Considering there are animated Superman movies I still haven’t seen that I’m interested in, I only have so much time in my life.
James Gunn, who I’m not a fan of to begin with, has said that he didn’t want to make a Superman movie until he learned about Krypto, which he breed-swapped into his own dog. Between negative and positive reviews as well as official promotion (most of which was about Gunn, earning the title James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn here) just didn’t sound like it was really that focused on Superman, and didn’t get him quite right when they did. Not Zac Snyder levels of wrong, but enough that, as someone still on the fence about watching Superman Returns and never got into Superman & Lois despite the praise, I’m just not really sure I want to go through. Maybe things will change, but there are still a bunch of animated Superman movies between HBO Max and YouTube that I haven’t seen, so I’d rather go through those first. Remember, this is personal preference. If you liked what Gunn did, more power to you. I don’t care for what I saw and there’s only so much time in my day. My Finally Watched list is big enough as it is.
Speaking of big lists, over at The Clutter Reports this week I was going to do more digital organizing, but I wanted a project that gave me more of a sense of satisfaction. So instead I tackled a drawer in the kitchen with my dad that really needed decluttering. Now if I can only decide what to call it. It also led to a second drawer cleaning. So it’s a two for one project.
This week at the Spotlight we’re doing two chapters for the Chapter By Chapter review of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image because of length, and getting into the first attempt at creating a Transformers cartoon for CBS, plus whatever else goes on this week worth covering. If anything since real world stuff seems to be burying storytelling discussions. Have a great week, everyone!
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A Potentially Terminal Case Of Apathy
So I try to use Monday to get ahead of my writing for the week. I can use the extra time one day this week. I’m sitting here trying to find something to write about. As noted, the only really big news seems to be Jimmy Kimmel’s punishment lasting about a week. Essentially he took a vacation while his supporters praised him for being a conspiracy theorist and showing little concern for a man murdered in broad daylight on a college campus in front of his wife, his one-year-old daughter and her younger sibling, and a good chunk of the world in the hopes of silencing people. See, that’s the problem. So much of what there is to talk about right now is bathed in politics, and this is a story critique blog.
Oh, there’s a trailer for the Mandalorian movie with the creature everyone calls Baby Yoda because that’s all they really see, not “Grogu”. They just want to call him Baby Yoda, despite having no connection to Yoda outside of species. See, I could get this political as well. In this case, it’s not the biggest problem. It’s that I don’t care about this movie. I didn’t watch the streaming show because I don’t have Disney+. I have no investment in Not Boba Fett and Not Yoda. So what do I talk about?
James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn is on HBO Max, which my dad got so he could watch TCM movies and Discovery Network shows. I don’t care about that, either. I made a comic explaining that.
Old stuff is possible, and that’s where I blame just being tired all day, but after watching the latest video by JesterBell on that trailer I realized another reason I don’t want to talk about anything new lately: pure apathy for all of it. Watch her video and I’ll get into it…and why there’s a little conspiracy theorist in my own head saying “maybe that’s the goal”.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on September 23, 2025 in Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary.
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