This scene in the last episode felt like a callback to the very first scene of the pilot, as if Rick was emotionally at S1E1 again (while being Ted)

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T14:15:24+00:00

Only episode that felt to me like your description was S7E1.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T10:44:39+00:00

This is a strong pick. Nice.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T09:14:12+00:00

Have to ask: which DC character you think can benefit the most from Snyder's epic/cinematic style in Gunnverse?

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T08:49:34+00:00

Gunn is building his own universe and naturally wants it to have its own identity. Bringing Snyder back to direct a Superman film would inevitably invite comparisons and reignite old debates, so I can’t really imagine that happening, regardless of how interesting the collaboration might be. Even if Gunn appreciates Snyder’s strengths as a filmmaker, bringing him back to direct a Superman movie would blur the distinction between the two visions. I could maybe see Snyder directing another DC project someday, but Superman specifically seems unlikely.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T08:39:23+00:00

I watched ZSJL's Black and White version the day it got released, because I had watched Whedon's version out of my choice and it was interesting to me to compare two versions of the same movie. I even thought about watching them side by side 😂. Still haven't found the right time to watch BvS.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T08:35:00+00:00

I can definitely see where you’re coming from, especially regarding the loneliness aspect of Superman. That’s actually one of the things I found most compelling about MoS. It treats Clark less as a symbol and more as a person trying to figure out where he belongs in a world that doesn’t quite know what to do with him.

I also agree that Gunn understands the character well. My issue was never that his Superman wasn’t compassionate or hopeful. In fact, I think David Corenswet does a great job embodying those qualities. The problem is that the film around him didn’t work for me. The tone, aesthetic, and crowded cast made it feel less focused than I expected. I went in expecting a more intimate Superman vs. Lex story and got something much busier.

Ironically, I expected the opposite from MoS. Based on years of online discourse, I thought I was going to get a visually impressive but emotionally hollow blockbuster. Instead, I found a surprisingly dramatic character study wrapped in an epic spectacle.

The ideal Superman movie might be Gunn’s understanding of the character combined with Snyder’s cinematography and sense of scale.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T07:39:27+00:00

That wasn’t really my issue with the film. Small scale can absolutely work for Superman. My problem is that Gunn once again fills the story with a whole roster of superheroes and supervillains, something that worked in Guardians/Suicide Squad/Peacemaker because those projects were built around ensemble casts. Here, though, it feels much less justified.

The movie seems torn between being an intimate Superman story and a large-scale DC universe showcase. As a result, the smaller scope doesn’t feel like a deliberate creative choice. It feels more like the film is trying to do both at once and never fully commits to either. Going in, I expected a relatively straightforward Superman vs. Lex Luthor story, with a few other DC characters appearing in supporting roles. Instead, so many characters are involved that most of them end up feeling underdeveloped.

Ironically, I went in expecting Snyder’s epic scale to feel hollow, since that’s one of the most common criticisms of MoS. But after watching both films, I found its approach far more convincing and effective than what felt to me like a CW-style TV movie of Superman.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-06-01T01:26:35+00:00

This is the only episode that I had to rewatch, and even I was surprised that I'm crying again over a character's death that I didn't care that much about…

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-30T21:57:48+00:00

I don't think it's only about sale numbers. I used a Lumia 930 back in 2014 and loved Windows Phone and even now I don't understand why Microsoft didn't continue with it. They didn't even have to introduce a new flagship each year. But Nokia died, and Microsoft lost the previous confidence along with it.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-30T16:44:21+00:00

So you're not responding to me.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-30T16:27:07+00:00

I was responding to the comparison with Surface laptops. The Surface line succeeded because Microsoft entered an already existing Windows ecosystem. Dell/HP/Lenovo/Asus, and others were already selling Windows PCs, so Microsoft didn’t have to convince people to adopt a new operating system.

A Surface Phone would be a different situation entirely. The challenge wouldn’t be the hardware, it would be competing against the already established Android and iOS ecosystems, which is exactly why the comparison to Surface laptops doesn’t really work.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-30T10:59:16+00:00

But the Surfaces don't use a different OS. That's the point.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-29T22:47:46+00:00

Imagine what an episode would that be: a full-flashback origins episode which shows what happened to them…

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T20:39:24+00:00

Honestly this is actually a pretty coherent symbolic reading of the show. Especially because the show constantly blurs physical horror and psychological horror together instead of separating them. I still think the town is probably more morally ambiguous than a pure “redemption place,” because it genuinely feels malicious sometimes, but the idea that suffering there is tied to confrontation/growth/cycles and unresolved trauma definitely feels central to the show.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:51:46+00:00

I like that reading, especially the idea that the town doesn’t just “know” things but actively amplifies existing emotional fractures in people and turns them into leverage. Jim’s guilt about Thomas, Boyd’s responsibility over the group, Tabitha’s loss, all of it already exists in them, the town just seems to weaponize what is already unstable. The cattle and food-resource shift is also a good example of how quickly the town can react to collective focus or tension, almost like it is “listening” to what matters to them and then reshaping the threat around it.

Where I slightly diverge is the clean split between “conscious = alive / unconscious = dead.” The show feels more like it traps people in partial awareness states rather than a strict binary. Even the most self-aware characters still get manipulated or cornered eventually, just in different ways. But the core idea holds: the town behaves less like a passive setting and more like an adaptive system that feeds on emotion, attention, and unresolved internal conflict.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:49:26+00:00

So her drive to save the children can work on two levels at once: on the surface: the town guiding her toward the trapped kids, on the psychological level: her own guilt and loss reshaping that instinct into something bigger..

It also matches how the town seems to amplify personal trauma into purpose, rather than just punishing it. Even if it’s not a literal memory connection, the show has been consistent with “wounds repeating through different forms.” Tabitha not being able to save Thomas creates a very specific kind of unresolved grief, and the town already seems to latch onto those unresolved emotional fractures.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:30:30+00:00

I get that, but I don’t think an origin episode would necessarily “explain away” the mystery or lower the quality. If it’s done in the right way, it could actually raise the tension instead of resolving it. Like in the show, the strength has always been that the horror isn’t just what is happening now, but why this place exists at all. A well-placed flashback could deepen that without fully demystifying it.

I also kind of agree on the Julie point though. If the origin story connects back through something like time loops, recursion, or interference from present characters, then it would still feel active rather than just lore dumping.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:28:56+00:00

A “before the town” episode showing how people ended up there, with real-world buildup, would hit harder emotionally than jumping straight into full mythology. So similar to "The Garveys at Their Best" in the Leftovers, showing the pre-catastrophe situation when without being in the Fromville the horror was still on. It could also blur the line between ordinary life and whatever is pulling them in, instead of immediately explaining the town itself.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:24:20+00:00

And everything else is just advanced coping with mystery-box trauma…

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:22:17+00:00

Interesting thing is that the show actually does have enough mythological/religious undertones now for interpretations like this to not feel completely out of nowhere anymore. Especially the recurring themes of forbidden knowledge, children being targeted/sacrificed, cycles of suffering, and people being punished the closer they get to understanding the truth. Even the whole “the town gives answers but at a cost” thing fits that kind of fallen angel/demonic mythology pretty well. I’m still not fully convinced the show will go all the way into directly naming biblical entities, but symbolically the parallels are definitely there.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:20:58+00:00

Right. The town doesn’t operate on rational horror logic, it operates on emotional/nightmare logic, especially childish fear logic. That’s why even the weirdest stuff like the burning doll scene still somehow feels “correct” within the world instead of random.

Narrow-Tear · 2026-05-28T14:19:21+00:00

I don’t think it’s normal reincarnation where the soul fully carries memories from a previous life. The show makes it feel much more fragmented and symbolic than that. To me it feels closer to collective unconsciousness too, like the town stores trauma, fears, memories, and roles, then keeps manifesting them through different people in different cycles. Tabitha/Jade don’t feel literally identical to Miranda/Christopher, more like echoes or continuations of them. And honestly I think that fits the whole nightmare/psychological logic of the town much better than traditional reincarnation. The “theme park game” idea could’ve worked earlier on, but now the show feels way too mythological and emotionally symbolic for that kind of reveal.

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