DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[The Realist]

I agree. A one-page sequence that distills the idea that this will be the "friend to all" Superman, that he's as much about saving someone with words as he is about catching a falling plane.

Clearly, I shouldn't have let myself be triggered by my personal kneejerk response to that image. Probably, as soon as I saw it, my eyes began rolling too hard to see the "right" arrow leading to the rest of Gunn's image gallery. I regret the unwarranted shitstorm.

 

[Tosk]

Ah, just another thing to discuss.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Clearly, I shouldn't have let myself be triggered by my personal kneejerk response to that image. Probably, as soon as I saw it, my eyes began rolling too hard to see the "right" arrow leading to the rest of Gunn's image gallery. I regret the unwarranted shitstorm.

I dunno ... I felt like it was actually a healthy discussion. I appreciate and sincerely respect you NOt coming off as self righteous and acknowledging others viewpoints (unlike certain other users, who would've doubled down on why they think they are right).

So don't sweat it, I look forward to reading more

 

[Nerys Myk]

It apparently does it for a lot of people. For me, it falls almost completely flat. Then again, I don't think All-Star Superman, or Grant Morrison in general, are all they're cracked up to be. (Morrison's hopelessly convoluted and pretentious Final Crisis may be the single most torturous comics reading experience I've ever had.)

J. Michael Straczynski placed Superman in a similar situation once, and IMO wrung much more depth and emotion out of it. It's been discussed on the forum before, starting here and continuing off and on for the next few pages of posts, if you're interested.

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

 

[Noname Given]

Okay, mea culpa time. I could have sworn Gunn only posted three images, but he either added more or I somehow overlooked some of them the first time around. (Most likely the latter, in which case apologies to Mr. Gunn -- like he'll ever see this.) And some of the additional images are much more to my personal taste, for example:

and

So I'll just be shutting TFU now.

Man of Steel with woman of tissue paper?

 

[The Realist]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

Never watched more than a random few minutes of Babylon 5, and am certainly not any kind of Straczynski fanboy. But that ledge scene is, IMO, damned fine work. I'm commenting on a specific story, not the totality of his career.

 

[Tosk]

I just hope Superman fixed that light cable that he destroyed.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

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[The Realist]

I just hope Superman fixed that light cable that he destroyed.

Another nice moment in that scene. I love how offhandedly Superman does it for the sake of her comfort. His total focus on and commitment to her, for as long as she needs, is a big part of what resonates for me about the story.

 

[The Realist]

Man of Steel with woman of tissue paper?

Apparently Rachel Brosnahan isn't worried about that old chestnut, since she reposted the page.

 

[Tosk]

I've always found the Kleenex thing stupid anyway. Superman has super control as well. That's why he can freeze something instead of blowing it into the next county. He can cough without creating a sonic boom, and he can sneeze without stripping the paint.

Some might say, "It's different, I can stifle a sneeze but I can't stifle an ejaculation." Well, you ain't Superman.

 

[The Realist]

It's my understanding Niven basically meant the piece as a joke, anyway.

And the way the idea is invoked often has an uncomfortable flavor of misogyny about it (though I'm sure Noname Given didn't intend it that way).

Anyway, Clark and Lois have been well-established in comics and other media as having an active sex life for several decades now, so it's clearly Not A Problem.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

This.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

I personally never liked B5 at all, but his comic "Midnight Nation" is probably my favourite comic story ever, period.
I like his non-Marvel/DC stuff much more.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

Had he finished Supreme Power (his take on Squadron Supreme) instead of leaving the series unfinished and on a cliffhanger, I'd probably rate him higher as a writer

 

[JD]

I haven't read it yet, but I was under the impression his Thor run was pretty well regarded.

 

[The Realist]

It's been years since I read it, but I remember liking his Superman: Earth One series pretty well, too. Believe that book was controversial, though, and not sure if I would feel the same about it today.

 

[Mudd]

Lost me at "J. Michael Straczynski". B5 is overrated and his comics work leaves me cold.

Too true.

 

[kirk55555]

I haven't read it yet, but I was under the impression his Thor run was pretty well regarded.

I legitimately think that JMS's Thor run is the second best run with the character, after Walter Simonsons. The only negative is that it ended too soon, because Bendis wanted to do the terrible event with all the evil hammers (Fear Itself), so JMS just left Thor instead of having to write around it.

That said, JMS's Superman run, in my opinion, was not good. I didn't get very far in it, but what I read I remember I didn't like and I've never heard much positive said about it.

 

[Mudd]

The Squadron Supreme twelve-issue run by Gruenwald was marvelous and remains unsurpassed.