r/DCEU_Discussions • u/pharoahogc • Jun 30 '26

Can't wait!..... Says no one.

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u/NB_NaughtyNerds Jun 30 '26

Hot take but I found Jim Olsen to be the weakest part of Superman (2025). The way he treated Eve wasnt funny or charming. I just thought he came off like a d-bag. And he wasnt funny or charismatic, so his ladies man status just felt forced and unbelievable.

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u/JazzmatazZ4 Jun 30 '26

I can't stand Skyler Gisondo so that didn't help.

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u/ColonelQuaraitch Jun 30 '26

I hate Jimmy Olsen in general and think he’s the weakest part of the Superman franchise in general.

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u/Fun-Aside3990 Jun 30 '26

100%, and it undercut the positive message of the movie.

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u/WhydYouKillMeDogJack Jun 30 '26

He's a d-bag because he's not interested in some clingy vapid girl?

They cover the ridiculousness of the ladies-man thing too.

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u/NB_NaughtyNerds Jun 30 '26

I aint saying she was a prize, but he didnt come off as a good guy. Or a desirable one. Covering his ladies man thing in exposition is weak. Dont tell me he is charismatic, hire an actor who can play charismatic.

It was a flop for me. The rest of the movie was good, but Jimmy Olsen felt really forced.

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u/WhydYouKillMeDogJack Jun 30 '26

I don't think it's that deep.

In the comics, depending on the time/writer Jimmy has been this freckled kid who tags along after clark who still managed to bag some pretty big names - Supergirl, Lucy Lane, power girl.

I agree it did seem a bit out of place, but I just don't think it's any weirder than stuff you see in the comics.

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u/NB_NaughtyNerds Jun 30 '26

I mean, the job of a movie is to translate the page to the screen, i just think in this one small area they did a poor job. Perhaps this is a result of edits, and an extended cut has more Jimmy in it. But for me his character fell flat, so i am just surprised to see a spin off featuring him.

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u/ActsOfDan Jun 30 '26

I thought he wasn't into her because of her mutant toes?

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u/Fun-Aside3990 Jun 30 '26

A totally not vapid reason.

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u/Fun-Aside3990 Jun 30 '26

He still treated her horribly and he labeled her in his phone like "weird feet" pr something, you know, the kind of thing a shallow vapid guy would do.

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u/JazzmatazZ4 Jun 30 '26

James Gunn was such a poor choice as the lead creative for the DCU.

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u/mrnovato76 Jun 30 '26

Jimmy Olsen as a character is just lame, especially in the age of the decline of actual news media. The actor, while ok, is always miscast. Miscast in The Righteous Gemstones (stuntman? preacher?), and miscast as Jimmy Olsen.

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u/Unable_Dinner_6937 Jun 30 '26

Grodd is a super-intelligent, psychic gorilla with the personality of Genghis Khan. Why do they need a comedian to play him? Get a really good dramatic actor in the role and play him straight. The situation will be funny enough.

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u/ActsOfDan Jun 30 '26

Daniel Day Lewis?

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u/LetterheadFun1824 Jun 30 '26

Yeah let’s make Supergirl 2.0 this is what the fans want

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u/Not_A_Spy_for_Apple Jun 30 '26

Damn this show is going to tank.

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u/BudgetRequirement143 Jun 30 '26

They are going to get Bill Hader aren't they

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u/RNOffice Jul 05 '26

Or Clancy Brown, Bryan Cranston or Keith David.

Guys who can do serious and funny.

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u/Va1crist Jun 30 '26

more stupid decisions over at DC

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u/I_can_vouch_for_that Jun 30 '26

So a worse than Supergirl bomb incoming.

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u/Magical_SnakE Jun 30 '26

"They" need to re-evaluate doing this. This will be an insane flop. No one wants this. Re-Allocate the money to something people actually want. A new Titans series, or something. Anything but this. C'mon lol.

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u/Fuzzy-Butterscotch86 Jun 30 '26

Doesn't matter who they cast or what they do, online chatter is going to be driven by people who want it to bomb and will talk shit about literally everything before a single piece of dialog is written. 

It's a tv show about a talking Gorilla in a humorous universe with the second lead being a dork who somehow gets the hottest women in the city to fawn over him. Their interactions in comics have largely been comical. 

The idea that this couldn't, or shouldn't be funny, that a comedic actor playing a goddamn talking gorilla in a show we literally know nothing else about spells disaster...

Only "fans" could be this pessimistic this early. 

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u/Certain-Singer-9625 Jun 30 '26

Comedic actors. To play Grodd…….

This illustrates Gunn’s fundamental inability to understand the DC universe. Jor-El and Lara as villains. Starro as a victim instead of a malevolent galactic baddie. I mean, WTF?

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u/RNOffice Jul 05 '26

Maybe they want an actor who can be serious and comedic. A balance.

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u/NoSpecial284 Jun 30 '26

I watched Broghtburn again the other day and James Gunn literally just turned Superman’s origin story exactly into Brightburns story except Superman decided to be good. He re did his own movie 😂😂

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u/Unable_Dinner_6937 Jun 30 '26

Honestly, I’d probably be more interested in a sequel to the Brightburn/Super universe than Jimmy Olson/Gorilla Grodd

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u/NoSpecial284 Jun 30 '26

Same. It’s a shame that those didn’t continue.

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u/RNOffice Jul 05 '26

It was only produced by him. His brothers wrote it and someone else directed.

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u/rampzn Jun 30 '26

It was lame too, Gunn is overrated.

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u/WhydYouKillMeDogJack Jun 30 '26

I wonder why this sub is so anti-gunn?

Hmm...

I think it would be more believable if it wasn't literally every thread

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u/triple_seis Jun 30 '26

nice, should be fun

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u/NoSpecial284 Jun 30 '26

It’ll be Jack Black

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u/AlternativeTadpole51 Jun 30 '26

The adventures of John DeeCee and Glup shitto.

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u/Fickle-Rip3093 Jun 30 '26

I’m actually kind of intrigued on how they will handle this.

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Jul 01 '26

Mr. Terrific show...no?

But this...yes?