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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/25 13:28:46
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Gargantuan Gargant
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Cyel wrote:To be honest the most basic superhero genre's premise* is so absurd at its core, it's hard not to deconstruct or lampoon it.
*- due to a pseudoscientific event that doesn't make much sense I get an an ability out of a 10yo boy's power fantasy that also doesn't make much sense and that urges me to dress like a Cirque de Soleil performer, adopt a silly pseudonym and fight villains who are similarly absurd.
I mean it's basically the closest equivalent of today's mythology, people (particularly boys) always like having some sort of aspirational figure to strive towards especially in today's age where men's original purported role in society as the provider/protector is increasingly marginalized.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/25 13:33:45
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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They’re also tales of responsibility.
The MCU traditionally matched a new character to a villainous equivalent. Someone with the same powers and abilities, but without a moral compass type thing.
For me, that serves to heighten the heroism. They’ve all that power, and they could abuse it to gain real world wealth, power and influence. But….they don’t. To one degree or another (Staaaaaaaaaaaarrrrk!) they use it in service of their society, rather than to entirely selfish ends.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/25 15:25:16
Subject: Re:Gunn's Superman
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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I can't remember where it was said but I recall someone saying something along the lines of Superman not fitting into a simple adolescent power fantasy because those ask "what would I do with these powers" whereas Superman ask "what can I do for others with these powers".
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/27 05:53:44
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Fixture of Dakka
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Crispy78 wrote:A friend had a really weird reaction to this one - my wife told me about it after seeing her the other day. Apparently she was really looking forward to it but then discovered that Superman (and I don't think this is a spoiler!) has a dog in it. Her reaction was "That wasn't in the old (Christopher Reeve I assume) films! I'm not watching that!"
May have to find a way of gently letting her know that Krypto was introduced as a character in 1955, well before either of us were born...
Spoil the movie for her & reveal that the dog ISN'T his.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/30 21:19:39
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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My favorite part was when he saved that squirrel. That was peak Superman. No other Superhero would have taken the time to save that squirrel.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/30 21:59:31
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:My favorite part was when he saved that squirrel. That was peak Superman. No other Superhero would have taken the time to save that squirrel.
Except for Squirrel Girl...
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/30 22:05:53
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Fixture of Dakka
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Ghaz wrote: KamikazeCanuck wrote:My favorite part was when he saved that squirrel. That was peak Superman. No other Superhero would have taken the time to save that squirrel.
Except for Squirrel Girl...
Though in Squirrel Girl's case, saving the squirrel would have inadvertently toppled the monster.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/31 00:01:16
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Nihilistic Necron Lord
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Apparently their test audiences Hated the squirrel to the extent Gunn had a cut where the squirrel was removed, but he decided he just didn’t like that and put it back in.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/31 00:12:56
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Ghaz wrote: KamikazeCanuck wrote:My favorite part was when he saved that squirrel. That was peak Superman. No other Superhero would have taken the time to save that squirrel.
Except for Squirrel Girl...
Squirrel Girl would’ve sent it (safely) right through the baddies Brian.
Everyone knows that!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/07/31 04:17:11
Subject: Gunn's Superman
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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On the now disappeared Marvel Super Heroes online game (think Diablo but with Marvel characters) I had a maxed out Squirrel Girl with a squirrel army. It was quite a bit of fun.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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