Director of the New 'Superman' Movie Decides
to Burn It to the Ground Right Before Release
RedState.com,
by
Bonchie
Original Article
Posted By: VirtuDawg,
7/8/2025 11:10:19 AM
Another "Superman" movie is about to be released . . . At the head of the endeavor is director James Gunn, perhaps best known for his work on the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise . . . Which makes his decision to burn all the goodwill around his film to the ground right before its release a real headscratcher. During a recent interview with The Times of London, Gunn stated his movie is "about politics," citing the illegal immigration situation in the United States, and his answer to anyone who doesn't like that is "screw them."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kate318 7/8/2025 11:16:11 AM (No. 1974411)
These people have the brains of a turnip. Hollywood is a business, over everything else. If you are too stupid to realize that you actually need an audience to pay to see your movie, you are too stupid to survive the industry.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 7/8/2025 11:23:13 AM (No. 1974417)
Fine, then screw you Gunn and your woke movie!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/8/2025 11:43:21 AM (No. 1974433)
From Superman! to Pooperman! in just a few short days.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Noj15 7/8/2025 12:03:07 PM (No. 1974451)
Who else is sick and tired of another "Superman" movie? My God, this will be Superman 35, much like Batman 82 and Godzilla 18. Where are America's great screenplay authors? Where are the great movies about the America we all love? Superman? Political? Another $100 million wanted on garbage no one will pay to see. Hollywood, just crawl back under your rock and let me know when another Hemingway shows up. America has one word for Hollywood, OK, three words, "We. Hate. You."
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/8/2025 12:06:27 PM (No. 1974453)
I've been to the movies perhaps 5 times in the past 25 years. Will never go back. Let alone to some loser of a Super Hero slamming America. Go back to Krypton and take all of Hollywood with you. And the lead male actor isn't even good looking. At least Chris Reeves was nice to look at. 50 years ago Jaws hit the theaters. Now that is when the summer movies were fun. But I will admit that the sequels were pretty bad. This is one movie that was actually better than the book. Making the Dreyfus character funny and likeable made all the difference. This Hollywood has nothing to offer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
singermom9 7/8/2025 12:15:58 PM (No. 1974461)
No body go and give horrible reviews
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/8/2025 12:17:24 PM (No. 1974464)
Are theaters still open? Covid was their last gasp. When the promos for the movies are presumably the best parts, I wouldn't waste 2 hours and $20 on the whole thing.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 7/8/2025 12:23:36 PM (No. 1974473)
I'll be sure to not see it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/8/2025 12:28:10 PM (No. 1974477)
Superman is now an “immigrant”?
It’s a character in a comic book, for God’s sake! This director is a pretentious idiot.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 7/8/2025 12:35:40 PM (No. 1974483)
I must assume that Gunn got his money up front and is not relying on a percentage of the film's profit .
The last Superman movie I watched starred Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.
The last Superman TV series I watched for more than a few minutes starred George Reeves.
I expect to be able to say the same thing in a year or two, if I’m still around then.
Oh, and the new Superman comic book series, Superman is 'gay'.
But since I haven't bought a comic book in 60+ years they won't notice my boycotting them now.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/8/2025 12:36:41 PM (No. 1974484)
A movie for Leftists...well that gets about 15% of the $$ YOU COULD BE MAKING.
Wokie Brokie!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
govlawyer 7/8/2025 1:18:10 PM (No. 1974511)
He handed Disney his beer and said, "Watch this!"!
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Let’s see the part where Ma and Pa Kent apply for public assistance .
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Schnapps 7/8/2025 1:40:42 PM (No. 1974524)
I don't have a problem with the movie if it shows Superman's parents applying for a legal refugee visa for their son before they blasted him off from the planet Krypton.
I suspect not, so we won't be watching it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mossley 7/8/2025 1:48:59 PM (No. 1974529)
First, I had no plans on seeing anything by Gunn, a man who openly joked about sexually assaulting his own daughter. Not just once or twice, either; the guy ended up deleting something like 10,000 tweets over inappropriate content. He's a very sick man.
Two, they've already shown a big chunk of the movie with the multiple trailers, clips, etc. Considering the trailers are supposed to show you the best parts of the movie, then this thing must be horrible. All that's been shown so far is very bad. Superman is a whiny, angry, screaming beta male who kicks his pet dog. Yeah, that's going to get me to see the movie.
Third, stop with the bloody reboots!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 7/8/2025 1:56:48 PM (No. 1974539)
Although the method in Gunn's seeming madness is explained in the article itself what is not explained is the fallacy of Gunn's assumptions about his audiences.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
snakeoil 7/8/2025 5:10:02 PM (No. 1974636)
There is only one Superman, George Reeves. There is only one Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller. There is only one James Bond, Sean Connery. There is only one Star Trek. There is only one Lone Ranger. No interest in imitations.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
SALady 7/8/2025 10:32:14 PM (No. 1974775)
It sounds like Mr. Gunn has attended the Disney School of Entertainment Suicide!!!!!
Another movie I won't be dragging my husband to!!!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mifla 7/9/2025 7:31:35 AM (No. 1974895)
I continue to be amazed how Hollywood wastes millions of dollars on bad/woke movies.
You would think by now either they would get a clue or that their backers would say no more throwing good money after bad.
With the possible exception of Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood, I don't think there are any sane people left in the film industry.
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