The Daily Planet Vol. 2: Superman News and Speculation Thread (🚨TAG SPOILERS🚨)

[donuts]

You love to see it!

 

[solidsnake86]

Great to see it's getting good reviews. Hopefully it does enough at the box office and lastly for me, that I like it.

 

[donuts]

 

[DKDetective]

For those wondering it is now at 88% with 96 reviews. I skimmed a couple blurbs and it seems the themes are striking a cord.

I really hope so, there is a very concerning mythology point from the earlier leak that has me very concerned about the film's subtext. The leaker in question was tuned out, so I'm hoping they misinterpreted it, but...

Spoiler

Allegedly, Clark's understanding of why he was sent to Earth was based on a corrupted message from Jor-El. Allegedly, Lex unscrambles it and Kal-El was actually sent to invade/conquer Earth.

Given that we living in a world where xenophobes and fascists in the United States are unjustifiably treating desperate migrants as criminals and murderers, it seems massively problematic for this film to essentially turn Superman into exactly that and that he was seemingly only saved from that destiny by good old-fashioned white, Midwestern values.

Given how much middle-aged white Middle Americans are at the heart of the current descent into fascism, xenophobia, and authoritarianism, this could be extremely problematic. Superman's original origin story is a much more positive and timeless story of the truth of immigration often being about desperate people looking for a better life.

I'm really hoping the leaker was confused and Lex's message is the altered one.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Love Rosey.

The torch has been passed.

 

[Nemeres]

I'm not used to this feeling

 

[donuts]

SUPERMAN
IS
BACK!​

 

[jokesonm3]

Never underestimate James Gunn.

GOTG trilogy, Suicide Squad and now Superman, man dont miss.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[donuts]

Never underestimate James Gunn.

GOTG trilogy, Suicide Squad and now Superman, man dont miss.

+ Slither + Super

 

[Lily Adler]

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[LifesEnd]

Doing alright . Hopefully It doesnt underperform in box office. A competitive month but if it can break out with WOM to 700 mil plus this fledgling universe is hopefully secure.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm sticking to my gun(n)s. 145 to 150 mill ow.
750 to 800 mill for a final ww total.

 

[Adrian Chase]

Love or hate him, he is the Greatest CBM director of all time.

 

[Lily Adler]

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Love or hate him, he is the Greatest CBM director of all time.

Remember it was either him or Todd Phillips at one point.

 

[dhandler01]

I really hope so, there is a very concerning mythology point from the earlier leak that has me very concerned about the film's subtext. The leaker in question was tuned out, so I'm hoping they misinterpreted it, but...

Spoiler

Allegedly, Clark's understanding of why he was sent to Earth was based on a corrupted message from Jor-El. Allegedly, Lex unscrambles it and Kal-El was actually sent to invade/conquer Earth.

Given that we living in a world where xenophobes and fascists in the United States are unjustifiably treating desperate migrants as criminals and murderers, it seems massively problematic for this film to essentially turn Superman into exactly that and that he was seemingly only saved from that destiny by good old-fashioned white, Midwestern values.

Given how much middle-aged white Middle Americans are at the heart of the current descent into fascism, xenophobia, and authoritarianism, this could be extremely problematic. Superman's original origin story is a much more positive and timeless story of the truth of immigration often being about desperate people looking for a better life.

I'm really hoping the leaker was confused and Lex's message is the altered one.

I don't care enough about reviews to go beyond the blurb but what I did see seemed to imply that the political nature of the film is not something that would make the

Spoiler

xenophobes and fascists

happy...hence the Faux News segments.

 

[DKDetective]

I don't care enough about reviews to go beyond the blurb but what I did see seemed to imply that the political nature of the film is not something that would make the

Spoiler

xenophobes and fascists

happy...hence the Faux News segments.

True, but the critical and awards success of regressive, problematic films like The Green Book and Emilia Perez doesn't always bode well for film critics' political awareness or sophistication.

I'm optimistic, but I'm taking the reviews with a big bag of salt.

 

[OnLeatherWings]

I never doubted Gunn.

From 2005-2012 it was 'In Nolan We Trust'.

Now, I put my trust in Gunn.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[Lily Adler]

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Krypto plushies dammit!

 

[Lily Adler]

Reactions seem a lot more mixed from what I'm seeing.

Time to rethink those social media circles.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

As long as it makes more than MOS, I'll be happy.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[dhandler01]

True, but the critical and awards success of regressive, problematic films like The Green Book and Emilia Perez doesn't always bode well for film critics' political awareness or sophistication.

I'm optimistic, but I'm taking the reviews with a big bag of salt.

I do that anyways