In case anyone is interested - James Gunn was interviewed on NPR Morning Edition, where he talked about Superman, directing, screenwriting and the some of choices he made in Superman.
Spoilers Superman (2025) Grade and Discussion
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Thunderbolts, good movie, lost money.
Captain America: Brave New World, bad movie, lost even more money, yet still had a bigger box office than Thunderbolts.
Of course, maybe studios need to stop spending $200 million on a movie's budget, but that's a different argument.
It was a bit of ramble.
I think Gunn is just bringing over stuff that he has worked on. He also mentioned the Jaime Reyes would be part of this new universe before that movie flopped.
The longer the video, the more money it makes.
By having more ads, you mean?
Very true. I know that by the time of Endgame I was ready for a break from Super Hero movies.
I especially liked them having a rich guy using an army of monkeys to sway opinions on social media, which every billionare and political party on the planet does in the most open secret of our times.
If you know Kevin Smith, you know that's not the reason. He is just the kind of person who can't shut up or get straight to the point.
The majority of Kevin Smith's career is just him talking for a long time and I say this as a fan of him talking for a long time.
And very often about shit and whatnot.
Still, there's no bigger DOGMA fan than me.
I didn't think it was bad either. I actually enjoyed it far more than Civil War. But I usually go against the grain of popular taste so......
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
That and The Suicide Squad probably had at least a little to do with it too.
In this IGN article they do have some quotes from Gunn talking a bit about this Kara's backstory.
She was raised on Argo City, which survived the destruction of Krypton, but apparently things did not go well there, so it left her with some issues that she deals with by drinking and partying.
Quote I read was "Depending on how well Blue Beetle does, it's either the first movie of the DCU or the last movie of the DCEU."
They should have made George Lopez Blue Beetle, and maybe Gary Busy or NIck Nolte to play his down on his luck Booster Gold, swearing to his bookie that he definitely remembers who won the super bowl this year, no, next year, shit what year is it?.
One of the Evening With Kevin Smith DVDs is 95% about a single question regarding Cop Out. Absolutely bonkers.
His story regarding trying to write a Superman script and the giant mechanical spider is hilarious.
One thing I picked out of this review was the idea that the movie was supposed to take place over a week with the name of each day popping up on screen. That would have been kinda interesting. Maybe we'll get an extended cut with that idea put back in.
I liked that idea too. Apparently test audiences didn’t, though, for whatever lowest-common-denominator reason, and Gunn bowed to their preferences. At least those have been the rumors/reports.
The movie doesn’t suffer for not including the title cards, but it would have been a cool touch IMO.
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