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Thespis721 · 03-09-2009, 08:06 PM

Okay. I'm jumping in. And I'll admit. I have a bias. A bias against crappy super heros. I don't care if he's the first superhero. Or that he's a template. That's fantastic... if I lived in the 1940s.

We live in the 2000s now and there are so many better heroes out there. He's unstoppable except for an exceptionally rare material, and an exceptionally rare talent, he's died numerous times only to be brought back by reasons that don't quite make a whole lot of sense, he's completely unrelatable as a person since he's not even human and he shoulders responsibilities that no one could fathom. Superman is good for one thing. Creating stories about two people beating the living crap out of each other and destroying public property and causing explosions. (And even then, the Hulk does it better) But any other area of superhero mythos, another character does it better.

03-09-2009, 08:06 PM	#12
Thespis721 Duke Thespis721 is offline Location: Woodside, NY Now Playing: Ninja Gaiden 2 Posts: 207	Re: Thoughts on Superman Okay. I'm jumping in. And I'll admit. I have a bias. A bias against crappy super heros. I don't care if he's the first superhero. Or that he's a template. That's fantastic... if I lived in the 1940s. We live in the 2000s now and there are so many better heroes out there. He's unstoppable except for an exceptionally rare material, and an exceptionally rare talent, he's died numerous times only to be brought back by reasons that don't quite make a whole lot of sense, he's completely unrelatable as a person since he's not even human and he shoulders responsibilities that no one could fathom. Superman is good for one thing. Creating stories about two people beating the living crap out of each other and destroying public property and causing explosions. (And even then, the Hulk does it better) But any other area of superhero mythos, another character does it better.