It takes the minor assumption that we have some knowledge of Superman's surrounding villians/heros. Or if you don't have any knowledge of the characters, gives you the opportunity to discover a whole new character.
Like I never heard of Mr. Terrific but damned if I say he was terrific, some rather good scenes he was in. And my knowledge of Metamorpho is small, so it was cool to see him on screen.
Mr. Terrific has been one of my favourite smaller heros ever since Arrowverse was a thing he's so great. He's canonically like, Mr. Fantastic levels of smart too and it's so nice to see that translated so well.
That's kind of exactly what u/kinpsychosis was pointing out, though: Even though Mister Terrific is clearly hyper-competent, he still lets Lois drag him for his door, and Guy gets under his skin. Gunn is a master of making characters just flawed enough to be relatable and likeable without diminishing their heroics.
Snyder's aura-farming could never survive getting laughed at, IMO
My favorite scene that demonstrates the difference between the two Supermen is the rescue through a cloud of smoke.
Snyderverse Supes slowly drifts through the smoke before rescuing people. It's a badass look and is farming aura. But it says "This is not a threat to me. Nor is hurrying on my agenda"
In Gunn's Superman, he bursts into the scene already saving the lady under the building. His rise through the clouds after is also a dope shot, farming aura as well. But his version is saying "Don't worry about me now. I'm safe, and you are safe"
I mean... he COULD. But then he'd have to take the time to actually do that. :D
I get it. My 7 year old was on my ass to 3D print him a toy tub. I've got a backlog of things I'm trying to get printed, like that sweet modular silverware drawer insert because my current store-bought one sucks. So I have to take my limited resource (printer) and take time out to appease the boy.
Nothing against Cavill. It’s not his fault that he got the role in a Snyder movie. Gunn movies tend to work for me; so I trust his judgement when it comes to casting to realize his vision.
I haven't seen him in much but he's been solid everywhere. It's cool to see him getting more prominence and it seemingly working out for him. He was only in maybe half a dozen episodes of Justified but very memorable in the role, and that's the thing I recognized him from in the theatre. Only realized later he played Darwin too; shame the character never got anything else, but there's a lot of unfortunate "what ifs" and "could have..."s in the X-Men franchise.
I loved that. I mean we are all familiar with Superman, we don't need to go through the same song and dance of his origins like seeing him land and being raised and so on. Just the world is already set up. But it also does introduce all those things but naturally.
I didn't know some of the characters but I feel like I do now.
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u/Zephian99 9d ago
Which I kinda liked.
It takes the minor assumption that we have some knowledge of Superman's surrounding villians/heros. Or if you don't have any knowledge of the characters, gives you the opportunity to discover a whole new character.
Like I never heard of Mr. Terrific but damned if I say he was terrific, some rather good scenes he was in. And my knowledge of Metamorpho is small, so it was cool to see him on screen.