho.
That one battle at Night, with _______, was kind of knicked from an issue of WORLD'S FINEST. From the 60's. I recognized the villain.

Krypto. Um... a Kryptonian canine. I am not gonna argue why he acted the way he did, as a fan of the Legion of Super-PETS, I always preferred: Comet & Beppo, then Streaky, and Krypto last. PROTY II was not a pet, he was an intelligent being!!! But Krypto, he added some comedy and he is a huge part of the legend, so it is what it is.




The Comic Creators Who Get Special Thanks In The New Superman Movie

Chuck Austen writer on Superman Metropolis and Action Comics
Brian Azzarello, reworkers of Lex Luthor's motivations in Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel
Cary Bates, co-creator of Steve Lombard
Scott Benefiel, co-creator of Kendra Saunders Hawkgirl
Lee Bermejo, reworkers of Lex Luthor's motivations in Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel
Otto Binder, co-creator of Krypto, co-creator of Supergirl
John Broome, co-creator of Guy Gardner Green Lantern
John Byrne, rebooter of Superman, including Lex Luthor as a businessman
J.M. Dematteis, co-creator of Maxwell Lord and Justice League dynamic
Warren Ellis , co-creator of The Engineer
Steve Englehart, Green Lantern writer who established Guy Gardner's personality.
Bill Finger, co-creator of Green Lantern
Gardner F. Fox, co-creator of Ultraman, co-creator of Hawkgirl
Ramona Fradon,co-creator of Metamorpho
Keith Giffen, co-creator of Maxwell Lord, Joseph Lord and Justice League dynamic
David S. Goyer, co-creator of Kendra Saunders version of Hawkgirl
Tom Grummett, co-creator of Ron Troupe
Bob Haney, co-creator of Metamorpho
Bryan Hitch, co-creator of Angela Spica version of The Engineer
Dan Jurgens co-creator of Cheryl Kimble for Superman Vs Aliens
Gil Kane, co-creator of Guy Gardner as Green Lantern
Jeph Loeb, writer on Superman For All Seasons
Kevin Maguire, co-creator of Maxwell Lord and Justice League dynamic
Tom Mandrake, co-creator of Mister Terrific
Luke Mcdonnell, co-creator of Rick Flag and Belle Reve
Grant Morrison, wrote All Star Superman
Dennis Neville, co-creator of Hawkgirl
Martin Nodell, co-creator of Green Lantern
Jerry Ordway, co-creator of Cat Grant, co-creator of Ron Troupe
John Ostrander, co-creator of Rick Flag, co-creator of Mister Terrific, and Belle Reve.
Al Plastino, co-creator of Supergirl
Frank Quitely, artist on All-Star Superman
Charles Reizenstein, co-creator of original Mister Terrific
James Robinson, co-creator of Kendra Saunders Hawkgirl
Alex Ross, redesigned of the Superman shield in Kingdom Come
Tim Sale, artist on Superman For All Seasons
Bart Sears, co-creator of Joseph Mason
Mike Sekowsky, co-creator of Ultraman
Hal Sharpe, co-creator of original Mister Terrific
Jack Sparling, artist on Superman, Green Lantern
Joe Staton, artist on Green Lantern, redesign of Guy Gardner
Len Strazewski, writer on Justice Society Of America (MY SENSEI!!!!)
Curt Swan, co-creator of Krypto, co-creator of Steve Lombard
Mark Waid, co-creator of Kingdom Come
Marv Wolfman, co-creator of Cat Grant, rebooted of Superman and Lex Luthor.​


I am surprised Geoff Johns is not listed. He had a huge part in the Mythology of all this.



Doesn't Luthor look just like GRANT MORRISON? BWAHAHAHA!!


So where do we go from here? Well, TBS is now showing episodes of the Peacemaker and I am gonna check it out, don't like the lead actor if you wanna call him an "actor"
Maybe I will get to hear them talk about Bat-Mite!?!!! James is gonna have his hands filled, and of course Fantastic Four is around the corner. And surprisingly there were ONLY 12 people in the cinema, including me. That seemed a bit weird as I would think it would have been packed!?!


Ramifications? Here we go:

https://bleedingcool.com/movies/ta-nehisi-coates-black-superman-film-cancelled-for-being-too-woke/

but the BIGGEST ONE:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-plans-100th-anniversary-in-2035-lose-rights-to-batman-and-superman/

I know Mr. Donner, Chris and George Reeves are proud of this film!! As a Troma-mite I am proud of James, he did great and he will continue to do great. Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow. We ALL need it.


Cheers.