Why even make another Superman? They made the definitive nearly half a century ago.
Give me a Detective Chimp movie, give me a Heckler flick, give me a Space Cabbie movie, give me a Haunted Tank Commander nickelodeon.
Yeah, they keep doing it wrong with these modern Superman movies. In the original, Superman is unique on Earth, the only super-powered being (that has revealed himself) and up against entirely Earthly foes, with Lex Luthor representing the pinnacle of human intelligence and resources being set against this otherworldly embodiment of power. Any first entry in a Superman series must have Luthor as the first main bad guy to establish Supermanâs feats against our normal world, to define the limits of that particular incarnation of the characterâs power. Other, more alien or godly threats can be introduced in the sequels.
But, what did Man of Steel do? Pit Superman against his own fellow Kryptonians, with identical powers, in his very first outing. What is this new one doing? Virtually every DC superhero who isnât in the Justice League is already in this movie. Do people not understand that the slow world-building was what allowed the MCU and the Monsterverse to succeed as shared universes, and is why the MCU at least is now floundering with no more world to build, and why DCâs previous attempt also failed by taking this same step of just throwing everybody in with no building for themselves?
No⌠they do not. Executives and money men just want âinstant franchiseâ and donât want to do the work to get there. They think the Marvel Cinematic Universe effectively laid the groundwork already and they can just cash in.
Man of Steel rushed to bring in Zod.
Batman V. Superman rushed to bring in a âworld-wearyâ Batman who didnât earn it.
Justice League rushed in half of the league.
The only one who even vaguely did it right was Wonder Woman.
I donât even know who most of the characters in the new Superman movie are (I donât read comics). Why is there a dog in this? Whatâs with the stupid haircut guy? I know these are comic book characters, but itâs just like the complaints about Marvel and Star Wars and needing to watch entire seasons of other shows to understand whatâs going on (and please donât explain who those characters are - I really donât care).
Iâm tired of reboots and instant franchises. Instead of trying to develop âpropertiesâ and built-in trilogies, can we just make good movies again?
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Carrot cake is an abomination, doesnât deserve to be classified as a cake, and needs to be destroyed.
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I agree with one of your points!
the other two are hogwash⌠Carrot cake is delicious!
Misspelled.
No, carrot cake is disgusting, and the act of baking any should warrant being hauled off to The Hague.
Obviously. Taste is subjective and no one is ârightâ or âwrongâ when it comes to taste. For example, I think bananas are absolutely disgusting, but I recognize that most of the world enjoys them. Corn, also, is absolutely gross, but I recognize that most of the world enjoys it.
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Those are single items, though, which are complete in-and-of themselves. Cakes, on the other hand, have no business being mixed with fruit. And yes, Iâm talking bananas, strawberries, cherries, lemons, pineapples, anything. No business. And then you have carrot cake. Not even a fruit, a fucking vegetable. Never mind that that is gross on the face of it, itâs the fruit offense to the second power.
In the words of the Vulcanâs, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. To each their own, my friendâŚ
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And infinite space in the trash bin for the rejects.
No, sorry, not liking carrot cake is âto each their ownâ but saying fruit has no business in cakes is like, ârecall at the mouth factoryâ.
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Well the thread is titled âUnpopular Opinionsâ, so Iâd say heâs spot on hereâŚ
Fixed it for you. 
Americans when someone tells them they should eat better and that fruit is good for youâŚ
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Absolutely. Meaning it definitely doesnât belong mixed with cake.
Carrot cake is wonderful and my favorite cake. As your opinion is truly unpopular, you get an upvote.
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I wouldnât say thatâs unpopular in-and-of itself, but I do think itâs a symptom of a greater issue that most would recognize, and that is that pop-culture gets absolutely flooded with certain kinds of content once one or two versions of something achieve success. Everybody has to put out their own version of something in that genre, with spinoffs and sequels. You get success with Forensic Files, you get a whole channel of investigation shows. You do a documentary or drama mini-series about a particularly well-known serial killer, you gotta do one for all the serial killers. And so forth. And thatâs just that genre. So I donât think itâs necessarily bad that thereâs all this true crime content, as it is both entertaining and educational, but more of an issue as to why thereâs so much of it now, just as thereâs so many superheroes, and Young Adult series, and medical dramas, and so on.
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If you did like true crime not because of the content but because it felt obscure, you need to find the next obscure thing.
How about⌠Quiz TV shows? These got super unpopular!
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I wouldnât say it is an unpopular opinion for a lot of people.
Its definitely going down with each year, but then a new craze TV or documentary comes out and Netflix or whatever and itâs back on top.
Personally I donât really mind, itâs when people begin to see themselves in these people, or harass those involved with true crime cases. Thatâs uncalled for and is downright disgusting. I love True crime and I love anything murder related, from TV shows to books, or even plays. I love it, but I draw a line with where I stand.
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I donât think this is necessarily an âunpopularâ opinion in the usual sense, so much as one thatâs not popular because itâs not one people think about often, but here goes:
The hardest thing in life to say is âgoodbye.â The second hardest thing in life to say is âhello.â
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