James Gunn's Superman

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SpeedBash

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Wednesday 18th December 2024
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SpeedBash

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Thursday 19th December 2024
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BUG4LIFE

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231 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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I'm looking forward to this.

HTP99

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153 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Is this a re-boot?

type-r

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226 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Nice to see Will Reeve in this, in a nod to his father. Looks just like him too!

C5_Steve

5,603 posts

116 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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I'll be honest, I wasn't that excited for this. Not that I wasn't looking forward to it, I just wasn't sure what it would be.

I have to say, having seen the motion poster I was a little excited with that score choice and the colour. Now, having seen the teaser trailer (the actual one not the teaser of the teaser, wtf is that about btw), this has shot right to the top of my list.

Lex looks awesome, Superman looks fantastic, the score AGAIN is killing it with another remix of the original theme and the rest of the film looks like a perfect combination of the more grown up modern films we've had with Cavill and Routh and the classic Reeves stuff.

Plus, Krypto. Gunn has emotionally broken me with CG animals once already and I'm sure he's about to do it again.

The ONE thing that I'm not sure about is the new version of Clarke's hair rofl But I'm sure it'll grow on me.

Early days but it really does seem like they've captured the important parts of what makes the character.

Digger

15,517 posts

204 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Cracking trailer - cracking music.

Can’t wait!

rider73

3,904 posts

90 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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come on - another "homage" type movie - i'm really underwhelmed by it, looks like it got a lot of typical tropes in here, and looks like it will follow the standard pattern that , imho, is what is leading to "superhero" fatigue in the movie going public......
superman has been done, and then done some more, and then done even more, and now.........done again - leave it alone, we all know Reeve owned it - Cavill almost come close ...

the only thing that would ever get me excited about Superman is he's stood in Yemen in 2024 wondering who the hell is the "bad guy" and Trump tying to get hold of his DNA to inject into himself....

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WTF WITH THE DOG




Oilchange

9,136 posts

273 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Mmm, yes. Questionable...

BUG4LIFE

2,292 posts

231 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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rider73 said:
come on - another "homage" type movie - i'm really underwhelmed by it, looks like it got a lot of typical tropes in here, and looks like it will follow the standard pattern that , imho, is what is leading to "superhero" fatigue in the movie going public......
superman has been done, and then done some more, and then done even more, and now.........done again - leave it alone, we all know Reeve owned it - Cavill almost come close ...

the only thing that would ever get me excited about Superman is he's stood in Yemen in 2024 wondering who the hell is the "bad guy" and Trump tying to get hold of his DNA to inject into himself....

and

WTF WITH THE DOG
Krypto...he's been around since 1955. Why not use him. Bit of fun.

Sheets Tabuer

20,154 posts

228 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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rider73 said:
WTF WITH THE DOG
Which begs the question, if he got on your leg how would you get him off? also if he sniffed your crotch too hard he could do some serious damage.

BUG4LIFE

2,292 posts

231 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Sheets Tabuer said:
rider73 said:
WTF WITH THE DOG
Which begs the question, if he got on your leg how would you get him off? also if he sniffed your crotch too hard he could do some serious damage.
Easy answer...you're losing a leg [or worse]!

highway

2,296 posts

273 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Theme reminiscent of the ‘hawkmen’ theme from 80’s Flash Gordon. Not sure I like seeing beaten up Superman. That was the worst part of Superman Returns for me.
If Gunn can capture both the majesty and the humanity of the character, he will succeed and so will the film. I like the idea of having other well known characters already established and I also like Krypto.
Given how popular characters like Rocket and Grogu have been, including Krypto is very shrewd. And he’s a dog. All the best people like dogs. Expect to see plush Kryptos everywhere this time next year.

PinkTornado

1,367 posts

75 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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type-r said:
Nice to see Will Reeve in this, in a nod to his father. Looks just like him too!
Not seeing him in the teaser, who is he playing..?

PinkTornado

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75 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Didn't realise I was playing a quiz here, FFS.

Google says, a reporter in a crowd scene, with a single line. Woo.

SpeedBash

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200 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Is that Peter Serafinowicz @1:43?

hondajack85

526 posts

12 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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Cant believe they are still making films with this character. His ideal woman is one thats jumping out of windows so he will fly in and rescue her lol.

C5_Steve

5,603 posts

116 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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SpeedBash said:
Is that Peter Serafinowicz @1:43?
Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardener (Green Lantern). The haircut is comic accurate.

Edited by C5_Steve on Thursday 19th December 16:44

type-r

16,410 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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PinkTornado said:
type-r said:
Nice to see Will Reeve in this, in a nod to his father. Looks just like him too!
Not seeing him in the teaser, who is he playing..?
He's not really an actor but had a couple of roles previously. Playing a bit part role by the looks of it - a TV reporter.

BunkMoreland

1,787 posts

20 months

Thursday 19th December 2024
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rider73 said:
come on - another "homage" type movie - i'm really underwhelmed by it, looks like it got a lot of typical tropes in here, and looks like it will follow the standard pattern that , imho, is what is leading to "superhero" fatigue in the movie going public......
superman has been done, and then done some more, and then done even more, and now.........done again - leave it alone, we all know Reeve owned it - Cavill almost come close ...
Exactly! I'm utterly sick of it. I hope it flops so hard the studios NEVER do a 5ht 6th or fking 18th reboot of any DC/marvel film ever again. sadly, there's too many morons born every minute to let that happen...

The studios should genuinely be ashamed of themselves for being so lazy and failing to develop any number of other scripts they get that don't rely on 95% CGI!

Cinema is nearly dead!