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Team Superman: Can This Possibly Work?

posted a year ago by FootOfDavros (8388)
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Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Supergirl, etc...

Why does Superman have so many Super pals in this one? Okay, it's not General Zod again but can a team up film really work for Superman or is this going to land up looking like Black Adam 2.0?

[–] DoctorThirteen (14426) a year ago

For Supergirl I gather it's to introduce her and give some backstory before her upcoming solo movie, a direct adaptation of the comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow which features an established Kara. Maybe it's doing a similar thing for Hawkgirl and GL.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18070) a year ago

To his credit, James Gunn did a good job of balancing out an ensemble cast in the GOTG trilogy and Suicide Squad 2.

[–] FootOfDavros (8388) a year ago

I wouldn't disagree with that, in so much as the ones I've seen - the first two GOTGs. But then they are specifically team up movies. Superman though is a different beast...

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18070) a year ago

I get that and to be fair, it's not often he shares the screen with other heroes. And the only films we have for comparison are the Snyder-verse entries.

[–] BKB (10502) a year ago

I think this is going to bomb after The FLASH & AQUAMAN 2 and spare me it's James Gunn making it and he walks on water and can do no wrong nonsense.. Comic book movie fatigue is real folks..

[–] FootOfDavros (8388) a year ago

Comic book movie fatigue is real folks..

This might be true. But I think that's maybe more down to Avengers / teams of superheroes (Eternals, Marvel's, etc). All these films do seem to be bombing now.

And rather than trying to do something different, e.g. forgetting about "universes" and built up to "event" movies, and going back to doing a standalone superhero movie (which may actually have seemed a bit different), it looks like they're doubling down with teaming up potentially the one character who truly doesn't need to be teamed up with anyone!

[–] BKB (10502) a year ago

But we've seen SUPERMAN countless times over, so what's so different about James Gunn approach where he's in this "Can't do no wrong" status??

[–] FootOfDavros (8388) 10 months ago

Ha!

Title changed to just Superman. This is very clearly an attempt to deflect attention from the fact this is really "Superman And Friends". Really can't see this working...

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18070) 10 months ago

I didn't mind the subtitle 'Legacy' that much.