Said Gunn at the time of that annoucement, “In our series we see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl. She’s much more hardcore; she’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”
I thought they were veering away from the whole “dark and gritty” approach to DC. Really hope this isn’t a bad sign.
It’s just to call out that Supergirl is going to have lots of room to grow.
Basically the Superman film is going to have an established Superman, no origin story (although I’m sure sprinkled in). Supergirl is going to be more of an origin story (as I read it).
It will be the job of Superman to teach Supergirl who is coming from a very different background.
Remember the scene from Suicide Squad where the Ratcatcher father is telling Ratcatcher daughter about rats? Swap in Superman and Supergirl and change rats to humanity, boom. That’s the kind of wisdom Superman is going to be dishing out.
Interesting! I guess the studio’s marketing for it didn’t connect with me. I’ll have to watch it next chance I get.
I remember the old series being pretty basic with a Tarzan-like plot that didn’t evolve much between episodes, which is probably why they decided to do a fish-out-of-water story for the 90s film, or so I remember. Then again, I could be confusing it with other Brenden Frasier films from around that time like “Blast from the Past” and “Encino Man”.
I would agree, except in Aliens there is a clear, distinct, and consistent divide between humans (good guys) and aliens (bad guys). In Avatar… well, hell, a bunch of folks are humans, there’s a bunch of aliens, there’s folks that are aliens as a day job, some that want to transition from human to alien full time… and I won’t even get into the whole narrative of starting as hesitant allies and transitioning to full on war with some humans choosing to fight other humans.
Interesting observation by The Oatmeal, but an excessive oversimplification.
Just cause you make a movie about women doesn’t mean you should get an Oscar. There were better directors and acted movies out there (in the opinion of the voters). That’s why it didn’t make the cut.
I personally didn’t even like the movie and definitely don’t think it deserves an award for best directing or acting.
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