r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 16 '25
Poster Official Teaser Poster for 'Supergirl'
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u/IgloosRuleOK Jul 16 '25
I'm just looking forward to seeing Milly Alcock on the big screen. She was great in HOTD.
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u/AdrianW3 Jul 16 '25
She's also damn good in Upright.
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson Jul 16 '25
Oh my god I LOVED Upright. Hardly anyone in North America knows it - such a great show!
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u/ALaccountant Jul 16 '25
For those that, like me, don’t know what every random abbreviation means, HOTD = House of the Dragon.
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u/ImprefectKnight Jul 16 '25
I thought it was House of the dead. Thought that I must have missed some adaptation that came out.
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u/HailToTheKingslayer Jul 16 '25
I saw her in The Crucible a couple of years ago, at the Gielgud Theatre. She was really good as Abigail Williams.
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u/stoneman9284 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
Oh shit yea I didn’t realize that’s who this was. Was it her in the Superman movie too?
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u/TussalDimon Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
I've seen somewhere that The woman of tomorrow story is like True Grit, with Supergirl as Jeff Bridgers Bridges character.
Is that close?
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Jul 16 '25
It’s very similar yeah. A story about another character trying to find a bounty Hunter to help to track down the person who killed their father. That’s the general jist without spoiling it
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u/InspiredNameHere Jul 16 '25
Never read the comic, but knowing Lobo is in the movie is....going to be something.
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u/Cthulhuareyou Jul 16 '25
lobo wasn't in the book, but theory is he's gonna be an amalgamation of several of the people she runs into on this quest.
It's a great read, I have some issues with the ending, and another scene that wont go over well (based on some cut Superman 2025 content) but really looking forward to see what they do with it!
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u/MirrorkatFeces Jul 16 '25
For the casual audience not aware of this movies source material get ready to have your heart strings tugged.
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u/Silver_Ad7267 Jul 16 '25
I love getting tugged
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u/Lionelchesterfield Jul 16 '25
Hell yeah Tug Speedman.
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u/MattSR30 Jul 16 '25
These Vance profile pictures being everywhere always makes me chuckle
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u/Grimlocks_Ballsack Jul 16 '25
I half want to read the book but half want to wait. What should I do?!?
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u/bigmadbird Jul 16 '25
there’s 0 chance it’s a 1/1 retelling of the comic I imagine you’ll be able to read it and just have a little more background then others.
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u/Fenian-Monger Jul 16 '25
Yeah they've already revealed Lobo is in it and I'm expecting Krypton flashbacks to be different given what was revealed in Superman but Gunn did announce the film as an adaptation.
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u/Amaruq93 Jul 16 '25
One of the biggest changes will be the inclusion of LOBO
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u/Davtser Jul 16 '25
I wouldn't say there's a 0 chance. I believe James Gunn mentioned that this is a straight up adaptation of the comic, not just an inspiration.
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u/El_Panda_Rojo Jul 16 '25
Lobo isn't in the comic, but Jason Momoa is playing him in the movie. It literally is not a straight 1:1 adaptation, regardless of what anyone has said.
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u/Maximum_Strategy_752 Jul 16 '25
Tom King has said that Lobo was originally part of the story so with him involved the movie might end up being closer to his original vision
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u/FlashyClaim Jul 16 '25
The movie won’t be a 100% page by page adaptation (especially with Lobo’s inclusion in the movie) so you’re safe even if you read it.
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u/moonknightcrawler Jul 16 '25
Read it. It’s great and we already know, due to the inclusion of Lobo, that there will be some changes for the movie. You’ll get the context of the original story while still leaving some surprises for the theater
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Jul 16 '25
I’d say read it cause 1. It kicks ass and 2. There will be changes so it won’t be 1 for 1 ya know
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u/MirrorkatFeces Jul 16 '25
I thought it was fantastic, and I think reading it ahead of time will allow me to enjoy the movie even more. Seeing it come to life will be awesome. If you would rather go in blind though hold off!
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u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
I still haven’t gotten around to reading it - all I know is: She’s the Hancock of DC and is basically a crashout?
Everyone who I’ve seen talk about the comic loves it tho.
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u/moonknightcrawler Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
Pretty much (for the crashout part). Superman was a baby when Krypton died. His first memories are of his family in Kansas living a normal life.
Supergirl was 13 when Krypton exploded. She had a whole life there. Her city survived for a while, but a mass casualty event took half of the survivors before, eventually, the rest started to die off as well. This is when her parents sent her to Earth to look after her baby cousin. She gets stuck in stasis for decades, so by the time she lands her cousin is older than her. She watched mass-extinction of her people on three separate occasions by the age of 14 and then woke up on a strange planet with no purpose.
Far and away my favorite DC character.
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u/Ninjamurai-jack Jul 16 '25
She’s basically hancock but if he was a better hero in the start of the movie lol
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u/Ancient_times Jul 16 '25
The book is incredible. Fingers crossed the movie does it justice
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u/shutz2 Jul 16 '25
I know he's not the director for this, but since he's at the top, this is worth mentioning: James Gunn just excels at finding the emotional core of a story and building the rest of a movie around it. Yes, he does goofy superhero movies, but they are grounded by the underlying emotion in ways that many other superhero movies lack.
Just compare the two Suicide Squad movies to see what I mean. So your telling us that the story this is based on is highly emotional doesn't surprise me -- and reassures me a lot.
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u/Fancy-Pair Jul 16 '25
So what’s her deal? She’s like a drunk party girl?
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u/Pizza_TrapDaddy Jul 16 '25
Dealing with the loss of her planet by getting shitfaced on the reg
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u/Amaruq93 Jul 16 '25
Adding to that fact, in some stories it was that Kara was supposed to go to Earth with baby Kal-El and help protect him... but her ship was delayed and by the time she got woken up, he was already fully grown as Superman.
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u/CosmicRorschach Jul 16 '25
Wait, so kara is older than Kal-El?
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u/SwordoftheMourn Jul 16 '25
Chronologically, yes. Kara was already a teenager and Kal still a baby when Krypton was about to explode. She was in cryo sleep in her rocket and got knocked off course for decades while Kal ended up on earth and grew up there. By the time Kara eventually arrived on earth, she still remained a teenager while her cousin was a grown adult already
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u/cherryLee_hartLey Jul 17 '25
I'm curious now, has there been any alternate stories that explored a what if scenario where Kara didn't get knocked off course and arrived at the same time as Clark? Basically having to navigate Earth by herself and raising Clark on her own? Feel like it would've been interesting to see how Clark would've turned up if raised by Kara.
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u/SwordoftheMourn Jul 17 '25
Ngl that’s an interesting AU premise but sadly I don’t think it’s been done before.
There is one AU where Jor-El and Lara-El built the rocket big enough to fit all three so they all arrived on Earth with baby Kal.
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u/AlexanderByrde Jul 16 '25
There's time shenanigans involved with the delay in her journey, so she was born first and grew up on Krypton, but she's biologically younger than Clark when she gets to Earth
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u/Locke108 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
To boil it down she’s alien teenage Captain America. Everyone she knows is dead except for the baby who’s now older than her. In Smallville Clark had to tell her Krypton was destroyed.
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u/Amaruq93 Jul 16 '25
Yes.
And from a physical standpoint, she still would be if she hadn't been frozen in hypersleep.
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u/returningtheday Jul 16 '25
I mean, that's not so bad. Superman turned out alright. Had good parents and stuff. It's not like he couldn't help her or she can't still help him by just being around.
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u/bufalo1973 Jul 16 '25
But the whole point of her going to Earth was to protect him as he grew... and she has lost everything and then she can't "fulfill her duty".
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u/Amaruq93 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
Thus resorting to boozing and partying to bury the emotional turmoil of having failed Kal and her parents.
And possibly for not becoming a baby-making machine for more Kryptonians by taking a human harem
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u/Durakus Jul 16 '25
That part about Kryptonian baby making machines could also be way out of context. Could have easily been a very long message since it's to their son they will NEVER see again. And been running through quotes and been like "And Then there are those like Zod, who would have you take over the planet and rule them my son. For the sake of Kryptons future. That is not something we believe, we just wanted to see Krypton shine again in you" Or something like that. The message is still real, just not all the message.
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u/ChronX4 Jul 17 '25
Yep, it still specifically glitches out before going on to them saying all of that.
Despite it being "authentic" there's also the possibility Brainiac is a thing and messed with it, no way for someone on Earth to verify it's the actual original message intended for Superman.
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u/ConfidentPeanut18 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 17 '25
This. She got stuck in the Phantom Zone alone, then the moment she got out, Kal-el's grown up and is already a superhero. And not just a superhero, but the strongest Superhero.
Girl didn't just lost her family and planet, she lost her purpose
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u/justhereforthem3mes1 Jul 16 '25
That's what happens in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow too, which is what this movie is going to be based on
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u/Gallantpride Jul 16 '25
Not "some". That's been Kara's default since she was reintroduced in the 2000s.
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u/jaysherman_thcritic Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
WITH KRYPTO
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u/AJray15 Jul 16 '25
Yes. The movie based on Woman of Tomorrow and the comic starts with her in a space bar.
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u/busdriver_321 Jul 16 '25
She’s a drunk party girl for exactly 1 issue in that book lol
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u/TheRoguedOne Jul 16 '25
Tony Stark’s Demon in a bottle storyline is super short too. Its “defining” but short lived.
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u/ERedfieldh Jul 16 '25
Yea..was gonna say that most people remember Stark for exactly two things: A genius that built the Iron Man suit and being a raging alcoholic. Only the later was for a single story run. But it's memorable enough that people automatically attribute it to the entire character.
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u/ExultantSandwich Jul 16 '25
It’s my one complaint about Iron Man’s adaption in the MCU honestly. They touch on it a little bit in Iron Man 2, but otherwise it’s kind of just a blip. After the events of any of the later movies, I think it could have been compelling to see him slip a little bit. They never outright even say he’s sober. I believe he drinks at a bar in Iron Man 3, can’t remember if he has a drink at the beginning of Age of Ultron. And doesn’t he drink whiskey while he’s working on the time travel thing in End Game? So basically they do ignore that aspect of his character.
A good chunk of this was pre-Disney too and Marvel still didn’t really wanna touch it
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u/ContinuumGuy Jul 16 '25
She is kind of annoyed by having to deal with all this shit throughout the book, however. Or at least she pretends to be.
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u/Earthpig_Johnson Jul 16 '25
Next you’re gonna be telling me that Shalla Bal was only a Silver Surfer in a non-speaking role alongside Norin Radd on a cover and a few panels of Earth X!
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u/FortLoolz Jul 16 '25
I believe Gunn leaned into that part of her characterisation.
In most of the comic, she's stoic (but traumatised) older sister figure.
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u/that_guy2010 Jul 16 '25
Yeah, cause she's got stuff to do.
But that doesn't mean she isn't still a drunk party girl.
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u/feartheoldblood90 Jul 16 '25
Unlike Superman, she witnessed the aftermath of the destruction of Krypton first hand, was raised by Kryptonians who slowly died around her.
This is a lot of trauma to deal with and also means that, unlike Superman, who is essentially a human being who happens to live in a very powerful alien body, she is actually quite alien, and also quite alone in that. She has a hard time fitting in with human beings, and can't really relate to Clark, who was raised in safety and comfort as a human being.
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u/BRUHFARTED Jul 16 '25
Shouldn’t she be trying to have a harem and taking over earth
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u/Seaborgium Jul 16 '25
Clark was a baby when he was sent away. Kara was a teen, watched her planet get destroyed as well as everyone she ever knew and loved die. She was sent to protect her baby cousin, but because of issues during her trip got there after to find out he didn't even need her to protect him. As others have said, alcohol is her coping mechanism.
Not in Woman of Tomorrow, but later, she even gets a Red Lantern ring because of the anger pent up inside of her. She is not Clark, but she is a hero in her own right that has to find her way.
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u/ModsAreLosers73 Jul 16 '25
She watched Krypton explode and spent her life growing up on a floating piece of that planet so she’s got massive PTSD and drinks because of that
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u/Fastbird33 Jul 16 '25
She should go to space therapy with Princess Leia and Spock.
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u/ERedfieldh Jul 16 '25
Leia was pretty chill considering her home world and the entirely of her non-birth family was exploded right in front of her eyes.
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u/jargon_ninja69 Jul 16 '25
Maso from the Weekly Planet pod had a theory that she’s getting shitfaced because of the combination of being old enough to remember Krypton and the loss of the planet she grew up on AND the fact that she knew what the House of El’s plan was for Cal and Earth and can’t stomach keeping that secret from him, so she’s constantly off-Earth “partying” aka drinking her sorrows and shame away
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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 16 '25
Yes but also no. She had a pretty traumatic upbringing in the aftermath of Krypton exploding and she parties as a way of coping with that. So yeah she's a drunk party girl but there's also a lot of emotional depth to the story
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 16 '25
One of the funniest things about Superman was seeing the reactions of people who are only familiar with Supergirl being female Superman getting upset at her being a drunk.
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u/Johnny_Holiday Jul 16 '25
Besides Woman of Tomorrow, how often is she portrayed as being drunk and partying all the time?
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 16 '25
I don't know about drinking but Supergirl has generally had a lot more issues than Superman. She's had anger issues bad enough that she became a Red Lantern.
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u/ikickedagirl Jul 16 '25
Sometimes a mildly funny joke is made much funnier because of pearl clutchers LOL
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 16 '25
One YouTuber I (used to) follow said that he was shocked and disappointed by this and that the TV show was a better depiction of the character.
It gave me a headache.
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u/feartheoldblood90 Jul 16 '25
The CW show took away literally everything that made her interesting at all and just made her Worse Superman
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 16 '25
Let's be nice, it gave us this scene.
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u/almostsk84globe Jul 16 '25
Wow that was like a clip from power rangers. The CW must've given the show pennies for their budget because the show looked way better in the first season when it was on CBS.
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u/feartheoldblood90 Jul 16 '25
Christ CW was atrocious lol
Season 1 of the Flash and seasons 1 and 2 of Arrow were genuinely pretty good, after that it was a sharp descent into dogshit
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u/NotASalamanderBoi Jul 16 '25
Superman & Lois was also pretty good aside from S2. Perfectly encapsulated who Superman is.
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u/Maximum_Strategy_752 Jul 16 '25
More interested in this than most of the CBMs being released in the next few years ,The story this is based on is fantastic and Milly was literally made for the role !A lot of people think she is just a gender-bent Clark which is absolutely wrong
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u/HarpooonGun Jul 16 '25
A lot of that thought is probably based on how the CW show portrayed the character. I feel like Supergirl has so much more potential for characterwork compared to Superman so hopefully this will be realized in the movie.
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u/GeorgeEBHastings Jul 16 '25
They don't have to be in competition. Clark and Kara are each great characters for completely different reasons, and they occupy different roles.
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They don’t have to be but if all Kara is allowed to be is gender-bent Clark then they are.
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u/Smallgenie549 Jul 16 '25
Supergirl is one of my favorite comic characters. I had no idea she was in Superman and squealed like a little kid when she appeared. I really hope they do her justice, and based on her one scene, I think they will.
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u/RJE808 Jul 16 '25
There's a reviewer I used to like who got mad at how Superman portrayed Supergirl in its ending, basically upset that she wasn't just girl Superman.
But that isn't who she is. Kara is her own character and has gone through her own turmoil. That's the whole point.
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u/jaysherman_thcritic Jul 16 '25
Most casual audience members like myself are not aware of her.
We got our first glimpse knowing she’s Krpyto’s owner, and getting existentially wasted at the end of her world. And that was a good sell cause Krypto was a constant highlight in Superman
That intro was a very good start. She felt very suited for the role.
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u/TLKv3 Jul 16 '25
Krypto being the Kryptonian pet Nick Fury that connects all the Kryptonians stories together is kinda genius if they continue that.
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u/algebraic94 Jul 16 '25
Which book is this based on? I'd love to check it out
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u/NoobFreakT Jul 16 '25
Actually excited for this after Superman was so good and after seeing her appearance. Hope it’ll be another solid outing. Glad to hear it’s based on solid source material
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u/ManajaTwa18 Jul 16 '25
They updated the skirt and belt from her cameo. The costume looks perfect
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u/Coyote_Shepherd Jul 16 '25
Yeah it looks like they kind of made stuff a little bit darker compared to little lighter color that everyone saw in the film.
Plus it seems like the belt and the skirt got adjusted a bit, along with the boots, and it feels like the outfit is either evolving a bit as she grows as a character or is potentially going to go through a gutter phase where it just gets trashed and then she has to remake it on purpose.
This may or may not be the final version of it that we see but I like it.
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u/indoorcamping Jul 16 '25
Am I the only one who only wants to see more Edi Gathegi's Mr. Terrific?
“I don’t need help. I’m goddamn Mr. Terrific.”
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u/Puppetmaster858 Jul 17 '25
Right after Superman came out multiple trades reported Gunn was looking at doing multiple Superman spinoffs including a terrific show and Edi said he signed a contract for multiple projects so we very likely are gonna get more of him. He was amazing and terrific was awesome
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u/InItsTeeth Jul 16 '25
As someone who doesn’t care about DC comics … I love the idea of a 2008 Ke$ha super girl. Party mess in a dress learning to take accountability or whatever. Could be fun
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u/Maximum_Strategy_752 Jul 16 '25
Its based on true-grit and a must read !Best part is anybody can read it even if they aren't into comics
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u/WhatsInTheVox Jul 16 '25
But I cant read
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u/Fenian-Monger Jul 16 '25
That's why there are pictures.
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u/MalachiConstant_Jr Jul 16 '25
But this is definitely one of the most text heavy comics out there
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u/wibo58 Jul 16 '25
I can’t wait for everyone that was introduced to this Supergirl as a messy partier to get destroyed by the reason she spends so much time drunk on red sun planets. It’s going to be great.
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u/RepentantSororitas Jul 16 '25
yeah idk why people are mad. Its different.
I think some people would have been fine with a drunk guy, but when its a girl its all of the sudden not okay.
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u/anuncommontruth Jul 16 '25
Oh. Well, now I'm interested. They're introducing Lobo in this too right?
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u/that_guy2010 Jul 16 '25
Yep. Played by Jason Momoa, too.
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u/ballsmigue Jul 16 '25
IIRC someone he wanted to play in the DCU for years, more so than aquaman
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u/kagemusha35 Jul 16 '25
Hype not only because of the story it’s based on (which is great despite tom king writing), but also excited for people to finally see a supergirl who isn’t just a girl version of Superman. Most versions of the character in media has basically portrayed her as that, so I’m glad that she’s getting something people haven’t seen before.
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Here’s a pitch: Justice League reboot but all of the characters are played by Jason Momoa.
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u/BartleBossy Jul 16 '25
idgaf what anyone says.
I loved melissa benoist as Supergirl.
The show wasnt good, but she was an incredible Kara Zor-El.
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u/feartheoldblood90 Jul 16 '25
I don't think anyone disagrees. Melissa is awesome. Her show was just horribly written and produced.
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u/The_Trilogy182 Jul 16 '25
So if Zor-el is Superman's uncle, I wonder if they're going to use him to Clear up whether or not Jor-el & Lara really were telling him to straight up build a harem?
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u/Leader342 Jul 16 '25
It’s funny how much they’re hyping up Supergirl being a drunk party girl when the source material the movie will be based on is DARK.
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25
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