Now the latest Superman film is not going to be yet another origin story as the character will arrive already fully formed but with his version director James Gunn has spoken about the three iconic superhero moments that he would refuse to film.
“I don’t need to see pearls in a back alley when Batman’s parents are killed. I don’t need to see the radioactive spider biting Spider-Man. I don’t need to see baby Kal coming from Krypton in a little baby rocket”
And frankly we applaud him because who is not tried of seeing those moments again and again in the latest incarnation and origin stories of these superheroes? But Gunn has also gone on to say that his Superman film is about kindness to immigrants to the US saying
“I mean, Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost…obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them.
This Superman does seem to come at a particular time when people are feeling a loss of hope in other people’s goodness. I’m telling a story about a guy who is uniquely good, and that feels needed now because there is a meanness that has emerged due to cultural figures being mean online. No, I don’t make films to change the world, but if a few people could be just a bit nicer after this it would make me happy.”
If there are any other iconic superhero moments that James Gunn will refuse to film we’d love to know!
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source : The Times
