Who needs kryptonite? Woke Superman reboot is savaged in brutal early reviews

The Daily Mail ^ | 08 Jul 2025 | JASON CHESTER

[escapefromboston]

Gunn’s films have generally been pretty crummy but they all ended up with good reviews. I doubt Superman will be that different.

[broken_clock]

Loved George Reeves as Superman. As kids we would laugh when Superman would stand defiantly while being shot at then duck when the bad guy threw his revolver at him :^)

[Texas Eagle]

Corenswet? That’s his stage name?

[servo1969]

Fan-baiting:
A marketing strategy used by actors, producers, and film studios to stir up controversy to rationalize and justify negative reviews of a new and often highly anticipated product. Often employed even before the product’s release.

[V_TWIN]

“Superman would stand defiantly while being shot at then duck when the bad guy threw his revolver at him”

Didn’t think that one through did they? 😏

[Wayne07]

Full text of the removed Daily Beast review is here. It has spoilers, so if you are planning to see the movie, I’d recommend not reading it.

https://dnyuz.com/2025/07/03/terrible-new-superman-is-final-nail-in-superhero-cinemas-coffin/

[broken_clock]

Rolling on a tangent here; how did Supergirl pierce her ears?

[MAGA2017]

For a while it looked like this might be a decent Superman film but it appears to be a Woke mess given Gunn’s comments.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I thought the guy was cancelled for above tweets

[jjotto]

Superman George Reeves played one of Scarlett’s beaus in the movie Gone With The Wind.

[Dilbert San Diego]

But of course. The liberals would have a meltdown if Superman stood for truth, justice, and the American way.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Billthedrill]

Ah, yes, Plan 9. Now that’s a movie I could see remaking.

[V_TWIN]

There is no definitive answer provided in the show, and fans continue to speculate about how Supergirl managed to get her ears pierced.

[linMcHlp]

Aquaman lifts a full-sized submarine to the surface of the ocean. Gains entry and gets into a fight with some guy. They knock each other around.

I’m thinking: OK, a multi-thousand ton lift . . . followed by, you would think: one punch.

Maybe he was exhausted from the lift.

[tumblindice]

“Nothing matters if the dogs don’t eat the dog food.”

[Fresh Wind]

At least Superman isn’t black and he isn’t gay. That counts for something, doesn’t it?

[Dr. Sivana]

Folks who look longingly at the Christopher Reeves movies forget just how corny and borderline gay they made the Clark Kent character.

Worse, they turned Lex Luthor into a bewigged tycoon instead of the mad scientist he always had been.,

Worse still, they broke a basic tenet of all DC comic books once time travel and parallel universe popping was introduced: YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST. Once they did away with that, no one need stay dead. It takes all the meaning out of key dramatic points. It is also illogical. The reasoning was simple. If you could change the past, then Superman would have rescued his parents from Krypton (he tried), but then he would not have been sent to earth as a baby, and wouldn't become Superman. The comic book writers saw where this was going, and simply said "No".

[tumblindice]

Red Zone Cuba, starring, directed and produced by Coleman Francis gave Ed a run for his money.
The left is producing drek that RiffTrax can’t wait to lampoon.
“Next, Superman fashioned a scalpel made from platinum kryptonite, in order to transition into ... “

[jjotto]

One of those Germanic names adopted by some Jews when forced to have last names in Austro-Hungary and Prussia. Probably different in English than what it was originally.