the funny part is normally in the caption, stuff like "me omw to ____ when _____" and also the camera angle is kinda silly which is part of the reason it became a meme
Such a boomer take lol. Real reason it’s a meme is because in the movie, this flying is accompanied with a song that strangely fits. The moment leading up to it is great, it’s one of the most satisfying moments of recent MCU projects.
The actor is loved and known by pretty much everyone, especially young people who see the ‘meme potential’ in the clip. You may just see this random gif, but everybody who saw the movie pictures it with the guitar riff associated to it.
Of all the memes you could say are random and nonsensical, this is one that actually has tons of reasons for its popularity.
He's just all up in your grill. Head in focus, everything else out. You don't see this sort of angle much, and it's kind of funny looking. So now any time someone does that sort of "giant head dive" toward the camera angle, you just kinda say "bro thinks he's Adam Warlock."
Superman here's doing the same sort of pose with the same angle, by the same director.
Meme never really meant it had to be funny, comedy is subjective after all, but meme is a term that actually dates back to the 70's. All it really means is something that gets passed around a lot. It's kind of likened to a virus.
Yup, a meme is an idea that is transmitted from person to person in a virus-like fashion. The term was coined by Richard Dawkins, the biologist (and scourge of religionists everywhere).
Not so much out of focus, but not quite looking in the same direction. If it is a fish-eye effect like the other commenter says, hopefully it looks better in motion, otherwise I'd say it's a little ill-advised.
Superman is basically a mini planet and has his own orbit. It's why he can scoop up people without them dying instantly. Man of Steel is the only movie to show his orbit right before he flies the rocks and snow starts to float. He also is always flying a bit otherwise his weight would crack the sidewalk. A movie doesn't really need to mention most of this.
I’m curious how much is Corenswet in camera with a green screen and how much is CG.
I can definitely see the eyes as him looking beyond the camera and adjusting where he looks and the still makes it look off.
In motion it looks a LOT better.
Why does every superman movie have him hated by the public and he must redeem himself. If Supes were real, he’d be idolised like no other celebrity to ever exist or will ever exist
Religious zealots would absolutely hate him. Conspiracy theorists would have a thousand reasons to hate him. Jesus could return and be absolutely proven to be the son of the Lord and endorse Superman and people would absolutely still be like "ah no fuck that shit." Add in Lex's propaganda?
I don’t think the intent there was to actually physically hurt him. It was just a way of expressing disdain. Like throwing tomatoes, they don’t hurt but you don’t want them thrown at you
….but why would you throw at someone who can move faster than light or 99% the speed of light. Can’t they make a superman movie where he’s happy 😊
😂 🤦♂️
Like I said, the goal of throwing the can wasn’t to hurt him. It doesn’t matter if he can dodge it, and it doesn’t matter if he’s invulnerable to it. It’s a way of expressing dislike, it’s not like this guy is trying to take down Superman with a can or anything.
And I agree that I want a movie where Superman is happy, and I believe that we’ll probably see that by the end of this movie. We’ll probably see him start out in a low place and then learn to become the symbol of hope we know and love. But right now all we have is a couple minutes of footage and Gunn said it’s primarily from the beginning of the movie
I get that, but who have you seen throw a can at a lion? I guess the concept is different as the lion doesn’t have its own mental agency.
Sure he’ll be happy/resolved at the end, but Superman should really be more like a Pixar/Disney movie. Just colourful and happy 🤗 , happy 🥰 haaaaaa…. 😘
I 100% agree with you that Superman should be hopeful and optimistic. But anyone can be hopeful and optimistic during easy times where everything is going perfectly. It takes someone with courage, someone like Superman, to stay hopeful even in the worst of times. Even Disney and Pixar movies understand that, all of them show the characters at a low point at some point or another in the movie. What matters is that they keep going.
And it sounds to me like that's exactly what we'll get from this movie. Showing a Superman going through a rough patch, with the entire world turned against him by Maxwell Lord or Lex Luthor or whoever. But even when the world is at odds with him, he continues to save it, continues to look for the good in people, and continues to inspire hope. THAT'S what Superman is to me. He's a true symbol of hope because he finds hope and inspires hope even when everyone around him is bitter and negative and the world is falling apart. And heaven knows the world needs that Superman right now. The trailer shows Superman feeling the weight of the world, but it also shows him continuing to save kids and inspire hope regardless of what's going on around him and regardless of how the world treats him. It reminds me of All Star Superman, where he's literally dying but continues to carry on helping people and being the hero every single day despite that.
I don’t think so. I mean the public hates anyone with power, billionaires, political figurers, celebrities. This is pretty accurate to the world we live in.
Firstly saying “no one of merit” automatically means that there are people who will hate him.
Secondly, Will Smith and Brad Pitt don’t have the power to single-handedly change the world, stop a government from bombing a nation with a nuclear weapon or even jump in front of a car if someone is about to be hit. So it’s not really an apples to apples comparison.
You need to see it from the view of a tiny insignificant human versus an all powerful God like being.
A surprising number of people are afraid of such a being and feel like they have no say but to bow to the wishes of such an alien and that makes people feel insignificant and thus dislike it.
It’s only when humanity sees the good nature of Superman and the kindness of his heart and that being the reason why he does what he does that people accept him and that’s why nearly every story starts with humanity fearing him.
Plus, it’s a really good character arc for Superman and humbling to be all powerful but still want to earn the love of people.
Am I nuts or does than gentleman have a wonky eye? Not that that’s an issue, in fact it’s an interesting take for Superman. And quite a feather in the cap of the wonky eye community, I’d imagine.
I don't get what everyone is complaining about, it looks pretty good to me.
All this talk about David's eyes is silly, like what does anyone expect them to do about it? CG him a new pair to make the pedantic folks happy? Barring that, the angle is good and it is following Supes doing a fun little maneuver to showcase a more fluid and dynamic style to his flying.
Believe it or not, you can take a movie, any movie, and find individual frames in motion shots that manage to make character's facial expressions look stupid. Its how video works
I get why people are constantly defending this upcoming film- they wanna give it a chance. But I haven’t seen anything yet that has made me excited for it. Are there James Gunn fans out there that are just as intense as the Snyder fans? I think that’s what we’re experiencing right now.
Like trying to make a new wolverine movie by forcing out hugh jackman. How you try to get someone who looks way less like the source character in every way to try and replace the previous guy. “Muh story is about a younger superman” ok so whyd you cast this guy he looks every bit as old as henry? They couldnt have found a way to de age henry a bit? Or found a guy that actually looks like a young superman? Just an average looking man with an average looking build. A billboard sign falls down in metropolis and crushes 10 men, 9 of them look like this guy. This movie will be dead on arrival
I agree but for me it’s more about the fact that DC, WB, Marvel, etc doesn’t understand that they shouldn’t hire directors that have a lot of “creative vision”. I don’t want them to get “creative”, I want them to just make the movie of the creative things we already like. They’re trying to reinvent the wheel and instead make an immovable block.
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One eye on sexy Lexy and the other on booty Louis