DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)
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I confess that I don't get what Ayer is talking about.
It looks to me like he said something positive about Gunn's Superman film, and he got yelled at by the haters who are still mad about the whole reboot business and believe that saying anything remotely nice or encouraging about Gunn's film is somehow a betrayal of Cavill or Snyder or Ayer himself.
Man, I love this teaser and everything Gunn is saying about it.
I'm so torn about Krypto specifically. Because I've never been a fan of the idea of a literal super-dog named Krypto even as a kid, despite generally loving the idea of companion animals in fiction. And I'm still not a huge fan of the cape (sorry!). And yet... despite it all, I really liked that moment at the start of the teaser? If I can be won over to like Krypto...? Wow, ha.
But dang, the look at Hoult's Lex, the other heroes, and most importantly Clark and Lois themselves and the general mood of hope and bright colors... bring it onnnnnnn.
I'm so torn about Krypto specifically. Because I've never been a fan of the idea of a literal super-dog named Krypto even as a kid, despite generally loving the idea of companion animals in fiction. And I'm still not a huge fan of the cape (sorry!). And yet... despite it all, I really liked that moment at the start of the teaser? If I can be won over to like Krypto...? Wow, ha.
But dang, the look at Hoult's Lex, the other heroes, and most importantly Clark and Lois themselves and the general mood of hope and bright colors... bring it onnnnnnn.
Exactly, at this stage it’s as associated with the character as the James Bond theme is with 007. It withstands reboots.
And, yes, I know certain people* will be along soon to give me chapter and verse from Wikipedia about how many themes there were before the 1978 film, but IDGAF, nobody wants to hear the soundtrack from the Barry Nelson version of Casino Royale on a Bond film.
*if they hadn’t muted me.
Because artists deserve to create their own art rather than just copying what people did decades before them. Williams himself was homaging Sammy Timberg's Superman cartoon/radio theme and Leon Klatzkin's Adventures of Superman TV theme. Those are just three entries in a rich tradition of Superman themes/marches that includes multiple other excellent, memorable themes such as Ron Jones's '88 cartoon theme, Kevin Kiner's syndicated Superboy theme (which he's revived for the different Superboy in Titans), Jay Gruska's Lois and Clark theme (a favorite of mine), Shirley Walker's S:TAS theme, Louis Febre's hero motif in later Smallville seasons, and Blake Neely's Superman motif from Supergirl.
If people stop trying to innovate and just copy the past over and over, then creativity dies and culture becomes stagnant. The way to honor the great creations of the past is to carry forward the spirit of innovation that created them. We wouldn't have the Williams theme if Williams had just quoted Sammy Timberg. He took the essence of the past and created something new from it, rather than just copying it. We shouldn't deprive today's composers of the chance to create the next great Superman theme.
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Over 26 million views on DC's YouTube channel. And only two million of those was me.
Anyway, while rewatching just now, I realized the WB logo wasn't in the teaser.
Anyway, while rewatching just now, I realized the WB logo wasn't in the teaser.
Did you know though, that if you use any variation of the Williams theme then any new material that is generated for the majority of the score is automatically moot? Crazy, but it's true. Sorry.
Taking that rationalization seriously would render negligable the importance of creative work done for any preexistng franchise property.
Even as a writer.
So, when I see a YouTube video commenting on something like the Superman trailer, and the thumbnail has a shot of some young guy with a beard superimposed over the subject matter, it's always the same lame aggrieved shit. Those smirking visages are as reliable as the product warning on a pack of cigarettes - annoying but accurate.
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