Superman: Legacy First Look

[Starhammer]

I have it on good authority the primary antagonist of the Supergirl movie will be Kara's AA sponsor :)

[Glacier Peak]

saw this finally. good fun. was a bit unsatisfied with the 

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headshot of the food vendor

it seemed REALLY out of place. 

[JKCarrier]

9 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

saw this finally. good fun. was a bit unsatisfied with the 

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headshot of the food vendor

it seemed REALLY out of place. 

That bothered me too. I suppose it served it's purpose, in that it

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made me totally despise Luthor and Ghurkos. But it did seem out of step with the otherwise optimistic tone.

Still, the movie hit so many right notes, I can't complain too much.

[ShardWarrior]

On 9/19/2025 at 3:41 PM, Glacier Peak said:

it seemed REALLY out of place. 

 

I agree and felt it did not have any real emotional impact.  This would have been much more compelling a scene if it were Jimmy Olsen instead.  

[Glacier Peak]

12 hours ago, ShardWarrior said:

Jimmy Olsen

Oh man right? He was almost always the kidnapped friend of Superman in the early Action Comic Silver Age, which this film draws heavily from. Then again, Jimmy has his own sub plot that would've fit better in a GotG film in my opinion. 

[JKCarrier]

12 hours ago, ShardWarrior said:

I agree and felt it did not have any real emotional impact.

 

I thought it had plenty of impact, it was just a little too nihilistic for such an otherwise optimistic film.

 

12 hours ago, ShardWarrior said:

This would have been much more compelling a scene if it were Jimmy Olsen instead.  

 

Disagree. The fact that Superman cares deeply about everyone, including some rando he barely knows, is a major theme of the film.

(After typing that, it occurred to me you might be making a sly reference to Batman v. Superman, which actually did that. Only the scene was so perfunctory that a lot of viewers didn't even realize the character was supposed to be Jimmy. If so, never mind. 😋)

[ShardWarrior]

7 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

Oh man right? He was almost always the kidnapped friend of Superman in the early Action Comic Silver Age, which this film draws heavily from. Then again, Jimmy has his own sub plot that would've fit better in a GotG film in my opinion. 

 

I found Jimmy to be utterly annoying in this movie if I am being honest, nor could I take him seriously as a "ladies man" with women literally throwing themselves at him for some bizarre reason.  I do agree he would have fit perfectly in a GoTG film, as would Superman in many scenes.  As some have mentioned, at times I felt like I was watching SuperQuill instead of Superman.  I get that Gunn wanted to be more lighthearted than the brooding Superman from Man of Steel and BvS, however there were a few times here where I personally felt the pendulum swung a little too far on the eye rolling silly side.  

 

7 hours ago, JKCarrier said:

I thought it had plenty of impact, it was just a little too nihilistic for such an otherwise optimistic film.

 

We can agree to  disagree on the impact.

 

7 hours ago, JKCarrier said:

Disagree. The fact that Superman cares deeply about everyone, including some rando he barely knows, is a major theme of the film.

 

I understand that and I understand it affected Superman.  To me as a viewer, I have no investment in a random character with less than 30 seconds of screen time, so their demise has no impact on me the viewer.  It did not add any sense of urgency to the story.  

 

7 hours ago, JKCarrier said:

(After typing that, it occurred to me you might be making a sly reference to Batman v. Superman, which actually did that. Only the scene was so perfunctory that a lot of viewers didn't even realize the character was supposed to be Jimmy. If so, never mind. 😋)

 

I was not referencing BvS at all.