InArt: 1/6 Superman (Cavill)

[Zurdo95D]

I’m curious to see if InArt comes up with a fresh approach for a flight stand, which this figure will obviously require.

Ah so it’s a clear acrylic rod for flight poses, but we’ll see how it attaches since we don’t see any indication of a waist clamp (which is nice to see).

 

[TheBatman]

 

[Darth Meda]

I swear I wasn’t even too big of a DCU fan till not that long ago. I watched most of the movies at the cinema and haven’t watched them again till recently with my wife. I did like them back when I first watched the movies but especially not enough to buy any figures from any of the films until now. In all honesty even though I knew InArt was going to make a superman figure I didn’t really care and I already knew that the Hot Toys figures existed too and I really didn't pay no mind about them either even though I thought they looked alright at the time. The point I’m trying to make here is that InArt is an incredible and dangerous ass brand for collectors, they’re making me wait impatiently for a character of a figure to go on PO that I have never had any interest of buying before just for the amount of detail and how accurate they really try being. It’s a fun but crazy time to be in this collecting game but I’m loving it for sure

 

[batfan08]

Worst part they’re trying to mimic a broken MCU at that.

Nah. I have faith in Gunn. He has three things going for him: 1.) seeing where the DCEU screwed up, 2.) seeing where the MCU screwed up, and 3.) being vocal about how much he loves the DCAU and Reeve Superman. The way I see it, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Dwayne McDuffie, Bruce Timm, and all those DCAU guys created the perfect blueprint with The Animated Series, JL, JLU, etc. and Gunn has been hitting all the right beats for me, personally, in talking the talk when it comes to understanding these characters. Whether he can walk the walk is another matter entirely, but I’m confident.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Nah. I have faith in Gunn. He has three things going for him: 1.) seeing where the DCEU screwed up, 2.) seeing where the MCU screwed up, and 3.) being vocal about how much he loves the DCAU and Reeve Superman. The way I see it, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Dwayne McDuffie, Bruce Timm, and all those DCAU guys created the perfect blueprint with The Animated Series, JL, JLU, etc. and Gunn has been hitting all the right beats for me, personally, in talking the talk when it comes to understanding these characters. Whether he can walk the walk is another matter entirely, but I’m confident.

I haven’t like any of Gunn’s comicbook entries be it GoTG, Suicide Squad or Peacemaker, so I have very little faith or excitement to what he’s planning for his take on the DCU. Will be happy to be pleasantly surprised when the time comes, but as it stands, not really looking forward to his take on any of these characters.

 

[TheBatman]

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I haven’t like any of Gunn’s comicbook entries be it GoTG, Suicide Squad or Peacemaker, so I have very little faith or excitement to what he’s planning for his take on the DCU. Will be happy to be presently surprised when the time comes, but as it stands, not really looking forward to his take on any of these characters.

Same here. He shouldve stopped at Guardians 1. Guardians 2 and 3 were not good, 3 was just horrendous... Peacemaker is just bad. Suicide Squad wasnt good. I really don't get the hype around him considering he had 1 good comic book movie.

 

[Sktchwlkr]

Same here. He shouldve stopped at Guardians 1. Guardians 2 and 3 were not good, 3 was just horrendous... Peacemaker is just bad. Suicide Squad wasnt good. I really don't get the hype around him considering he had 1 good comic book movie.

That's the thing. He had GotG 1. The MCU literally chased that vibe since. Prior, characters actually had their own personality. Post, everyone's a quipy comedian. I blame Disney/Marvel moreso than him. WB wants to cash in on that to.

 

[T8OO]

Nah. I have faith in Gunn. He has three things going for him: 1.) seeing where the DCEU screwed up, 2.) seeing where the MCU screwed up, and 3.) being vocal about how much he loves the DCAU and Reeve Superman. The way I see it, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Dwayne McDuffie, Bruce Timm, and all those DCAU guys created the perfect blueprint with The Animated Series, JL, JLU, etc. and Gunn has been hitting all the right beats for me, personally, in talking the talk when it comes to understanding these characters. Whether he can walk the walk is another matter entirely, but I’m confident.

I would argue it's his type of filmmaking that has soured me the most with the MCU. Undercutting a lot of the emotional and tense moments with jokes. Turning decent characters into idiots who half the time bumble their way through set piece after set piece. Childish jokes are scattered all over the place.

 

[JorjeCroft]

I find it hilarious when ppl say they have a faith in Gunn lol What he has done exactly? Only movie I have enjoyed fr was Guardians VOL 1. Since then he is repeating the same thing over and over. He isn't a visionary director. Name one scene which is visually impressive. I know, there are none. But I kinda understand why ppl like his movies, bc they are simple. Anyway whatever.

When Superman is going to be available preorder?

 

[Misterbadguy]

The best thing Gunn has ever done is Lollipop Chainsaw and that was probably mostly Goichi Suda anyway.

 

[Zurdo95D]

That’s the spirit!

 

[thosemortalmen]

I'm just waiting InArt immaculate photoshoot of this beast.

 

[sj2106]

Ah so it’s a clear acrylic rod for flight poses, but we’ll see how it attaches since we don’t see any indication of a waist clamp (which is nice to see).

A magnet or some kind of plugin under the cape maybe. Will be a relief to be able to do flight poses without having to worry about damaging the figure!

 

[Alatar]

On the Gunn discussion, as always we’re ultimately talking about our own personal taste. I thought GotG was great. His subsequent films I haven’t enjoyed. The overall aesthetic Gunn uses is not what I personally want to see as a main vibe for the DC characters.

Snyder took a huge risk by going hard at deconstruction in the first two films he made. It was a shock to the system, I think. It rubbed a lot of fans and critics the wrong way. They just assumed Snyder was being was overly dark and gritty and “doesn’t understand the characters,” imo completely missing the deconstruction element.

I loved what Snyder did because I knew nothing of that approach until I started unpacking it by studying Watchmen, which was the seminal influence for BvS. I will freely admit that it is divisive in nature—which Snyder knew full well it would be. Honestly, I’m amazed that it ever got green-lit. But I’m ecstatic that it did. And it inspired excellent work in the deconstruction vein all of which were popular like HBO’s Watchmen series, The Boys, Invincible, and so on.

ZSJL brings the pendulum back towards embracing traditional superhero tropes. It celebrates the more fantastical elements of superhero mythology. So the entire universe was never meant to continue as an ongoing deconstruction.

But anyway, I can see why fans that adore comic books hate what Snyder did. But I’m sort of like Our Movie News about this



in that as an adult, I’m not into any sort of strict comic book aesthetic. I read Silver Age comics growing up and loved them… and there are some landmark comics like Watchmen that I appreciate tremendously as an adult… But I’m mainly into cinema and I love seeing these comic book characters translated to the real world that I live in. I was weirded out by the 60s Batman TV show as a kid because it spoofed Batman versus taking him seriously as a character that could potentially exist in the real world. And I wanted the latter.

Anyway sorry for the ramble, but what Gunn does, i.e., his basic approach to the subject matter of superheroes, just isn’t what I personally want for DC characters. He’s going to use way too much humor for my taste.

 

[Dave_W]

As a counter to that, TDK, one of the best Superhero movies ever made wasn't deconstructionist, however it was still fairly grounded in it's approach. I'm not saying they shouldn't be, but they don't need to be deconstructionist and in order to be great films. They do however need to get the tone of the character correct, which I believe Gunn may do, at least for Superman.

 

[Bleah]

As a counter to that, TDK, one of the best Superhero movies ever made wasn't deconstructionist, however it was still fairly grounded in it's approach. I'm not saying they shouldn't be, but they don't need to be deconstructionist and in order to be great films. They do however need to get the tone of the character correct, which I believe Gunn may do, at least for Superman.

They've hardly built up Superman in Man of Steel. I think they should have done a Man of Steel 2 first to elevate the character further before doing another deconstructionist approach.

 

[rory]

I guess my concern with Gunn on Superman is that he has a very childish and goofy approach to pretty much every character and story he's touched. Even peacemaker felt like it was written by a twelve year old describing an rated R story. I think that worked in the MCU for GotG (at least the first film). But for Superman and the DCU in general? I dunno. I've always enjoyed that for all it's flaws WB/DC was willing to tell more complicated or thematically more adult orientated stories along with their family friendly stuff. So we still got stories like Man of Steel and The Dark Knight that didn't require heavy doses of comedy, alongside movies like Shazam and Aquaman which were practically nonsensical but still successful. But Gunn tends to reduce all characters to one-liner machines. That along with the fact that he behaves like an conceited thin skinned child on twitter, like some nerd who got popular in an 80's movie, makes hit hard for me to take his work as a director seriously.

 

[BrooklynWolf X]

They've hardly built up Superman in Man of Steel. I think they should have done a Man of Steel 2 first to elevate the character further before doing another deconstructionist approach.

That was Zacks plan, to make MoS2, but WB/DC were like “we gotta get that avengers money” so he was given a difficult task and had to work with what was demanded. he did an incredible job considering the obstacles and studio interference.

 

[McHaleyArt]

 

[MarkKing]

Those new pics look legit and so much better than the previous ones.