New Delhi, July 11 -- After watching the weight-of-the-world-on-my-shoulder depiction of Superman by Henry Cavill, fans had taken refuge in the old and still excellent animation shows and corny movies like The Peacemaker (sorry, John Cena!). When James Gunn announced the return of superman with Christopher Reeves look alike David Corenswet with Nicholas Hoult playing Lex Luthor, fans crossed their fingers and hoped that the John William score playing collectively in our heads wasn't going to let us down.

But the story is written on Excel and dictated by what Netflix and other OTT platforms call 'beats', this superman will leave you with mixed feelings, as if someone had put some barbecue sauce flavoured popcorn in your cheese and caramel...