I think one important aspect of Superman here is that some of his villains turn his strengths into weaknesses. Sure he can’t be hurt by bullets but people around him can be harmed and so much of what Superman is doing is trying to help people out of a dangerous situation than he is beating up a bad guy. He’s a flying brick but he knows he has to be more subtle and able to work outside of expectations for his abilities. Also, he’s still a reporter and good one in most iterations, so that part of him should always be there (curious, always putting his nose into things that others would like him to not see, and so forth). I think these aspects of Superman have taken a back seat in most film adaptions (Donner seemed to get the idea of the character better than most did), so I hope Gunn tries to fold back in those ideas in his outing.
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