Who’s a Good Boy?- -“Krypto,” of Course!
It’s official...coming in July 2025, we will be privy to seeing the first furry superhero on the big screen, discounting such notable characters as Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy, of course!
When the new James Gunn Superman movie trailer opens, we see The Man of Steel as being terribly vulnerable, in a world of hurt, actually…cut, bleeding, spitting up blood, and actually in dire need of help! Fortunately, Supes has his best friend Krypto available to save his tail, taking the injured superhero from his frozen crash site home by the cape!
Yes, Krypto in the upcoming movie is more than just a cute pet, but rather an underrated powerhouse…and he promises to have significant roles in other upcoming DC movies as well! Thankfully, Krypto will not speak in the movie as he has in some of the animated cartoon versions, but only bark. He’s a dog, but one with formidable powers…
The new Superman movie seeks to further humanize the titular character, making him more relatable. Yes, this Superman is an alien, but his heart is human. He can shoot beams from his eyes, but you don’t have to be afraid of him. The entire tone of the movie is brighter, reflected in the color schemes. All in all, I think that this is a good course correction…
The ambitious scope and nuances of the upcoming movie are too vast to cover in a single post, so this blog will probably return to it. For now, enjoy the official trailer, and the upcoming holiday, no matter how you may celebrate it…
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FOXSYLVANIA 
December 21, 2024 at 3:48 pm
I can’t wait to see it.
The current crop of cinematic year-enders reads like college football scores.
SONIC 3
MOANA 2
GLADIATOR II
RED ONE
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December 21, 2024 at 4:30 pm
It was so totally cool to see Krypto coming to Superman’s rescue in the promo, plowing through the arctic snows like a high power snow blower on steroids! I’m glad that they didn’t go the Rocket Raccoon route and have Krypto talk as they have in a number of animated features…that would have cheapened him. There are multiple origin stories for Krypto, and it will be interesting to see if the movie embraces one of them. Krypto will supposedly be in an upcoming Supergirl movie as well. The DC universe is waiting to explode!
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December 22, 2024 at 12:14 am
I remember the 1966 Filmation series “The New Adventures of Superman” (Saturday mornings on CBS) where the middle of the cartoon sandwich were the Smallville-based exploits of Superboy. The voice of the latter was dubbed by Bob Hastings, twenty-six years before he dubbed the voice of Commissioner Gordon on WB’s “Batman: The Animated Series” (1992). But, his superdog Krypto was merely depicted as barking. Although, the Teen of Steel seemed to telepathically understand those barks!*
*Not so far-fetched as, in the DC comic books back then, the Kryptonian police in the Bottle City of Kandor employed fugitive-hunting dogs called “esper hounds”.
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December 22, 2024 at 12:30 am
Your photo-captures of Krypto, however, remind me of the canine sidekick of Gary Gulliver from the 1968 Hanna-Barbera series “The Adventures of Gulliver” (very loosely based on the Jonathan Swift novel). The shipwrecked teenager referred to the dog as “Tag.” And its general appearance kind of resembled an English setter mix! To me, anyway.
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December 22, 2024 at 12:33 am
So, I will make a wild guess and say this live-action dog is part English setter/part Samoyed.
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December 22, 2024 at 2:50 am
In some origin stories, Krypto was a lab animal of Superman’s father!
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December 22, 2024 at 4:27 am
Good point! Although, I was referring to the possible pedigree of the canine actor playing Krypto. Similar to the original Benjie (from the 1960’s sitcom PETTICOAT JUNCTION) was a poodle mix rescued from the dog pound by the late, great Frank Inn.
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December 22, 2024 at 12:18 am
Whereas KRAVEN THE HUNTER (the just-released Columbia/Marvel Films co-production) is probably going to bomb at the box office. It’s only been at my hometown multiplex for one week. And this Saturday afternoon…I was literally the only one in the theater!!!
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December 22, 2024 at 2:46 am
Well, I guess that there won’t be a sequel for Kraven, then! One wonders why they felt it was a good choice for a movie to begin with…
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December 22, 2024 at 4:23 am
Maybe the Marvel Cinematic Universe wants to turn Spidey’s Rogues Gallery into anti-heroes.
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December 22, 2024 at 11:36 am
P.S.—do you think that canine actor will be paid off in Beggin Strips…or Krypto-currency?
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December 22, 2024 at 8:45 pm
Better those than some golden Trump sneakers! 😸
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December 23, 2024 at 4:15 pm
They’d only be gold if the dog stood on three legs over them. 😉
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December 24, 2024 at 10:34 am
*groans* but is in full agreement! 😼
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December 24, 2024 at 10:49 pm
Merry Xmas, Vulpie! 🙂
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December 26, 2024 at 10:04 am
And belatedly to you as well! 🎄
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January 3, 2025 at 5:33 pm
And a belated Happy New Year, too! 🙂
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January 3, 2025 at 6:58 pm
And to you, also! 🥳
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January 4, 2025 at 2:19 pm
By the way; I saw a TV trailer, last night, for another sci-fi allegory involving anthropomorphic animals. This one evidently involves a talking chimpanzee who becomes a punk rock singer! Judging by the Mohawk, at least.
It’s going to be called “Better Man.” At least at this juncture.
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January 8, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Feel free to disregard the above. I recently learned the CGI chimp is supposed to be a mental self-image of the real-life rock star the movie is a biopic of.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:55 am
I saw the promotional clip for “Better Man,” and was originally excited about it and considering a post until I learned the chimp was just a mentally-carried self-image of the singer. That singer is apparently well-known in Europe and Australia, but not the U.S.
I may try to catch the film when it becomes freely available as the singer-chimp’s performances and dance routines are said to be memorable…
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January 12, 2025 at 1:04 pm
My half-awake brain just had a warped thought. Superman vs. Popeye the Slayer Man!
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January 12, 2025 at 9:58 pm
I’d pull up a chair to watch that!
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January 14, 2025 at 8:44 pm
It’d be a fight to the finich! 😉
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