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

[BatLobster]

I love McQ but he doesn’t seem like the type of writer/director that would gel with Gunn. As I understand it, Gunn is pretty strict about having tight, finished scripts for his projects. Of course, he allows for a lot of collaboration and improvisation but it sounds like most of the elements that end up in his movies were there from the beginning.

McQ, in contrast, tends to develop the story for his films on the fly. One of the reasons Rebecca Ferguson left the M:I franchise is because she was tired of having to be available for months-long shoots when she didn’t even know what she would be doing. She even said that the movies “don’t really have scripts.” Now, don’t get me wrong; I think McQ is awesome and I love the M:I franchise. And I would be very interested to see his take on Superman because it sounded interesting. And perhaps his improvisational directing style is largely due to the M:I films being such a collaborative process with Cruise. But if McQ usually films that way, I don’t know that Gunn would give him the green light, especially with a franchise as important as Superman right now.

Very good point, although yeah I was thinking that on the fly style was more specific to the M:I films. McQ was a fairly accomplished screenwriter before he ever became a director so I'd like to think he still has the skillset for turning in a polished script. When I think of what gets me excited about his sensibility applied to Superman, I'm thinking more of Top Gun: Maverick than the M:I films, even though he only wrote that one.

Still probably a longshot at this point, but it's fun to dream.

 

[jokesonm3]

I've been obsessed with Punk Rocker for days know, Gunn really knows how to pick the most perfect unexpected song that just fits so well on a character.

One thing i would REALLY love for him to do is to reccomend and include at least one song for every movie in the DCU, even if he's not directing it, like an unexpected banger of a song for Supergirl, Clayface, Lanterns, Batman, Wonder Woman etc.

 

[Avenging Angel]

I have a feeling this is James reliving nostalgia with the Punk Rock persona of Clark/Sups.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Very good point, although yeah I was thinking that on the fly style was more specific to the M:I films. McQ was a fairly accomplished screenwriter before he ever became a director so I'd like to think he still has the skillset for turning in a polished script. When I think of what gets me excited about his sensibility applied to Superman, I'm thinking more of Top Gun: Maverick than the M:I films, even though he only wrote that one.

Still probably a longshot at this point, but it's fun to dream.

Ah yeah that’s a good point. I forgot he wrote that script and it was great. And we know Gunn is a fan of that movie.

That said, I’m not sure McQ would even want to work with WB again after he wrote that Superman script and they jerked him around lol. That was way before Gunn’s time obviously but he was clearly pissed about that whole experience and may just want to avoid it altogether.

 

[dhandler01]

After the last 2 MI films I'm over McQ...

 

[donuts]

I mean he is an imperfect clone who is stupid

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[donuts]

The more I think about it the more I really want Gunn to fully oversee Superman for at least a trilogy. Superman's rogues gallery are very hard to adapt outside of Zod and Brainiac and Gunn based on what he did for GOTG I feel most confident in bringing to life some of the wackier rogues of Superman. I mean they're not rogues but look at what Gunn has already done with Krypto, Metamorpho and Mr Terrific? The audience loves them so far. Gunn is the guy right now.

Yeah, I DEFINITELY want Gunn to direct future Superman movies. He nailed it.

It would be a bummer to lose his sensibilities, vision and quirky creativity in future installments.

 

[RiXi]

There was a missed opportunity to have Miss Teschmacher describe her relationship with Luthor as "Good s3x, bad Lex"

 

[Deck Rickard]

There was a missed opportunity to have Miss Teschmacher describe her relationship with Luthor as "Good s3x, bad Lex"

LOL there’s no way Lex is good in bed. He probably just calls up Ultraman to come in and plow Eve while he punches in some cheat codes.