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Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’ (variety.com)

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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Yeah he made a mistake, superman isn't a immigrant, he's a refugee

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago

Dean Cain has been a bitch for years...

He drank the maga Kool aid a long time ago

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ICE shows up at Henry Cavill's house this weekend

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Dean Cain can lick a sweaty nutsack. An embarrassment in the history of Superman casting.

Him and Kevin Sorbo can lick boots together while they swap stories about how they used to play strong guys on TV but now spend their time being weak-willed sheep IRL.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Kal-El is an anchor baby!!! lol

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Dean Cain was absolute shit as 'Murica's favorite mascot — regardless of the unavoidable fact that the character came from another world in every single iteration across all mediums ...so far. 😶

Fuck you and your fetid career, you dumbass, Dean. 🖕🏼🤣

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everything i don't like is woke (or communism).

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[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Remember when Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson starred in an "exposé" about Obamagate?

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 35 points 3 days ago

It's almost like these people have no clue about the source material at all. Reminds me of religious folks 😂

[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

A good movie is going to do well. This is just called marketing! Like the fight between elon and trump it’s all an illusion to grab your attention.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Check out Model Minority by Cory Doctorow.
It's about an unnamed superhero (who wears a red cape, and a spandex suit with a big S on it, and is engaged to a journalist named Lois, and his best friend/rival is named Bruce (who has a bat-themed alter ego)... anyway) who realizes that the cops are just beating people up and hiding it, so he makes a stand, but isn't quite sure about how to do so.

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Dollar Store Jerry O'Connell is still around? Figured he'd have drank himself to death about 10 years after Lois and Clark ended.

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What's he going to do next, go after white people who are simply proud of their heritage?

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[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 35 points 3 days ago

An illegal alien immigrant at that!

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The argument that "I like immigrants, but don't let them change our culture" has been around for a long time. They'd say that about Italians, and now I can find a pizza place all over town. Seems like they can change it for the better to me.

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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've never cared about anything superman related because it is just the most boring premise of a character to me. what's the best way not get lumped in with idiots like this?

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (7 children)

If the premise of a superman story is "strong guy fight strong guy," then yeah, not very interesting. What I'd prefer to see is a story that explores what having superheroes around does to humanity. What happens when a kid copies Superman and jumps off a building, and doesn't get caught? What happens when police expect a superhero to do their job for them? At what point does Superman decide to step away because he thinks he's causing more harm than good?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What I'd prefer to see is a story that explores what having superheroes around does to humanity.

The Boys, basically.

[–] chemikyle@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe my memory is tainted because I tried to read the comic version of The Boys somewhat recently, but Watchmen is a much more mature exploration of the same topics.