Nothing is cooler than Superman flying.


Scoring, for no reason:

  • +2 krypto super dog ❤️
  • -1 it fake dog
  • +2 mr terrific never heard of him he’s awesome
  • -1 dimensional rift like why does every superhero movie have to have weird space-bending extra universe plot but at least no time travel
  • +2 the Superman theme song still SLAPS got chills
  • -1 what even was the anti-proton river if they just took a baby into it and everybody was fine
  • +1 daily planet CMS appearance
  • -1 Green lantern is asshole and that made me sad
  • +1 green lantern’s giant middle fingers
  • +2 Superman saved a squirrel
  • -1 the S on his chest is just a diagonal line


Superman job description: Primarily catching heavy things before they fall on people.

The movie: I liked it.

My reference for Superman is the Justice League animated show in the 90s/00s, so this one’s a bit goofier than what I tend to expect. But he’s fun, has a bit of depth, and his chemistry with Lois is fantastic.

Sooo, I guess the DC Universe is over?

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Why does every superhero movie need inter-dimensional rifts and space-warping alternate universes? At least there was no time travel in this one.

But there was a code to close the rift?? What does that even mean? I guess that is a very comic-book-style plot device, which fine. But why?

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Must I always gravitate toward the superhero movies where, by the end, the hero hasn’t even averted the disaster (see: The Batman) but at least they defeated the villain and it’s the glimmer of hope that counts as a triumphant resolution?

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Just a funny thought: Superman is raised by loving active parents and grows into an optimistic hopeful trusting adult (“maybe that’s the real punk”) and Batman watches his parents get murdered in front of him by a stranger and starts dressing like a bat and slinking around at night and neglecting all social relationships and responsibilities.