@thebigpicturepod: “In the movie, James Gunn is Superman. It’s unmistakable.” Sean and Amanda look at the similarities between director James Gunn and his main character in the new #Superman movie.
It’s also the plot of Superman: Birthright, almost directly pulled from it in fact. Lex Luthor uncovers that Clark’s kryptonian parents didn’t have the best intentions for earth so Lex goes on a smear campaign against Superman to turn public opinion against him. Not saying Gunns actual experiences didn’t influence the plot, but this is also a common storyline within the Superman’s mythos and it works for the character
2025-07-12 17:14:19
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Joey Cee :
James Gunn is the most average storyteller on Earth who was given an unlimited amount of money to make things he brings nothing new to anything
2025-07-12 17:57:37
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isack :
woah, writers using their own experiences as inspiration? unheard of
2025-07-13 02:19:58
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Par123 :
I mean them tweets weren’t great though 😂
2025-07-12 17:43:16
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Lord Pandy :
or maybe and just hear me out, maybe its just a superman movie taken straight from the source material
2025-07-13 21:36:09
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guille⋆。˚⋆ฺ 𖦹。˚ :
well this is a stretch
2025-07-14 01:26:57
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jewRassic pArk :
did u know what the tweets are about? seriously. it's about child grape
2025-07-13 15:19:37
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Joe :
James ego is that big lol
2025-07-13 00:11:51
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White Buffalo 333 :
The movie was unwatchable 😂😭🤣
2025-07-14 02:23:33
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jimmy_the_meme_king :
It’s much more likely that he’s just making a point about misinformation. Acting like anyone especially himself considered James Gunn the last good man in society is just a complete reach
2025-07-13 00:09:47
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Irrespectfully :
Gunn’s old tweets were unearthed by malicious disingenuous trolls to be precise. Nobody was actually offended by the tweets
2025-07-21 13:26:20
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Gabby :
Uhhh Superman didn’t write tweets joking about r*pe ?
2025-07-17 00:55:06
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Melonlord!! :
I lowkey think they were also making fun of the Snyder nerds
2025-07-13 00:37:30
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Jmbo :
The new Star Wars trilogy was like this. The entire story front to back, 7 through 9 was just them using characters to symbolize different sects of the fandom, Disney and studio execs, etc
2025-07-15 19:47:17
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Adam Portrais :
It’s SO obviously supposed to be him.
2025-07-12 23:06:21
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HisGraceSirJnb :
I mean, it happened with Shrek
2025-07-14 23:01:40
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YaboiBunter :
I don't think James sees himself as the last good man in society. those jokes he made that came up were very dark. very not funny jokes but he did profusely apologize and it wasn't still an unfair firing and I think it's more about misinformation in the movie rather than some sort of personal exorcism
2025-07-14 21:18:57
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Doge :
Reaching
2025-07-13 16:27:34
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Cupcakemonkeytaco :
This has been a superman story line multiple times in the comics and in animated form
2025-07-13 01:36:12
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BLAHBLAHBLAH :
Amanda is literally this emoji 😬 the entire time Sean wouldn’t stop talking
2025-07-12 19:27:46
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Joe Taft :
Felt GOTG vol 3 was more symbolic for James as Rocket & that being a vessel to fire back at Disney on marvels dime. Superman is very much cribbed from comics, but interesting to think.
2025-07-22 01:21:40
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WesDB 𒉭 :
Chef 2
2025-07-19 21:11:12
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Millennium Falcon :
And like Gandalf the grey, Gunn came back with all white hair lol
2025-07-12 17:26:57
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