The Phantom Zone: Superman 🚨SPOILER🚨 Discussion (NO TAGS)

[hopefuldreamer]

So... we buying this?

 

[GreenKToo]

So... we buying this?

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Good lord. No. I doubt even bay or Snyder would try such a stupid thing.

 

[flickchick85]

So... we buying this?

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Yep. And ViewerAnon said it played extremely well, and even the people he heard from who weren't so hot on the movie thought that part was great. It's a gag. Context is everything, folks!

 

[GreenKToo]

Hope so. I guess it plays better than it sounds.

 

[Gu3ree]

I'm starting to speculate that the reason Superman is sitting on a chair with Lois by the window as that beam of light is causing havoc outside in the city is because Superman has a restraining order not to use his powers because he interfered with a war. Or he is just powered down.

 

[emielaen]

That leak is major silver age silliness that I can see Gunn running with. I highly doubt its this major, core plot point like detractors want to run with.

I can see that EASILY getting big "wth" laughs though. And other people who think Superman is ultra serious will say its the worse thing ever. Can't please everyone.

 

[Gu3ree]

Looking back on The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, overall, I think the humor works just for those medias, but I admit at times, some content in between felt a bit unnecessary. Overall, it was forgiven, given how fact-paced the dialogue scenes were. It would just keep going. One thing I recall from TSS that was a little...too much and kind of childish was King Shark burping out the...I don't know how to write this here...d#%%...

Well I wouldn't expect to see that in Gunn's Superman. It won't be R-rated. I hope Gunn has taken notes from here though. Take Joss Whedon for instance. Not that it's quite the same humor, but Whedon's "humor" or rather, lack thereof, often doesn't land well in his movies, especially his cut of Justice League...Joss Whedon's so-called "jokes" came out flat, awkward and just flat-out unfunny especially the "brunch" scenes.

The Snyder cut was very redeeming and free from all those dreadful unnecessary Joss Whedon bits. It was also a good idea that Snyder took out that "I hear you can talk to fish" line out, even though Snyder originally shot that.

I'm not against humor, and I wish Snyder had more of it in Man of Steel, and even BvS. The Dark Knight trilogy by comparison had way more humor in it. In BvS though, that one moment where Martha said she figured Batman was her son's friend because of, "the cape." That was absolutely hilarious for such a dark and underwhelming movie experience that should have been epic and fulfilling.

I hope Gunn's Superman's humor isn't like Guardians of the Galaxy either, but somewhere in between. Look at the way Adrian Chase was portrayed in Peacemaker versus Arrow's version. I just now remembered that Gunn liked neither Tim Burton's or Christopher Nolan's Batman.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

So... we buying this?

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This version of Lex seems very extra. Like, I am sure you could accomplish the same thing with regular humans typing away at their computers on earth.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Yep. And ViewerAnon said it played extremely well, and even the people he heard from who weren't so hot on the movie thought that part was great. It's a gag. Context is everything, folks!

Oh agreed. Tbh... I think it's funny without the context I mean... we live in a world of #diaperman... is it really so silly? (Mutant monkeys aside). I also always appreciate Lex being on a mission to destroy Superman's popularity, and it feels like a totally realistic tactic to me...