Over on Twitter, James Gunn, the co-CEO for DC Studios,
unveiled his plans for the next slate of DC projects. Please listen to the clip as there are a lot of things that sound interesting, like Creature Commandos.
But the last project me names is Supergirl, based on Tom King's Supergirl, Woman of Tomorrow.
I have to tell you, my heart sank when I listened to the clip. He loved King's take on the character. Supergirl is 'much more jaded' than Superman.
It's as if Gunn, like King, doesn't understand the character and her 60 years of existence.
But it got a little bit worse when I read more of what Gunn had to say.
Woman of Tomorrow was a 'wonderful comic'.
King, someone who never understands a character or their history, is one of the architects in the DCEU room! Kara is much harsher and much more f**ked up than we've been used to this far.
He says all those things as if they are good things.
I have been very vocal about my dislike of Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, so no need to drudge up the comic.
But let me put these other thoughts out there.
One of the complaints about the DCEU movies is that they simply didn't understand the character. A Superman who kills, who flies away when the Senate blows up. A Batman who kills. An overly dour tone to all the proceedings. That take failed, resulting in this whole new slate and take on the universe.
So why hire an architect whose whole oeuvre is deconstructing and destroying characters?
Next, we had a very successful take on Supergirl on television, one where she was the primary hero of her world, an inspiration for others. That DID work.
And, unfortunately, Supergirl is always lucky when she gets some a shot in other media. But they are precious few. They stick.
If Batman does a bad animated movie (like having sex with Batgirl on a rooftop), it is a drop in the bucket. Three weeks later, another Batman movie is on the shelf.
If Supergirl does something bad, she doesn't get second shots that often. If this doesn't work, there won't be a Supergirl movie for 40 years (proof seen in the aftermath of the '84 flick?).
So why break away from the character and what works and try a harsher take? Why do a harsher take when we have seen that a harsher take in the DCEU has failed horribly in the past? And why pick a Supergirl story which isn't even a Supergirl story to base her movie on?
Moreover, let's say it is a success. Then moving forward, Supergirl will be harsher and more f**ked up moving forward. So, the movie will undo 6 decades of stories. That is scary.
I would rather have NO Supergirl movie than have a Supergirl movie based on that work with that 'jaded' take.
Me, the guy who has run a Supergirl site for over a dozen years, doesn't want a Supergirl movie.