TTRPGWhiz

Actually I was expanding on OG’s description of the comic as “True Grit in space with a dog”.

I didn’t say it was. All I said was “this is based on a book that was really well received”. If folks consider that a controversial statement or something worth having an argument about, that’s their issue(s).

An attempt was made.

I don’t see how or why there’s any issue. “This movie is based on an Eisner award nominated comic book” is just a fact, not sure why it triggered so much back and forth. /shrug I don’t really think the general movie going public cares what source material gets adapted. But I do think that adapting a story that has already been very well-received in its original format is noteworthy.

OK.

I have some issues with people confusing "I didn't like this" with "this is bad / not good". And yes, I understand that you said "both" (there are three statements there). That's the point. FWIW: all I did was point out that the comic the upcoming movie is based on was well received and nominated for awards, since the only other info about it in this thread was "True Grit in space with a dog".

Looks like we're saying the same thing except one of us isn't inserting their personal (and likely uninformed; did you read the mini or nah?) opinions. "Well, not every comic depiction is a winner" and "I wish Supergirl was getting something better" aren't really the same thing as "this isn't for me but I'm glad other people might like it". Again: the initial comment wasn't about you. Sorry it was so upsetting.

I recently watched another Whedon show that got canceled early and Tudyk is at his absolute most menacing. Dude's got range.

Did you read this mini-series? Anyway, this wasn't in direct response to you specifically or whether or not you specifically like that particular story (or just your idea of it, if you haven't read it). This is meant to provide some additional context that was missing from the conversation. If I were to respond directly to your comment, I might agree that yes, not every comics depiction is a winner; some just get nominated for the biggest awards. You specifically may not care that a Supergirl movie is based on the only comic that character headlined that garnered that level of critical praise. Others might.

FWIW: the book the movie is based on (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) earned Eisner Award* nominations for Best Limited Series, Best Writer and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist. If there’s a more prominent and prestigious Supergirl comic arc out there, I don’t know it. Maybe some other comics readers have suggestions? *the Eisners are comics’ Academy Awards

I'm not talking about YouTubers.

Haven’t seen it yet so can’t comment on it. Imagine that.

Looking forward to the success of and praise for this movie mitigating future doomsaying threads about movies that don’t come out for a year or more. ☺️

I have seen Pearl three times and did not realize that's where I knew Corenswet from. He was great in that part, can easily see him pulling off dialogue like, "what the hey, dude".

First batch of reviews is out. Metacritic: 71 with 35 reviews RT: 87 with 93 reviews