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[Doom85]

This movie seems wildly divisive in reactions for the audience scores it's getting.

Currently 94% for audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Lower on Metacritic, but as far as I know, that site doesn't require proof of ticket purchase to submit a rating like RT does.

 

[NahaNago]

-sorry, I meant to type "different director". That's my bad.

-sounds like you want how they'll probably handle Supergirl. In the Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic mini-series (which her film will be a direct adaptation of), she's definitely not fully cynical, and does adhere to the "no killing" rule, but she does have a tad less idealistic view of the world compared to Superman, but she can show compassion and kindness and is shown helping people in need. So she could provide the foil you were looking for in a superhero adjacent to Superman

-nah, he only went nuts on The Suicide Squad because, well, that's their concept (the first movie barely killed off anyone). I think there's plenty to do with Guy so he's probably safe, and I highly doubt he'd off Mr. Terrific and Hawkgirl. I assume Metamorpho has less screentime so he'd probably be safe for now as well

-yeah, but like I said, they could find a way to revive Hal with a new actor, or go the Spectre route which would be cool

-yeah, originally James Gunn said they'd keep the Blue Beetle film as canon (as it was mostly isolated from the DCEU), but he changed his mind so it's non-canon now. But they are planning a Blue Beetle animated series and Jaime's actor will reprise his role as the voice, hopefully that means they'll more closely adapt the 2000's Jaime Reyes run which is amazing (while the movie was just okay and did its own thing which was kind of just average to me) and since that run actually has both Guy Gardener and Peacemaker play a decent-sized role they could have Nathan Fillion and John Cena reprise their roles (as Gunn says he wants to keep the same actor for both live-action and the voice for animated when it comes to any character appearing in both formats).

Booster Gold is getting his own show, and Ted Kord (the Blue Beetle before Jaime) is Booster's best friend, so Ted will likely appear as well

The supergirl thing seems weird since I always viewed superman as almost a father figure to the girl and he doesn't seem quite that more like an older brother who frowns on his little sister. You could explore further his parents wanting him to conquer the world and an a.i. program eradicator that is meant to assist with that would be superman's counter in the movie.

He can off Guy and even Hawk girl in some terrible battle and Mr. Terrific goes off an mourns his allies. Metamorpho all you would have to due is harm his lady and he will be evil.

They could still put Blue Beetle in that universe they would simply have to modify his character and suit.

I really wish they would hold back on the tv shows. Maybe keep it animated for now. They could do miniseries after they come out in films.

 

[trikster40]

I had a feeling it was going to be all this. Thanks. I'll skip it.

It really wasn't all that, not at all. I know not everyone's going to like it, but it's overly harsh. If anyone ever gives something a 0/10, it's an immediate outlier. Would you listen if someone said 10/10, mazing, perfect movie? No, so don't listen to 0/10 eithers. Find the people who give it 2-9, take the best pros and the worst cons, and then decide if you want to spend time with it.

 

[TrebleShot]

I think he probably skip Zodd, been done too many times. Especially with what they did to Superman's birth parents. They're pretty much Zodd mind. Dumb imo, I guess the twist he's doing is that Zodd is the good one now.

I dont think we've seen the last of that message.

 

[Doom85]

The supergirl thing seems weird since I always viewed superman as almost a father figure to the girl and he doesn't seem quite that more like an older brother who frowns on his little sister. You could explore further his parents wanting him to conquer the world and an a.i. program eradicator that is meant to assist with that would be superman's counter in the movie.

He can off Guy and even Hawk girl in some terrible battle and Mr. Terrific goes off an mourns his allies. Metamorpho all you would have to due is harm his lady and he will be evil.

They could still put Blue Beetle in that universe they would simply have to modify his character and suit.

I really wish they would hold back on the tv shows. Maybe keep it animated for now. They could do miniseries after they come out in films.

-well, in some continuities, Kara was actually his older cousin. But time dilation shenanigans made it so when she arrives to Earth, Clark is usually roughly 10-15 years older than her by the time she arrives on Earth. So I feel making him a full on father figure would be kind of weird given those details, and a sibling type relationship does work better

-I don't think Gunn will, he seems to value the characters and not resort to killing off characters when more could be done with them. Notice how he didn't kill off any major Guardians in those films, even Yondu was the parental figure to the main character

-they will, the various animated series are canon to the live-action DCU

-I think Gunn will make sure it works where you could still follow the movies fine even if you haven't seen certain shows.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

It really wasn't all that, not at all. I know not everyone's going to like it, but it's overly harsh. If anyone ever gives something a 0/10, it's an immediate outlier. Would you listen if someone said 10/10, mazing, perfect movie? No, so don't listen to 0/10 eithers. Find the people who give it 2-9, take the best pros and the worst cons, and then decide if you want to spend time with it.

0/10 is idiotic. I've seen tons of terrible films, I don't know how many I'd give 0. Maybe Bat Pussy. I probably wouldn't even give Highlander 2 0, even though it's a blight on cinema.

 

[TheAtomicPile]

Not bad. It did a much better job than Man of Steel at capturing the spirit of the character and not taking itself too seriously. Gunn also continues his streak of elevating misfit characters.

The comics have been exploring the politics of having an ostensibly American sentient super weapon interfering with foreign affairs on and off for a while now, and it was handled well here. I have to imagine folks complaining about these aspects of the movie probably either aren't aware of the recent comic history, or are extremely sensitive and butthurt that the politics of the movie don't align with their own.

The downside for my kid was that Superman does take several significant beatings. Might be wise to prepare your kids for that if you feel they might be saddened by it.