Is Gunn Brewing a Bizarro World for Superman 2? My Brain Hurts Just Thinking About It...
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
IGN reckons James Gunn might be setting up Bizarro as the next Superman villain by way of Ultraman's bizarre fate and a suspiciously cubed pocket dimension, which is either genius or utterly bonkers - I'm leaning towards both.
Right, so James Gunn's new Superman flick has already thrown us a curveball with Ultraman, but IGN South Africa (cheers, @jschedeen!) reckons it might be a sneaky prelude to something even weirder: Bizarro. Buckle up, because this gets meta faster than you can say "Kryptonite kebab."
Now, we all know Superman's got more enemies than a goblin has grots. Lex Luthor's always a pain, and this new film's throwing in Ultraman and some kaiju-sized headaches. But what if Gunn's planting seeds for the *next* big bad? The evidence, apparently, points to the backwards-talking, slightly-off-kilter doppelganger himself: Bizarro.
Here's the thing: Ultraman, in this new DCU, is Luthor's genetically-engineered weapon, a dark mirror to Superman. And IGN rightly points out that this echoes a more recent (New 52, for you comic nerds) version of Bizarro. In that iteration, Bizarro's *also* a Luthor creation, a failed clone with a few screws loose. Sound familiar? It should.
But it's not just the origin story that's got the internet buzzing. It's what happens to Ultraman at the end of the film. Our boy Supes doesn't off him; instead, Ultraman gets sucked into Luthor's pocket universe – a dimension that looks suspiciously…cubed. (Think Minecraft meets Mordor.) Now, what if that isolation, that weird geometry, messes with Ultraman's head even more? What if it *transforms* him into Bizarro?
And get this: that pocket dimension itself could become Bizarro World. All those cubes? A hint that the whole place is going to reshape itself into a backwards, inside-out version of Earth. It's mad, I know, but just hear me out.
IGN also notes that the film's post-credits scene, where Metropolis isn't *quite* perfectly realigned, could be a clue that the pocket dimension is coming back. Honestly, it sounds like a recipe for reality soup!
But here's where it gets *really* interesting. How far will Gunn go? Bizarro Lois Lane? Batzarro, the World’s Worst Detective? (I'd pay good money to see that.) And let’s not forget Grant Morrison's *All-Star Superman*, which heavily features Bizarro and Zibarro (Bizarro's anti-Bizarro). Gunn's already taken inspiration from that comic, so who's to say he won't do it again? He could go the whole hog!
Look, it's all speculation at this point. But if Gunn can make Guy Gardner's haircut work (and he *is*), then he can definitely pull off Bizarro. And let’s be fair, after all the doom and gloom in superhero movies lately, a bit of backwards-talking, slightly-demented chaos might be just what the doctor ordered. What do you reckon?
Tags: superman, james gunn, bizarro, dcu, comic books
Original article: IGN South Africa