Superman's message to MAGA: ‘You’re not American’ if you don’t love immigrants



After being fired by Disney in 2018 for pedophilia and rape comments spotlighted on social media, “Superman” director James Gunn is no stranger to cancel culture.

However, this time, he’s facing backlash from conservatives after calling Superman “an immigrant that came from other places” in a new interview.

“I’m not here to judge people,” he told Variety magazine at the "Superman" premiere at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre. “I think this is a movie about kindness, and I think that’s something everyone can relate to.”


Gunn’s brother, Sean Gunn, who plays Maxwell Lord in the film, also took issue with the backlash.

“We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant, and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants, and if you don’t like that, you’re not American. People who say no to immigrants are against the American way,” his brother said.

BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere is disappointed that yet another Hollywood film is going the woke route.

“Did you follow what happened with 'Snow White'? Did you see that whole situation? Did you not notice that people don’t want this type of messaging inside their movies? And if you’re going to do it, just shut up about it. Let people, you know, lead the horse to water, if you will. You don’t need to take the horse’s head and jam it under the liquid,” Burguiere says on “Stu Does America.”

According to Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of the Federalist, the outlook for the film isn’t bright anyway — and he has an interesting theory as to why they’re already jamming the immigration story down America’s throats.

“The movie is terrible, test audiences hated it, and they’re now running the Lady Ghostbusters marketing op so they can blame bigotry for their movie tanking instead of taking responsibility for making a garbage movie,” Davis said in a post on X.

“I kind of like that idea,” Burguiere comments, adding, “It’s certainly possible.”

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New 'Superman' and 'Fantastic Four' face fearsome foe: Audience fatigue



This July, Earth's greatest heroes meet their most formidable foe yet ... an indifferent audience.

At least, that's the worry as DC and Marvel go head-to-head for summer blockbuster season's main event: Disney's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" vs. Warner Bros.' "Superman."

To be fair, Garner's character is canonical — she plays Shalla-Bal, the female successor to OG Silver Surfer Norrin Rad. It still feels like Marvel is up to its old tricks.

Does the fate of the world hang in the balance? No, but the fate of Hollywood might.

After years of alienating moviegoers by prioritizing leftist virtue-signaling over entertainment, the industry hopes to put people back in the seats next month with some good, old-fashioned tentpole crowd-pleasers. And what better to lure them in than two big-budget exemplars of the genre that has dominated the multiplex for the better part of two decades?

Except that audiences have been showing signs of superhero fatigue in the last few years, raising worries that this much-ballyhooed showdown may turn out to be box office Kryptonite.

'Superman' (July 11)

  

When Warner Bros. hired James Gunn as co-head of DC Studios, the announcement was met with mixed feelings.

While many were excited for the "Guardians of the Galaxy" director to dip his toes in the world of DC after the successes of "The Suicide Squad" and "Peacemaker," some feared his signature humor and style would be a turnoff to mainstream audiences. Emotions on both sides intensified when Gunn announced he would be writing and directing the first movie of the post-Zack Snyder DCEU, "Superman."

Newcomer David Corenswet takes the reins from Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel, with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, a leading member of the Green Lantern Corps.

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Multiple trailers have led to plenty of speculation — and with it, sparring. Detractors cite poorly received test screenings, as well as unconfirmed rumors that the plot revolves around Lex Luthor using social media to garner hate for Superman with the hashtag “#Supers**t."

One thing seems certain: Whatever some fans find to criticize about the new "Superman," it won't be political pandering. Having himself felt the wrath of cancel culture, Gunn seems dead set on appealing to as wide an audience as possible.

Commenting on the film's first teaser trailer, which features shots of a bruised and battle-weary hero, Gunn said,

We do have a battered Superman in the beginning. That is our country. ... I believe in the goodness of human beings, and I believe that most people in this country, despite their ideological beliefs, their politics, are doing their best to get by and be good people — despite what it may seem like to the other side, no matter what that other side might be.
 
This movie is about that. It’s about the basic kindness of human beings and that it can be seen as uncool and under siege [by] some of the darker voices [and] some of the louder voices.”

Considering how vocal Gunn has been about his disdain for Donald Trump in the past, it’s refreshing to see the director offer signs that his movie will let viewers leave their differences at the door.

Fans of this new take have praised the performances, bright color palette, and a tone that feels more in line with the iconic 1978 Christopher Reeve-led "Superman." Will "Superman" save the industry? Strong pre-ticket sales suggest it has enough wind under its cape to soar well above Hollywood’s expectations.

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' (July 25)

  

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" looks to continue the goodwill earned by this spring's "Thunderbolts*," which opened to high praise from audiences and critics alike despite disappointing box office.

After underwhelming iterations of Marvel's first family in 2005 and 2015 (the less said about the unreleased 1994 version, the better), the studio is hoping the third time's the charm.

Starring Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Human Torch/Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing/Ben Grimm, "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" features the team going up against one of Marvel’s most feared villains: Galactus, the devourer of worlds.

If that will appease traditionalists, the gender-swapping of beloved Marvel mainstay the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) is bound to raise eyebrows — and attract more sniping at the "M-SHE-U."

To be fair, Garner's character is canonical — she plays Shalla-Bal, the female successor to OG Silver Surfer Norrin Rad. Point taken, but it still feels like Marvel is up to its old tricks.

Comments by producer Grant Curtis earlier this month certainly don't help matters.

“If you do go back through the comics," said Curtis, "you realize that Sue Storm is arguably the leader of the Fantastic Four, because without Sue Storm, everything falls apart.”

Many fans will be quick to point out the obvious: Mr. Fantastic has always been portrayed as the leader, with Invisible Woman taking on a more motherly role. For his part, however, Pedro Pascal doesn’t seem to mind being sidelined. In fact, he seems to welcome it.

I love being led in a way. What you may identify as generosity for me, it just isn't. I'm only inspired by … I guess just powerful women have been the thing that has gotten me through being alive. So to have the opportunity to stand by one, to learn from one — just a partner, it's partnership; it’s male and female, but it's also just a kind of transcendent sort of partnership in the work and in the characters. And so I don't really know what the f**k I'm gonna do without you [Vanessa] honestly,".

In addition to flaunting his "male feminist" bona fides (and giving fans the "ick" with his awkward shows of affection toward Kirby), Pascal has also drawn negative attention with his outspokenness on immigration policy. None of this has won over those for whom Pascal is simply and profoundly miscast as Reed Richards.

Worse, rumors that stars including Adam Driver, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Abbott, and Jamie Dornan passed on the role before it went to Pascal suggest that it's the script's revisionist portrayal of Mr. Fantastic that is the problem — despite director Matt Shakman's insistence that he has looked to the original comics for inspiration.

That inspiration is certainly evident in the film's setting, a futuristic 1960s alternate reality that nicely pays homage to the original vision of "Fantastic Four" creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Pascal aside, the casting of "Fantastic Four" promises a satisfying adaptation, as does the comic-book-accurate appearance of Galactus (Ralph Ineson) — a far cry from the cloud-like space cluster depicted in 2007 sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

While "First Steps’" pre-sales trail behind those of "Superman," they're impressive enough for Marvel to be optimistic.

Of course, no amount of hype, armchair producing, or post-credits "Avengers: Doomsday" teases can turn either of these movies into a hit. That power remains squarely with us: the audience.

In that spirit, which of these two movies are you looking forward to seeing? Or will you be forgoing superheroics altogether in favor of the seventh "Jurassic Park" movie? Let us know in the comments below.

The new ‘Karate Kid’ just kicked grievance culture in the teeth



The new “Karate Kid” movie has a surprising twist: older men teaching younger men to work hard, honor tradition, and develop a virtuous character. “Karate Kid: Legends” is exactly what you think it’s going to be — and thank God for that.

If, like me, you grew up trying to perfect the crane kick in the living room after watching the original “Karate Kid,” then this movie will hit all the right beats. It follows the classic formula: an underdog with raw talent, a wise mentor with quiet gravitas, a villain who cheats, and the enduring truth that virtue matters more than victory.

New movie, timeless themes

You might ask, “So ... it’s not a great movie?” No. It is just what you expect, and that’s what makes it great. It doesn’t pretend to be something else. It’s not trying to be edgy, subversive, or “reimagine the genre.” It isn’t the millionth movie in the “Sixth-Sense-twist-at-the-end” series of hackneyed films we’re all bored with. It’s just a good old-fashioned “Karate Kid” movie. And in an age when every studio seems bent on turning childhood memories into political lectures, this is a welcome roundhouse to the face.

The tradition here is simple and good: older men teaching younger men how to face suffering with courage and to live lives of virtue.

No woke sermon, no rainbow flag cameo character delivering predictable lines about systemic injustice, no Marxist backstory about how dojo hierarchies are tools of capitalist oppression — this isn’t a Disney film, and you can tell.

Instead, it asks a dangerous question, one so controversial it might get you fired from an English department faculty meeting: Do hard work, discipline, tradition, and honor still matter?

In the woke world, of course, the answer is no. Disney movies now teach that tradition is oppressive, virtue is repressive, and hard work is a tool of colonialist mind control. Your feelings are your truth — and your truth is sacred. If you feel like turning your back on your family to pursue LGBTQ+ sex, then you’re the greatest hero in human history. But “Karate Kid: Legends” doesn’t go there. It doesn’t need to.

It’s not a message movie. But it has a message. And it’s one even a child can understand: Be honorable. Do the right thing. Grievance and self-pity don’t lead to victory. And if they do, it’s a hollow one.

Mentorship, hard work, virtue

The film also manages to affirm tradition without being heavy-handed about mystical Eastern spiritualism or ancestral ghost sequences. Disney spews New Age spirituality in cartoons for kids at every opportunity.

The “tradition” here is simple and good: older men teaching younger men how to face suffering with courage and to live lives of virtue. That includes working through loss — deep loss, the kind that could break a person. But instead of turning to rage or self-indulgence, our young hero learns to endure, to persevere, to get back up — and maybe, just maybe, deliver that final clean kick.

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Of course, there’s a villain who cheats. You’ve got to have that. And yes, he’s detestable. That’s kind of the point. As the smug leftist professor at your local state university might say, “So it’s about childish morality?” Yes, professor — it’s about what even a child can know: Doing the right thing and building character matters. Wallowing in the self-pity of grievance culture will never get you there.

Somehow, this simple truth has become controversial. In a world where adults cry on TikTok about microaggressions and activist professors turn every syllabus into a therapy session about their own victimhood, it’s refreshing to see a film that reminds us that life is hard. But that doesn’t mean we give up. It means we get better. Stronger. Kinder. More honorable.

And that’s what “Legends” delivers — without apology, without postmodern irony, and without the cultural sludge we’ve come to expect from Hollywood.

No Oscar? No problem.

It’s clean. It’s earnest. It’s nostalgic without being desperate. And it shows us a vision of manhood and mentorship we desperately need: older men guiding the next generation, not with snark or shame, but with honor, wisdom, and love.

So if you want a movie that will entertain your kids without corrupting them — and hopefully inspire them to build a virtuous character — go see “Karate Kid: Legends.” It may not win an Oscar (which already tells you it’s good), but it might just help restore your faith in simple, straightforward storytelling. And that’s worth more than a golden statue.

Trans ‘woman’ rates WOMEN'S bathrooms at Disney



Those who work in the service industry have always dealt with unruly or difficult guests, but with the advent of TikTok and other social media apps, those guests are only getting worse.

One of them, a transgender woman who goes by the name Lilly Contino, has built a following of over 400,000 on TikTok by dressing up as a woman and filming servers who “misgender” him.

However, Contino seems to have grown tired of terrorizing unsuspecting waitstaff just trying to pay their bills and has set his sights on a new target: women’s restrooms at Disney theme parks.


One of his recent TikTok posts shows Contino taking a mirror selfie of himself dressed like a child in Minnie Mouse ears and a hair bow with the caption, “Ranking every women’s bathroom at Disney World.”

In the selfies taken, there are women using the restroom in the background.

BlazeTV host Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein” calls “Tino” the “Temu Dylan Mulvaney.”

“Imagine making minimum wage, you work at Disneyland, people are mean to you all the time, every day, evil even, and you’re just trying to make it,” Stein says. “You’re trying to be polite, and you’re trying, and then this person just wants to cancel you for making minimum wage as a food slave, handing them bread.”

“This person takes it as if, even if the person misgendered them, as if they were doing this viciously or maliciously trying to misgender them, when it was just an accident because they look like a freak,” he adds.

Now that “Tino” is infiltrating women’s bathrooms, he’s taken his shtick too far.

“Lilly Tino is absolutely mentally ill,” Stein says, adding, "That's a crime in Texas to take a picture in a bathroom of somebody else."

"That is weird to be in the bathroom taking photos," BlazeTV guest Shayne Smith agrees. "It's already uncomfortable that you're taking apart your bathroom experience. I don't think about the other dudes in the bathroom. Do you?"

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The trans Pride flag is tyranny’s new banner



The Democratic Party released its platform last weekend, not as a document, but as a screenshot — a single, jarring image that says more than any press release ever could.

In it, a shirtless Mohamed Sabry Soliman, fresh off allegedly torching elderly Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, clutches two Molotov cocktails. Behind him, a transgender Pride flag drapes a government building. He allegedly screams for a “free Palestine” and to “end Zionists.”

We made our peace with this madness. But some of us are done playing along.

That’s not just a snapshot. It’s a gravestone for our civilization. I'm not joking.

And don’t pretend the trans Pride flag in the background is incidental. It’s the whole point.

Someone always rules. Something always gets worshipped. The lie was that we could scrap the cross and the commandments and wind up with a neutral, secular utopia. That was never true. The trans flag over a bomb-thrower is the natural endpoint of a society that replaced truth with affirmation and faith with feelings.

It is an image of what defeat looks like.

A nation that enshrines delusion in law inevitably treats its faithful as conquered. In a state where officials legislate flat-earth theology in the name of gender, Christians no longer govern — they kneel. We surrendered the most powerful weapon ever given to man — the way, the truth, and the life— and, drunk on comfort and cowardice, we let Pride Month replace the holy seasons.

We made our peace with this madness. But some of us are done playing along.

Outside the fever swamps of Colorado, Disney, and your local high school track meet, people are waking up. They’re tired of the forced compliance, the relentless gaslighting, the inversion of every value that built this country. They want their culture back.

That’s why June matters. Don’t let the enemy entrench. Not this time.

We must go straight for the six-color thermal exhaust port. Every trans flag hanging from a taxpayer-funded pole is a false idol — and they all must come down. If we’re ever going to reclaim our freedom and, frankly, our manhood, we must reject the spirit of the age that neuters fathers, silences citizens, and disarms protectors.

And don’t get it twisted: Every generation of American men before World War II would have reacted very differently to a Muslim foreign national throwing firebombs on U.S. soil. That’s exactly why no one ever captured an image like it before. It would have been unthinkable.

So I’ll ask the Connery question: What are you prepared to do? Will you stay conquered? Or will you raise the banner of your faith over the buildings your ancestors built, defended, and died for? Will you lift high the cross?

No, we won’t impose tyranny — we’re not our enemies. But don’t mistake our restraint for softness. We will not give another inch. No more filth in our schools. No more grooming in our curriculum. Our children are off-limits. Test that line, and you’ll find it drawn in law, not chalk.

Understand this clearly: The Muslim firebomber and the trans-flag crusader aren’t opponents. They’re allies. You think they contradict each other? They don’t. They converge. That’s how you get “Queers for Palestine.” It isn’t satire. It’s hell. And it’s coming for your kids.

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We’re right back in Eden, listening to the same whispered question: Did God really say? Let’s answer plainly.

Yes, He did.

He said male and female. He said the land belongs to Israel. He said sin destroys. But if you believe in “gender identity” and “Palestine,” then congratulations — you’ve swallowed two of the most diabolical lies ever devised.

This didn’t start with Soliman. It started when we treated the 9/11 attacks as a reason to import more people from the cultures that cheered when the Twin Towers fell. That’s not tolerance. That’s suicide.

But there’s another way. And it begins with learning to say no again. To wicked ideas. To wicked behavior. To wicked systems. This fallen world offers endless invitations to destruction. We need the courage — and the clarity — to refuse.

No, it won’t be easy. But it’s necessary.

It’s the same principle whether you’re trying to lose 100 pounds as I’ve done, quit porn, or crawl out of debt: Nothing changes until you hate your current condition more than you fear the pain it takes to change it. That’s the moment everything begins to shift.

And if you refuse to shift now? If you stay seated, silent, and compliant?

Then God help the next generation for what you’re about to leave them.