What's a true superman vibe exactly?
Film Superman (2025)
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With all the repetitive superhero tat that keeps getting made this comes as no surprise.
I thought the first Cristopher Reeve film was ok. Since then all SM films have been rubbish.
Tbf the vibe of this was a lot closer to Man of Steel than I expected (just without the god awful desaturation, and with a superdog). Was also hoping for a more retro-futurist design, though the 50s style robot was cool.
An aura of invincibility and a huge physical presence. Also, a bit of mystery. I didn’t really get any of those from the trailer. It looks like a standard James Gunn fare.
Great, I love Travel Man. Wonder who his guest is in metropolis?
He's had stories where hes lost his powers and hes still Superman. He's also revealed his identity before so that takes away from the mystery.
Superman is more a story of an alien, who through being raised by good humans is able to represent the best of humanity with his actions. He inspires hope due to his combination of humanity, morality and the powers he has that allow him to survive where others might be a martyr.
This is what the Reeve movie portrayals had that the recent DC movies did not. The uplifting message of hope.
Its about his character as a person, beyond his powers. Not just his powers. Because if you just look at his powers and the action thats where it does become boring. If you take away elements of his personality and make him an edgy destroyer like some previous movies you lose who he is as a person and you infringe onto other characters who are already like that such as Black Adam.
His villains are also good at bringing out different aspects of his personality. Unfortunately we tend to get the same ones or some of the more boring ones in most movies. Zod at least highlights how his found family has nurtured him and that he isnt the same just because hes Kryptonian. Lex at least shows his humanity, despite not being the human of the two. Doomsday is a bit boring because it focuses on matching physicality and powers, but it does show what he's willing to do to protect his new planet.
Superman Vs. The Elite is one of my favourite stories and the animated movie version is really good. It shows why its important for him to be who he is and do things the way he does them, despite some people (and fans) wanting him to be more vigilante "justice" and doing what the criminals would do to him, back at them.
Having seen some other people's theories now, they speculate on some characters I have mentioned and something different about the green and purple thing in the sky so I wouldnt worry too much. Theres a good chance I didnt identify a character for the final fight and got some of the other parts wrong
My theory on the story. I’m not going to spoil this as it’s all purely speculative (anything that involves something potentially spoiler-y, things from set pics etc, I’ll blur out).
- Guy Gardner, Mr Fantastic & Hawkgirl all work for a ‘conglomerate’ let’s say Stagg Industries, and works with Maxwell Lord (hence the uniforms)
- They’ve effectively sold their souls to become corporate assets. They are directed where to act, similar to Vought in The Boys
- They constantly try to both recruit Superman and belittle him because he’s trying to save EVERYONE, whereas they are ‘Metroplis First’ (or whatever)
- Superman saves the boy from the trailer whilst the Kaiju attacks Metropolis with only the corporate heroes to defend Metropolis. Superman is either late or unwilling to kill it, resulting in the mass damage
- It turns out both Stagg and Lord work under Luthor who is doing this deliberately, trying to turn the people against Superman. He’s got, essentially, a super hero army. Perhaps in saving the child with the flag Superman stops a coup or change or regime etc, that would have netted LuthorCorp a massive payout or contract.
- Superman firstly ‘turns’ Mr Terrific and potentially then the remaining others, removing the support that Luthor has
- He goes to the fortress, finds some tech to
create or bring Ultraman from another universe. Perhaps all of this is with the help of The Engineer
- He then confronts Superman and, as Superman won’t kill, he gets battered from pillar to post
Smells like a timeline right there...
Man who wears his underpants on the outside
The catchphrase made famous by Superman's arch nemesis SuperLa
This popped up on my YouTube algorithm with all of the trailer reaction videos, and it reminded me of a scene I’d love to see. Superman is all about hope and so we see a scene of him saving someone, perhaps about to end their life.
I’m sure I saw a comic panel similar, where someone is about to jump from a building and Superman flies up. The person asks if he’s just going to catch him, and Superman says ‘No, I mean I could. But I’d rather figure out why you’re here and look to help’ and then hover over to the person and talk it out.
I’d then have the camera pan behind them as they talk with a quiet, piano rendition of the classic theme playing. I think it could be a beautiful moment to show how he saves people from things other than Keiju or clones.
The trailer didn't make me want to see the film.
same tbh
@0le and @afrocentricity just out of curiosity, what kind of trailer would have made you interested?
Any particular tone / mood for the movie? Specific visual style?
Any particular tone / mood for the movie? Specific visual style?
They're clearly Snyderverse acolytes.
Anybody else think David Corenswet looks crap as superman? I don’t know if it’s the dated looking suit or the actor but I’m just not getting it…
I don't like how it's called a teaser trailer when it's over two minutes long. Seems a bit daft. As for the trailer itself, it looks alright. I'm not really feeling any of it yet, but I do like the casting of Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. I'm just wondering if that's come slightly too early into his career, only for the reason that he still looks quite young to me facially. I've no doubt that he'll pull off the role well.
Just wonder if this movie will end up being too stuffed full of side characters that it loses the message somewhat. It risks becoming a 'Superman & friends' sort of affair...but that may be what they're going for. Not in a desperate rush to see this and may just wait for it come out on streaming, unless it gets really top reviews. On the other hand, the thought of having to get re-invested again in another batch of superhero films just doesn't really excite me.
Just wonder if this movie will end up being too stuffed full of side characters that it loses the message somewhat. It risks becoming a 'Superman & friends' sort of affair...but that may be what they're going for. Not in a desperate rush to see this and may just wait for it come out on streaming, unless it gets really top reviews. On the other hand, the thought of having to get re-invested again in another batch of superhero films just doesn't really excite me.
Ummmmmm..... I would take something like that but really I don't care, just want something fun and classic. This looks like a very Gunn film, which is not necessarily a good thing for me nowadays.
The content seemed similar to Man of Steel or BvS, except for the dog. The "world hates superman" story or "aliens attack Earth". I also didn't really feel there was much chemistry between Lois and Clark either. I also disliked the trailer music. Just found it annoying tbh.
Fair enough.
I’m (clearly
) very into this and from what I’ve seen it’s not going to be so much that the world hates Superman, more that Superman can’t help but try to save everyone that Lex (and/or others) use that along the lines of ‘Metropolic First’ suggesting that Superman should prioritise them over anyone else.This lines up with the likes of GG, Hawkgirl, Mr Terrific almost being ‘corporate’ superheroes.