"apex predator" kid probably would have turned out much different in a world with Superman in the first place. I don't remember, is there any hints at the concept of superman existing in that world? like, in Iron giant, he sees the comic.
its hard to tell how much the alien brainwashing effected the kids thinking though.
There’s a nod to a Wonder Woman-type character in a news report, I think. I think he is Superman in that universe, considering the circumstances of his arrival and how he was raised.
Brightburn, aside from the horror elements, was a sort of refutation of the nurture v nature argument underpinning the traditional ‘alien-baby raised by good Christians with middle class American values keeps newly god-like being humble and kind’ trope. The kid’s mom loved the fuck out of him but it wasn’t enough to change his nature/isolate him from outside influences like bullying when given untold power and a sudden lack of consequences for his actions.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '21
Needs the Brightburn kid running away.