There is a balance, to be sure, with the intertextuality and shared mythology. But that disconnect between “I can do anything with a character once I have it in my hands” and “I can finally do whatever I want with a character based on my perception of it” is how we get empty vessel characters like Lois Lane in the…

We’ve seen what happens when you take out basic personality traits from under Lois (and Clark, for that matter).

I was going to mention she was good in Tag but that was Isla Fisher.

Thank you! I’m actually kind of glad they went for Brosnahan, then. Phoebe Dynevor was in the mix and going younger for Lois doesn’t really make sense.

Ha! Well, then it makes perfect sense, in-universe and out of it! I thought there was an age difference between Kidder and Reeve but didn’t really have time to do research, hence the question. 

In fact, the Empire doesn’t make a ton of sense either. This peaceful civilization turns, willingly, into a authoritarian dictatorship in the span of a decade.

YES.

“what was a major war with the First Order”

Nature, his Kryptonian heritage gives his unimaginable powers (perhaps too many powers, but that is a different discussion).

Thank you, yes. Exactly. I like Man of Steel as a standalone movie, despite my huge issues with characterization (especially with Pa Kent). It’s hard to have a midwestern, mild-mannered bastion of truth and justice as the tentpole to your universe when you have Man of Steel as a template.

Yes. I’ve wanted that story for ages. The closest we’ve really gotten (while including his journalist/midwestern POV) is Lois and Clark Season 1.

You know what would take me to the theaters? A proper Superman movie. “You’ll believe a man can fly” and all that.

I look forward to James Gunn starting properly with a proper Superman story that hopefully acknowledges that the man is a midwestern journalist with superpowers. The only thing that concerns me with the “Legacy” title is the inclusion of a kid which needs to be something they build up on instead of including in the…

Let’s see if you get this part:

Comics have indeed gotten darker - both Marvel’s and DC’s have. But the movies have to, by design, appeal to a wider audience than the comic book reader, for the continuity issues you raise and also because $$$. Marvel got that and distilled their character to the essence of what makes them what they are. DC keeps…

Without Krakoa, the X-Men have nothing. Maybe (maybe) they get their resurrection system back up somewhere else, and they’d pretty much be forced to move to Arakko for good, but they’d lose their diplomatic status on account of losing a country, most of their tech, and most of their tools and gifts to barter with…

The problem is the basic issue with the Snyderverse:

I loved this episode. The speech Neera gives to La’an about how her differences shouldn’t make her afraid, because it’s not HER fear, it’s everyone else’s, is such a strong message in-universe and out.

She needed to put everyone through the trial to get Una to actually say what Neera wanted her to say, and soften the judges in the process. That needed to happen.

Supposedly Pike was a very good test pilot and gave a speech while he was one (that’s before he was assigned to a ship, timeline-wise), so that makes sense in context.