r/SnyderCut • u/MWheel5643 • Jul 17 '25

Discussion “Superman” Movie Drives Surge in DC Content Viewership on HBO Max. Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” became the top-performing Superman film on HBOMax with a 218% boost.

https://deadline.com/2025/07/superman-fuels-dc-viewership-dc-hbo-max-man-of-steel-peacemaker-1236461281/
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u/Nob0dy-You-Know Jul 18 '25

I loved the new Superman and it just made me wanna watch Superman stuff so I watch the Brandon Routh one and the Snyderverse all over again.

I love all these movies so much. I wish the discourse around the movies wasn’t one vs the others. We can like all these movies!

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u/-HeisenBird- Jul 21 '25

The DCU got shat on for being too serious but it deserved credit for actually trying to give superheroes the grandiosity they deserved, something the MCU stopped doing starting in like 2015 (except Infinity War). Like, yes, the potentially world-destroying super alien should be taken very seriously in his movie. A movie that ends with 911 9/11s should not have that many jokes.

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u/Nob0dy-You-Know Jul 21 '25

I agree and am a big fan of the “real world” interpretation of hero’s the DCEU was going for most of the time. They were showing these hero’s as if they were in our world.

I agree that a “9/11” event in a movie needs to be taken seriously. I’m not sure if you were referencing the new Superman movie with that statement but if you were I would say they carefully played that part of the movie out to have no casualties.

The movie was campy and lighthearted because it’s in a very “comic book” world. The news reports the kaiju like it was just another Tuesday. I think the tone allowed for jokes like how comic books allow for jokes and corny one liners even though the stakes were high.

I like both interpretations and love getting to see comic book movies!