Pull out your party hats, DC fans, because James Gunn’s Superman film is now in theaters. The first film installment in the new DC Universe franchise is entering its opening weekend with mostly positive reviews,

James Gunn had an almost impossible task ahead of him: revive one of cinema’s most iconic characters, reset a fractured cinematic universe, and win back a skeptical audience burned by the missteps of the past.

And, like Superman in his film, that’s the kind of character we need right now, as the future of the DC Studios universe of movies is plotted out. For so long, Superman has been considered by many to be the ‘default’ superhero because he’s always shown as practically perfect in every way.