James Gunn's Superman No Longer Fights for "The American Way," but "the Human Way;" He and His Brother Both Say the Movie Is About How Vital Immigrants Are to Our Country

Superman is a character I want to like more than I like. I'm a traditionalist who likes old pulp characters, and I like Americana.

I was hoping this movie might be good. I hear some saying it's good, and some saying it's bad, but it sounded like I'd be in the camp of people that like it. The movie is cartoony and inspired by the goofy, anything-goes ethos of the Silver Age of comic books, which sounds good to me. Apparently the movie makes the case that Superman's real strength isn't his physical power but his simple goodness and moral strength, which sounds nice to me. I'm tired of Dark and Gritty Super-Heroes for Children.

But then these repulsive Hollywood perverts had to open their leftist mouths.

James Gunn changes Superman's catchphrase from 'Truth, Justice, and the American Way' to 'Truth, Justice, and the Human Way': report

I know America isn't popular among foreign degenerates, so I would understand if they made this change in foreign versions of the film. Hollywood routinely makes American versions of films that push politics -- like gays kissing in cartoons for children -- that it takes out of the export versions. Why can't that be done here?

But apparently Gunn doesn't want to say that the American Way is worth fighting for even in America -- his lefty friends of course hate America -- so not even in the American version can we hear that America is good.

According to Comicbook, Superman's new catchphrase is "Truth, Justice, and the Human Way," as seen on official Superman merchandise, eliminating the traditional phrase Superman has used in stories since World War II, only a few years after the character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938.

The phrase was seen on official Superman movie merchandise with David Corenswet as Superman. Gunn has previously said that he has to approve all the toys associated with the movie, per Cosmic Book News.

The figure of Superman comes with text that reads, "Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice, and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned."

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The reboot of the hero film directed by Gunn has been slammed before it comes out in theatres on July 11 after Gunn made comments suggesting that the story would highlight Superman as being an immigrant from another planet.

"I mean, Superman is the story of America," Gunn told reporters at The Times of London. "An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country. But for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost."

James Gunn's nepo baby brother Sean Gunn, who appears in every single Gunn movie like Clint Howard gets an easy paycheck in every Ron Howard movie, says that the movie is "about how we support immigrants and if you don't like it, you're not American."

Sold. I mean, you've sold me into the position of "No Sale.

Go fuck yourselves.

Nerdrotic's review has spoilers, but he doesn't get into them until the 9 minute mark.

He calls it "mid."

Here's some more Hollywood trash. Proud adopted mother of two children who somehow both turned out trans, Charlize Theron brags that she's now picking up 26-year-olds for one night stands.

What have you watched recently that you would recommend?

Here's one I recommend, advisedly. I saw Dan from The Cobwebs Channel recommending the Japanese zombie movie One Cut of the Dead. He gave the quick pitch -- a low-budget film crew is attempting to make a cheap, crappy zombie movie, and are attempting to film it in one single take, when an actual zombie horde attacks the movie production -- and then said he can't say anything more about it.

So there's some kind of secret twist you're not supposed to talk about. That interested me.

I wouldn't watch the trailer. It gives too much away. It just shows you the twist.

Just go in with as little information as possible.

I have to offer an advisory on this one. For the first half hour, I thought this was the most inept movie I've seen in a long time. (I later found out the actual budget for the movie was $25,000.) I only stayed with it because I wanted to get to the big twist that supposedly justifies this sloppy, boring, clumsy movie.

I'm glad I stayed with it. The second half hour offers some background information about the zombie attack shown in the first half hour, re-contextualizing it. The third half hour then revisits the zombie attack, with this re-contextualization completely changing what you saw before.

By the end I really, really liked the movie. The last half our pays off everything set up in the first hour. All the "mistakes" that bothered me in the first half hour actually turn out to be justified.

I immediately rewatched the whole movie and enjoyed it again. Then I bought the French remake and watched that. The French remake, Coupez! ("Cut!"), is by the same director who did the OSS 117 movies and stars his wife, who played the female lead in the first OSS movie. The budget is higher (but it's still not a big budget movie).

Even though the French version may sound like it would be better than the cheaper original, it's not. The Japanese original is just better in almost every way. I think the French version goes a little too over the top and lacks the relative subtlety of the Japanese version. (Which is kind of surprising.) I think the French director didn't like how slow and clumsy the Japanese version was in the early going, and tried to correct that by adding more punch. But it didn't work for me. The awkward, clumsy opening of the Japanese movie turned out to be the right way to do it.

It's too bad, because the French Coupez! can be bought on Amazon for like five bucks while it costs five bucks just to rent One Cut of the Dead. It was produced by Shudder so it might be available on that streaming channel for no cost (assuming you subscribe or sign up for a teaser trial, which of course you'll forget to cancel).

I liked -- almost loved -- this movie, but be prepared to feel like I did during my first watch, thinking this is the worst movie you've ever seen and that I must be a moron for saying otherwise. Hold off judgment until the third act.

In terms of gore or objectionable material: There's really not a lot of gore, or, there's not any gore that's convincing. It all looks half-baked and on-the-cheap. I don't recall much in the movie that would bother any viewer.

Update:

It looks like you can watch "One Cut of the Dead" for free on Hoopla. Posted by: bleakdaze

Oh, I never even heard of "Hoopla." If you have Hoopla, give it a try.

Anything you guys can recommend?

posted by Ace at 04:15 PM

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