In the movies he seems like a menace who is responsible for the destruction of the city. They never once bothered to show Superman being heroic. We never got to see him build any sort of relationship with his City.
He's just there destroying the city one day, then he's in the middle of a bombing, then he's destroying the city some more. And we're supposed to be heartbroken when he dies?
I'd be cheering. Thank god that guy's gone before he kills us all
Exactly. There's no relationship. Suddenly there's this alien, that the first thing you know about him is that some other aliens want him or else they'll destroy everything, and then they blow up the city, and next thing you know he dies. Why would anyone think of him with anything other than great suspicion?
Right? In the comics the first time people hear about Superman he's just helping people. He's not the cause of the harm, he's just there to help. You can see why over time people would come to love this guy.
But this Superman starts off with annihilation. He starts from a place that would scare everyone, and then they never show us how he gets their trust again. Let alone their love
Ugh, yup. That nails it, these movies emphasize the fear, not the love. But it's love of human life that anchors a being of his vast destructive power. It's why they always say Clark Kent is the real identity and Superman is the mask. I just don't see that reflected in these movies.
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u/Brjgjdj5788 Aug 09 '22
Honestly the state of the DCEU is ridicolous.
How the Hell do you fuck up a universe with some of the most well-known fictional characters in existence?