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"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety- calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can- remember/>

"Even the left-wing Hollywood press is turning against Warner BrosA new
summer superhero tent pole, Supergirl, calling the film osuper-
horrendouso with the oworst scripto ever.

The review by VarietyAs Owen Gleiberman was quite negative ahead of the
filmAs worldwide debut coming up on Friday. The Hollywood newser ripped
the film as opretentiouso for itAs opunk rock attitudeo that is ocringe.o

Gleiberman dismissed the film, writing, ohereAs the key thing to know
about Supergirl, the second outing from James GunnAs DC Studios: The
entire movie thinks itAs apunk rock.'o And that, Gleiberman says, is
ocringe.o

oThe film introduces us to Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), who rather than
being the spunky Supergirl of legend, saving earthly lives in a primary- colored spandex suit, is an interplanetary drunk in a Blondie T-shirt
(how punk rock!), bopping from one arid dystopia to the next,o Gleiberman explained.


Gleiberman added that the main baddie of the film, oKrem of the Yellow
Hillso (Matthias Schoenaerts), is a oan overly derivative Mad Max
reject.o

oWeAre told that Krem, a human trafficker who leads a group of space
pirates known as the Brigands, possesses the strength of 10,000 men. But
weAd be happier if he had the magnetism of one interesting one,o
Gleiberman wrote.

As to Supergirl herself, Gleiberman says, othe character as written is so one-note that itAs hard to have much investment in what sheAs up to.o

Then he turned his attention to the script, and insisted that o the movie
has no story! o He then went on to deliver a spoiler-heavy description of
the underlying motivations of the characters, none of which is deep, all
that logical, or interesting. (I wonAt reveal the plot here).

oThose are the motivations driving the entire not-even-interesting- enough-to-be-convoluted plot of Supergirl. Maybe thatAs why the movie is
full of action yet numbingly flat,o he concluded.

Gleiberman then ripped DC Studios guiding hand James Gunn for his
pretensions of having the perfect script for Supergirl, yet still giving
the world this film.

James Gunn, along with Peter Safran, knew that he was launching DC
Studios right into the teeth of superhero fatigue. Gunn got asked a lot
about how he was going to avoid that, and the key thing he said was:
WeAre not going into production on any movie until the script we have is rock-solid. For that was the overriding problem with the superhero
overkill era: The films had lousy scripts, which were used as grids on
which to layer the visual effects. Gunn was right to want to take the comic-book genre back to well-structured screenwriting basics. So what
has he done in his second DC outing? HeAs given us a comic-book movie
with the worst script I can remember.

The reviewer also slammed the CGI-dominated aliens in the film as making
one ofeel trapped in a Muppet movie.o

Supergirl, he says warming to his conclusion, oplods along, poised
between sodden spectacle and snark.o

He ends ripping the filmAs director, Craig Gillespie, owho made the
arresting I, Tonya and the fabulous Cruella,o he writes. But adds, oI was shocked to see that [Gillespie]a could churn out a piece of product this generic in its action and its attitudinizing. What happened to his barbed humanistic wit? Maybe Gillespie, whoAs Australian, convinced himself that
the Mad Max Lite trappings of oSupergirlo make it a subversion of the
genre.o

oItAs all so desperate to be apunk rock.A But Supergirl is a punk crock,o Gleiberman bitingly concluded.

The film is taking major hits already, and it hasnAt even opened. The
latest financial outlook seems to show that it will be a box office
disaster, Fox News reported, and that it will only make an anemic $39
million or so on its opening weekend. Out of its $250 million budget,
that is not good at all."
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Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety- calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can- remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?









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On 24 Jun 2026, Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> posted some news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can- remember/>

"Even the left-wing Hollywood press is turning against Warner BrosA
new summer superhero tent pole, Supergirl, calling the film osuper- horrendouso with the oworst scripto ever.

The review by VarietyAs Owen Gleiberman was quite negative ahead of
the filmAs worldwide debut coming up on Friday. The Hollywood newser
ripped the film as opretentiouso for itAs opunk rock attitudeo that is ocringe.o

Gleiberman dismissed the film, writing, ohereAs the key thing to know
about Supergirl, the second outing from James GunnAs DC Studios: The
entire movie thinks itAs apunk rock.'o And that, Gleiberman says, is ocringe.o

oThe film introduces us to Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), who rather than
being the spunky Supergirl of legend, saving earthly lives in a
primary- colored spandex suit, is an interplanetary drunk in a Blondie T-shirt (how punk rock!), bopping from one arid dystopia to the next,o Gleiberman explained.

Gleiberman added that the main baddie of the film, oKrem of the Yellow
Hillso (Matthias Schoenaerts), is a oan overly derivative Mad Max
reject.o

oWeAre told that Krem, a human trafficker who leads a group of space
pirates known as the Brigands, possesses the strength of 10,000 men.
But weAd be happier if he had the magnetism of one interesting one,o Gleiberman wrote.

As to Supergirl herself, Gleiberman says, othe character as written is
so one-note that itAs hard to have much investment in what sheAs up
to.o

Then he turned his attention to the script, and insisted that o the
movie has no story! o He then went on to deliver a spoiler-heavy
description of the underlying motivations of the characters, none of
which is deep, all that logical, or interesting. (I wonAt reveal the
plot here).

oThose are the motivations driving the entire not-even-interesting- enough-to-be-convoluted plot of Supergirl. Maybe thatAs why the movie
is full of action yet numbingly flat,o he concluded.

Gleiberman then ripped DC Studios guiding hand James Gunn for his pretensions of having the perfect script for Supergirl, yet still
giving the world this film.

James Gunn, along with Peter Safran, knew that he was launching DC
Studios right into the teeth of superhero fatigue. Gunn got asked a
lot about how he was going to avoid that, and the key thing he said
was: WeAre not going into production on any movie until the script we
have is rock-solid. For that was the overriding problem with the
superhero overkill era: The films had lousy scripts, which were used
as grids on which to layer the visual effects. Gunn was right to want
to take the comic-book genre back to well-structured screenwriting
basics. So what has he done in his second DC outing? HeAs given us a comic-book movie with the worst script I can remember.

The reviewer also slammed the CGI-dominated aliens in the film as
making one ofeel trapped in a Muppet movie.o

Supergirl, he says warming to his conclusion, oplods along, poised
between sodden spectacle and snark.o

He ends ripping the filmAs director, Craig Gillespie, owho made the arresting I, Tonya and the fabulous Cruella,o he writes. But adds, oI
was shocked to see that [Gillespie]a could churn out a piece of
product this generic in its action and its attitudinizing. What
happened to his barbed humanistic wit? Maybe Gillespie, whoAs
Australian, convinced himself that the Mad Max Lite trappings of
oSupergirlo make it a subversion of the genre.o

oItAs all so desperate to be apunk rock.A But Supergirl is a punk
crock,o Gleiberman bitingly concluded.

The film is taking major hits already, and it hasnAt even opened. The
latest financial outlook seems to show that it will be a box office disaster, Fox News reported, and that it will only make an anemic $39 million or so on its opening weekend. Out of its $250 million budget,
that is not good at all."

Warner Bros has lost or cut their creative talent. The new "talent"
doesn't know what entertainment actually is. Snotty crap doesn't sell.
That's what "Stupergirl" is.
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:12:40 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in >news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can-
remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?

They're moving to social media.
--
TACO is as TACO does

012020298647
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Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in news:eh9u3lp0le44bean1c07i4u35a8mt09egl@4ax.com:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:12:40 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in >>news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can-
remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?

They're moving to social media.

In today's movie environment
we would never see an Airplane
or Quest For Fire or Kelly's Heroes
or Forrest Gump or Blazing Saddles.

"No guaranteed audience", "Not a
proven script", "No sequel potential",
"No toy marketing options"


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On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:38:02 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in >news:eh9u3lp0le44bean1c07i4u35a8mt09egl@4ax.com:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:12:40 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in >>>news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic Book
Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variety-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-can- >>>> remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?

They're moving to social media.

In today's movie environment
we would never see an Airplane
or Quest For Fire or Kelly's Heroes
or Forrest Gump or Blazing Saddles.

"No guaranteed audience", "Not a
proven script", "No sequel potential",
"No toy marketing options"

Can't find those now (except Toy Story). Today those movies would get
made but cheaply by independents streaming on YouTube and Patreon.
--
How did we not catch this? There is a town in Russia called Magas.

It was founded about the same time Fox news was being created..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magas,_Russia

012020298647
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Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in news:4b304l95ad8rd70bqkkoq9jm2lrrt6orfs@4ax.com:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:38:02 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in >>news:eh9u3lp0le44bean1c07i4u35a8mt09egl@4ax.com:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:12:40 +0000, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@aol.com> wrote:

Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in >>>>news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic
Book Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variet
y-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i-
can- remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?

They're moving to social media.

In today's movie environment
we would never see an Airplane
or Quest For Fire or Kelly's Heroes
or Forrest Gump or Blazing Saddles.

"No guaranteed audience", "Not a
proven script", "No sequel potential",
"No toy marketing options"

Can't find those now (except Toy Story). Today those movies would get
made but cheaply by independents streaming on YouTube and Patreon.

Movie theaters are just showing what
makes money, all the new creativity has
been pushed off on to streaming channels
and YT.

"Great concept, kid, give us $1.8 million
to finance focus grougs and maybe we might
buy it."







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On 27 Jun 2026, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> posted some news:XnsB4788DBFF67D4629555@185.151.15.118:

Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in news:4b304l95ad8rd70bqkkoq9jm2lrrt6orfs@4ax.com:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:38:02 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
wrote:

Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote in >>>news:eh9u3lp0le44bean1c07i4u35a8mt09egl@4ax.com:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:12:40 +0000, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@aol.com> wrote:

Lissajous <megahurrts9911@kilos.net> wrote in >>>>>news:XnsB475D02AAB15Dtwwwe555@62.164.182.25:

"Far-Left Variety Calls aSupergirlA a aSuper-HorrendousA Comic
Book Movie: aWorst Script I Can RememberA"

<https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/24/far-left-variet >>>>>> y-
calls-supergirl-a-super-horrendous-comic-book-movie-worst-script-i- >>>>>> can- remember/>

A pox on all superhero comic book movies.
12 Superman movies, 12 Spiderman movies, 14
Batman movies. And Avengers, and Batgirl,
and Thor, and Conan.

How many thoughtful original scripts are
being push aside so studios can churn out
more remakes and sequels and prequels about
comic book heroes?

They're moving to social media.

In today's movie environment
we would never see an Airplane
or Quest For Fire or Kelly's Heroes
or Forrest Gump or Blazing Saddles.

"No guaranteed audience", "Not a
proven script", "No sequel potential",
"No toy marketing options"

Can't find those now (except Toy Story). Today those movies would get
made but cheaply by independents streaming on YouTube and Patreon.

Movie theaters are just showing what
makes money,

Nothing they show in theaters makes money. Online makes the money.

Sure there is revenue churn, but there is also cost.

Who wants to sit in a modern day theater and watch morons waving their
stupid phones around the entire time?
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