Oh wait. And the most important theme:

Anyone who hurts animals is a bad guy.

The most important lesson.

But on top of all this, it nails the setting, nails the characters, even nails the LIGHTING (losing the gray filter from the Henry Cavill films does wonders).

It’s wonderfully acted, well paced, and reminds us that we can all strive to try and do good, even if we’re just Jimmy Olsen.

10/10

And for the most part, those themes are subtle. It trusts the audience to understand them without hitting you over the head.

Is it “woke?” Only in the same way that Superman has always been.

But no more than the Lois and Clark show that I grew up watching (I mention that intentionally)

(9/?)

Amid all of this, there are subtle themes — the importance of honest journalism, that sometimes, there isn’t a clear cut best answer to a situation, and most importantly: that we all have a responsibility to try and do what’s right, even if it’s just to piss off Green Lantern.

8/?)

In a world of Batmans, Punishers, The Boys, even Invincible (which I also love), it’s such a breath of fresh air to see a superhero actually be the voice of optimism they’re supposed to be.

To quote Clark in the movie, “Maybe that’s the real punk rock.”

(7/?)

This is a Superman who’s hopeful, who’s a himbo, who’s probably not actually reckoned with his privilege, but who is, at the end of the day, still trying his best to make the world a better place.

And it’s a lesson for all of us.

(6/?)

And speaking of hell, in a movie that has WAY more cursing than you’d expect in a Superman movie (#supershit), it’s noticeable how much he says things like “golly” and “gosh darn.”

He sounds like the himbo Kansas farm boy that he is.

(5/?)

Superman being not just good, but better than you or I could ever be in his situation is exactly what makes him super.

He’s the only superhero in the movie who doesn’t kill.

Hell, he goes out of his way to save a SQUIRREL.

(4/?)

To paraphrase @overlysarcastic.bsky.social, making Superman actually evil, or gritty, or not a paragon isn’t a subversion of the character, because fiction and mythology are FILLED with god-like beings who are assholes. (3/?)

Only tiny spoilers to follow (2/?)

I am back from not using this app for almost all of 2025 to filibuster about the new Superman movie and why, in a world of grimdark, grittiness, and fear of being earnest because it’s “cringe,” this movie is wonderful exactly for its earnestness and boy scoutness. (1/?)

You should all go follow @sescarny.bsky.social

And then go catch us on tour in March (all the dates at jackthewhipper.com )

This post inspired by the half hour of cardio I’m currently doing (and still hating)

The past few years, my training goals have always been to put on as much muscle as possible before performing season starts to get stronger, but this year, inspired by my nonsmoking lungs, I’ve been focusing on a lot more functional core strength.

Going for that SSJ2 vs SSJ Grade 2.

IFYKYK

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Pick your fighter! We're joined by @jackthewhipper.bsky.social to cover all the camp and chaos of Street Fighter (1994)!

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I drive all over the country. A lot. I also used to cover travel & transportation for a living.

So I know what I’m talking about when I say drivers in Florida are truly an extra sort of awful.

At a bar where the cover band just went “awwww yeet yeet gosh darn” and pointed directly at me.

IFYKYK

Twenty Sided Tavern without context 😂 with @jackthewhipper.bsky.social

That moment when you think of an amazing joke in the middle of the night and say, “I should wake up and write this down… nahhhhh, I’ll remember it in the morning.”

Folks. It is morning. I do not remember it and I am big sad.

I used the other account back when I was a journalist, but I’ve never been a huge fan of sharing my opinions. Partially because I wasn’t allowed to for so many years (see: journalist), and partially because there are already enough mediocre white men sharing half-baked opinions on these apps.

I never use my account on that *other* platform, but I won’t delete it until Apple actually makes me update it and change the name.

Welcome to my Blue Sky account. Here we give you memes that hit real hard for a very small subset of the population

I’ll be honest: the big appeal of this platform is that it apparently doesn’t suppress links any time they get posted.

With that in mind, I’m doing a digital show on Jan. 24th you can watch live or up to a week after.

Tickets at: ci.ovationtix.com/35123/produc...