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Methinks you don’t know what Bane or Solomon Grundy look like if you think this guy looks more like them than Jonathan Kent.
This Pa Kent has been living on a diet of butter and white gravy like most farmers. He’s no Bane.
When did Superman take out Ben Shapiro?Posting Superman pages/panels I love every day until we get our first official look at David Corenswet as Superman, Day 15:
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Superman Smashes the Klan.When did Superman take out Ben Shapiro?
As I have already said - he isn't the classic Pa Kent. Don't like that I don't agree? Your problem. Not mine.
LOVE Superman Smashes the Klan.Superman Smashes the Klan.
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No offense intended. I’m just pointing out that the actor certainly doesn’t look like any comic book incarnation of Bane or Solomon Grundy that I’ve ever seen. And yes, admittedly I never saw the Gotham versions of those characters, but if someone is basing their understanding of any comic book character on Gotham, well that explains the disconnect.
I’m not sure that I agree that Jonathan Kent is typically portrayed as tall and lanky and ex jock. At least not in the comic stories that I have read. I think he is typically malleable to what the writer wants to do with him, which is why I’m fine with Gunn using Pruitt as he’s a good actor. But if anything, Jonathan is usually an older, somewhat feeble farmer whose best days are behind him and is a reminder of humanity’s mortality.
Yeah. I’m not arguing with you. You miss the part where I said the character is malleable. Or you ignore it.You’re the one upset that I didn’t and still don’t agree that he’s classic Pa Kent. 🤷♂️
As you said - feeble - and to me he doesn’t look that way at all. Someone in here even recently said they wanted him for Kingpin; that’s the direct opposite of feeble.
Yeah. I’m not arguing with you. You miss the part where I said the character is malleable. Or you ignore it.
But I will agree that he’s different than Kevin Costner or Bo Duke.
To be fair, the materials they use for modern superhero costumes tend to actually compress and flatten out the musculature of the wearer (see Routh). A little bit of padding and sculpting makes sense to restore what is lost. Obviously that is very different from the crap we saw in the Snyder films.Hot Take: Padding a Superman suit is the dumbest thing in the world.
I can see that. I thought that your primary objection to him was physical only. But it seems that it’s more than that.To me, he isn’t that malleable - where I can buy someone who was probably enforcer in his day as Pa Kent (mobster, cop, etc). That’s just me though.
It’s akin to how Andy Serkis is very far from the classic Alfred, but in a different way.
Adding: also the recent hot Aunt May. These can work, but they’re also far from the norm.
I can still recall how shapeless that Cap suit was in The Avengers, which is insane considering how big Evans got.To be fair, the materials they use for modern superhero costumes tend to actually compress and flatten out the musculature of the wearer (see Routh). A little bit of padding and sculpting makes sense to restore what is lost. Obviously that is very different from the crap we saw in the Snyder films.
To be fair, I feel like tall and lanky has become the typical portrayal of Pa Kent in recent decades. It is consistent with my personal experience with older farmers growing up in a rural area.View attachment 87634
No offense intended. I’m just pointing out that the actor certainly doesn’t look like any comic book incarnation of Bane or Solomon Grundy that I’ve ever seen. And yes, admittedly I never saw the Gotham versions of those characters, but if someone is basing their understanding of any comic book character on Gotham, well that explains the disconnect.
I’m not sure that I agree that Jonathan Kent is typically portrayed as tall and lanky and ex jock. At least not in the comic stories that I have read. I think he is typically malleable to what the writer wants to do with him, which is why I’m fine with Gunn using Pruitt as he’s a good actor. But if anything, Jonathan is usually an older, somewhat feeble farmer whose best days are behind him and is a reminder of humanity’s mortality.
Eddie Jones former coach of Australia rugby is not the Pa Kent I'd want 😱Eddie Jones remains “my” Jonathan Kent so I’ll have no problem accepting one that’s physically different from the more recent incarnations.
Mine too but I still have a big soft spot for Glenn Ford.Eddie Jones remains “my” Jonathan Kent so I’ll have no problem accepting one that’s physically different from the more recent incarnations.
Yeah a little, I'm with you on picking the best actors for the role and I get that WB and Zaslev are strapping their belts a little bit but a bit of star power wouldn't hurt the marketing of a movie that really, REALLY needs to succeed.Does it worry anyone at all that there is no names with serious star power? I myself prefer picking the best actors that suit the role.....
Does it worry anyone at all that there is no names with serious star power? I myself prefer picking the best actors that suit the role, but the other day I was talking about this movie with my sister and she asked who was going to be in it, and I was like, "Probably not a single person you would know."
It worries me that there is probably a large number of people that would look at the cast and lose interest because it has no actors that they know other than probably Nicholas Hoult.
It will certainly come down to the trailer as most movies do but yeah if the trailer is like Bam! This is the Superman movie you have been waiting for! Then yeah it will be fine.I think "James Gunn of GOTG fame" and "DC Studios' inaugural movie/Superman" would be doing a lot of the selling here. Possibly the trailers do the rest of the work.