Characters that never seem to get an "origin" scene or sequence per se - Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White - Where did they go to school? How did they get hired? Why did they decide to go into journalism? Where is the flashback to the traumatic event that forged them? Who are their parents?
The vast majority of supporting characters in any film get - maybe - a bit of a backstory and exposition, but ultimately, they are just there from the start as part of the world of the film. I think "Superheroes" could be the same way.
Gunn did this fine in Guardians, we get a glimpse to know Rocket was experimented on, Drax explains his history in a few lines of dialog, etc. Only Quill got the full "origin".
@fac right, and if the focus of the story is their beginning, fine tell that. But plenty of movies even jump into a story and let you figure out who they are and where they came from over the course of the story, depending on what kind of story it is.
Like with biopics, I kinda appreciate when they make a movie about a real person and DON'T tell their entire life. If the whole thing is a great story, fine, but sometimes you just need to focus on the interesting part, or the part that conveys your theme. Of course Superman's entire life IS interesting, but perry white isn't someone I need all the backstory on because the most interesting part of his life is probably when he hired an alien hiding amongst humanity.
@yojoebro82, I reject that Youngblood be the standard for adequate storytelling. 😀
I actually don't even hate the idea of a movie starting with, say, the JLA already formed. It's kind of on brand for early JLoA adventures to start with the characters meeting then splitting up to deal with the threat.*
The whole of my objections to this movie (just based on the trailer) is that it seems overcrowded for a Superman movie, and Superman's own story appears to be farther along his history than I want to start with.
* I wonder if something like that could've helped the DCEU stand separate from just seeming like they're chasing the MCU. Like, the first movie is the JLA fighting Steppenwolf, then a bunch of solo movies while they search for Motherboxes or deal with Intergang or whatever, then a bookend JLA 2 movie vs Darkseid. Just some hindsight, I suppose.
I can't imagine needing to see coach Gardner yelling at schoolchildren to run faster while a green ring flies through the gymnasium window in order to enjoy seeing him be a mouthy dumb asshole saving people's lives.
The film doesn't really make me want to see it, there are too many remakes for me.
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