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I just saw Superman, and have no fear. That shit rocks.
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Caught it last night... Tonally, Gunn absolutely nails it. The main characters are perfectly done, the B-list characters like Mister Terriffic and Metamorpho are perfectly done.
There are issues with some of the C-list / background characters.
Hawkgirl didn't really have much to do and I don't think Gunn knew what to do with her, which is a shame. Giving her a hawk shriek instead of actual dialog was... a choice. She needed more speaking lines.
Similarly, the background characters at the Planet, Cat Grant, Steve Lombard, were just kind of "there". Nobody, not even Perry White, has a "Hey, where's Clark?" moment. I think Gunn was just working from a checklist of who to include.
Ma Kent... I don't know where she's from, but it aint Kansas... Loved the Kents interactions with Clark, but... OK, I'm biased, I married a woman from Kansas, I've been to both Oklahoma and Kansas... I don't know what that accent is.
All of those are minor quibbles. It was a great way to do Superman.
Hawkgirl was introduced, and I believe Adam Strange is rumored to be in the Green Lantern series, and since Rann and Thanagarians fought, that may be in the future.
As to the c-list characters, I don't want a three hour movie so I can get to know them better.
A Rann/Thanagarian war would be an interesting place to go with the Lanterns as peace keepers, but they'd have to set that up well in advance like Babylon 5.