Krypto somewhat understood English.
All Kyptonian Dogs might be as smart as those Gorilla's who do sign language, but this particular dog is also an asshole.
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Krypto somewhat understood English.
All Kyptonian Dogs might be as smart as those Gorilla's who do sign language, but this particular dog is also an asshole.
He's just a dog, Guy!
He's not your guy, dog!
It's an alien.
Maybe a few more million years of evolution, gods, maybe a million more years worth of domestication, and then there's genetic engineering and cybernetics to consider.
The reverse of what they did to Non.
A comic a few years (Written by Richard Donner?) stipulated that Non was a political agitator and poet, who had been intentionally brain damaged with surgery by the state.
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Aren't all cats?, I ask running for cover.
My cat is on a different level. Much like Krypto, every second is playtime and every object is a toy. He's also a big cat who thinks he's tiny.
I have a tiny dog (terrier/schnauzer cross) who thinks she is the size of a German Shepherd.
Just got back from seeing it. Very well done movie IMO with only a few hiccups.
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PS: I forgot to add the twist with Eve Tessmacher and the selfies. At first I thought it was a bit over the top, but the way it came out in the end was pure genius on Gunn's part. I never saw that one coming.
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- The casting was spot on all around. Corenswet is the best Superman since Christopher Reeve and Rachel Brosnahan is the best Lois since Margot Kidder. Nick Holt is a much better Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman or Kevin Spacey, but I still think Michael Rosenbaum is the goat for that character. The other standouts for me was Mr Terrific and Guy Gardner. The part where Green Lantern creates middle fingers that shove war machinery out of the way was hilarious. Making Jimmy Olson a ladies man was an interesting choice.
- The movie isn't weighed down by an origin story that we've seen plenty of times. It gives you enough info on the backstory and throws you into the action. I recently bought the old Action Comics and in Action Comics Number One, you got only a few cells about the Superman backstory before you were thrown right into the current action. So this was very much in line with the original comics. For me that was refreshing.
- Pacing was perfect. With as much going on as there was, I was surprised with how easy it was to follow. Usually when a movie has so much happening it appears overstuffed and convoluted but I never felt that way when watching it.
- The Justice gang was there, but didn't overstay their welcome to the point that it became a Justice Gang movie. That was a fear I had going in.
- The movie was so entertaining. I didn't finish and feel exhausted and weighed down like with Man of Steel. I finished with a smile on my face which is all I'm asking for from a comic book movie.
- I really disliked Supergirl at the end. Just totally disrespectful to her cousin for watching her dog that wrecked havoc on his home, and then calls him b@tch when leaving. That is not a good introduction to a character that is suppose to be the lead for the next film. They would have been better off just keeping it as Superman's dog or not make Supergirl so obnoxious.
- While it did add a lot to the movie, I was not a fan of the change to Jor El. This made him more like General Zod than a scientist. It should have shown at the end Luthor had manipulated that recording.
PS: I forgot to add the twist with Eve Tessmacher and the selfies. At first I thought it was a bit over the top, but the way it came out in the end was pure genius on Gunn's part. I never saw that one coming.
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I found her and the scene a total delight, and I am more excited than ever for her movie.
The Jor-El/Lara thing also bothered me not at all.
Which is not to say you’re wrong, because it’s 100 percent subjective.
I think that that is the set up for the next movie. It is going to be a very different tone and Kara is not going to start out as a hero. Like Cassian Andor, it is something she will learn in the course of the movie. Personally, and I am a little spoiled because I know the source material, I am really excited for the Supergirl movie because it is going to be something completely different than what we've seen in a superhero movie before. (And I'm not just talking about bestiality*.)
* I don't remember if that actually happens in Woman of Tomorrow -- I was just making a joke about an element in the comic.
I don’t agree that Kara doesn’t start out as a hero in the source material. She’s the same established Supergirl as in any other contemporary comic, just painted with rougher edges and deeper pain by dint of writer’s discretion. By the same token, she doesn’t learn to be a hero in the course of the story, she is one from the get-go. It’s true she travels down a darkening path in the course of the narrative, but that’s treated as her arc for this particular story, not her initial status quo.
Now, whether the movie will conform to that characterization is another matter. The book treats the drinking bout that opens the story as pretty much a one-off, not her default behavior. So we shall see on that front.
After seeing the trailer my friends second complaint (first one was Krypto) was Eve and her selfies. He never guess it would be a plot point.
You're surprised at a lot of things.
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