From notintehface's blog:
"We've made Superman such an iconic figure over the years that we've lost some of the character and the ability to tell stories with that character," said Dan DiDio, co-publisher at DC. "There's so much continuity that's been built on this character. We really wanted to get a Superman that is more accessible to the audience."
(emphasis notintheface's)
Words fail me. I mean what the fuck? DC seriously think that an iconic character is not accessible? Do they not know what iconic means? Do they not see the thousands of people wearing S shields on their jumpers, vest and t-shirts, with the key rings? If they think the story is too continuity heavy you remove the minor stories, - the 1000 yr war on another dimension. The insect queen. World of New Krypton. A fortress in the Amazon. You remove the minor characters, not the main ones. Not Lois, his parents and his humanity.
Superman too iconic to be accessible my hairy fat arse.
"We've made Superman such an iconic figure over the years that we've lost some of the character and the ability to tell stories with that character," said Dan DiDio, co-publisher at DC. "There's so much continuity that's been built on this character. We really wanted to get a Superman that is more accessible to the audience."
(emphasis notintheface's)
Words fail me. I mean what the fuck? DC seriously think that an iconic character is not accessible? Do they not know what iconic means? Do they not see the thousands of people wearing S shields on their jumpers, vest and t-shirts, with the key rings? If they think the story is too continuity heavy you remove the minor stories, - the 1000 yr war on another dimension. The insect queen. World of New Krypton. A fortress in the Amazon. You remove the minor characters, not the main ones. Not Lois, his parents and his humanity.
Superman too iconic to be accessible my hairy fat arse.
Yup. It's too hard to tell stories about a happily married man apparently. They need some more "angst" and lots of it.
ReplyDeleteGood writing has not occurred to them, I suppose.