Sick of superhero movies? I am. Do you wonder how many times Hollywood can remake “Superman?” I do wonder how many times the world’s major cities can be destroyed before moviemakers come up with a new storyline. Actually, any storyline.
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Lazy storytelling is boring. Everyone knows it. Anyone with two brain cells knows that superhero movies have the same plotline. Is the latest iteration of the Iowan from Smallville different? Does this Superman still have the ethos “Truth, Justice and the American Way?” Superman is a kinder, gentler version, with a dog. The director tells us that Clark is really just an immigrant. James Gunn’s brother speaking about the movie tells us that if you don’t support “immigrants” (the substitute for illegal aliens), you are not an American.
Sean Gunn on the new Superman movie: “It is about how we support immigrants and if you don’t like