James Gunn’s Superman is being rolled out this week

For comparison this was the Man of Steel teaser postet

Oh God not the Richard Donner font again

The movie is forty five years old

Move on!

This film looks... adequate.

The trailer is already leaking

Yikes

Why not just use Cavill? Like you say OP - a serious downgrade.

There were reports two weeks ago that Warner Bros. was very nervous about the trailer, I assumed it was because Gunn was cutting it like a Guardians trailer.

It’s the suit. It looks horrible on film.

The suit is awful R6. It's beyond awful. I can't believe it.

The only good Superman movies were with Christopher Reeves—and only the first two were good. Can Hollywood please just stop with this?

I'm sure they fixed it in post, r7.

The photo at R4 IS post.

When WB launched Man of Steel at Comic Com, the entire hall cheered when Cavill came out in the suit.

This will not repeat here.

It's like a nappy.

Christopher Reeves

Sally Fields

I love Cavill and he is beautiful, even though he let his body get out of control, but he was wrong for Superman.

Superman is a tough character. It's hard to make a Boy Scout interesting in our current climate. I'm willing to give Gunn's take a chance.

Of course you are.

My God Corenswet is dumb.

It's not enough that we'll have a Commander in Chief in diapers come January. Now Superman's wearing one too.

This looks awful. Put this franchise away for 20 years. Too many reboots. Too much inconsistency.

This terrible suit will spell box office doom. Have they learned nothing from Clooney’s nipple bat suit or Alicia Silverstone’s fat suit?

If you don't like this one, just wait a few years and they will "reboot" it with someone else.

This looks bad.

There’s a consensus building that it looks like a CW show

OH MY GOD

IT’S A TRAINWRECK

HENRY CAVILL IS HANDS-FREE EJACULATING SOMEWHERE

Looks like James Gunn... jumped the Gunn

It looks like shit! They're trying to copy the Reeves esthetic while weaving in some modern day cynicism....like, fuck off.

I like the dog, though. Make it just about the dog.

This shot is pretty damn cute.

But yes, it does look like just another one of Gunn's comic book movies. I'm sure it'll be an improvement over the dark and grimy Snyder crap, though.

I’m just so tired of superhero movies. Any marvel, DC, indie superhero movie! Enough!

DL doesn't like anything, so I will wait to see it for myself.

I thought the trailer mostly hit the right notes. The guitar cover of the John Williams theme and the boy hoisting a Superman flag were nice touches.

Superman has had the red trunks for his career for much, much longer than he did not have them.

It's a stupid complaint about this film.

The studio chose to roll the trailer out with Mufasa, suggesting they’ve already decided primarily to market it toward children.

The original Superman (1978) movie is my favorite among all superhero movies.

[quote] They're trying to copy the Reeves esthetic while weaving in some modern day cynicism....like, fuck off.

I get your point, r24, and agree with it with regard to weaving in the Richard Donner aesthetic, but I really don't mind that.

Really, where else should Gunn go to copy, er, excuse me, I mean, pay homage?

My point is that varying Superman approaches have been exhausted. I liked the darkness of "Man of Steel", but wasn't it a box office disappointment?

Gunn wasn't going to re-invent the commercial wheel, and he could've done worse than to "be influenced" by the Donner 1978 Superman.

Looks cheap and boring as hell.

A dog? Miss Gunn is banking on toys. What a hack.

Cavill hardly owns the Superman role. He looked decent, but that's as far as the praise can possibly go.

Who is the villain?

That guy with the fucked up face?

Brainiac???

“Man of Steel” was too dark. It was WB trying to make a dark Christian Nolan esque version of Superman. I think Nolan was even an executive producer.

The movie was dull and boring.

Superman is outdated. Batman is 80 but Batman really captivates a lot of generations cause there were successful films in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000s and people grew up with Batman. Of course there was Lois & Clark and Smallville on the CW but those were TV shows which is where he probably belongs.

Superman hasn’t been successful since the 80s. To me, he’s a t-shirt logo.

I’ve never found him interesting or even his villains.

[quote] Who is the villain?

Luthor, [bold]yet again.[/bold]

This time played by Nicholas Hoult.

Did you hear that, Warner Entertainment? r36 finds Superman boring! Might as well not even release this movie.

This is a franchise that died years ago but nobody seems to have noticed.

I don't blame them for trying to squeeze the last dollar from this version but the world has moved on.

R36 But the public finding Superman boring is common knowledge and every director and actor from every Superman reboot over the last 25 years has addressed it.

Batman and Spider-Man always win not just because they are complex and troubled individuals but their villains are just as popular and well fleshed out personalities.

David looks weird in this movie. He looked more like Clark Kent in “Pearl” than he does here.

[quote]That guy with the fucked up face?

Nevermind, that is Metamorpho.

[bold] This was an awful trailer. [/bold] And I am a comic geek. Corenswet looks wimpy. Lois Lane looks like a lesbian and years older than Superman. Pa Kent is morbidly obese. Krypto was the star of the trailer.....FYI----->> WB did themselves no favors picking Rachel. Her Tranzy friendship with Dylan Mulvaney isn't going to fill seats. And DM was just at the Joker 2 premiere and that movie bombed.

Superman : The LAVENDER adventures of Lois and Clark!!

I'll be the contrarian - I'm liking the trailer and the new cast. Anyway, I always thought Henry Cavill is asexual and plastic like Ken.

[quote]DL doesn't like anything, so I will wait to see it for myself.

My thoughts exactly. Gunn's already done the impossible: he turned a group of the least known, and least interesting, Marvel superheroes into the "Guardians" trilogy. AND he already one-upped DC itself with his own "The Suicide Squad," vastly better than its predecessor.

[quote]A dog? Miss Gunn is banking on toys. What a hack.

Describing Krypto as "just a dog" is like describing Barbra as "just a singer." But it's obvious you know jack shit about the actual comic, and just came here to shit all over it.

[quote]Corenswet looks wimpy.

The first shot is him seemingly half-dead in the Arctic, so yeah, we don't get to see him saving a passenger plane or redirecting a nuke into outer space. If you meant that *Clark* looks wimpy, I'd agree – but specifically because Gunn opted to do away with the most absurd part of Superman mythology, that Clark can magically con literally everybody with nothing more than a pair of glasses. Clark's "broccoli cut" looks silly (albeit very Gen Z), but he's the first one who seems actually *believable* as a dork.

[quote]I get your point, R24, and agree with it with regard to weaving in the Richard Donner aesthetic, but I really don't mind that. Really, where else should Gunn go to copy, er, excuse me, I mean, pay homage?

Concurred. Dark & gritty works for Batman because the character *is* dark & gritty. Attempting to transmogrify Superman into Batman in "Man of Steel" was a disastrous move, as we all know.

[quote]The studio chose to roll the trailer out with Mufasa, suggesting they’ve already decided primarily to market it toward children.

I think you've confusing "marketing to children" with "marketing to a mass audience," and Gunn has said outright that he wanted to recreate the OG Donner inspiring Superman version. The only reason I doubt him in the least is because he's done so well with the definitely adult-skewing "Guardians" and "The Suicide Squad." (He landed the first "fuck" in the MCU, in Guardians 3.)

Finally, I think we'll all be in the mood for some uplifting content come July, what with the likelihood of the world being in flames and all.

I love dogs, but this looks like shit.

This is the Black Adam playbook. Throw in other meaningless heroes to prop up a lousy movie. Nathan Fillion stinking up the movie. This is not going to go well. WTF..

CGI crapfest monster. How many duds is Gunn going to allowed until DC wises up? How many under perfoming movies is he going churn out? Flash. Joker. Shazam. Black Adam.

R47 = Publicist at Warner Bros. DC could be making some "staffing decisions" after this slop hits the big screen.

I'm not going to comment until I've also seen Tim Gunn's Superman.

I’m so bored with these super badass superheroes so I actually like the look of this and am looking forward to it.

I'm not going to comment until I've also seen Maud Gonne's Superman.

The brief moment where we see Superman sadly bent over some kind of metallic skeleton is probably him looking at the destroyed remains of his "dog." So Krypto is clearly not a dog, but some kind of robot.

I'd like to see Tommy Gunn's Superman but guess I will just have to settle with him as The Wolferine.

DL fave Rocco Reed aka Rev. Joshua Broome played Superman.

Finally masculine Rachel Bronsnahan finds a movie role where she can be her "authentic self". I can't wait to see what her fabulous husband wears to the premiere.. This Lois ain't gonna bring horny teen geeks to the theater. Zendaya she is not.

[quote]I think you've confusing "marketing to children" with "marketing to a mass audience”

No because Mufasa is not a mass audience film. It’s a film for families with children. That’s why WB was worried about it (and they should be); it looks like a children’s film.

Superman is opening between Jurassic World Rebirth and Fantastic Four. I was wondering why WB hasn’t moved it; now I understand. Because they’re not going to target the same audience; it’s counterprogramming. They’re going to market it to families with children.

Sorry meant to add: the two films it is going to be playing with are both children’s films. Sonic 3 is the other movie it’s paired with.

Why did they choose that look for the suit? It seems fanmade, like the kind you'd see geeks wear at Comic-Con.

Oh, not TIM Gunn. You really had me going for a while.

I don’t think Gunn likes the way men’s bodies look in spandex.

What a joyless piece of crap. Exactly what I would expect from Gunn. Superman must have a mommy fetish because Lois looks 10 years older than him.

This makes it absolutely clear that Gunn does not like the way men’s bodies look in traditional superhero bodysuits

Is Superman wearing tracksuit pants?

aka Brandon Routh Pt. II

It’s interesting you bring Routh up because I did not expect Corenswet to be as unexciting as Routh as a leading man or celebrity. He seemed like he was willing to play the game when he did “Hollywood.”

LOL.

But anyway compare the response to Corenswet to the buzz going on for Drew Starkey, who is exploding right now based on a movie many people will not see. It’s entirely organic.

You're addicted to Twitter, is the main takeaway here. Not a good look in these times.

Twitter became successful because it’s a good barometer of instant public opinion. Whether or not it agrees with your political agenda is irrelevant, because all the tech CEOs are kissing Trump’s ring now.

No one will save you r70. And it’s your fault. And you must be reminded of it every day, for four years.

Whoever let Cavill slip through DC's hands should be caned. This new guy's Clark Kent looks like an Instaho in a suit with that FUCKING broccoli hairstyle.

I mean...it looked okay. I certainly hope we won't have to sit through ANOTHER origin story. ALSO, how irresponsible is it to have a dog with Kryptonian powers run around?

It looks terrible, but good for them for hiring someone who appears to be steroid free.

Why don't they just put him in a caftan with a cape on the back?

Despite being unbearably gorgeous, Cavill was a charisma void as Superman. Christopher Reeve was not any top tier thespian but he really pulled it off and you couldn’t take your eyes off of him. The character is boring overall. Tim Gunn’s favorite joke is baby rape—because it’s so funny. Fuck him and this movie.

Tim Gunn hosts Project Runway

My God how gay are you

Let’s just be grateful. Corenswet is indeed a fantastic looking man and they don’t cast too many good looking young male actors in Hollywood these days.

R73 Corenswet used steroids

The photo on the left is from late 2022 and the one right is from this year

He developed gynecomastia, roid gut and roid face. It really fucked with his jawline which is why he looked more like Superman in Pearl than in Superman.

That’s why there is only one photo of him shirtless after he bulked up, wearing a shirt oddly so it covers his nipples. He won’t be shirtless in Superman.

Cavill worked with a famous trainer who didn’t allow him to use steroids

Good lord he has the torso of a menopausal woman

Ridiculous

David Cornsweat looks dull

I’ll watch it.

I loathe Fillion with the power of a thousand suns. He looks absolutely retarded with that hair.

That new Lex looks pretty interesting, reminding me of the best young Lex, Michael Rosenbaum.

Why is Krypton speeding when he can fly?

A Superman with ZERO bulge? There goes the gay audience. It feels like desperation the way DC threw rando superheroes into the movie. Metamorpho? Seriously? Hawkgirl? This is gonna suck big time.

[quote] Corenswet is indeed a fantastic looking man

He has a great face, but no ass or pecs. Cavill has all three.

[quote] aka Brandon Routh

A very talented and handsome actor who should’ve been in more Superman films.

[bold]Let's review the "wisdom" of Gunn [/bold]-------------->>James Gunn Says Ezra Miller's 'The Flash' Is 'Probably One of the Greatest Superhero Movies Ever Made'

R85 wouldn’t that technically be five

[quote] wouldn’t that technically be five

I think you meant R84, and it would be four or five depending on whether you count an ass as one feature or two ass cheeks.

[quote] He developed gynecomastia

I like the gynecomastia on him.

Fans appear to love this scene from the trailer where Superman shields a young girl from an explosion. It's Superman being classic Superman.

[quote] I loathe Fillion with the power of a thousand suns.

Why do you hate him so much?

[Quote] traditional superhero bodysuits

🤡

He’s a smug, smarmy asshole. His popularity is greatly exaggerated by his loser fangirls, fangirling over him. There’s not much there.

Firefly wasn’t all that. He’s been coasting on that popularity for ever.

R92 = “I’m so bored with these super badass superheroes so I actually like the look of this and am looking forward to it.”

So you like heroes that look like they got their costume from Spirit Halloween

[quote] And you must be reminded of it every day, for four years.

Haha get a life loser. This online all the time shit is not for you.

R95 = elected Trump

Set photo/costume...Fabric wrinkles where the abs are supposed to be...The oversized boots. The subtle kneepads. Is his whole movie body going to be CGI?

People have been noticing some odd things

For one the teaser is coming up in pop up ads on YouTube

This is usually done only right before the release of a film, not a release seven months away. It would be wasted money to target moviegoers this way.

Also Gunn’s post praising his own film are coming up as Ads on X

Wolferine.

I love how the trailer lists Gunn as the director of (Marvels) Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. And yet doesn't list a single hit movie he has directed for DC/Warner Bros franchise. ......Also CNN (owned by Warner Brothers) just called it a "bold new vision for Superman". Well that sounds unbiased.

If Marvel poaches Cavill as Wolverine and announces it next week I may die laughing like the weasels at the end of Roger Rabbit.

If they get Dornan for Cyclops I may autoerotically asphyxiate.

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^^^^^^ Gunns big mouth is now pissing off MORE potential movie goers....

[Quote] So you like heroes that look like they got their costume from Spirit Halloween

Absolutely, I’ll take that over the interchangeable slabs of man-mountain in slightly brighter special forces garb any day.

Oh

So you’re a lesbian

This Gunn person doesn't seem to especially smart.

I forget what it’s called but I always wish they’d adapt the comic where instead of fighting villains, Superman starts to focus on feeding the poor and fighting poverty. Then he ends up causing all kinds of political problems and ends up in over his head dealing with tribal conflicts, greedy dictators, etc. It solves the problem of no foe being a challenge for Superman by taking the antagonist away entirely.

looks like it will be a hit btw - the fans are thrilled by the trailer. honestly i'm gonna go see it just for krypto the superdog. so cute.

Ok bot.

R109 just go see what the dorks are saying they’re uploading videos of themselves in tears over this trailer

People who upload reaction videos to the trailer are often compensated by the studios for the hype.

Many of these people were flown out by Warner Bros to a special event on the Warner Bros lot to meet the cast and crew. They create this content so they can receive perks and freebies from the studios.

I think the dorks are going to be seeing a lot of Lois Lanes TransFriend Dylan Mulvaney as the premiere date gets closer. And that's not gonna be great for box office.

Bring back Zorro instead!