tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post4794698225858286274..comments2024-03-22T21:30:12.908-04:00Comments on Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!: Spoiler Saturday--Why I'm Done With The Superman Books (Again)snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-69872265940175829352015-10-13T15:58:05.238-04:002015-10-13T15:58:05.238-04:00You are not wrong.
It almost makes you start appr...You are not wrong.<br /><br />It almost makes you start appreciating the <a href="http://superman86to99.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">'86-'99 era of Superman</a> all the more.Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-40562856816193298892015-10-11T22:37:35.278-04:002015-10-11T22:37:35.278-04:00Amen to this. Who was the brainiac (so to speak) ...Amen to this. Who was the brainiac (so to speak) that decided to de-power and de-secret-identity Superman, and make him threaten his enemies? Even worse, who was the total moron who said "Yeah, that's a good idea -- let's run with it"? Madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813703186751080599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-9500568190083016782015-10-11T12:43:16.503-04:002015-10-11T12:43:16.503-04:00I ran as far away as I could from DC during the &#...I ran as far away as I could from DC during the 'New 52' reboot, and haven't given it a second look since...and this just tells me I was right to.<br /><br />I grew up as a fan -- nay, even obsessed -- with the X-Men. During the 80s and even into the 90s and early 00s, you got the impression that, hard as the X-Men fought, even in the "world that hates and fears them" there was <b>hope.</b> By doing the right thing enough times, by saving enough lives and protecting Earth enough times, they *could* change the minds of a few, and that would change the minds of a few more, and a few more, and <i>that</i> would be how they'd overcome the anti-mutant prejudice. <br /><br />And that was X-Men, from the "cynical" Marvel Universe.<br /><br />Superman was always the flip side of that coin, to me, far more so than the Avengers. People considered him a god among men, not just because of his power, but because of his heart, his nobility, and his ability to inspire the best in others. Marvel does not have an equivalent to him -- I know people will tout Captain America for the morals or Thor for the powers (and being a literal god), but neither of them could ever inspire faith and trust the way he could. <br /><br />Superman didn't just win over people, he <i>won people over</i>, through his commitment to truth and justice in the purest sense of both words, and that was one of the most important parts of his character.<br /><br />None of this is represented anywhere in his current depiction, and what's really ironic is, DC doesn't seem to grasp that that's totally unrealistic. People are <i>never</i> 100% for or against someone or something, there will always be naysayers to the universally beloved (I can't stand most depictions of Batman, for example), and champions of the universally despised (Try being a Gambit fan in the late 90s, you'll see what I mean!). The Internet's shown us that. You can't give Superman a 23% approval rating without showing us that 23%, or the whole thing seems futile.<br /><br />And I won't even start on his Batman-style threat speech.<br /><br />Superman isn't 'human' or 'identifiable' because people hate him now. He was 'human' and 'identifiable' because he faced moral and ethical dilemmas, rather than physical challenges. His best stories always involved him trying to get through his life while being as committed as he could to staying true to himself, as well as figuring out who that self was. But we're probably not going to see THAT Clark Kent any time soon.Ingonyamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767964255684263275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-66108772834794479622015-10-11T01:45:50.768-04:002015-10-11T01:45:50.768-04:00Amen.
I've personally been off the DC trolley...Amen.<br /><br />I've personally been off the DC trolley for a good while now. I did stray back during the Convergence tie-ins, and still despite knowing ahead of time that they wouldn't really matter, I allowed my own sense of nostalgia to be used against me, and got suckered into buying a few. Some of them were were pretty good despite themselves. The others? Well they're only good for fire kindling.<br /><br />And honestly any quality or decent stories that were accidently allowed to be written about these characters have just totally been non-existent lately.<br /><br />And then this happens. <br /><br />First Batman, and now poor Superman. He truly is unrecognizable to both longtime and causal fans now. And I wonder why? How does DC and the main corporation that owns them, benefit in any shape or form by radically changing such an iconic and beloved institution. I'm more of a Batman fan myself, and always will be, but damn, even I feel sorry for the former Man of Steel, and what's been allowed to happen to him, and all in order to give us "A more human and identifiable hero." <br /><br />He already was to an extent. Plus he was a living symbol meant to inspire, not be downgraded to be the lowest common denominator of us.<br /><br />Darkseid has indeed won. He allowed Dan Didio and his cronies to be hired, or you like, had them possessed by his own minions, 'cause none of this makes sense to me.<br />Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-66413466100629288332015-10-10T12:26:46.859-04:002015-10-10T12:26:46.859-04:00One of the things that always distinguished the DC...One of the things that always distinguished the DC Universe from that of marvel, was that while the citizens of the Marvel universe were cynical, jaded and hateful, not to mention fearful, the citizens of DC actually LIKED their heroes! Heck, Flash had his own museum! <br /><br />Superman and Batman were friends. The Justice League were friends. When one super hero ran across another, they didn't have a big fight before teaming up. The DC universe had Captain Marvel and a talking tiger in it for Pete's sake!<br /><br />Now apparently having anything that isn't relentlessly dark, grim and insanely depressing is considered childish. And that's just sad.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.com