HE to friendo who’s seen James Gunn’s Superman: “How can you even stand to watch another DC Superman film? How can you let that shit into your soul? The endless reliance upon DC formula, remaking and remaking and remaking it all over again, is poison in the bloodstream.”

Friendo: “If I had a magic wand and could eliminate the blockbuster culture of the last 45 years, I would. But the poison didn’t start with comic-book movies. It started in the early ‘80s. And yet the bottom line is that some comic-book movies are good. That said, I’ve no doubt Superman will be trashed into the ground.”