Superman is one of the greatest characters in all of fiction. He's an immigrant to Earth who comes here and becomes the most powerful being on its surface.His enduring mythos has lasted almost 100 years, and we've seen countless adaptations from movies to TV. All have given the hero their own personal spin to talk about the times he exists in and his place in this world.What I loved so much about James Gunn's version is that he truly felt like a hero for today, and that took some small tweaks and a few big ones.Today, I want to unpack one of those big changes.Spoilers for Superman to follow.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comFor decades, we've known the story: the dying planet Krypton, the noble Jor-El and Lara, and their infant son sent to Earth as a beacon of hope.But in Gunn's Superman, that narrative is being turned on its head.The film reveals that Superman's parents sent him to our planet not just for survival, but with a mission: to conquer it and establish a new Krypton.Gunn spoke with IGN about why he made that change, saying:“I’m a huge Superman fan, so first of all I had to trust myself that I was going to honor the pieces of Superman that we needed to keep the same, and also allow myself to make changes where changes might work and wouldn’t go against the integrity of who the character is. And so I think that was simply dealing with allowing ourselves to...
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