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The new Superman movie is already getting a thumbs-down from conservative media, Axios' Avery Lotz reports.

The hero's origin story, arriving on Earth from a dying planet, has been compared to the story of refugees or immigrants — a connection the film's writer and director, James Gunn, recently endorsed.