The Daily Planet - Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[Frodo]

My thoughts on the first trailer from another thread :

Having seen the trailer, the film certainly looks like the first Superman film which truly reflects the current comics , and the film looks like it's very much, made for the fans.


MOS and even SR , were trying to , an extent, bring the character into a more realistic and grounded world , with all of it's limitations.
Now of course, after BvS and the other DCEU films, the whole thing changed, but in MOS, the world was pretty limited and grounded, save Superman and Krypton.


This film, clearly takes place in a universe of the fantastic, and the astonishing ,where a Superdog ,and Kaiju ,can live along side Lantern's and Robots .

So Gunn is definitely doing something different from Superman 78' and Man Of Steel, in terms of freshman outings of Superman films.


I didn't have the emotional reaction that alot of fandom has had over the trailer, but I think the trailer is a solid intro , into the new Status Quo.


My Superman was Christopher Reeve decades ago, and it was formative for me , so there really isn't going to be a Superman actor ,or film , or trailer , which can move me, or give me feels ,the way those first two films did .

So , I've already had my ultimate Superman films , warts , flaws, and all.


But this is this generations Superman film, and it looks like the trailer has won over most of the fan community, which is a good first step.

It wasn't a polarizing response , so , I think Gunn has earned some good will with this first look.

 

[Kane52630]

Hey @Kane52630, great news. Bluesky doesn't support uploading your own GIFs, so less likely someone steals yours. But you can convert them to MP4 to get them to work.

Yeah that's cool, but I'm used to my gifs getting stolen anyways especially on twitter. I've watermarked the ones I've posted on tumblr though.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yeah that's cool, but I'm used to my gifs getting stolen anyways especially on twitter. I've watermarked the ones I've posted on tumblr though.

That's why I stole from your Imgur instead.

 

[WatchProtect]

So I think based off some off those set pics and the trailer that LuthorCorp is probably supplying the military with weaponry or something,

I imagine the hate that Lex feels for Superman is because Superman; especially when dealing with foreign affairs makes Lex's battle suits, guns or whatever ultimately redundant.

So Lex brainstorms and tinkers and creates the Ultraman. A Superman that the United States Government can personally have to themselves to use how they please. This obviously puts Superman in an uncomfortable position and he rejects the idea which potentially puts him at Odds with the other heroes who work through the Sanctioned LordTech team program?

 

[DCDAVE]

Can anyone tell me what the Like/Dislike ratio on the official trailer is now? I know I heard it 1M likes to around 50k dislikes? That's pretty impressive. Yet, some still are questioning whether WB is happy with the views/numbers on this trailer... I would say it's doing pretty good, right??

Who is questioning whether WB is happy. Very few trailers get 1 million likes and the ones that do make over 700 million at the box office. In one day Superman has more views than Fandangoe’s number 1 anticipated movie and we all know what the Disney bump does for Marvel movies. Relax. The marketing campaign has come out hot…..

 

[Primal Slayer]

Creepy. But get your screentime extra.

 

[Lily Adler]

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Creepy. But get your screentime extra.

There's an irony that Gunn went with an older Hal Jordan and Nathan Fillion isn't playing him.

 

[Venom 1988]

Very few trailers get 1 million likes and the ones that do make over 700 million at the box office.

 

[Tra-El]

Having seen the trailer, the film certainly looks like the first Superman film which truly reflects the current comics.. and even SR , were trying to , an extent, bring the character into a more realistic and grounded world , with all of it's limitations. Now of course, after BvS and the other DCEU films, the whole thing changed, but in MOS, the world was pretty limited and grounded, save Superman and Krypton.

This is a good point. Looking back at MoS and the current state of comic books media, the classic titles weren't selling. Superman comics and his medium overall were down in the dumpster. Go back and look at the titles that broke out during that time period to reflect that era. The Earth One books by JMS was a hot collaboration in 2010 to reimagine Superman. The New 52 kicked off in 2011 to breathe life into the DC Universe (only Batman pretty much kept his canon for a reason). Injustice was the hottest thing in comic books and released in comic book form in January 2013, 4 months before the release of MoS. Superman was moving a certain way back then. Fast forward to now, we have a classic take again because classic is back in. A true full circle moment. Gunn is showing he is the right choice for Superman at this perfect time.

 

[DCDAVE]

Yeah I forgot about the only one that didn’t.

 

[Sverdlovski]

Just learned that the movie will be available here in Brazil a day earlier than the US release date.

 

[Tra-El]

My edit of David as Clark at the Daily Planet.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[donuts]

 

[Primal Slayer]

Lets see if that can translate into a good box office

 

[donuts]

 

[Tra-El]

*****Slow clapping*****

 

[Tra-El]

Lets see if that can translate into a good box office

Gunn got the momentum. I wonder if this will change the marketing strategy to keep the pedal on the gas? Can't wait for the "Summer of Superman". I'm sure my wallet will be hurting soon.

 

[DCDAVE]

Gunn got the momentum. I wonder if this will change the marketing strategy to keep the pedal on the gas? Can't wait for the "Summer of Superman". I'm sure my wallet will be hurting soon.

WB is going for it. I wonder what is next. Do they even give a 30 second tease for the Super Bowl?

 

[Sawyer]

Menu-hive, this is for you.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Menu-hive, this is for you.

I haven't noticed Lex was holding someone close in that shot until now. So I bet he's about to kill a mother****er in that scene.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

*me who is excited for both and also the new Jurassic movie*

I almost want to see all 3 just to protest the notion its an either or

Nah. I always found LexCorp weird because A.) what kind of self-serious corporate tycoon would use his first name as the basis for the title - he'd be too preoccupied with the notion of a "legacy" and "the Luthor name" for that I think, and B.) I just don't think Lex would appreciate strangers being familiar/presumptive enough to call him "Lex" on a regular basis rather than "Mr. Luthor." It's just a very anti-Lex concept of a name for his company, imo. LuthorCorp has always felt more befitting of his character to me.

I can see both sides of this and it doesn't remotely bother me... but I'd vote Lexcorp. I agree with others that it feels more right for Lex's ego that it'd be HIS company, not his family name.

Agreed on Cavill but....at least he gave us this to which I am extremely grateful for

....how else do you get documents from one place to another worldwide?

I lingered on this post waaaay too long

Damn Kane, im starting to like your GIFS more than the trailer itself

A bit random but after watching the trailer I kinda understand Gunn's "Poor Superman" comment. It really looks like Luthor is about to destroy him completely.

I really don't think there's a secret third villain in this. I think it's all Luthor. And to be honest I don't even think that big ball in the sky is part of the 3rd act.

Well Gunn has said that most of the footage is from the beginning of the film bar a few things so..

 

[donuts]

I almost want to see all 3 just to protest the notion its an either or

I love movies.

If the trailers for Jurassic World Rebirth and Fantastic Four: First Steps look good, I'm in!

 

[Lily Adler]

I think what killed the little interest I had in this film was learning Arthur gets raped by the guards that was some Shawshank ****.

 

[Lily Adler]

I almost want to see all 3 just to protest the notion its an either or



I can see both sides of this and it doesn't remotely bother me... but I'd vote Lexcorp. I agree with others that it feels more right for Lex's ego that it'd be HIS company, not his family name.



I lingered on this post waaaay too long



Damn Kane, im starting to like your GIFS more than the trailer itself



Well Gunn has said that most of the footage is from the beginning of the film bar a few things so..

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I love movies.

If the trailers for Jurassic World Rebirth and Fantastic Four: First Steps look good, I'm in!

Who knows if the internet can find the right portmanteau, we may have another Barbenheimer event.