Superman Trailer Reaction

[@adamfrey4920]

Admit it. Admit that you liked electric Superman.

[@PrivateCitizen84]

I was so confused by that? Picked up stack of JLA volumes to read for the first time and suddenly he was blue/white in one of them (with no context given).

[@adamfrey4920]

@PrivateCitizen84 Accident in the main Superman titles changed his powers. The JLA title had the fun task of keeping up with changes in the main character titles, including Superman's powers changing, an earthquake destroying Gotham, and Wonder Woman dying.

[@PrivateCitizen84]

@@adamfrey4920 I have not come across the powers change, Gotham earthquake or WW dying yet. My reading choices are very random. So I might come across all that by accident.

[@superjlk_9538]

@@PrivateCitizen84I think it just like randomly happens near the start of JLA. Blue Supes is on the cover of compendium one so it happens in the first half

[@PrivateCitizen84]

@@superjlk_9538 I was reading trades for the most part with some Eaglemoss hard backs later. I must of missed out on that one then with the change?

[@WingerEdison]

Nicholas Hoult is 35, which is about the perfect point for him to be. He'll be 40 by the time of the sequel, so he'll be middle-aged Post-Crisis Lex in no time.

[@matheusnogueiramoreira861]

Lex is around the same age as Clark in most versions

[@steelbat54]

The trailer brought a tear to my eye. Especially when Krypto made his appearance. My perspective on Superman since I’m 70 goes much further back than your kids and I’m guessing most kids. When life was simpler and the multitude of what kids consider popular and mainstream today didn’t exist. I think a lot of younger kids have probably heard of Superman but his widespread popularity isn’t what it was extending from the 1930’s through the 1990’s. The current state of pop culture has been watered down so much and spread thin with garbage, disposable icons that a Superman isn’t as eye opening and special as he once was. Sadly that’s probably true. My childhood was filled with Silver Age comics and Krypto was always there. One other thing I wanted to mention when you made the comment about Lex Luthor needing to be older. One of the things I read is that James Gunn wanted the feeling of this movie to harken back to the Silver Age. And Lex originally was the same age of Superman going back to his school days in Smallville. It was an experiment gone bad that caused the loss of Lex’s hair which he blamed on Superboy. Just saying..

[@superjlk_9538]

Either age works for me. As long as he’s not cringe like in Snyder’s film

[@feeWAIVER]

Krypto looks like a dog I had who passed away a couple years ago, so my eyes get misty every time I see him.

[@trunks546]

I have a 2 1/2 year old son and Superman is his favorite anything. I like that this looks like a movie I could take him to see. Hopefully it will be just a good Superman movie. One that younger kids and adults can go and have a good time at. Isn’t that what movies are about? Isn’t that what comics are about? Wasn’t that what Donner/Reeves’ Superman was as about? Burton’s Batman? Maybe not. Just saying.

[@rammisalami]

I’m still excited. And I have no doubt that Hoult steals the show.

[@geoffreyward9131]

I think the reaction to this trailer depends on one's starting point. I was exceedingly skeptical about James Gunn's directorial range because I've not seen him do anything outside of his super snarky, hyper sarcastic, cynical antihero stuff. But after this teaser, I'm still skeptically optimistic, but there's just a little more optimism and a little less skepticism now. It was enough to at least get me looking forward to the next trailer.

[@adamfrey4920]

I'm probably an outlier in being someone who doesn't like Hackman's Luthor.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

I was okay with Hackman, it was the way they wrote Luthor that I wasn't a fan of.

[@adamfrey4920]

@drewtheunspoken3988 Yeah, I hate that Hollywood still seems to consider Hackman the only legitimate Luthor even though he's a severe reinterpretation of the character.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

@adamfrey4920 I will say that Hackman is preferable to Spacey's impression of Hackman or whatever the hell it was Jessie Eisenberg was doing. My favorite live-action Luthor, so far, has been Michael Rosenbaum. The first 4 seasons of Smallville are still one of my favorite interpretations of the mythology. I know it's not accurate, but it was entertaining.

[@HarlanEllisonlives]

Not at all. Couldn't stand Hackman as luthor.

[@ascorvinus]

Clancy Brown is my favorite Lex Luthor. Although his best role was as Red Death.

[@tbynlogan]

I am optimistic.

[@HellBoy-id6ss]

It's only a teaser trailer, so people need to calm down.. I thought it hit the notes it needed to hit, which was to make me amped up to see it and it succeeded in doing that..the fact that Rick Flagg Sr and the Engineer is in this tells me we're getting a little bit of creature commandos and the Authority, which is really getting me amped up..

[@swarmX]

Your take on it looking like how AI would make a superman trailer and the costumes looking cheap is spot on

[@LordOz3]

After watching the trailer, I'm cautiously optimistic. It's encouraging much of the discourse is around whether the costume looks good or Lex looks too young as opposed to they swapped this, bent that, and woked it all. Fingers crossed.

[@ascorvinus]

My problem with the teaser is that it didn’t provide any hint of a story. What do the characters want, what’s at stake, why are they in conflict? It was just a collection of images, which might pique the interest of some hardcore DC fans, but gives normies nothing to sink their teeth into. I hope a proper trailer has a little more meat on the bone. I’ve been reading Dandadan. That book is wild, bro!

[@univeriseman8008]

As for the quality of the teaser people riding its hype train seem to not understand it did the Synder cheap shot music video style of cinematography. It didnt present a Superman story. It presented Superman aesthetics. It just happens not to look boring

[@BitingComics]

I mostly liked it. The redo of the classic theme sounded cool. And I'm a sucker for Superman saving people at the last minute. In Superman 2, I always liked it when he zooms out and saves the kid who's plunging into Niagara Falls.

[@feeWAIVER]

I think this is gonna be a billion dollar box office movie. This trailer does a few really great things: 1. Shows Superman beaten bloody, showing that he will be challenged in this film. 2. Shows Krypto, which indicates how absolutely wild the DCU is gonna get. If they can have Krypto, they can do anything. I can't wait to see characters like Gorilla Grodd and Detective Chimp in the DCU. 3. They made Guy Gardner look like a real dickhead. He's perfect!

[@MisterEnsayne]

Trailer really worked for me. Made my work day more bearable haha

[@patrickmoreau7592]

I appreciate you reviewing this Perch I loved the trailer ❤ I love ❤❤Krypto I’m sorry you didn’t I hope your opinion changes with the movie

[@ComicsPerch]

I didn't hate it, I didn't love it. It's a trailer... I think I'm mostly just comfortable with it.

[@patrickmoreau7592]

@ that’s good 👍🏻 I had a different impression Merry Christmas 🎄

[@PrivateCitizen84]

Another live action Superman one more added to many that I watched over the years big or small screen. Of course I am going to give this a chance.

[@jimgillespie6109]

Saw a Tweet the other day. No idea if it's true or not. It said Zaslav saw the first cut of the trailer and ordered a new edit. After seeing the new trailer (presumably this one), he sold a bunch of his WB stock. Take that with a few grains of salt. Also on Twitter, I love how all the complaints about Snyder's films were being echoed for this trailer by Snyder fans. "Why is he fighting in the city?" "Why isn't he smiling?" "What's with the slow-mo?" As for Krypto, at least he's better than what they did in Smallville.

[@huthaifaabdul-hafeez5007]

RIP NORM!

[@sAdam_II]

I really liked the trailer. I only have mixed feelings about Lex. It did raise my hopes up.

[@poru208]

I like that the movie looks is in "comic book style" with bright colors, etc. But there's a fine line to tread where that doesn't work and it gets silly looking. Fingers crossed. I would like the superhero genre to continue but the offerings need to be better planned and spaced out compared to the way it's been these last few years. Lots of pressure on Gunn to deliver. I'm half wanting to see it and half wanting to just see if Gunn can pull it off.

[@yourarchnemesis8453]

Okay but what are Perch's thoughts on the Harley Quinn Fart fetish comic DC announced?

[@rammisalami]

Honestly if you let your daughters friends introduce the trailer to each other at school it might have been a bit different reaction then it coming from Dad. Though I know they are still at the age where you are there hero, you are still old. And I mean that in the nicest way possible

[@feeWAIVER]

This is solid advice.

[@hunterellis8986]

Meh... Looks okay. Didn't particularly love or hate anything. I do wish that they'd base Lex Luther on the animated version.

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

It’s kind of funny that all you have to do to get people to like something is add a dog haha.

[@ComicBookMuscle]

It really shows how simple people are. It’s not even the right dog breed. This is not meant to be an insult but more pointing out how hitting the mark isn’t that difficult…but entertainment as an industry is always willing to cut off their nose to spite their face.

[@AL-ws5yi]

Neither of my kids cared. Son said he might see it if his friends want to see it. My daughter thought the dog was cute but she wouldn’t go see it for the dog. Also Gunn said he drew inspiration from Tom King. That’s a red flag to me.

[@warrensloan3467]

I’m kind of surprised that anyone can have a strong reaction to the trailer. There’s almost no dialogue and no story, so it comes down to “do you like the colors and costumes?”

[@diogorccarvalho]

My kids 12 and 9 loved it. Really want to see it. And my wife wanted to see it already. And they are normies. I seen it 50 Times.😊

[@kestrel1234]

I am gay and approve of the Norm bit. I did like the blue supes.

[@samhighvoltage]

Ironically, Spacey's Lex aged tremendously all things considered 🙃

[@HarlanEllisonlives]

I think maybe just maybe we are overanalyzing a teaser trailer. I enjoyed it misted up a bit when krypto showed up. I'm a marvel guy most of my life but I've seen all of the superman movies and a good chunk of the other DC movies. I'm 67 and I can't tell you what the younger audience likes or could like. Superheros unfortunately have been dying a slow death for awhile. This movie probably if it is good will appeal to the group that saw the first Superman movie.

[@skytowergnome4664]

I thought the trailer was a bit crowded, too many characters.

[@commonsense5199]

I really like the trailer. Look at Daily Planet in Trailer and look daily planet in Synderverse. While you say it looks cheap, the movie does have more a budget than CW, that’s for sure. 3:15 Depends on the age. Is this their first time being exposed to Superman they must be less than 5 years old. 3:27 You Still won’t talk about Scholastic deals won’t you, perch. Lot of all ages comics is going to get ignored if they get the scholastic deal. 3:46 Including Animation? Wonder Woman doesn’t have her own animated series. Harley Quinn got her own animated series before Wonder Woman. That is f-ing crime and a reason to hate Batman entirely. Also you know about in creature commandos, Circe got beaten by Weasel? Weasel! Circe can use her magic to make Weasel human and she would definitely win. Come on, James Gunn. Also that Wonder Woman video game there is news that no one was working on it for 3 years. If this doesn’t motivate to read Wonder Woman comic to make a great adaptation I don’t know what is. 4:24 I see a lot of people commenting on Guy Garner’s haircut. We are truly back. 5:33 I assume you have low sense of haircut style. 6:13 If Lex is not young there won’t be sequels. Come on, Perch. James Gunn cast an old guy to be Hal Jordan. I don’t Hal won’t be the main protagonist, it most likely John Stewart. You think James Gunn will adapted John Stewart stories from the comic for once? Not giving John either Hal of Kyle Rayner stories? 6:44 It is Agent 47. 7:16 Well they lack common sense. Really Perch? Mr Terrific has a name. We should talk about golden age Mr Terrific and current one. How the current Mr. Terrific is more popular than the golden age one 7:30 Yes. It is overdone to death. But you still talk it anyway. You did talk MCU Wonder Man. And even if there are original black characters on screen like Blue Marvel, they people still complain. Heck people complain about the actor playing John Stewart is too light skinned to play John Stewart. Does that matter? The actor is still black. Remember you made a video about someone saying Storm Mohawk looks manly in x men 97 7:34 Or having a female lead character. Oh my god it Girlboss movie. Jeez Like does anyone want to have fun and escapism anymore? No? You want attention like a desperate attention seeking B!t¢h? 8:16 Tell me about it. If notice someone purposely making up lies I just loose respect for you and not talk you seriously. Those type of people will never use their common sense. 8:32 If I see someone say this product hurt my feeling I won’t take you seriously. 9:42 no no one is going to die on that. I didn’t thought about Jon Kent Sr until you brought it up. He does look like grandpa rather than a dad. Jon Kent Sr. Has gray hair but still looks like he is in his 40s I do hope This version of Jon Kent Sr, will give Superman best advice. Not like how Zack Snyder wrote Jon Kent Sr. And Internet did the right thing to point how Snyder’s Jon Kent Sr is horribly written. You the mean Solaris, the Alien Sun? Well it is Solaris’ second appearance on screen, that makes Grant Morrison happy. And if want a Superman fight a Kaiju read *Justice League vs Godzilla vs King Kong* Superman Lost to Godzilla. Hahaha. How about you talk about Obscure Superman villain that should be in adaptations. Do if Perch. Show us how much of Superman fan you are. 11:13 Creature Commandos is launch of James Gunn’s DC universe, you simpleton. I am in.

[@ComicsOdyssey]

I watched and felt lukewarm about it. My wife watched and her sense was that they're trying to convey the movie is family friendly. But it didn't excite her either.

[@Zudovader]

In what world is superman not family friendly?

[@ascorvinus]

@@ZudovaderZack Snyder’s world.

[@overlord6993]

The suicide squad, peacemakery creature commandos and superman aare perfect and my fav pieces of media

[@clonegeek3317]

Lex Luthor's skull just looks weird. Also I just want to see Supes fight Brainaic on the big screen

[@mattlinkous4356]

The suit is weird because it’s basically New 52 with trunks and the Kingdom Come S just with yellow instead of black background. I *do* very much appreciate that the colors aren’t muted or heavily desaturated. They seem to be doing New 52 with Clark’s look to which kinda makes him look like Tony Khan (head honcho of All Elite Wrestling for those not familiar with pro-wrestling shenanigans.) I’m kinda with Perch in the sense I was neither amazed nor filled with dread. Not sure I trust James Gunn with this and the fact that Tom King is in the DCU orbit does not help with that.

[@carlgibson285]

I thought the teaser was fine. It hasn't made me any more excited for the movie but it hasn't made me any less excited either. I will definitely go and see it when it's released though because I'm looking forward to finally seeing Guy Gardener and Metamorpho on the big screen.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Outside of the Perry White raceswap, which Snyder also got smacked for by fans, I don't know what's "woke" about it. None of the people I follow who call out woke stuff called it woke. We're getting a redheaded Jimmy Olsen for the first time in live-action. It hasn't done anything to make me more worried but it hasn't made me less worried either. Maybe a full trailer will do more to move me one way or the other.

[@univeriseman8008]

It still doesnt make sense for a verse targted at the general audience to not go for a introduction arc. Pretty much DC lore has been established. Lex took over a land already and already has hated Superman for years. Hereos are already employed by Maxwell Lord. Multiple Green Lanterns protect Earth. Lois and Clark might as well be married. Lex can clone Clark from the get go. Then theres Creatures Commando. Theres no anticipation to see things unfold when we start with a 30 something year old Superman

[@seannyhan2254]

Most of the trailer was 'meh'. They made Guy Gardner look ridiculous. Of all the various Guy looks to choose from, the bowl cut version was an... interesting choice. Honestly, I couldn't care less about Superman, but I have a lot of love for Guy. Waiting to see more before passing judgement.😊

[@ferrarriohh]

If you watch the teaser trailer in reverse on .675x speed, and remove the interlaced framerate, you clearly see dumb bearded white guys fist-fight over a 3/16th scale bust statue of Supergirl while Clark is suspended in an inverted Jesus Christ pose over a statue of Baphomet. Typical James Gunn, what a jackanape!

[@EvandroACruz]

The trailer is better than MOS for me already.

[@howzyerfather]

Perch bald-shaming and fat-shaming Jonathan Kent? For shame!

[@Sjaddix]

DCAU Lex is my Lex. But yeah Anti Wokers have turned into full self parodies.

[@alanrussette2819]

I think you would appreciate the Retroblasting take on the trailer... essentially, Superman (comics and assorted media) has stopped trying to appeal to 6 to 12 year olds (its original target demographic) in favour of chasing Gex X dollars and by doing so can't really get the heart of a Superman movie right. If they've missed the mark with your kids, then they may very well have done it again, to the character's detriment.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

My kids loved the animated Spider-Man movies as well as the Deadpool movies. They also enjoyed the live-action Spider-Man films and have been entertained by other superhero movies but can take them or leave them. They've only expressed mild interest in this Superman movie but have both decided they'll wait until it's on streaming to see it. These are the same 2 kids who were excited to see the 1989 Batman movie in a theater just a couple of months ago. As for me? It just sounds crowded and the inclusion of Krypto felt cynical to me. An easy win because audiences like dogs. I really hope this movie is good but the trailer hasn't made me all that interested in seeing it. I'm hoping a second trailer will change my mind, but I'm doubting it.

[@JDPetty0990]

At least it's not the official Harley Quinn scratch-and-sniff fart fetish comic from the writer of the recent Fire and Ice comic! I am just done with superhero universe movies in general, so this doesn't move the needle for me. I am also skeptical that the DCU will magically become a hit because Snyder was removed. Chasing out the white whale who "ruined the franchise" worked wonders for Star Wars! Additionally, Snyder may be gone, but what about the people who hired him? For a movie that people hype up for being "not Snyder," it sure feels a lot like Man of Steel. This isn't to say I think Snyder's direction was a good fit - personally, I wanted a universe with a different tone from the MCU's increasingly snarky and flippant tone, but he went too far into grimdark and edgy - but "anyone but Snyder!" is not a smart way to approach fixing these movies - again, Star Wars. And Clark Kent has Tony Khan's haircut, cue Aaron accusing Superman of secretly being Snowflame.

[@jjjmmm3246]

Hey, I liked it. Krypto! Always makes me happy

[@mfekett]

I really can't stand the blue tint on all of these DC movies

[@jnramage]

Krypto didn’t win you over ? Geez perch…

[@thenerdycollector5013]

tsk tsk tsk Perch saying Christopher ReeveS. It´s Keanu ReeveS and Christopher Reeve, if that helps you. Will this comment get me pin of shame?

[@ComicsPerch]

I think that was me slurring my voice. But good call out.

[@clonegeek3317]

@@ComicsPerch Or George Reeves Superman

[@thenerdycollector5013]

@@ComicsPerch I'll accept that 😉

[@juggernauts1000]

Why does guy gardener looks so weird??

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

They did a good job not revealing the plot, I’ve no idea what’s going on. Guy does look goofy, but he looks goofy in the comics, but I couldn’t even tell that was Nathan.

[@ComicBookMuscle]

“I sense much fear in you.” - Master Yoda Your apprehension is palpable. Like you know it’s going to be terrible but you want to hope it isn’t. Doesn’t matter what we want the film is in the can from what I can tell, rest is post production and Gunn said no re-shoots. I am kind of happy that this will put an end to these terrible superhero films. When you fail to do something as by the numbers as Superman you have to seriously reevaluate your approach. Captain Falcon will be the set up and Supergunn Will be the knock out blow imho. And Perch, just name names when referring to other peoples reactions if you’re going to mention them at all. Most takes I’ve seen haven’t been outlandish, but I steer clear of the grift-o-sphere.

[@RadChannel]

Ugh, whatta buzzkill. Perch got no spirit of Christmas in his heart

[@mistymoonshine897]

twinky Superboy and his magic dog. yes, even bad comics deserve movies now.

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

I love that’s Superboys name now hahaha.

[@themultiversalmagpie7827]

I don’t really care what the normies think, they are little more than sheep, the normies will follow where ever a big enough audience goes

[@sketchasaurrex4087]

I'm underwhelmed. Nothing impressed me. Berry Black is annoying, tired of race swaps. Just do the Michelle Jones MJ garbage replacement like they did in ironman jr. At least that's a grain of effort and not a complete pallet swap.

[@LanceMartin-gn3fi]

Who is berry black ?

[@sketchasaurrex4087]

@LanceMartin-gn3fi the race swapped Perry White