DC comics reboot - 09/01/11 01:47 AM
So apparently the reboot is out there online, but doesn't look good. Here's a blurb from an article on NPR:
:rolleyes: , right?
I liked the article's writer for this too:
And the whole article if you're interested.
Anyone got their hands, er eyes (since it's just available online so far) on this yet? What do you think?
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Hold up — "Angrier" Superman?
Yes.
I know.
Since when is "angry" Superman's thing?
Since never.
Because it isn't.
It really, really, really isn't.
Yes.
I know.
Since when is "angry" Superman's thing?
Since never.
Because it isn't.
It really, really, really isn't.
I liked the article's writer for this too:
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3. I do worry that an "angrier, more brash" approach to characterization — coupled with news that the Superman who'll be re-introduced in next week's Action Comics #1 will be a "younger, more brooding" version — collectively augurs a return to the bad old days of the 90s, when "grim and gritty" superheroes ruled the day.
[Lengthy, frothing "SUPERMAN DOES NOT BROOD, DAMMIT" rant redacted in the interest of brevity and blood pressure.]
[Lengthy, frothing "SUPERMAN DOES NOT BROOD, DAMMIT" rant redacted in the interest of brevity and blood pressure.]
And the whole article if you're interested.
Anyone got their hands, er eyes (since it's just available online so far) on this yet? What do you think?