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DC Studios' SUPERMAN written & directed by James Gunn (2025)
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thegiftedone45

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On 7/11/2023 at 6:19 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

Fillion as Guy Gardner is a interesting choice, he seems a bit too old for the role.  I'm trying to spin these new guys as a good thing but can't see it right now.  DC has too much bad history of introducing a character with a scene before and trying to make it work.

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Axelrod

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Looks like they didn't learn the lesson.  

I'm sure these aren't going to be main characters, and might only appear very briefly, akin to how Aquaman/Cyborg/Flash "appeared" in Batman vs. Superman.  But that kind of character "seeding" (look, it's an expanded universe!) just isn't effective.  We, the audience, are over it.  

They really need to focus on the story at hand, and not try to amaze us with the whole expanded universe thing they are trying to create right out of the gate. 

Like, if they think this announcement is supposed to get people excited about their movie, it suggests they still have no clue what an audience actually wants. 

Which is sad, because I think Gunn usually does know what an audience wants, at least most of the time.   But he's certainly not perfect.  

Maybe he can still pull it off.  I do hope so. 

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I just wanna see a Superman movie. Not other superheroes, or "universe building". If this is the direction that Gunn is taking, they should have kept Henry, Affleck and the rest, because this movie sounds like a retread. Gunn could have cleaned up what he thought wasn't working but kept the good stuff. Heck, if there would have been some connection to what was to come, maybe Shazam and The Flash would have done better at the boxoffice. 

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On 7/11/2023 at 10:25 PM, thegiftedone45 said:

Fillion as Guy Gardner is a interesting choice, he seems a bit too old for the role.  I'm trying to spin these new guys as a good thing but can't see it right now.  DC has too much bad history of introducing a character with a scene before and trying to make it work.

 

I believe the GL Fillion will be portraying is Alan Scott (JSA)  and not Guy Gardner.  

 

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I am, perhaps, not being fair to Gunn in the sense that, he has made it clear early on that he wants his Superman movie to take place in "a world where Superheros already exist."  i.e. Superman isn't the only Superhero around.  And in such a world - especially one where Superman is works undercover as a newspaper reporter - other Superheros are going to get mentioned.

So, like, that's fine and all.  I'm mainly concerned about what looks to be too much focus on "universe building" as opposed to just telling a good Superman story.  Like focusing on the fries and not the steak.  

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On 7/12/2023 at 3:02 PM, Axelrod said:

I am, perhaps, not being fair to Gunn in the sense that, he has made it clear early on that he wants his Superman movie to take place in "a world where Superheros already exist."  i.e. Superman isn't the only Superhero around.  And in such a world - especially one where Superman is works undercover as a newspaper reporter - other Superheros are going to get mentioned.

So, like, that's fine and all.  I'm mainly concerned about what looks to be too much focus on "universe building" as opposed to just telling a good Superman story.  Like focusing on the fries and not the steak.  

Those other heroes apparently also include the Authority.

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