When I was a kid, the TV station broadcast the 1977 TV version of “The Incredible Hulk”. As long as the protagonist David was bullied by the bad guys, he would become angry and turn into the Hulk! The explosion of pent-up emotions is a joy to watch! When it comes to Reeve’s Superman movie, the promotional slogan is “Do you believe humans can really fly!”! Given the level of audiences back then, the special effects really made me believe that Superman could fly!
I hope I can be as handsome, strong, powerful, and capable of flying like Superman!
When Batman was born in 1989, the all-black Batman was cool! Elusive and ninja-like, and the Batmobile that everyone wants. It turns out that Batman’s dark side is much better than being funny!
And then… all of a sudden it’s the era of Marvel’s heyday! Marvel movies have undoubtedly brought superhero movies to a peak, but unfortunately it has also brought destruction to superhero movies. Because the shooting is too formulaic, all styles must be light and humorous. For example, the two previous HULK independent films did not do well at the box office. But at least the character hasn’t gone too far, HULK is still an angry hero. But now HULK is a funny character in Avengers…
Therefore, the rigorous style of DCEU was not well received by these audiences at first, which led to the intervention of Warner executives, and the results became worse and worse!
Will this new 2025 Superman make you want to be “him” after seeing it? Even the gentle and polite 2006 version of Superman thinks it’s cool that he flies! Although there is a group of people who will like the 2025 version very much, for me, as long as Superman is replaced by Nobita, the robot is Doraemon, and LEX is replaced by the duo of Giann and Fu, Nobita failed many times but still got up and fought again. In the end, instead of beating Giann and Fu, he lectured! The whole movie will make you watch a lot!
To put it bluntly, modern superhero movies are not cool at all regardless of their casting or filming techniques! There is no urge to imitate him, be him, or buy his merchandise!
Many Cha fans said that MOS, BVS, and ZJL were failed films, especially Chi Hengchao. Because he wanted to promote David Chao to the top, he kept saying that Henry’s acting skills were poor and that Director Cha failed to film him! However, DCEU toy products are still being launched with new products. I think no matter how stupid Warner is, they know that the SnyderVerse is still a very valuable content asset for DC.
Apart from anything else, it is a rare event for the audience to accept you as a superhero! If you look at the Avengers being filmed by Marvel, there have been rumors that actors from the past are being brought back to gather together, and you will know the charm of actors.
Take a look at the ending credits of Deadpool and Wolverine, and show the behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary Marvel actors back then. No matter if the box office was not ideal, everyone will have a share. This is called respecting the actors and the audience.
On the other hand, Warner, desperately trying to cut off DCEU actors, clearly promoted Brandon Russell as Reeve’s successor! As a result, the Flash movie was willing to use poor CG to recreate Reeve instead of inviting him to come back for a cameo. Now spending money to promote David as the most Reeve-esque new Superman?
Good things will naturally be appreciated by people. Back then, Michael Keaton and Ben Iver were both dissatisfied, but in the end they convinced everyone in their movies. I hope this superhero character can once again move and shock you in your lifetime! (I don’t talk about movies because I think the tastes of movie audiences are too divergent now. Let’s film an actor first!