{"id":303514,"date":"2025-05-21T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=355047"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:36:47","slug":"we-already-know-the-villain-of-the-new-superman-movie-and-fans-are-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/we-already-know-the-villain-of-the-new-superman-movie-and-fans-are-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"We already know the villain of the new Superman movie and fans are divided"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the highly anticipated new Superman movie, the villain will be Ultraman, a figure known in the comic book universe as an evil alter ego of Superman from the alternate universe Earth-3. <strong>This choice has generated a mix of excitement and skepticism among fans, who are questioning the creative direction the studio is taking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A villain who is not among the most beloved of the character<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The film&#8217;s approach seems to reinterpret the character of Ultraman as an experiment by Lex Luthor, distancing him from his conventional portrayal as a mere dark reflection of Superman. <strong>This has sparked criticism about the tendency of superhero films to use &#8220;evil clones&#8221; or similar rivals to establish narrative conflicts, which can limit the creative options available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Superman | Tr\u00e1iler Oficial\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_EjMNSH9-p4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Despite these concerns, director James Gunn has committed to bringing back the &#8220;color and camp tone&#8221; of classic comics in his storytelling, promising a different and fresh atmosphere compared to previous adaptations of the character. 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A villain who is not among the most beloved of the character The film&#8217;s approach seems to reinterpret the character of Ultraman as an experiment by Lex Luthor, distancing him from his conventional portrayal as a mere dark reflection of Superman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":303515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[10472,11511,10473,8457,10627,1688,11512,4712],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-303514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-de-julio","tag-camp","tag-david-corenswet","tag-james-gunn","tag-lex-luthor","tag-superman","tag-ultraman","tag-warner-bros","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303517,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303514\/revisions\/303517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303514"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=303514"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=303514"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=303514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}