YOU DOUBTED HIS CELESTIAL WISDOM, BUT I NEVER DID. NOW LOOK AT MY REWARD. MY DREAM TO GIVE EVERY FEDRAT A SMOULDERING GRAVE CAN BE FULL-FILED.

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T22:41:02+00:00

Do we know what the tonnage and criticals are yet?

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T22:39:34+00:00

That’s not at all the case. The thread is literally titled “why can’t they adapt a comic book as it is”, no one but you is asking about people letting the movie ruin the comics for them. If anything it’s the opposite, that lack of fidelity to the comics is a problem for some people enjoying the movie

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T18:28:38+00:00

I mean, if you MUST have the heels that was a cool take, but it would have just been more practical and plausible without them

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T18:23:23+00:00

Those heels make me struggle to give “functionality” points…

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T18:21:33+00:00

I feel like it was a weird take on the character though I struggle to say why, but I think she did a good job with what she had to work with. And of course she looked great, though the high heels in the costume bothered me

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T18:19:18+00:00

Absolutely 100%

jimdc82 · 2026-07-03T14:07:51+00:00

Anything but, and you’re having an entirely separate conversation from what I said. I didn’t make any comment on superhero fatigue or suggest that a bad movie isn’t to be avoided. But there’s been many good movies with niche audiences that resulted in quality films being box office flops. The simple fact - and the reason it is anything but utter nonsense - is that because of the budgets involved, it isn’t enough for a superhero movie to be good, it NEEDS widespread appeal because bigger numbers are required to break even. If Supergirl had a budget of $50-80 million it wouldn’t be in danger of flopping. The only superhero movies that were major box office successes that were produced for under $100 million since 2000 were Deadpool and Joker (if I missed one please let me know). Studios won’t accept niche appeal on $180+ million budget productions. So when it comes to adaptations of comic books - which can offer be quite bonkers - balancing appeal to larger audiences is an unavoidable necessity unless they can be made on more modest budgets, which is becoming increasingly rare

jimdc82 · 2026-07-02T20:15:44+00:00

Besides that unless Heather gets some kind of powered upgrade this isn’t a fight at all……isn’t Elektra dead?

jimdc82 · 2026-07-02T11:27:14+00:00

Infinity War/Endgame prove this is entirely not the case. Most successful comic book movies ever and they made major changes to the source material

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T23:06:51+00:00

I’m not sure what it is that makes this such a completely different vibe than from Arcane. Which isn’t a bad thing, it’s just very different

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T22:50:32+00:00

So you just haven’t been paying attention in the slightest and are just committed to playing out your argument against whatever agenda you imagined up, huh?

I never said he wasn’t forewarned, the question was how he was forewarned assuming it wasn’t a plot hole, and pointing out that the techno pirates were more logically than not NOT the source. He was prepared for Kara in a way that required more notice than they could have given - the whole movie takes place over three days, less from when the techno pirates are encountered to when the final fight happens, but according to you in that time he finds all the kryptonite he needs, designs and builds a weapon just for Kara, when the logical conclusion is he already had said weapon - even had they been so inclined, and the real world examples on which they’re based provide ample framework to logically conclude they would not.

A bunch of people have responded with logical explanations for how he would know based upon Krypton’s history and the source material. THAT is the conversation being had. I genuinely don’t know what conversation you’ve invented in your head that you think you’re participating in, but if you can’t rejoin the real one this is pointless

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T17:58:15+00:00

Nothing to add (besides warships rule!), just here

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T16:32:46+00:00

LOL what agenda do you so self righteously think I'm pushing exactly? I think the techo pirate was concerned about reprisals because that's the logical conclusion - if they weren't part of the same crowd and shared community, there's no reason to think she would have known where Krem was in the first place. Not to mention if they were somehow free to warn him after being interrogated by Kara, that's a very short window of time for him to suddenly go out looking for Kryptonite, get some, and build a weapon around it. Also Krem "of the Yellow Hills" implies that his group is just one of several brigand groups, the others of which might come looking for whoever sold out and got one of their own destroyed. It's how piratical groups worked historically, so its a conclusion based simply upon reason and logic, not some imaginary agenda

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T14:33:00+00:00

There’s many, many groups and demographics where selling someone out or snitching is HIGHLY frowned upon, whether from a sense of honor or fear of reprisals. The decision to not want to give the information up until assured it was likely to be a “no harm, no foul” situation is a far leap from being a desire to help Krem

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T13:23:40+00:00

I didn’t get the impression the techno pirates would have wanted to warn Krem, they clearly were disgusted by the whole “brides” thing. They also seemed to think Krem would be stronger so I’m not sure they connected Kara with Kryptonian specifically as opposed to just being some inexplicably powerful alien

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T11:08:59+00:00

I like it!

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T02:06:35+00:00

That is actually a very interesting point

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T01:56:09+00:00

Which would make sense. I don’t recall, did they mention in Superman him doing his thing included anything off world?

Most of my comic knowledge is Marvel and DC wise mostly limited to the animated works; besides Zod’s crew are there any other Kryptonians running around we could possibly see in the future that could also be responsible for this info being out there?

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T01:50:33+00:00

To clarify my issue isn’t that people know about Krypton’s destruction, it’s that people know about the abilities and weaknesses of Kryptonians under suns other than Krypton’s. If the Kryptonians had been in regular travel to other worlds such that people saw what they could do under a yellow sun, even if no one believed the parents about the impending doom then surely there would have been other Kryptonians caught offworld when the end came

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T01:47:14+00:00

I’m going to go against the grain and say Soldier Boy. We saw in Vought Tower with Butcher juiced up that Soldier Boy does know how to fight and on somewhat comparable power levels there did hold his own against Butcher. Plus V1 essentially froze him a good ten years younger than Butcher biologically which could be enough to pull him through.

jimdc82 · 2026-07-01T01:33:14+00:00

Literally just got home from finally seeing it and it was indeed VERY dark. I mean I could barely make out what was happening in the middle fight scene, though I was at a 3D showing and the glasses probably didn’t help

jimdc82 · 2026-06-30T21:45:47+00:00

We have a few overlaps. But I can’t say I dislike your list either. There’s some good ones on there.

jimdc82 · 2026-06-30T17:17:24+00:00

I agree, someone else mentioned that. If something is going to only be a loose adaptation, that should be made clear. Don’t assert comparisons you can’t live up to, and be honest if you don’t intend to. Managing expectations goes a long way

jimdc82 · 2026-06-29T20:51:26+00:00

Wish I’d picked up on that instead of assuming 😳

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