I have seen this posted in the Two True Freaks group. I don't know how much of it is stems from honest analysis and how much of it is from anti-MOS backlash. I liked MOS quite a bit, and thought that Superman was the light in the darkness of that film. The Superman I grew up with was the post-Crisis Superman, who was not the smiling father figure type of the Pre-Crisis era. This idea that "this is how Superman SHOULD be!" is pretty meaningless to me; who is this guy to say how Superman "should" be? I mean, it's food for thought; DC movies have tended to be less fun and more dark than the Marvel movies, but these darker films have been very successful financially for DC. So obviously there is an audience for them even if certain segments of comics fans rail against them.
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 11:43:31 AM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: > Argument: Thor Is the New > Superman<http://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/04/Argument-Thor-Is-the-New-Superman/> > > *Thor* and its sequel *Thor: The Dark World* have done well in movie > theaters. Fans have likewise found that titular character appealing in the > Avengers movies. > > *The Man of Steel*, the most recent Superman movie, however, has not done > as well. Nor have many other DC movies. In the *National Post*, *Steve > Murray argues > <http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/01/03/cultural-lessons-of-2013-thor-is-the-new-superman/>*that > this is because Superman and Batman, the two biggest DC movie > characters, have lost a common connection with humanity: > > Thor smiles; naturally, even. The new Superman smiles with sad eyes, like > it’s a bone thrown to the audience to let them know that this isn’t just a > flying Batman. Thor battles the bad guys with a sense of fun, even though, > and here’s the interesting part, he’s a warrior who surely kills people. > So, do I have a double standard here? Why is it OK for fictional alien > do-gooder No. 1 to kill people and not the other guy? Well, it’s all in the > execution, so to speak. Superman unleashed holy hell in a dark, painfully > contrived, no-win scenario, culminating in a disturbing snapping of a > person’s neck. Thor threw his super-hammer at a rock monster in a daylight > battle, smashing it to pieces, and then delivering a fun quip. Did that > rock monster have a rock family? A little rock monster at home, wondering > where rock daddy is? I don’t know. Who cares? It was gleeful and ludicrous > and unreal, like a comic book. Bloodless and bright. > > Thor is fun, the way Superman should be; his cape is a bright, hopeful red > and you want to hang out with him. The Superman in *Man of Steel* is a > guy you want to keep your distance from, more coldly alien than the > Asgardian who just arrived here. They’re both immigrants to Earth, but > even though the *Man of Steel* Superman was raised here, Thor feels more > connected to humans in his movies, more their champion. More their Superman. > > *Do you agree with this analysis?* > > -via Jeremy > Barker<https://twitter.com/PoppedCulture/status/419223857157791744> > > (Image: Steve Murray) > > > Source: > http://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/04/Argument-Thor-Is-the-New-Superman/ > > (via Mr. Reader <http://www.curioustimes.de/mrreader>) > > > Sent from my iPad > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
