Nobody would mistake Clark Kent for #Superman
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James Gunn's new "Superman" film debuts next week. "While the likes of Batman and Wolverine are popular because they break the rules, Superman has to be a law-abiding, upstanding all-American Mr. Nice Guy," Nicholas Barber writes. But that hasn't always been the case for Man of Steel. Read more from @BBCNews:
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George Reeves directing an episode of ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, which aired its finale #OTD in 1958.
#NationalSuperheroDay #Superman #GeorgeReeves
A lot of Jewish people hid their religion & their ethnicity after coming to the U.S. #AntiSemitism was not only in Germany, it was all over.
When you watch a #Superman movie or read the comics, you see a character created by two Jewish boys about a man from another world, with a secret identity, who puts on glasses and a suit to blend into the world around him.
That's who Superman is. He's the first-generation immigrant who was once called Kal-El, and is now Clark Kent.
But here's the important part:
NO ONE KNOWS his true identity.
He is a metaphor for so many first-generation Jewish people in the late 1800s/early 1900s, who hid their #Jewish #ancestry and changed their names to blend in.
Do you have Jewish ancestors? Look at your tree. Find the "Russian,” "Polish," “Ukrainian,” and "Czech" immigrants. Your Jewish ancestor probably comes from there. Research terms like "Shtetle" and "Pogroms."
#SupermanDay #Superman #Genealogy #JewishGenealogy #Geneadons @geneadons
I'm kind of sick of endless #superhero movies and endless reboots
But I can totally get behind this:
"#JamesGunn Says ‘#Superman’ Is About an ‘#Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, it’s About #Politics’"
So much can be mined from the golden age of comic books which had its roots in fighting #fascism in #WWII
And the silver age and the #civilRights struggle (#XMen)
#PopCulture is a tool to fight #MAGA
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Hold on to your undies-outside-your-trousers, folks. The reviews for James Gunn's "Superman" movie are in, and they're good. Really good — the movie's Rotten Tomatoes score currently sits at 87%. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard including reviews, interviews, a breakdown of filming locations, and a ranking of "Superman" movies from worst to best. We want to know: Do you intend to watch the movie?
https://flipboard.com/@theculturedesk/is-the-new-superman-movie-good-9hdjtr00hqalbiue
#Movies #Cinema #DCUniverse #Film #Entertainment #Film #JamesGunn #Superman
Options: (choose one)
I don’t watch superhero movies, but I may want to make an exception for the new Superman. Per Variety:
James Gunn is opening up about what “Superman” is really about.
In his Sunday profile with The Times of London, the DC Studios head went deep on the themes and ideas that drive his highly anticipated “Superman.” He explained that the superhero epic encompasses “the story of America,” and at a basic level, is about a man searching for a better life away from his original home.
“I mean, ‘Superman’ is the story of America,” Gunn explained. “An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”
“ … obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them,” he said.
The embargo on reviews of the new "Superman" movie lifts tomorrow, but a few little oopsies have slipped out: A very negative writeup from The Daily Beast, a rave from The Sunday Times, heavy hints from Variety, and a cast interview by GQ that gives some indications of what to expect. Forbes sums it up here.
#Movies #Cinema #Film #Superman #Reviews #JamesGunn #Entertainment #DCComics #Superhero
The fact that how much money fucking #Superman makes has become some kind of political proving ground is real stupid, but…
Surely it was obvious it wouldn’t do well overseas
Superman is THE American superhero avatar. No one wants to hear any mouth-flapping about the American Way from us right now.
My Superman fandom is not new. Direct from the 198X Sears Wishbook, a Superman bed sheet and comforter set, along with my comic book LPs (which I still have).
I did get rid of the Superman comforter tho....
MOVIE REVIEW: "SUPERMAN" - IN THEATERS
James Gunn skips the backstory and jumps to the excess of 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
https://hotchka.com/superman-review
#Superman #JamesGunn #DCStudios #WarnerBrosPictures #Entertainment #Movies #Film #Cinema
Superman was excellent. DC finally got it. I understand now why the right wing conservatives weren't happy, too.
No spoilers, but there was a point I thought "how are they going to make [secondary hero] work"?
And then I realized their super power was being a grumpy nerd and I was all in.
I'm surprised the character didn't mention having a mastodon account.
T-Riffic.
I wish the organizers of the #Superman tour here in the #Philippines listed @jamesgunn @jamesgunn@threads.net 's #Fediverse so Filipinos will get curious. 😉
But, then again, the local organizers only know Meta and Elon. 😅
The new #SupermanMovie is reminding audiences that #Superman was a refugee — and that his story calls for patriotism, not nationalism.
What’s the difference?
🇺🇸 Patriotism means love of country and its ideals.
🇺🇸 Nationalism means loyalty to just one group, often at others’ expense.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-difference-between-nationalism-and-patriotism-208170
#USPolitics
![“Superman’ Poisoning American Children, Irate Nazis Claim
By The United Press
BERLIN, April 24 [1940]
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finished watching Superman
That was surprisingly fun! And no wonder the right are mad about it: for starters, a broligarch and Netanyahu are the villains XD
SUPERMAN 2025 REVIEW
Alright… a movie review that doesn't warrant a content warning. A first for me. Anyway.
I should say it up front that I was obssessed with Spiderman when I was a kid, and as far as superheroes go, that was about it. So I walked into this with strong feelings about no one and nothing adjacent to Superman, nor Superman. If it seems like I'm not comparing this to any prior interpretation, that's because I'm not, at least for the most part (see below).
This movie mostly worked for me, even in terms of the suspension of my disbelief, and I actually mean the rough opposite of what you probably think I mean by that. It pisses me off because I didn't figure it out until the third act. Superman's standing there giving a monologue that's so cliche it's borderline self-aware, and I'm just sitting there thinking, "Why is this so cliche, why is the good guy giving the monologue; why isn't the bad guy the one giving the monologue if they're being so cliche, and why does this still work?" Then it hit me. This is kayfabe. For those who don't know, kayfabe is the structure against which the script for professional is written.
From Wikipedia:
Faces, short for "babyfaces", are hero-type characters whose personalities are crafted to elicit the support of the audience through traits such as humility, patriotism, a hard-working nature, determination, and reciprocal love of the crowd. Faces usually win their matches on the basis of their technical skills and are sometimes portrayed as underdogs to enhance the story.
Heels are villainous or antagonistic characters, whose personalities are crafted to elicit a negative response from the audience. They often embrace traditionally negative traits such as narcissism, egomania, unprompted rage, sadism, and general bitterness.
Here's the thing, though: everyone knows professional wrestling is fake and no one cares, and the face is not who sells the tickets; the heel is. The stadium is never packed because of how much everyone likes the good guy; it's packed because of how much everyone hates the bad guy, and how much they want to see the good guy wear a completely absurd costume while kicking his ass in some hilariously unrealistic fashion. The parralels are obvious now, certainly. Here's the other thing: this movie leans into it, correctly. The problem I've had with movies in the past that were based on DC Comics' IP was always that they were trying to be the MCU and they couldn't figure out how to do it right. Unlike this time around, when they finally nailed it if you're asking me, they've always given me the impression that they were dead serious, somehow. So, is the heel in this movie any good? Hell yes, Nicholas Hoult's performance as Lex Luther is outstanding. To put it simply, my ass wasn't in the seat to watch Superman win, but to watch a fellow bald man lose. I mean, the plot revolves around Lex Luther running a smear campaign against Superman, and then other things that also paint him horribly but I'm not spoiling anything.
Krypto a.k.a. Super Dog is hilarious, and endearing throughout, and he's introduced immediately in the opening scene for reasons that pay off later, and I already said I'm not spoiling anything.
This interpretation of Green Lantern is… something. Like I've already said, I don't have much if anything, especially off the cuff, for comparison. I don't know what Green Lantern is usually like in the comics. He has in this version a really stupid haircut which Lois Lane calls him out on directly, appears to be experiencing a midlife crisis, and literally refers to himself as an "upgrade"… from Superman… his words, not mine. I'm really curious to see where they end up going with his character in the future, because I could see it being either really good or really bad, easily.
I thought David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Superman and Lois Lane respectively, were both great independently, and I thought they worked very well against each other.
I had a few issues as well.
First off, and I do realize this is minor: I liked Mister Terrific's character overall, but I had a slight problem with him, too, and that was some of the exposition he gave about Lex Luther's tech. How does he know all this, from nothing? Also, I'm sorry, but most of it's just a bunch of random words randomly ordered, and I had a really hard time buying it, even though it was already established that the movie regarded as a whole is by no means taking itself to seriously. I also felt like nothing would've been lost if none of that had even been explained, ever, by him or by anyone else.
Also, it is simply impossible that a huge amount of CGI wasn't used, and I can't fault anyone for that, especially in a movie like this; however, there are scenes where it's blatant, and where I honestly feel like they could've done at least some of it in camera and it would've been all the better for it. According to Wikipedia as of the most recent edit at the time of writing, this movie had a budget of $225 million and it's already done $416.2 million at the box office so far. The outside of the glorified helicopter thing could've been built, and by that I mean a "real" one, just for the one shot. We never see the inside of it—that I can remember, at least, so that part must not have mattered, which is fine—and how many people work in the film industry who could've built the outer shell of a glorified helicopter thing in no time flat, and actually made it look convincing? How much more would that have actually, really added to the budget, in reference to the damned-near-quarter-billion they'd already spent by the time they were finally done spending? Or would that have been cheaper, even? I don't honestly know the answers to any of those questions, and I spent money to watch this thing, and so I don't really care, frankly. The Force Awakens had a "real" Millennium Falcon, that was ten years ago, it did huge numbers at the box office, and most people didn't even like that movie. So it's not too much to ask.
Anyway: I recommend seeing it. Oh, and see it with Dolby Atmos if you can. It's worth it.
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