As the superhero genre trudges on, James Gunn is not a fan of the origin story. Marvel and DC’s most cherished figures have been rebooted time and again, making the first steps of their superhero journey, in Gunn’s eyes, redundant.
“I don’t need to see pearls in a back alley,” Gunn told The Times, referencing the demise of Bruce Wayne’s parents. “I don’t need to see the radioactive spider biting Spider-Man. I don’t need to see baby Kal coming from Krypton in a little baby rocket.”
