• wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 hours ago

    They say that escapism media tends to be a response to the particular anxieties of an era. Probably pretty telling that this looks like it’s going to be a multi-lateral, consensus-building, hope-inspiring take on Superman.

    Truth, Justice, and [what we were sold as children should be] the American Way.

    Also, KRYPTO! Dyno-Mutt and Blue Falcon movie when???

    • neoman4426@fedia.io
      12·
      2 hours ago

      Didn’t actually watch the trailer to see if they use the old “American Way” slogan, but they changed it a few years back to “Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow” which I quite like

      • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        That is better, even just as a calculated marketing notion. The trailer didn’t actually have the slogan, just very traditionally wholesome Superman imagery, stuff like Supes being saved by a happy superdog, taking a big hit to save a child, hanging out on the Smallville porch with Pa Kent, that sort of thing. There are also at least two costumes in the trailer, and one of them is very old-timey with square-cut trunks.

        Seems like Gunn has been tasked with channeling the Christopher Reeve movies and rebooting the Justice League (hopefully not entirely in in a single movie again), and doing all of it with more heart than the Snyderverse take on DC. Tall order, but he has shown he knows how to deliver the Superhero goods that the studios want while playing around on the edges enough to keep the formula fresh, so I might actually watch this one.

        • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago

          I think “the American way” is fine if Clark is depicted as someone who’s lived in America all his life and loves America, but esp. if you’re skipping that origin story (like this movie is), it does feel a bit odd to have an alien from a different planet so focused on the values of just one of the countries of Earth.

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    52·
    2 hours ago

    this trailer tells me nothing. my only interaction with superman is some comics from the 60s, so i know krypto the wonder-dog, but since when is “there is a dog” something that you put triumphant music over?

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 hour ago

      since when is “there is a dog” something that you put triumphant music over

      Since today, LOL.

      The general vibe here is that this Suprman is good and kind, and the trailer is directly tying that notion to triumph. We’ll see if the movie bears that out (and if it’s just generally any good). Watching the trailer, I assume there’s going to be a part either at the beginning or in the middle where a set-piece in the more muted Snyder-y action-y suit is going to go very wrong and provoke a period of reflection, but I assume he’ll accept his inherent cheesy goodness by the last act.

  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    I love how triumphant this soundtrack is. This should be a treat.

    Seems like the whole thing is in IMAX too, which would be cool.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      I haven’t watched any Superman stuff other than the 80s movies. Did the other reboots use the John Williams theme?

  • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
    68·
    1 hour ago

    I’m apparently the only one who thinks this looks fucking awful. The suit looks like shit which is a pretty major no no. The effects look on par with Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern. The casting leaves an enormous amount to be desired. I’ve never seen the chick playing Lois be believable in anything, nevermind good. The dude playing Clark looks like a teenager and the guy playing Lex somehow looks worse than Eisenberg which I didn’t think was possible, also looking like a damn child. They decided to full on rape the John Williams theme into something horrific. And that’s just criticising what’s in the trailer, not the trailer itself which is barely watchable garbage that gives way too fucking much information about the movie away.

    James Gunn is hit or miss, rarely with a meh. This does not look like a fucking hit to me. This looks like a confusing jumble of a movie and trying to slap the same Guardians of the Galaxy energy to it. Please explain to me when the hell Superman ever had the same energy as Peacemaker or Guardians of the Galaxy?

    This is a joke. It isn’t Superman. It’s a James Gunn self-congratulatory, masturbatory piece of garbage. This looks like shit. Just another cranked out Superman movie I’ll put on the shelf next to Superman Returns.

    • tacosanonymous@lemm.eeEnglish
      111·
      2 hours ago

      I also don’t find this appealing. I won’t agree with all of your reasons.

      This being the 9th(?) live-action Superman is one of the largest contributors though.

      Also, are you trashing this and saying you’ll still see it then buy the dvd?

      • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        No, I’m saying it’d be relegated to the same position on the shelf. Metaphorically. It looks like trash and I have zero hope for this when it’s giving me the exact same low-energy, low-effort garbage vibes as Superman Returns did.