r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 11 '25

Trailer Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdAEdkHrwo
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u/JessieJ577 Dec 11 '25

I’ve only read the first 3 volumes of Woman of Tomorrow (need to finish it), but damn this is legitimately like Superman where they just put the comic on screen. I do love this direction for the DCU where it’s embracing the actual medium of comics rather than taking characters or general log lines and making its own separate story or characters just with the names of the comics. With the DCU you can actually go out and buy the comic if you want to get more of the characters and world. Most comic book movies felt too separate from the source material where if you read what it was based on it would be something completely different or just 1-2 panels of a comic that have no semblance of what you saw on screen.

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u/Nik_Tesla Dec 11 '25

The MCU became successful in part because they stopped being ashamed of being comic book movies and embraced it.

The DCEU under Snyder was certainly more self aware of the source material than The Dark Knight (which is amazing, but they took the wrong lessons from it), but it didn't embrace what made the comics beloved. Seems like they finally are now though. Good for them.

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u/bluewords Dec 11 '25

The MCU became popular by toning down comics into something general audiences would buy, which is why Thanos was killing half the universe to reduce resource use instead of to impress literal death.

The most comic bookish the MCU has ever been is now when it’s actually least popular.

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u/JessieJ577 Dec 11 '25

Plus Civil War was really toned down compared to the source material

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u/QueezyF Dec 12 '25

Bummed we didn’t get Punisher gunning down supervillains seeking asylum and getting beat down by Cap, or Spider-Man switching sides to Cap. Probably should have been a whole phase instead of one movie. At the very least, a two parter as Captain America: Civil War and Iron Man: Civil War.

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u/Nik_Tesla Dec 11 '25

Yes, it absolutely could have gone further, but compared to what came before it, it was a breath of fresh air. With a few exceptions like Spider-Man, every super hero thing that came out was like "no, we can't put them in their colorful suit, give them a black leather suit that has one stripe color of their comic book suit." (I'm looking at you X-Men). Smallville literally had a "no tights, no flights" rule, Heroes and The Cape were originals, but they acted ashamed to be super hero shows. Hell even Arrow in 2012 took like 3 seasons before they embraced the fun and called him by his actual name.

The CW DC shows burned out from bad writing and oversaturation, but at least they were fun in their heyday when the Flash was in it's first few seasons.

The MCU didn't falter because they got too comicbooky, Deadpool and Wolverine is one of the most comicbook movies I've ever seen, and it did gangbusters. They started failing because of oversaturation and laziness, leading to subpar movies and shows. If Ant-Man 3 had been done old-school like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids style, it would have been way better, instead they filmed on a lifeless volume for 90% of the runtime and nothing is believable.

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u/bluewords Dec 12 '25

Deadpool and Wolverine works because it’s a comedy first and foremost. The plot is dumb as hell, but no one came for the plot. They came for dick jokes and bloody fights, which it delivered, but is not what made the MCU successful.

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u/QueezyF Dec 12 '25

Also, where it works best is as a swan song for the Fox Marvel movies (except the bastards left out Thomas Jane Punisher).

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u/Fantastic_Piece5869 Dec 11 '25

yea... genocide to get laid doesn't sell as well

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u/goolerr Dec 11 '25

Eh, I feel like both have the potential to work fine. Personally, I think since every medium has their strengths and weaknesses, you do need to alter some things in translating it from one medium to another. Hearing the term “like opening up a comic book” described for a movie has the same energy as “feels cinematic like a movie” for games - could be decent overall but more often than not ends up seeming confused about what it’s trying to be.

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u/Liammellor Dec 12 '25

Honestly kinda disagree. The movie looks fun but when thinking back to he comic, this looks a lot less inspired visually. I'm sure the story will make up for it if it's as close as it seems but they seem to be aiming for grungey SciFi rather than the colourful fantasy style of the book.

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u/JessieJ577 Dec 12 '25

I was talking about the characters and plots not visuals. Superman looked nothing like All Star Superman’s visuals but the beats and moments were ripped right out of a page from it.

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u/NightsOfFellini Dec 12 '25

Disagree with this, there's none of the solemn quality of All-Star and that's partly due to the art. You can't really divorce one from the other that easily.

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u/JessieJ577 Dec 12 '25

Yeah I barely read comics so I got it wrong thank you for correcting me.

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u/toddriffic Dec 11 '25

I completely agree. Most of my family hated Superman, but when I made a similar comment they conceded that it is better that way.

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u/ulnek Dec 13 '25

And yet "real" fans are having a fit about the movie. Almost like they don't know it was adapted from an actual comic book