The New ‘Superman’ Trailer Shows Us What a True Superhero Would Do in Our World
The new Superman trailer is out, and it shows what Superman would do if he were in our world today
Everybody knows Superman. Everyone has an idea of who this iconic character is, with both favorable interpretations of his inherent devotion to doing good, and unfavorable interpretations of his will to help, with all his power, being unrealistic. But then what makes any hero, with all their various abilities, but the desire to save all they can for the sake of good itself? Superman, from his origins in the ’30s, and as portrayed in the new trailer for James Gunn’s film, does good for the love of humanity itself, no matter what obstacles the corrupt institutions of humanity might get in his way.
Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) interviewing Superman/Clark Kent (David Corenswet)Of course we’ll see the results in July, but for now, it truly seems like James Gunn gets Superman, just based off this trailer of course. Clark/Superman (David Corenswet) decides to sit down for an interview with Lois (Rachel Brosnahan, who clearly knows that he’s Superman) and she presses him on his decision to stop a war in a foreign country (which looks to be in the SWANA region), bypassing the US government to do so. Doing her job as a journalist, she grills him on the subject, leading to emotional outbursts from Clark who simply emphasizes “People were going to die!”
This is incredibly refreshing with our current geopolitical moment, and the horrors we see unfold in Gaza, Sudan, Congo, and elsewhere. While we don’t know everything about the film, we know from this that Superman is going to rightfully disregard the politics governments and institutions to emphasize the fundamental truth that all human beings are worth saving in any context, and should never be accepted as collateral.
I’m obviously extrapolating a lot from just a few scenes in a (in my opinion pitch perfect) trailer, but as the main marketing device it speaks volumes. Based on his earlier DC work in The Suicide Squad, Gunn clearly has a disdain for American foreign intervention that has resulted in instability worldwide, and if the pattern holds here, he has a disdain towards any government that inflicts harms on its citizens or others in wartime or otherwise. No matter what the circumstances, Superman, or any other hero worth their ilk, would rush to save everyone they could and halt the violence.
Superman (David Corenswet) with a man in a foreign countryNo political or geopolitical games, no consideration of being “appropriate,” and certainly no slandering of motivations would get in Superman’s way. He would save everyone he could, bring them food, water, medicine, and care for all its residents. Even if they don’t have superpowers, there are individuals and organizations acting like Superman with everything they can do. People like acclaimed children’s education star Ms. Rachel, who speaks out for Palestinian children and works to get them resources for survival. Organizations like the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), Anera, Save the Children, Sudanese Red Crescent, Friends of the Congo, and others who work to save everyone they can in the face of all the barriers corrupt governments and entities may place before them.
Superman, a hero for the globe and not limited to one country, would act like these humanitarians with all his various abilities. He would never aim lead a military intervention, only a humanitarian one. With his powers, he would be able to at least temporarily halt any unnecessary conflicts worldwide, while strongly avoiding any temptation to dominate (he’s the furthest thing from Homelander), and would thus save more lives than we unfortunately are unable to today. In that, Superman is a fantasy of the best sort, one whom we should all aspire to emulate.
All of this came through in the exemplary trailer, which struck the core of who Superman is and why he does it. Clark is not representing anyone but himself and his sincere desire to protect people, even if it gets him into trouble as we see later in the trailer. Superman’s conflict in the film will very likely have him confront corrupt systems that we should all work to dismantle, just as we unfortunately have in real life.
Again, this seems like a lot to extrapolate from a few scenes in a three-minute trailer, but in these horrible months I’ve often thought to myself, “What would Superman do?” and I’m so gratified to see that Gunn’s vision of Superman fits in line with that thinking. The world’s focus is still on Gaza as this trailer has come out, and I have to think that Gunn, or at least people who worked on the film, knew people would make those comparisons. Watching these abject horrors, it feels like we need someone to save the day, which we should aim to do by being like Superman every way we can. I hope the film reinforces that message and sticks the superhero landing.
Superman will be out in theaters and IMAX on July 11.
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