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You know what? As a kid I really didn't watch a lot of stuff about Superman. Not like a lot a lot. I mean I knew his backstory thanks to the likes of Muppet Babies, and various other shows. I saw a few rerun episodes of the old 'Super Friends' cartoon, that's how I knew of the Justice League. If anybody remembers the old Superman toy commercials of the 90s, that's how I knew about characters like; Superboy, Steel, and Doomsday. Surprised that haven't done anything with the character Conduit. XD And as a kid I caught clips of the old school Christopher Reeves Superman movies, and even some shows that aired on Cartoon Network. In elementary school we had Friday afternoon movies, and I saw 'Superman IV'. Looking back on that movie today... yikes.
2006 woulda been my first big screen experience with Supes when 'Superman Returns' came out. And boy that movie did not leave a good impression on me. After seeing it, I decreed to myself that back then; 'Superman never existed to me. He was never even made.' God, I was so weird then, no wonder I'm weird now. XD Back then I had always thought of Superman was just this overpowered, invincible dude with little personality, so I thought he was just a boring, thanks to that movie. And it's not Brandon Routh's fault, y'all. He was awesome as Ray Palmer/ The Atom, he just had to work with what he got thanks to the director Brian Singer. But those views and criticisms changed when I stared watching Linkara's vids. Yeah, I had the total wrong idea about Superman. He CAN work in a movie, it always depends on the writer and execution. I cringe now at the scene where Bill from 'Kill Bill talks about Superman. God that was complete horseshit. And of course, we have our dear friend Frank Miller's take on Supes, as he featured in his nonsensical, racist, pro-facist Batman stories; and how Batman and Superman shouldn't be friends at all. Don't even get me started on all the scrapped Superman projects that had different directors, including 'Superman Lives' with Nicolas Cage.
So because of all those scrapped projects, and 'Superman Returns' failing, WB had to get another movie going, or risk losing the license. And you can tell how much influence Christopher Nolan and the 'Dark Knight Trilogy' had when 'Man of Steel came out. I was indifferent towards it back in 2013. Of course I was surprised about Supes killing Zod (again, execution)...amongst so many other things in that movie. And my thoughts on it didn't get better when I rewatched it like a year later. In fact I found myself hating the movie. And yeah, Jonathan Kent's 'tornado-cide' is still very stupid all these years later. That was biggest problem with the movie, all the stuff that has to do with Jonathan Kent and his irrational paranoia about Clark actually saving people even though he kept calling Clark a 'messiah.' Yeah, Zach, you did not understand Superman or his backstory at all. So many pointless things and nonsensical plot points that bring this movie down. WB didn't even plan to make a cinematic universe outta this after 'Man of Steel', it was all a last minute decision. And it shows as they were trying to catch up with Marvel. So why did I watch 'Batman vs. Superman' in theaters back in 2016? I'm sure there were other reasons, but I was drawn to it because of the idea of Supes teaming up with Batman for the first time in live-action. But above that, I decided to give Synder's Superman another chance. But as soon as I saw that scene where a young Bruce Wayne is getting floated up by a flock of bats, I knew exactly this was gonna be rough. And it was very rough from beginning, middle, and end. The crap that followed Superman from 'Man of Steel; pointless subplots, it's main plot making no sense, the 'Knightmare scene', and Batfleck being an absolute moron throughout. I can't stress this enough, if you loved 'BvS' and 'Man of Steel', that's totally OK. I actually envy anybody who loves 'BvS', because woooo boy, I was livid after watching it. I actually wanted to say out loud in the theater 'Are you kiddin' me?' at that whole 'Martha' moment (I know what that scene was trying to do, but its execution was ass). Oh, don't think I don't know about the extended cut, the 'superior version of BvS'. Yeah, I like that movie even less. That 'superior version' didn't fix any of its problems, just added to it.
I know I can be a windbag at times, so I won't go into detail about why I hated these movies. I have a list. No, it's not about the 'old vs. new' or the 'this isn't your father's Superman' and that kinda crap. The problem I have with Snyder's Superman is that these movies didn't make me care about him, or even root for him. It's a problem I've had with whatever Snyder movie I've seen. You can argue that this movie's a 'deconstruction of a superhero movie', I've seen people defend the Snyder movies with this, but that doesn't work when you don't even bother building something up to begin with. And you definitely don't do that in a movie that's suppose to be the start of a new DC movie universe. Save that for the sequel. Not that a darker take of Superman CAN'T work. Hell, this wasn't even meant to be a dark movie. I don't mind a different take as long as the payoff feels worth it. And it didn't here. These movies are just not pleasant to watch, and I'm not taking about the sheer lack of color. Always dour and depressing for no real reason, all cuz of Synder's nihilistic take, and him keep hammering the message about Supes being compared to God, and all that jazz. Yeah, STOP COMPARING SUPERMAN TO JESUS ALREADY! Now I'd be totally remised in saying that there isn't anything I did like about either movie. There are some wholesome moments, like with Lois and Clark kissing in the tub in 'BvS', but moments like that are so few and far between.
As more films from the DCEU rolled out in their massive rush to catch up to Marvel and to the MCU, we've gotten not-so-good movies, to decent and OK ones. Then we got 'Blue Beetle', and I'm proud to say it's best thing to have come out of the DCEU. Needless to say, I couldn't take neither Batman or Superman seriously for a while after 'BvS'. But after watching 'Captain America: Civil War' in theaters, I was shopping at my local Target and bought 'Batman and Superman: World's Finest. If I had a choice to watch 'BvS' or 'World's Finest, guess which one I'll pick a thousand times. I'll let you take a guess. And of course I was watching the CW DC shows that aired for a while since 2013-ish, and I was really into those, 'Supergirl' included. That's when I was introduced to Tyler Hoechlin's Superman. Stopped watching those shows around 2018, cuz they just got boring and repetitive, so I didn't see 'Superman & Lois' when it was on. A friend of mine was when she was staying at our house, so I did catch clips of it. And boy, the clips I saw that echoed the cover for 'Action Comics #1', green car and all... yeah, Tyler Hoechlin WAS Superman. I do have MAX, maybe I'll check that show out someday.
A little late to the game, but sometime in 2023 I watched 'My Adventures with Superman', and I was hooked immediately! This show embodied how Superman is, and had a great way of showing it. 'Course we had the usual 'justice warriors' that tried to 'fix' Lois and Jimmy's looks for that show. They wonder why they're undatable. But yeah, I was able to finally watch 'MAWS' in its entirety on MAX as of last month of this journal's post. I absolutely LOVE Supergirl in this show. YES! SHE'S MY WAIFU! Her and Lois of this show! XD If they're doing a season 3, count me in. I really dug how they made the villains' powers of Kryptonian origin, and made it make sense. Along with it, and just finished it as of last week at this journal's post, I watched the 90s animated series of Superman on MAX. Boy did I miss out on this show as a kid, though the last episode is bittersweet. Along with that, I decided to watch the 1978 Superman movie on MAX for this first time in well over 24 years. A product of its time that still really holds up; from scenes to imagery, and the music from John Williams is still fire. Saw the sequel from 1981 while I was at it. The movie was just... OK to me; it got boring in places. That's when I learned about the behind the scene tumult that went on, and the 'Donner cut of Superman 2'. Boy, I thought WB's constant stream of making bad decision after bad decision when it comes to comic book movies stemmed since 'Batman Returns', but boy, it started much earlier than that.
With all that said, DC and WB are starting fresh with the new Superman movie for 2025 with James Gunn at the helm in making a new DC cinematic universe. And as someone who's loved the MCU since the start, and as someone who's loved both Marvel and DC since I was little kid, I wanna see both of them make awesome movies. And I'm getting really excited in seeing David Corenswet as Supes, cuz this one ACTUALLY emotes. I can't stress this enough, Henry Cavill CAN act. So many people blame the movie's failure just by that, but no. It's just that movies didn't allow him to be Superman.
But of course we can't have nice things, cuz these 'SnyderBros'... man all their desperate attempts to shun and put this new movie and James Gunn in a bad light. All sorts of shit online; calling Gunn a racist, Snyder-verse is the 'cure', and all that crap! I could write a book about these dudes. This isn't about wanting a director's 'creative vision' anymore, cuz of course it's all about the 'woke' and 'anti-woke'. Again, these dumbasses wonder why they're gonna die single. Superman is suppose to be the symbol of hope, what humanity can be. Like Captain America is suppose to represent the best traits of America. Though Superman is an alien, he's the most human out of any of us. It's the reason why his stories have been going so strong for decades. Synder's Superman just shows off that even if you have powers, you shouldn't help anybody with it for such selfish reasons. And the SnyderBros think that's what Superman SHOULD be. They think the overpowered Snyder-Superman is this paragon of masculinity, and they think this new Superman that shows him getting hurt, can actually smile and be happy is the polar opposite of what a man SHOULD be. Yeah, like that didn't at all in Snyder's movies. It was a little, but it WAS there. And these SynderBros want more of that kinda thing, to restore the Snyderverse. All this is because of this hypothetical movie these guys made up in their heads; one that comes off like a really bad fanfic, and woulda been changed anyway by the higherups. And I tell you what, I'm glad THAT universe ain't coming back. Snyder wants no part of it, neither does any of the other actors. I still refuse to see the Snyder cut of 'Justice League', cuz I refuse to watch something brought about by such disgusting behavior thanks to these assholes! Snyder's influence is finally dead, and hopefully WB and DC can finally pull their heads out of their asses for this new DC Universe of movies. If this movie does fail (instantly dating this journal at the time of posting) we'll probably get nothing BUT Batman movies.
So let's see how this one goes. And Krypto is just a good boy! ^^
That's my thought on the matter. Lemme know down below what's your favorite Superman; movie, show, or comic.
Thanks for your time ^^
2006 woulda been my first big screen experience with Supes when 'Superman Returns' came out. And boy that movie did not leave a good impression on me. After seeing it, I decreed to myself that back then; 'Superman never existed to me. He was never even made.' God, I was so weird then, no wonder I'm weird now. XD Back then I had always thought of Superman was just this overpowered, invincible dude with little personality, so I thought he was just a boring, thanks to that movie. And it's not Brandon Routh's fault, y'all. He was awesome as Ray Palmer/ The Atom, he just had to work with what he got thanks to the director Brian Singer. But those views and criticisms changed when I stared watching Linkara's vids. Yeah, I had the total wrong idea about Superman. He CAN work in a movie, it always depends on the writer and execution. I cringe now at the scene where Bill from 'Kill Bill talks about Superman. God that was complete horseshit. And of course, we have our dear friend Frank Miller's take on Supes, as he featured in his nonsensical, racist, pro-facist Batman stories; and how Batman and Superman shouldn't be friends at all. Don't even get me started on all the scrapped Superman projects that had different directors, including 'Superman Lives' with Nicolas Cage.
So because of all those scrapped projects, and 'Superman Returns' failing, WB had to get another movie going, or risk losing the license. And you can tell how much influence Christopher Nolan and the 'Dark Knight Trilogy' had when 'Man of Steel came out. I was indifferent towards it back in 2013. Of course I was surprised about Supes killing Zod (again, execution)...amongst so many other things in that movie. And my thoughts on it didn't get better when I rewatched it like a year later. In fact I found myself hating the movie. And yeah, Jonathan Kent's 'tornado-cide' is still very stupid all these years later. That was biggest problem with the movie, all the stuff that has to do with Jonathan Kent and his irrational paranoia about Clark actually saving people even though he kept calling Clark a 'messiah.' Yeah, Zach, you did not understand Superman or his backstory at all. So many pointless things and nonsensical plot points that bring this movie down. WB didn't even plan to make a cinematic universe outta this after 'Man of Steel', it was all a last minute decision. And it shows as they were trying to catch up with Marvel. So why did I watch 'Batman vs. Superman' in theaters back in 2016? I'm sure there were other reasons, but I was drawn to it because of the idea of Supes teaming up with Batman for the first time in live-action. But above that, I decided to give Synder's Superman another chance. But as soon as I saw that scene where a young Bruce Wayne is getting floated up by a flock of bats, I knew exactly this was gonna be rough. And it was very rough from beginning, middle, and end. The crap that followed Superman from 'Man of Steel; pointless subplots, it's main plot making no sense, the 'Knightmare scene', and Batfleck being an absolute moron throughout. I can't stress this enough, if you loved 'BvS' and 'Man of Steel', that's totally OK. I actually envy anybody who loves 'BvS', because woooo boy, I was livid after watching it. I actually wanted to say out loud in the theater 'Are you kiddin' me?' at that whole 'Martha' moment (I know what that scene was trying to do, but its execution was ass). Oh, don't think I don't know about the extended cut, the 'superior version of BvS'. Yeah, I like that movie even less. That 'superior version' didn't fix any of its problems, just added to it.
I know I can be a windbag at times, so I won't go into detail about why I hated these movies. I have a list. No, it's not about the 'old vs. new' or the 'this isn't your father's Superman' and that kinda crap. The problem I have with Snyder's Superman is that these movies didn't make me care about him, or even root for him. It's a problem I've had with whatever Snyder movie I've seen. You can argue that this movie's a 'deconstruction of a superhero movie', I've seen people defend the Snyder movies with this, but that doesn't work when you don't even bother building something up to begin with. And you definitely don't do that in a movie that's suppose to be the start of a new DC movie universe. Save that for the sequel. Not that a darker take of Superman CAN'T work. Hell, this wasn't even meant to be a dark movie. I don't mind a different take as long as the payoff feels worth it. And it didn't here. These movies are just not pleasant to watch, and I'm not taking about the sheer lack of color. Always dour and depressing for no real reason, all cuz of Synder's nihilistic take, and him keep hammering the message about Supes being compared to God, and all that jazz. Yeah, STOP COMPARING SUPERMAN TO JESUS ALREADY! Now I'd be totally remised in saying that there isn't anything I did like about either movie. There are some wholesome moments, like with Lois and Clark kissing in the tub in 'BvS', but moments like that are so few and far between.
As more films from the DCEU rolled out in their massive rush to catch up to Marvel and to the MCU, we've gotten not-so-good movies, to decent and OK ones. Then we got 'Blue Beetle', and I'm proud to say it's best thing to have come out of the DCEU. Needless to say, I couldn't take neither Batman or Superman seriously for a while after 'BvS'. But after watching 'Captain America: Civil War' in theaters, I was shopping at my local Target and bought 'Batman and Superman: World's Finest. If I had a choice to watch 'BvS' or 'World's Finest, guess which one I'll pick a thousand times. I'll let you take a guess. And of course I was watching the CW DC shows that aired for a while since 2013-ish, and I was really into those, 'Supergirl' included. That's when I was introduced to Tyler Hoechlin's Superman. Stopped watching those shows around 2018, cuz they just got boring and repetitive, so I didn't see 'Superman & Lois' when it was on. A friend of mine was when she was staying at our house, so I did catch clips of it. And boy, the clips I saw that echoed the cover for 'Action Comics #1', green car and all... yeah, Tyler Hoechlin WAS Superman. I do have MAX, maybe I'll check that show out someday.
A little late to the game, but sometime in 2023 I watched 'My Adventures with Superman', and I was hooked immediately! This show embodied how Superman is, and had a great way of showing it. 'Course we had the usual 'justice warriors' that tried to 'fix' Lois and Jimmy's looks for that show. They wonder why they're undatable. But yeah, I was able to finally watch 'MAWS' in its entirety on MAX as of last month of this journal's post. I absolutely LOVE Supergirl in this show. YES! SHE'S MY WAIFU! Her and Lois of this show! XD If they're doing a season 3, count me in. I really dug how they made the villains' powers of Kryptonian origin, and made it make sense. Along with it, and just finished it as of last week at this journal's post, I watched the 90s animated series of Superman on MAX. Boy did I miss out on this show as a kid, though the last episode is bittersweet. Along with that, I decided to watch the 1978 Superman movie on MAX for this first time in well over 24 years. A product of its time that still really holds up; from scenes to imagery, and the music from John Williams is still fire. Saw the sequel from 1981 while I was at it. The movie was just... OK to me; it got boring in places. That's when I learned about the behind the scene tumult that went on, and the 'Donner cut of Superman 2'. Boy, I thought WB's constant stream of making bad decision after bad decision when it comes to comic book movies stemmed since 'Batman Returns', but boy, it started much earlier than that.
With all that said, DC and WB are starting fresh with the new Superman movie for 2025 with James Gunn at the helm in making a new DC cinematic universe. And as someone who's loved the MCU since the start, and as someone who's loved both Marvel and DC since I was little kid, I wanna see both of them make awesome movies. And I'm getting really excited in seeing David Corenswet as Supes, cuz this one ACTUALLY emotes. I can't stress this enough, Henry Cavill CAN act. So many people blame the movie's failure just by that, but no. It's just that movies didn't allow him to be Superman.
But of course we can't have nice things, cuz these 'SnyderBros'... man all their desperate attempts to shun and put this new movie and James Gunn in a bad light. All sorts of shit online; calling Gunn a racist, Snyder-verse is the 'cure', and all that crap! I could write a book about these dudes. This isn't about wanting a director's 'creative vision' anymore, cuz of course it's all about the 'woke' and 'anti-woke'. Again, these dumbasses wonder why they're gonna die single. Superman is suppose to be the symbol of hope, what humanity can be. Like Captain America is suppose to represent the best traits of America. Though Superman is an alien, he's the most human out of any of us. It's the reason why his stories have been going so strong for decades. Synder's Superman just shows off that even if you have powers, you shouldn't help anybody with it for such selfish reasons. And the SnyderBros think that's what Superman SHOULD be. They think the overpowered Snyder-Superman is this paragon of masculinity, and they think this new Superman that shows him getting hurt, can actually smile and be happy is the polar opposite of what a man SHOULD be. Yeah, like that didn't at all in Snyder's movies. It was a little, but it WAS there. And these SynderBros want more of that kinda thing, to restore the Snyderverse. All this is because of this hypothetical movie these guys made up in their heads; one that comes off like a really bad fanfic, and woulda been changed anyway by the higherups. And I tell you what, I'm glad THAT universe ain't coming back. Snyder wants no part of it, neither does any of the other actors. I still refuse to see the Snyder cut of 'Justice League', cuz I refuse to watch something brought about by such disgusting behavior thanks to these assholes! Snyder's influence is finally dead, and hopefully WB and DC can finally pull their heads out of their asses for this new DC Universe of movies. If this movie does fail (instantly dating this journal at the time of posting) we'll probably get nothing BUT Batman movies.
So let's see how this one goes. And Krypto is just a good boy! ^^
That's my thought on the matter. Lemme know down below what's your favorite Superman; movie, show, or comic.
Thanks for your time ^^
If this new movie does even a slightly similar thing to what Timm and Dini did back then, it'll be a win in my book. So far, it at least looks like they're trying that much.
Originally intending to sell the Superman strips to a Cleveland newspaper, they decided to set the stories there, but when the strips were re-used for the comic books, they changed the location to the fictional Metropolis. Shuster was quoted as having modeled his Metropolis cityscape on that of his hometown, Toronto, and in the early versions of Superman, Clark Kent worked for a newspaper called the Daily Star, modeled after the real-life Toronto Star. Action Comics #2, however, mistakenly portrays Clark Kent as a reporter for the Cleveland Evening News. "
I personally believe the best interpretation of Superman would be in the Justice League animated series. We get to see him essentially at his Prime in both power and character. We see just the kind of person he is, the struggles that he can go through just like us, and what he is willing to do. Honestly, I think the Justice League animated series in general has a lot of those characters at their best.
The second one that really kind of worked its way up would be the iteration of Superman in "My Adventures with Superman". I'm a sucker for hero beginning stories and I had a lot of fun just watching that series. Seeing the different versions of not just Superman but all the other characters that we've known for a while.