earth two superman;5926091 said:
oh man, I know why some people are mad about it. It wont make a difference to me, because I see superheroes, DC Comics heroes in particular, in a different light than i guess that average movie goer. It;s not THEIR superman. It's not the Superman THEY grew up with.
I still think, no, I KNOW, that Im going to love it.
Most of these people know the DC icons based on their media adaptations only and you and I both know how dramatically different those could be from a lot of the comic books at times because you & I have been big DC Comics fans for years.
Bryan Singer's Superman and Richard Donner's Superman were both different from each other despite shallow similarities & both were very different from many comic book incarnations of the character including the most mainstream version available when those movies were each in production and the critics still liked them well enough.
So much for them caring about the integrity of the "real Superman" like they claim to do. The "real" Superman was the champion of the opressed Siegel and Shuster created in the 1930's. That Superman has been gone for decades now and his basic story has evolved in many other ways over the years like any other icon of fiction (Ie: Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, even Batman).
Smallville, Injustice, Justice League TAS, golden age comics, silver age comics, 80's and 90's comics, modern age comics, else worlds like Red Son, Speeding Bullets and Secret Identity, the new Earth One universe in the DC multi verse, All-Star Superman etc. all feature conflicting interpretations of the character with many key differences but they all still had the "spirit" of Superman contained and were all worthy interpretations in their own right.
One thing people forget about the DC icons is their epic nature leaves them very flexible to different yet valid interpretations across all media because they are ever evolving characters and have been since the early 40's. Unlike the Marvels who stay set in their ways for the most part since the 60's. That's always been one of the key differences between both companies. Even now with The New 52 we have yet ANOTHER evolution in the creative history of Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Superman that is pretty distinct from past versions of those characters.
As long as it keeps with the themes of the characters 70 year history & as long as it uses elements from that 70 year history in ways that make sense with this new narrative I'll be ok. I'm not expecting "MY Superman" I'm expecting to see Zack Snyder and David Goyer's take on Superman. I just hope it does justice and is another worthy addition to the mythos in the end.
