DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[Set Harth]

Who the heck is "Super Man?"

Spoiler

Clark Kent.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT FROM ME!

 

[UssGlenn]

But the obnoxious joke got taken too seriously, to the point that Rogue One's writers felt they had to handwave it as an intentional design flaw.

That's not what Rogue One addresses at all. The Exhaust port never comes up. Erso put a flaw in the reactor, so a small explosion at the reactor would cause a chain reaction. He never addresses how to set of the explosion there. The plans are needed to show the rebels exactly where in the base the reactor is. How they decide to blow it up is solely in Episode 4. A rebel commando strike force could have done it from the inside, theoretically.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Spoiler

Clark Kent.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT FROM ME!

Spoiler

Nah. Superman doesn't wear glasses

 

[Noname Given]

Comics are aways evolving. Marvel's "grounded" character driven stuff supplanted DC more plot and gimmick approach. In turn, DC was the driver behind the gritty and adult books of the 80s and 90s with titles like The Dark Knight Returns, The Watchmen and what would become the core of Vertigo. Then we got the Image Age of style over substance. Often taking the wrong lesson from the gritty era. Oddly it was "grimdark" architects like Moore and Morrison who brought some Silver Age silliness back to comics.

A lot of former Marvel talent jumped ship to DC in the 1980s too, and that had a big effect on the way DC characters were written in that period.

 

[Christopher]

That's not what Rogue One addresses at all. The Exhaust port never comes up. Erso put a flaw in the reactor, so a small explosion at the reactor would cause a chain reaction.

Yes, to handwave why the two torpedoes fired into the exhaust port were sufficient to destroy it. The exhaust port was the way to get the torpedoes into the reactor, so yes, it is exactly the same issue. You're nitpicking in-universe technicalities, I'm talking about narrative story points. The conceit that the way the Death Star was destroyed was too convenient or easy became a running joke in fandom, and therefore people started trying to handwave unnecessary excuses for why that flaw was there, and eventually one of those excuses ended up onscreen.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Modern comics? This idea was introduced in 1977.

Sort of.
The Spear first appears in a war comic called Weird War Tales.
In a superhero context it first appears in DC Special 29 in the origin of the Justice Society. There its used to open a portal to bring Valkyries to Earth and battle the JSA.
Both in 1977.
Next it appears in All-Star Squadron, in which Hitler, in concert with the Japanese (who have the Holy Grail), uses it to create the Sphere of Influence. The Sphere is what keeps heroes out of Axis territory. Any heroes with magic based powers (and Superman) turn into Axis thralls if they cross the border. So all of the JSA's heavy hitters: Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Spectre and Dr Fate, are taken off the board. I think later it included all heroes.

 

[Tosk]

You're nitpicking

 

[JD]

They took the perfect guy for Lobo and turned him into Aquaman.
Now they finally made him Lobo 10 years later.
Being a DC movie fan is suffering at best.
As for WB execs they have no idea what the fans want.
Man of Steel didn't get a proper sequel, Shazam did. Tells us all we need to know.

I think the bad response to Batman v Superman and Justice League killed any chance of any more solo movies for Superman. Shazam might have made less money, but it had a much better response.

 

[Nerys Myk]

This was Aquaman for a while.

 

[theenglish]

Of course we have already had a DC movie with the spear of destiny...

??? Constantine?

 

[The Realist]

I think the bad response to Batman v Superman and Justice League killed any chance of any more solo movies for Superman. Shazam might have made less money, but it had a much better response.

Shazam! was a much more enjoyable film than any of the DCEU movies featuring Superman; I regard it as the DCEU’s second best entry, edged out only by Wonder Woman. It was also financially successful relative to its modest budget, as well as enjoying excellent critical and audience response. That it got the sequel that other less successful and/or more divisive films in the cycle did not is hardly a surprise.

 

[JD]

Yeah, I Shazam was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed Fury of the Gods just as much, and I really don't get why people seemed to hate it. But that's pretty standard for me, I felt the same way about the second through fifth Pirates of the Carribean movies, and The Rise of Skywalker.

 

[The Realist]

I have yet to see the sequel, though I own the Blu. I’ll get to it eventually.

 

[BillJ]

My bad, SuperMan.

In English, we usually don’t capitalize in the middle of a word.

 

[JD]

It looks like the Sgt. Rock movie won't be happening.
https://www.ign.com/articles/world-war-2-dcu-film-sgt-rock-no-longer-moving-forward
This is probably the DCU movie I was least interested in, so I'm not that disappointed it's not going to happen.

 

[Aragorn]

Shazam! was a much more enjoyable film than any of the DCEU movies featuring Superman; I regard it as the DCEU’s second best entry, edged out only by Wonder Woman. It was also financially successful relative to its modest budget, as well as enjoying excellent critical and audience response. That it got the sequel that other less successful and/or more divisive films in the cycle did not is hardly a surprise.

The sequel was bad and so was Levi acting like he's 10 years old. Why is Billy more mature as as a teenager than a superhero?

 

[The Realist]

Why is Billy more mature as as a teenager than a superhero?

Bothered some folks, didn’t bother me. If an explanation is required, I would suggest that it’s unsurprising that a vulnerable, hurt, scared kid like Billy would feel exhilarated and liberated at the crazy circumstance of becoming a superhero, and would shed some of his defensive insularity and act a little giddy and silly as a result.

 

[Mudd]

Superman, same as it's been since 1938.

It's been a word all on its own a lot longer than that.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I have yet to see the sequel, though I own the Blu. I’ll get to it eventually.

The sequel was bad and so was Levi acting like he's 10 years old. Why is Billy more mature as as a teenager than a superhero?

Probably all I'll even need to watch regarding Shazam! 2

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[TREK_GOD_1]

Nice! was that the only time that Boxer Briefs ever showed up as Super Man's External UnderWear?

As far as I can recall, yes, unless you're talking about any associated New Frontier material.