God this movie looks busy, suit looks lame, and the damn dog. SMH

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For those that like downloading movie scores, the theme from the trailer is available on streaming

Looks dumb.

Is the guy on the right Hal Jordan?

I've come to accept that...

- While the cinematography at least looks better than the 30-second spot they released yesterday, the overall look simply isn't my thing. It's just way too flat/digital/CW, while the production design is somehow both bland *and* too comic-book-y for my taste.

- On that same note, I'm not a fan of the suit at all. It was starting to grow on me a bit, but now, actually seeing it in action, and especially in that shot of Superman in the fetal position in the snow, it just looks way too loose/baggy - to the point of appearing almost denim at times - and for the life of me I can't figure out how or why anyone involved in this ever thought it looked good.

And yet, despite those things... the music... the hope... the optimism... Krypto the dog... and damn near everything else still have me believing I'm going to leave the theater thoroughly entertained. If anything, this will at least be fun as hell, and at the end of the day I guess that's all that matters. I'm just such a visual person that all that stuff really matters to me, but with Gunn at helm I'm confident the story and characters will ultimately win me over.

Update: just 8h in, and the SUPERMAN trailer hits 12.4M views on DC Official YouTube Channel, already beats the The Batman’s DCFanDome teaser’s 12M views in 24h on WB Official YouTube channel as #2 BIGGEST DC trailer debut on a single official YouTube channel.
Now, only… pic.twitter.com/TusTFrIL26

— Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) December 19, 2024

They need to try something new. And a dog is not it.

I wish they went along the line of The Greatest American Hero (show from the early 80s). Start from a young age and have him slowly learn his powers.

In addition, have some actual character development that shows why he didn't grow into tyrannical super king of the world. Make people get pissed at him because they lost a loved one and he can't save EVERYBODY, and make him struggle with that. Have the government try to recruit them to fight with them in a war. Have people worship him as a god, and he try to convince them that he is not one and has nothing there to offer.

There are so many complex things they could do, but they always resort to changing the suit and making him more and more powerful. He's too powerful now, and it's boring.

MooreTrucker said:

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Looks dumb.

Is the guy on the right Hal Jordan?

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His character is supposed to be a massive self-absorbed *******. The haircut does a great job of getting that across.

Today makes me think #SUPERMAN can be a hit on the level of (and in the same vein as) TOP GUN: MAVERICK. Traditional four-quadrant entertainment laced with nostalgia and led by an iconic hero. The romance with Lois + Krypto as the sidekick mascot are icing on the box office cake.

— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) December 19, 2024

Sonic 3 has more new Superman footage shown! https://t.co/JWOk6PelkO

— Daniel Richtman (@DanielRPK) December 20, 2024

TCTTS said:

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Today makes me think #SUPERMAN can be a hit on the level of (and in the same vein as) TOP GUN: MAVERICK. Traditional four-quadrant entertainment laced with nostalgia and led by an iconic hero. The romance with Lois + Krypto as the sidekick mascot are icing on the box office cake.

— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) December 19, 2024

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The phrasing of that seeing the romance of Lois + Krypto . . . Had me spit my drink out

aTmAg said:

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They need to try something new. And a dog is not it.

I wish they went along the line of The Greatest American Hero (show from the early 80s). Start from a young age and have him slowly learn his powers.

In addition, have some actual character development that shows why he didn't grow into tyrannical super king of the world. Make people get pissed at him because they lost a loved one and he can't save EVERYBODY, and make him struggle with that. Have the government try to recruit them to fight with them in a war. Have people worship him as a god, and he try to convince them that he is not one and has nothing there to offer.

There are so many complex things they could do, but they always resort to changing the suit and making him more and more powerful. He's too powerful now, and it's boring.

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That's actually been done. A lot. There was an entire series that did this which is probably why Gunn didn't do this. It's also been done in montage scenes in all other Superman films. So, I'm not going to ding Gunn on that one because it's fairly predictable what that would look like anyway.

Here is a stupid take from me though....I hated that brief shot of his Kansas home and his Dad. That looked so low rent that it turned me off. There is nothing logically wrong with it; I just hated the way it looked. No idea why.

All in all, I do not like the visuals of this film at all so far. That quick scene of him saving the kid was cool but this looks so...flat.

hoosierAG said:

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Great trailer imo, and wasn't sure what to expect.

Lost my dad a couple months ago and even the super quick scene with his dad hit me pretty good.

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I'm in the same boat, and that scene got me, as well.

TCTTS said:

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The trailer literally opens with him bleeding and defeated, yet your primary complaint is that he's "too powerful," a complaint for which there's zero evidence in the trailer itself.

Same goes for your complaint about a lack of character development, when nothing in the trailer suggests there won't be character development. Granted, Gunn has said this isn't an origin story, so we're likely not going to see Clark learning his powers, but that's because we've already seen that stuff multiple times now.

You also say "make people get pissed at him" without acknowledging the pissed off crowd Superman wades through and the guy who throws a can at his head.

Did you accidentally watch a different trailer?

Did you watch the trailer at all?

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Most of that comment is one I have been saying for years. It's a complaint about the franchise as a whole over the last few decades.

Regarding this trailer, the dog, the fire breathing dragon, and the dude with a goofy haircut make me say WTF? Even if they make Superman more vulnerable, I don't think I'm going to be able to overcome all of that crap.

I prefer the notion of a lone expat from another country trying to make his way through a new world. Don't turn this into a DC version of end game.


And I cannot think of a superman origin story. Are you talking about the TV shows? Because I have never watched those. I wish they would do it in the movies.

just had a realization....is this the first movie/installment for this new re-booted DC universe?

or was the first movie for this "The Batman" which would make the HBO penguin show the first 2 installments?

after coming in way late on the MCU and not even bothering with the prior DC stuff.....think i might want to try and get in on this one from the start.....

The start of the theme sounds very Top Gun to me with the electric guitar

jokershady said:

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just had a realization....is this the first movie/installment for this new re-booted DC universe?

or was the first movie for this "The Batman" which would make the HBO penguin show the first 2 installments?

after coming in way late on the MCU and not even bothering with the prior DC stuff.....think i might want to try and get in on this one from the start.....

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I think it was mentioned/discussed here that The Batman and this Superman are not in the same universe or something, so they would never interact like in the Justice League or whatever.

Which sucks for me because I LOVE the JL and it'll never go beyond the one movie in the previous iteration. Seeing some of the side characters in this movie does give me hope that we'll see the JL again in this universe.(IMO, I think they picked the wrong GL, but we'll see. I'm not familiar with the Guy Gardner version.)

ETA I was typing mine while TC was answering