#DARK HORSE COMICS BRIGHT BURN SERIES#

If Sony Pictures and James Gunn had somehow been given the greenlight to make a DC Comics movie, we hope we’d have heard about it long ago.

#DARK HORSE COMICS BRIGHT BURN SERIES#

The official plot synopsis hints at unspecified superhero origin story, and, so far, no character names have been released. New Overwatch Digital Comics Mini-Series From Dark Horse Follow Cole Cassidy on a Brand-New Adventure and Check Out the In-Game. Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book company.These are the ongoing and current limited series publications it has released under its own brand. On the other hand, Brightburn doesn’t appear to be literally connected to the DC universe. As a recent incarnation of Batman put it, “He has the power to wipe out the entire human race,” so we would be wise to fear an evil Superman. What could be more terrifying than pure evil in the form of an impossibly strong, indestructible vessel. Yet, time and again, he stands up for the little guy, fighting for truth, justice, and the American way, for no other reason than this: Ma and Pa Kent raised him in a loving, caring home from the time he was a child.īut what if we’re wrong? What if our personality, our values, and our entire notion of right and wrong, is hard-coded into our DNA. Kal-el is, for all practical purposes, an all-powerful “god” who doesn’t need anyone or anything else to survive. Brightburn is brutal, depressing, and miserable, but I was hoping to see more of a point to it all.After all, the Superman story-by contrasting him against fellow Kryptonian, Zod-decisively advocates the ‘nurture’ side of the classic “Nature vs Nurture” debate. Captain Midnight Volume 4: Crash and Burn TPB Supervillainous home invasion Reeling from the death of one friend and the betrayal of another, Captain Midnight ponders what the world needs more: the brawn of a superhero or the brains of his civilian identity, genius inventor Jim Albright. Sloppy editing and directorial inexperience prevent the film from being engaging so it relies heavily on its admittedly stomach-churning gore effects. As a result, any societal statements are killed early and the film settles on pure horror. Dunn) and worse, it is implied that he is being controlled by his spaceship. Unfortunately, we never get to really know the inner thoughts of young Brandon (played by a creepy Jackson A.

Set in the town of Brightburn, Kansas, the film follows Kyle and Tori Breyer (David Denman and Elizabeth Banks) who discover a crashed spacecraft carrying an infant boy (sound familiar?) Raising the child (named Brandon) as their own but keeping his origins secret, the Breyers are about to learn that their 'miracle' is far more sinister than he initially seemed.Īs an inversion of this classic superhero tale, the film could have been a truly ingenious statement about our modern myths or even a tragic story about how good people can be twisted by circumstance. Could a 'Superman' exist in our modern times? According to director David Yorovesky and the Gunn cousins (writers Brian and Mark, along with producer James), that answer is a resounding 'no' as shown with their bleak, dismal horror film Brightburn. Today, we live in a world with much different problems, and skepticism, if not outright cynicism towards the idea of a purely good hero. He was intended to be a champion of the people and an inspiring symbol for people living in a very dark time. The Superman character was created during one of the worst periods of the 20th century.

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