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Supergirl: WoT (2021) - A Review

Honestly? I rarely review comic books, but this one’s an exception. Out of 5 stars, I’d give it the max.

Warning: might include spoilers, and will involve opinions from an unemployed teenager.

the “clark” coming from martha’s maiden name, and “kent” coming from jonathan whilst simultaneously being his mother’s legal surname after marriage 🥹

IF you want, i strongly suggest watching the directors cut. there’s several scenes that just make the whole narrative stronger

but yeah it’s definitely a unique direction to take the characters. dceu is a bit of an acquired taste. reading susiecarter’s works on ao3 gave me a new appreciation for the films though- i feel like a lot of fans do a good job of unpacking the interpretations of the characters the films were going for

my friend and i agree that dceu has more of an elseworlds vibe and i feel like seeing it from that lens makes it better

i heard the snyder cut was better for both bvs and justice league, so i might check them out sometime. (preferably when i have around 4 hours to spare 😭)

i definitely see what snyder was trying to do, especially for superman. i think it's good to explore the guilt and grief that comes with death, but it kind of falls flat in bvs. some of the lines aren't terrible and hit really hard, especially lara talking about how she'll never see her son grow up. it's unfortunate that there's really really good scenes, but they're mostly hidden and ignored bc the rest of the film isn't that great.

having to imagine the movies as an elseworlds entry to fully enjoy it is crazy 😭 i've never heard of anyone doing that, but unfortunately i'll have to try it for my watch of justice league. i'll let you know if it works