Because the MCU was created in-house by Marvel, when it was still independent, with the characters they'd got the movie rights back from lack of use. DC on the other hand has been owned by WB since 1969. Green Lantern was their attempt to copy the MCU. If you read the development saga it was going to be a Cinematic universe starter (early scripts had Batman and Superman cameos). Then like other times someone higher up got cold feet, or fired, it's unclear. And had all that paired back. Plus threw in the Parallax fight at the end.
Wait, we're getting another Magnus? That's what I'm getting at. Marvel started and kept the MCU going missing the X-men and it's sattlelite titles as well as the FF and all the cosmic characters tied to it. They had to make their movies around that massive handicap and still got it done. DC, having owned all their IPs, don't have that limitation so there's zero excuse for them having failed so hard to get a cinematic universe done. I remember. And I remember them even after the movie released and...had the reception it did...considered throwing in Nolan's Bat trilogy as well as Superman Returns into that contiuity and continue on. They eventually decided on a clean reboot with MoS (which honestly, neck snapping aside, I thought was a good start and a good flick). But then WBDC went back to their old ways of indecision and fasttracking an entire universe and made BvS.
I say it put it in the opening credits. Comic-book style panels showing the destruction of Krypton, Kal's rocket coming down in Smallville, learning the truth when he's older, arriving in Metropolis, then we get newspaper headlines about Superman as it all leads into the logo/title. I mean, that's how I'd do it. Play the Superman theme over it all for good measure.
I love the opening to Superman 2. Superman's Greatest Hits for five minutes while John Williams-ish scores over the montage. Good times!
Part of me is hoping what Gunn has in mind is a very loose take on Morrison’s first New 52 arc on Action, my general antipathy for the New 52 notwithstanding. True, they’d have to tone Luthor down because even in that first arc he comes off a bit like the same big-screen goof version we’ve been getting since ‘78, but if nothing else, it would finally bring Brainiac to the screen after years of f***ing THAT off. Throw in a little suit-swapping - replace the white T-shirt look of those first few issues with the dark blue Fleischer-S shirt from near the end of the New 52 (all the better for some Fleischer love when Brainiac’s giant robot hordes rise up) and that godawful high-collared armor crap with the Reborn suit - and I’m in.
The Animated Series actually had like, two or three episodes dedicated to the young Clark Kent. But they didn't put them right at the beginning of the show. The pilot two-parter went right into his rivalry with Luthor, as he shows up, stops an arms deal, and uncovers Luthor's role in the illegal scheme, also setting up the future appearance of Metallo in the process.
There seems to be a lot of hope for a good young Superman film. It will be interesting to look back at these posts when the film is an absolute disaster of a dumpster fire when it comes out. At first I thought that was a trollish thing to say, but then I remembered the past 4 years of movies, and I’m actually pretty sure it’ll go that way. I would like to be wrong though
I mean part of the optimisn comes from the back its being done under James Gunn, who has a pretty good track record with comic book movies, if it werent for James i think there would be alot of pessimism around the project, though you are right in that there is always a chance it could suck
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1620468379672002565 So we're getting Superman: Legacy, eh? Scheduled for Friday 11 July 2025.
That's the rumored Commander Class Studio Series figure for the 40th anniversary of Transformers next year, IIRC.
Maybe they can accomplish something with a little planning, go figure. Nice icing on the no more Cavill cake.
Superman: Trunks or No Trunks, James Gunn Starts Poll on Twitter It's for fun, not to be taken seriously.
While I'm rightfully skeptical Gunn has the potential to give us a really solid film after his dreary and often miserable SnyderVerse counterpart (at no fault of Cavill, of course). It's really not that hard to make a good Superman story. You know, Truth, Justice and the American Way, less edgy and cynical nihilism and more hope, heroism and all that good stuff. Hell, take some inspiration from Battle of the Super Sons, that movie was excellent.
There have been so many quality representations of Superman put to film over the decades that it amazes me on a regular basis that Warner Brothers still can't get it right!
Well he's writing the Superman movie himself, so it could go either way. He's a good writer, but I'm not sure if his type of writing would work well with Superman.
