I thought the guy was cancelled for above tweets
Posted on 07/08/2025 8:01:56 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Usually it's just kryptonite that brings Superman out in a rash, but early reviews of the latest instalment in the long-running film franchise suggest our lycra-clad hero has significantly more to worry about than green crystals.
The new film - directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as the fictional superhero, with Rachel Brosnahan as precocious reporter Lois Lane - will go on general release from July 11.
But while it marks a new chapter in a franchise that began with the iconic Christopher Reeve in Richard Donner's well received 1978 classic Superman: The Movie, a faction of early reviews suggest some critics are already longing for it to end.
One such review, published by the Daily Beast some five days before strict press embargoes had been lifted, didn't hold back in its negative assessment of the film.
In an extensive critique that has since been removed online, the publication condemned Gunn's latest offering as 'the Final Nail in the Grave for the Superhero Genre.'
Moot points include a convoluted, humourless script, poor character development and a plot filled with 'fanciful nonsense that soon renders the entire affair superficial and silly.'
Just as the seemingly indestructible Man of Steel is fatally weakened by kryptonite, so too is the once-unbeatable superhero genre gravely threatened by audience fatigue,' they write.
'Looking ahead rather than focusing on the here and now, this attempt at reimagining DC’s movie series ultimately proves to be more of the same old interconnected-universe bedlam that, at this point, is perilously close to going out of fashion.'
While British star Nicholas Hoult's portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor wins scant praise from the outlet, leading man Corenswet's portrayal of Superman is dismissed for adhering to a woke checklist of cringeworthy cliches.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Gunn’s films have generally been pretty crummy but they all ended up with good reviews. I doubt Superman will be that different.
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 :^)
Corenswet? That’s his stage name?
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.
“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? 😏
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/
Rolling on a tangent here; how did Supergirl pierce her ears?
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.
I thought the guy was cancelled for above tweets
Superman George Reeves played one of Scarlett’s beaus in the movie Gone With The Wind.
But of course. The liberals would have a meltdown if Superman stood for truth, justice, and the American way.
Ah, yes, Plan 9. Now that’s a movie I could see remaking.
There is no definitive answer provided in the show, and fans continue to speculate about how Supergirl managed to get her ears pierced.
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.
“Nothing matters if the dogs don’t eat the dog food.”
At least Superman isn’t black and he isn’t gay. That counts for something, doesn’t it?
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 ... “
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.
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