Krypto! Here, boy, go fetch that super sized bone! C’mon, boy, why are you just staring at me so cute and real looking… and… Wait a minute, that’s right, you’re digital. You’re a fake. Never mind! *Emily Latella Voice*

This is what we get in James Gunn’s new Superman flick. We get a fake flying alien man named Kal-El. We see fake chimps using social media to dis and ding the fake flying alien. So much overwhelming, glorious fakery. But above all of them is one really important fake character - the Kryptonian super powered pup, Krypto.

Any Superman fan knows who Krypto is and what he means to Kal-El. We finally see him on the big screen, except it’s not him. He’s not real. He’s like so much in this movie - a slickly realized lie. Let’s talk about DCU digital fakery!

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