Superman: Legacy

steve5424 said:
You are correct. Krypton had a red son so they had no powers there either.

She had to get shuttles or space ships, usually hitching a ride with someone. It'll be shown and explained in her movie properly.
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I liked Superman, but the setup for Supergirl was awful (will still watch I though)!.

Comic fans of Supergirl will be much less, I suspect, than Superman. Most people will know the Helen Slater film only. It was an OK film, for the time. Leaning into the comics for her film is not a good idea imo.

If it's set on Earth then I'll be wrong, but I suspect it's all gonna be in some other planet/universe.


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rp2000 said:
If it's set on Earth then I'll be wrong, but I suspect it's all gonna be in some other planet/universe.


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Its apparently not earth based, which makes sense as nobody seemed to mention her during the entire Superman movie so she probably isn't known about, if she is then that's a massive plot hole
 
SimonRigga said:
Yeah of course it does, and those who "know" the comics are going to be in on it.. which is also fair enough..

However the character Superman has progressed out of comics, so anyone who creates a Superman movie is going to know there will be lots of people who don't know the comics, and quite probably the majority..

Anyway.. I watched it, and i'm still unsure if I enjoyed it or not.. it almost felt as though it didn't know itself what it wanted to be, the 40's comic book superhero, in which case then set it in the 40's-50's so the "golly ms Lane" stuff makes more cultural sense, (and yes I know the original Reeve's superman was set in the 80's, but his language in that even made some sense as the parents / grandparents would have been from the right era.. but not in 2025) or update the language and character for more modern times, which is what more recent movies have tried to do.. some of it I found just bizarre, the whole calling out 2A, 4B stuff was plain stupid.. and it seems to have been written in the same universe as "The Invention of Lying".. i.e. the whole we have to get proof thing.. very strange.. although I thought it was quite a good representation of Lex Luther..

I didn't dislike the movie, but it's certainly not one i'll watch again in a hurry, and also now wouldn't go out of my way to watch any of the other DC films made by Gunn.. Whereas I think i've watched both the original Superman movies, and the newer re-boots several times.. and will probably watch them several times again..

I guess the real test will be, once they release a second movie, they will get a sense of do people want this or not, which is difficult to get when you release the first in a series because there would have been a lot of people go to watch it, but then found they didn't enjoy the style..

Either way glad some people really liked it, as it was certainly different, and i'm all for hollywood pushing out different kind of movies, rather then the same thing regurgitated time and time again.. just in this instance it didn't click with me..
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:) Glad you agree.

That's fair enough dude. I can see why you think what you do, and that's fine.

I was very put off from watching it, and when the time finally came, I was saying to myself "please be good, please be good" and that quickly subsided and it became and easy watch, I dunno how best to describe my experience, other than I was just in exactly the right mindset to enjoy it - despite not knowing that I was? Ironic huh!
I came away with a really wholesome feeling that I really was not expecting from this, I was very ready to hate it at the drop of a hat, it definitely won me over despite a lot of blatant negatives/rushed bits/bits that could have been done better.
It's not often I let stuff like that slide, but it was very turn your brain off and enjoy, and funny enought to pull it off.
I'm hoping for a sequel, I'd definitely watch one.
 
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There is definitely a sequel coming. Supergirl next June and James Gunn has started writing the next 'super-family' film. He didn't say much on it. Could be a team up between Superman and Supergirl or another solo superman movie.
 
deviation said:
That works both ways though, as one could argue that it's a bit daft to watch a film specically tailored towards fans of the comic, and die-hard ones at that? So at that point it isn't the film's problem if you don't know the source material?
I'm not saying this is how I feel, but I do believe it can go both ways, which is fair enough.
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Yep agreed. Wish I'd looked into it more before going in blind.
 
steve5424 said:
There is definitely a sequel coming. Supergirl next June and James Gunn has started writing the next 'super-family' film. He didn't say much on it. Could be a team up between Superman and Supergirl or another solo superman movie.
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Was it you that shared that hilarious picture of Superdog scaring all those humans running towards them? :cry: The one I found hilarious that wasn't meant to be funny, but I took it out of the wrong context :cry:
 
Worthy said:
Yep agreed. Wish I'd looked into it more before going in blind.
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Yeah, it's one of those major sods law factors, if you're not up on the in's and out's as a fan.
Yet you can bet when you are, you don't need the extra knowledge :P sods law at it's finest :D
 
I thought it was super solid, 7.5/10

It was FUN, which is what I want from a comic book movie. Mr Terrific was great, as was Guy Gardner. I honestly haven't had as much fun with a CB movie in a long time.

Krypto and the whole Street Fighter combo aspects were actually the weakest for me. Clark and Lois did good jobs, and I'm glad we were right into the action, we didn't need another origin story, we all know who everyone is, it's just not needed.
 
Finally got around to watching - absolute garbage.

Superman was heroic, patriotic, Mr America and this, well wtf did i just watch? I thought this is just GotG in a Superman skin, then the credits rolled and James Gunn - so yeah.

I thought David Corenswet had a good Superman look (couldn't get Brendan Fraser out of my head though looking at him) as did the suit. I just wish it was a different script.

Lex - Nicolas Hoult is good as a henchman, but is not a leading man, we had a Temu Lex Luthor :(

Perry White and Jimmy Olsen? WTF were those actors? I like JK Simons portrayal/style of editor in chief.

Hypno glasses? Ruining his parents. They sent him to Earth to save him as Krypton had fallen, not to rule and enslave mankind, think Gunn watched Omni-Man and thought, "oh, this would be cool" - it isn't.

No real Superman moments, ie heroic save and the trumpet fanfare, they tried, but failed.

Stupid jokes and then Supergirl at the end calling him a bitch - not my Superman.

Although my son loved it, i guess the likes of Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill are over and we've handed Superman over to a new audience - RIP, it was honour.
 
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ivrytwr3 said:
Finally got around to watching - absolute garbage.

Superman was heroic, patriotic, Mr America and this, well wtf did i just watch? I thought this is just GotG in a Superman skin, then the credits rolled and James Gunn - so yeah.

I thought David Corenswet had a good Superman look (couldn't get Brendan Fraser out of my head though looking at him) as did the suit. I just wish it was a different script.

Lex - Nicolas Hoult is good as a henchman, but is not a leading man, we had a Temu Lex Luthor :(

Perry White and Jimmy Olsen? WTF were those actors? I like JK Simons portrayal/style of editor in chief.

Hypno glasses? Ruining his parents. They sent him to Earth to save him as Krypton had fallen, not to rule and enslave mankind, thing Gunn watched Omni-Man and thought, "oh, this would be cool" - it isn't.

No real Superman moments, ie heroic save and the trumpet fanfare, they tried, but failed.

Stupid jokes and then Supergirl at the end calling him a bitch - not my Superman.

Although my son loved it, i guess the likes of Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill are over and we've handed Superman over to a new audience - RIP, it was honour.
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Im glad I didn't purchase this last week when it hit digital streaming in the US, I do want to watch it but will wait until the price drops a lot. All i'm getting from a lot of reviews is its not as serious, Man of Steel was good fun but it had that heroic seriousness about it that I like in any superhero movie, Nolans Batman for example.
 
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beachBOYken said:
Im glad I didn't purchase this last week when it hit digital streaming in the US, I do want to watch it but will wait until the price drops a lot. All i'm getting from a lot of reviews is its not as serious, Man of Steel was good fun but it had that heroic seriousness about it that I like in any superhero movie, Nolans Batman for example.
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I stayed away from spoilers and anything to do with the movie. Maybe if i knew it was GotG type humour and CGI heavy, i would have enjoyed it more (i love GotG!). But it was completely different to what i was expecting - or wanted :)
 
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beachBOYken said:
Im glad I didn't purchase this last week when it hit digital streaming in the US, I do want to watch it but will wait until the price drops a lot. All i'm getting from a lot of reviews is its not as serious, Man of Steel was good fun but it had that heroic seriousness about it that I like in any superhero movie, Nolans Batman for example.
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Man of Steel was not good fun.
 
I do enjoy watching MoS and BvS but for me it was everything Superman isn't. A completely different take on the character. Its Rotten Tomato scores really aren't good compared to Superman however imdb rating have them pretty close.
 
Are you comparing them to the comic books Superman? I've never read them, my basis is on the movies i grew up with.

Glad i didn't read the comics if it's about flying dogs, cats, cows and chickens - and the 'Super Family' - bleurgh.
 
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steve5424 said:
I do enjoy watching MoS and BvS but for me it was everything Superman isn't. A completely different take on the character. Its Rotten Tomato scores really aren't good compared to Superman however imdb rating have them pretty close.
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I watched AmandaTheJedi's review, and I agree with her take 100%, though she is a Gunn fan. I find her takes on most films to match my tastes.
 
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