Superman: Legacy First Look

[JKCarrier]

18 hours ago, TTRPGWhiz said:

But I do think that adapting a story that has already been very well-received in its original format is noteworthy.

 

2 hours ago, ZacKing said:

How can you know if it's good or not if you haven't even seen it yet?

 

If you don't know what a word means, it's okay to look it up.

note·wor·thy

/ˈnōtˌwərT͟Hē/

adjective

interesting, significant, or unusual.

[ZacKing]

1 hour ago, TTRPGWhiz said:

All I said was “this is based on a book that was really well received”.

 

Right, and you were attempting to use this comic winning some award to refute someone else saying they didn't care for the depiction of Supergirl this story was based on.  You're implying that since the source material was an award winner, the movie will be good.  You haven't even seen it yet.  

[ZacKing]

17 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

If you don't know what a word means, it's okay to look it up.

 

I know what it means, thanks. 😉  I'm glad you know what a dictionary is!

[TTRPGWhiz]

2 minutes ago, ZacKing said:

 

Right, and you were attempting to use this comic winning some award to refute someone else saying they didn't care for the depiction of Supergirl this story was based on.  You're implying that since the source material was an award winner, the movie will be good.  You haven't even seen it yet.  

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

[ZacKing]

11 minutes ago, TTRPGWhiz said:

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

 

Anyway, go and see Superman.  I think you'll enjoy it.  Maybe you can even talk about it here since you'll have seen it. 😉

[Krimson]

I don't want to see this movie because it feels like I've already seen it. I have never had a movie feed trailers in ads like this one does. It's like they are aggressively trying to make people forget the DCU they barely got off the ground. Maybe when it shows up on Netflix. 

[BrandX]

On 7/17/2025 at 3:33 PM, TTRPGWhiz said:

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.

 

I'd say it's the same thing as any other adaption.  People want to see their known property adapted.  I can see people going "I want to see a live action version of the CHARACTER I know and not some other version" quite easily.

 

I'm going to see the movie and see how it plays out, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have, for example, loved to have seen JLU version, if that was all I've seen of her and enjoyed.

[ThaOGDreamWeaver]

23 hours ago, BrandX said:

I'd say it's the same thing as any other adaption.  People want to see their known property adapted.  I can see people going "I want to see a live action version of the CHARACTER I know and not some other version" quite easily.

One of the eternal problems of adapting a comic book. For one, you need to square the character people know with what you want them to do: if you just go through the motions of what they always do, some fans are happy, some fans think it's dull. Challenge the character (and audience expectations) too much, and you get "this isn't my Supergirl/Superman/Batman/Nelvana Of The Northern Lights/Howard The Duck" etc.

 

Then, of course, you've got one 100-140min flick to pack it into, rather than a 200-page graphic novel  where you can play tricks with levels of art, scripting, detail, format, and so on. And bring in enough butts on seats to pay for it.

 

If Gunn's clever enough to square that circle - introduce us to a beaten-up Kara who becomes the heroine the audience know and love, or an approximation thereof - that should work all round.