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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts 
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I heard Gunn said that was just a rumor. Seems unlikely they'd replace him at this point, given the financial success of his projects. Weirder things have happened, though.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5801 Posts
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On Oct 27, 2025, critter wrote: Not what I have heard. Btw, Gunn's Superman didn't break even, from all the reports that have come in. Not doing super on streaming as well.
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Fedora Special user Arizona, usa 984 Posts
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Yes, Superman did pretty well in the US. But international markets didn't care.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts
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On Oct 27, 2025, Pakar Ilusi wrote: IMDB says it netted $125 million in profit during its 8 week theatrical run. That's almost enough to pay off my student loans! I'm not defending it, I didn't think it was that great a movie. I don't even like Gunn that much as a director half the time. I personally think he's usually bad at sequels. The Guardians of the Galaxy movies got progressively worse to me with each sequel. But the first one was good and different, Peacemaker is really good, his Suicide Squad movie is the only good one, and Creature Commandos is kind of okay, I guess. I do like his insistence on not moving forward with any projects until they receive a quality script. I just think he and I have very different ideas about what a quality script is.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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OK I have a question about sequels and such.
Isn't any Sups story now told in movies pretty much a sequel? I mean barring a new origin and all that aren't we in a world where when the character fits into a "universe" or whatever every movie is sort of a sequel? I mean no matter who is playing the roll or who is directing or producing pretty much all superhero movies are now sequels unless they introduce a new main protagonist. I have said it before that Stan Lee said one time how difficult it is to write for almost omnipotent characters. What can threaten them? What makes them relatable? Sups is a tough challenge for certain. At least the Hulk can't fly, can't have heat vision, frost breath or throw his S symbol like Christopher Reeve. This probably accounts for the popularity of "street tier" characters in both companies. Ol' Sups has always been tough to write for beyond his origin story. That probably accounts for the popularity of Smallville. It was a 10 year examination of his origin story. All the Arrowverse stories for that matter were sort of stuck in origin mode for a while.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts
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It's funny, I was just thinking how most of the really good stuff in DC and Star Wars the last decade or two have been in the animated realm. DC has done animated versions of Death of Superman and Elseworlds stories like Red Son that diverged from the Reeve paradigm.
I liked the idea of Superman as a villain because it's absolutely terrifying but that's been kind of done to death lately too. I will say I liked the overall message they were going for in Gunn's Superman, even if I didn't like most of the execution.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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They lost me at Keypto and drunk Supergirl.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts
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Without spoiling anything, the bit about the parents was my least favorite.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 3071 Posts
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On Oct 27, 2025, critter wrote: What a film "nets" is not the issue. To be a success, a film has to make three times it's budget. I doubt this thing cost $40 million to make!
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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On Oct 28, 2025, critter wrote: Yea true.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5801 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2025, ed rhodes wrote: It doesn't look it but that film cost a lot more than 40 million. Yup, but it feels like a cheap film.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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On Oct 30, 2025, Pakar Ilusi wrote: It did didn’t it?
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts
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The $125 profit is only for six weeks in US theaters. It doesn't include the streaming or international which at one point I heard was around $600 million.
By most accounts, while it's not an overwhelming success, it was profitable enough.
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smithart Special user Texas 800 Posts
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On Oct 28, 2025, critter wrote: Agreed. I thought this was the worst portrayal of the Kents possible.
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smithart Special user Texas 800 Posts
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On Oct 27, 2025, Dannydoyle wrote: I thought CGI Krypto added some entertainment value. Drunk Supergirl, not so much.
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smithart Special user Texas 800 Posts
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On Oct 27, 2025, critter wrote: I did like the fact that this Superman has a moral compass.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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On Nov 2, 2025, smithart wrote: I have just never enjoyed Krypto. (As much as I really enjoy dogs in my life oddly enough.) I don't know why. A guy from another planet, the whole red sun thing, the crashing to earth thing, the yellow sun affecting him as such and I somehow draw the line at his dog? Kind of dumb when you think of it. I am certainly in the minority because they brought him back from the great beyond due to fan demand. I guess Gunn's own dog was used as the 3D model for the dog in the movie. That is cool. Still doesn't make up for him being a dumb idea in my opinion.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5801 Posts
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On Nov 2, 2025, Dannydoyle wrote: Krypto is a dumb idea for the whole Superman lore. It can never be taken seriously with an alien dog in it as well as a humanoid alien. I will die on that hill.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 22682 Posts
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I think the same obviously. We are on a lonely island aren’t we?
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3275 Posts
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I didn't like the animated super pets movie. Even if John Wick did play Batman in it.
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