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Film Theory: I SOLVED the Plot of the New Superman Movie… And Its Sequel!

2025-01-19 Film & Animation
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Top Comments (10)

@kobienotcoby2862 2025-01-19

I like how James Gunn is gonna skip the backstory stuff. Everyone knows who Superman is, so I’m glad we’re just gonna get straight into the movie.

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@MegaSceptile99 2025-01-19

I think this iteration of Superman being a hopeful and optimistic figure standing in the way of a cynical world, especially where the Authority or Elite is concerned, is also a great story in a real world that is getting increasingly cynical with so much wrong happening in this world that we just need the slightest amount of hope to keep going

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@MovieFan1912 2025-01-19

We are really having a good time this weekend. First Oversimplified wraps up The Second Punic War series, then Drawn of History uploads a new video about the American Revolution, and now this.

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@Caitvishipper87351 2025-07-15

It’s kinda funny to watch him gets things wrong, but also getting a lot right

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@DrewTrox 2025-01-19

15:46 Missing the point. Green Lantern and crew are in "The Boys" mode. That's when Supes goes "Kingdom Come" mode. Lex has set all of this up to paint Superman as the villain fighting other heroes. Now, Superman is fighting a PR battle. Superman wins in the end by just continuing to be selfless.

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@g-rad4200 2025-07-13

Brainiac was wrong, but the rest was pretty close if you take him out of the equation.

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@breaderikthegreat3224 2025-07-20

Had he not tried to force Braniac in, he could have predicted the whole movie

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@GodlyDuckk 2025-01-19

That death pose is definitely something 0:21.

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@edwardtdm123 2025-01-19

Brainiac as a villain feels like the perfect choice to challenge Superman's idealsβ€”excited to see how that plays out! πŸ”₯

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@GnTheOg 2025-01-19

POV matpat while teaching the new theorists: β€œOverthinking is keyβ€πŸ€“πŸ˜‚

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