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

[Lily Adler]

Superman getting arrested and The Caped Crusader trailer in the same day.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

I wasn't sure if the Clark hair was working for me at first, but seeing it side by side with David as Superman and it's perfect. You'd actually believe they're two different people.

I had a feeling Gunn was going to do something interesting w/ the disguise, especially given how much he loves All-Star—I just wasn't sure what. But pushing David's hair forward and leaving it all messy, which is essentially the natural state of curly hair, was a clever idea.

 

[Boom]

Sidebar: JustJared is such an atrocious site to navigate. My God.

 

[Lily Adler]

Sidebar: JustJared is such an atrocious site to navigate. My God.

Another remnant of the Perez Hilton days of Hollywood gossip sites minus the child pornography, homophobia, and misogyny.

 

[WatchProtect]

With Lex seemingly so involved with the military, I wonder if that'll lead into him donning the war suit.

If the Ultraman rumors are true him being apart of a team make me more cool with it, instead of just him. I wonder what kind of personality hell have. Outright evil, naive, quirky.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Superman getting arrested and The Caped Crusader trailer in the same day.

It's wild how literal days can pass w/o any new content being released, and then all of a sudden, we get a ton of crap at once.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's wild how literal days can pass w/o any new content being released, and then all of a sudden, we get a ton of crap at once.

 

[SupermansPal]

 

[Kane52630]

I'm liking how retro/timeless everything looks so far.

 

[Super Kal]

genuinely intrigued... The only character in the DC universe that I know that has a U on the chest is Ultraman... if any one knows of any other character, please help me out here, because nothing is coming to mind

 

[SupermansPal]

As much as I wanted the retro vibe, I am a tad worried about Gunn drinking too much of the Donner Kool-Aid, as this fashion is very 70s.

 

[Captain Tired]

It's saddening how often Donner is used as a kind of dirty word in this thread

 

[Tra-El]

genuinely intrigued... The only character in the DC universe that I know that has a U on the chest is Ultraman... if any one knows of any other character, please help me out here, because nothing is coming to mind

Ulysses is a name being thrown around right now other than Ultraman. He was around during the New52 era under the Geoff Johns and John Romita JR run.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Looks like any given afternoon in Union Square to me. Nice.

 

[SupermansPal]

It's saddening how often Donner is used as a kind of dirty word in this thread

I'd argue it's more sad that Superman's almost 9 decades worth of source material has been ignored by adaptations again and again and again in favor of redoing the same two movies.

Imagine if every Batman adaptation treated the Burton movies as source material.

 

[Boom]

I haven't received any updates from the casting agency regarding the Cincinnati shoot in mid-July.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I feel the weakest part of this film will be the villains for me...aside from Lex, hopefully. We'll see.

 

[Lily Adler]

I feel the weakest part of this film will be the villains for me...aside from Lex, hopefully. We'll see.

So like most modern CBMs.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Yes why would any Superman adaptation want to take influence from the best and by a vast margin most iconic adaptation of the character which remains the foundational ur-text of CBMs to this day.

 

[DyeLorean]

Love it. This is one of the most interesting reveals/aspects of the production so far.
This specific attention to detail is something I was expecting from Gunn. He's going for the classic/retro approach with modern touches.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yes why would any Superman adaptation want to take influence from the best and by a vast margin most iconic adaptation of the character which remains the foundational ur-text of CBMs to this day.

You give Superman The Animated Series too much credit.

 

[emielaen]

Gunn is not like Donner at all though. Even if he runs that way aesthetically here and there, I can't imagine it being all that similar in dialogue or characterization or direction. Gunn has also name dropped all types of comics and artists as inspiration.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I feel the weakest part of this film will be the villains for me...aside from Lex, hopefully. We'll see.

I love Lex enough that I'm actually happy he'll be the best villain in the movie.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Gunn is not like Donner at all though. Even if he runs that way aesthetically here and there, I can't imagine it being all that similar in dialogue or characterization or direction. Gunn has also name dropped all types of comics and artists as inspiration.

Yeah, I’m sure Donner is an influence given Gunn’s age and appreciation for that film but it’s pretty obvious there are tons of other influences at play. Mixing Donner with the best of post-crisis Superman comics sounds like a great recipe to me, frankly makes me a lot more interested in this than I would be if it was just doing the banal John Byrne snoozefest take.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I love Lex enough that I'm actually happy he'll be the best villain in the movie.

I’ve been (probably annoyingly) cynical about this movie but I have zero doubts Gunn and Hoult will nail Lex. Almost assuredly going to be the best part of the movie.