History YMMV / Brightburn

** It wouldn't be announced until later that Creator/JamesGunn was in fact working on the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, starting with ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''.

** The film is heavily inspired by the ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' franchise. In December 2022, it was announced that ''Brightburn'' producer Creator/JamesGunn would write and direct an actual Superman film.

** Billie Eilish's Bad Guy being one of the songs in end credits is Narm in the sense that it is so out of place and on-the-nose that it's silly.

** Also for Brandon and the pod: Was it [[spoiler:intended by the aliens for Brandon to literally take over the world or literally destroy the world, or did the aliens that sent Brandon to Earth mean it in a more noble-hearted sense and Brandon simply misinterpret the message like how he misinterpreted his dad's "birds and bees" talk]]?

** In the Japanese dub, Kyle is voiced by Creator/TakanoriHoshino, who is the official Japanese dub voice of Franchise/{{Superman}} in the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. In this film, he voice the father of a basically an [[BewareTheSuperman evil Superman]], [[spoiler:and getting killed by him]]. In another role played by him, he is also the current voice actor for [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]], another character who is [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy possessed by basically otherwordly forces (in this case, the god Orochi) that runs in his blood]], causing him into going in a killing spree]]. In this film, [[spoiler:he is the father of another person who endures the same thing that affects Iori, except replace "Orochi" with "aliens", and being killed during a killing spree]].

** It's varied but Billie Eilish's "bad guy" can be this. To explain: Timing, the instrumental of the song's darker third verse can compliment and add to the creepiness of the events that just transpired. The fact that scenes in the credits are him destroying places and the eerie allusion to an entire Evil [[Creator/DCComics Justice League]] (with creepy pictures included) help with its terrifying charm.

** The film is heavily inspired by the ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' franchise. In December 2022, it was announced that ''Brightburn'' producer Creator/JamesGunn would write an actual Superman film.

** The film is heavily inspired by the ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' franchice. In December 2022, it was announced that ''Brightburn'' producer Creator/JamesGunn would write an actual Superman film.