07-11-2025, 03:27 PM
Legends has Godfrey using his magical God powers to whip up crowds directly. I think what Max Lord does in Wonder Woman 1984 is far more comparable. Boredfrom seemed to indicate the anti-Superman crowd was Luthor planted, I'm not sure about that but I find it acceptable enough. Luthor running all kinds of schemes, including ones that aren't accomplishing anything seems fine, that's basically what he was doing post-Crisis, and usually through shell companies. I actually would think the plot is better served by Luthor having all these schemes, and then Superman falls into his lap randomly because Superman turns himself in, something Luthor couldn't fathom from a powerful person.
I agree completely on no need to explain anything, unlike everyone else I have zero problem with this not being an origin story, I don't want to see origin stories ever again. One positive thing to say about the MCU is how superheroes keep just showing up and them trusting people to get it. "Yeah, he's Spider-Man but he's a kid now, got it?" The Snyderverse mostly avoided this too. I hope that's a sign the corporations seem to have finally listened to the comic people that you don't need to keep doing origins. (Not that comic people can't stop doing them.)
The people turning against Superman stuff reminds me of the Truth storyline in the New 52, where they couldn't at all sell that people had suddenly turned against Superman especially because everyone he interacted with was like "don't worry Supes, I got you." Even as almost nobody else was shown as actually wanting to hunt down Superman but a couple bad guys. Even when he has adventures with Gordon in the Batsuit Robot Gordon is all like "I knew another guy who was technically illegal." Groan.
I agree completely on no need to explain anything, unlike everyone else I have zero problem with this not being an origin story, I don't want to see origin stories ever again. One positive thing to say about the MCU is how superheroes keep just showing up and them trusting people to get it. "Yeah, he's Spider-Man but he's a kid now, got it?" The Snyderverse mostly avoided this too. I hope that's a sign the corporations seem to have finally listened to the comic people that you don't need to keep doing origins. (Not that comic people can't stop doing them.)
The people turning against Superman stuff reminds me of the Truth storyline in the New 52, where they couldn't at all sell that people had suddenly turned against Superman especially because everyone he interacted with was like "don't worry Supes, I got you." Even as almost nobody else was shown as actually wanting to hunt down Superman but a couple bad guys. Even when he has adventures with Gordon in the Batsuit Robot Gordon is all like "I knew another guy who was technically illegal." Groan.