Superman’s New Mission: to Make the World “a Bit Nicer”

Superman’s new mission: to make the world “a bit nicer”

Superheroes are having a substandard time of it these days. The Marvel Cinematic Universe may remain the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, with nearly $32bn in box office revenue, but lately the whole superhero market has been sagging. It’s not so much that audiences have suddenly decided that superheroes are for kids after all, but a sense of sheer fatigue, nauseated satiation.Nonetheless, Marvel’s rival, DC Studios, owned by Warner …

MIT Prof Declares Superman's Patriotism 'Ridiculously Outdated'

MIT creative writing professor Junot Díaz argues in a New York Times guest essay that Superman’s iconic patriotism no longer … Read More The post MIT Prof Declares Superman’s Patriotism ‘Ridiculously Outdated’ appeared first on Charisma News.

Superman: Unpacking the New Origin Story

James Gunn recently opened up about that change to the Man of Steel’s origins in The post Superman: James Gunn’s Talks Changing the Man of Steel’s Origins appeared first on Future of the Force - Pop Culture From Every Galaxy...

DC: Dark Legion celebrates the release of Superman with a new event and characters

Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: DC: Dark Legion celebrates the release of Superman with a new event and characters To celebrate the cinema release of Superman, the new DC Studios film from director James Gunn, developer and publisher FunPlus is rolling out an exciting week of in-game events and fresh content in their popular mobile and PC game, DC: Dark Legion. At the heart of the festivities is the new ‘Vestiges of Krypton’ even…

James Gunn explains change to Superman's origin story

To save their child from the impending destruction of Krypton, Jor-El and Lara send their infant son to Earth. There, he’s raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent and grows up to become Superman. This is one of the most well-known origin stories in comics, but James Gunn added a wrinkle to that classic tale in his recently released Superman movie. We’ll be getting into some SPOILERS here, so consider yourself warned. Related Superman: We dig into t…

Gunn Talks That "Superman" Lore Twist

In several ways, almost every adaptation of Superman since the 1980s has had to walk in the shadow of the live-action Richard Donner-Chris Reeve films. As such, whether consciously or not, they’ve adopted elements of the way those films approached the material. James Gunn’s “Superman” on the other hand, more so than Bryan Singer or Zack Snyder’s Superman films, adopts a different approach. MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD FOR “SUPERMAN” One such change is t…