I love when people write these articles like “what’s wrong with Superman” wondering why he isn’t as popular as he was and why Batman and other characters have surpassed him in popularity because they always bring up Christopher Reeve and question why comics and films can’t just make the character like Reeve’s version. And when I say “love” I mean I hate it when people write these articles because they literally answer their own question.
Maybe the reason Superman isn’t as popular as Batman anymore is because while Batman has been allowed to change with the times from West to Keaton to Bale gatekeeping nerds have decided Superman can only be this perpetually smiling two dimensional 50s throw back alpha male.
Thank you so much @teamsupes for saying what I have been trying to put to words for years.
I mean compare the first four Batman films to the first four Superman, even with the critically maligned Batman and Robin you at least still have a film that attempted to go in a bold way that was removed from what Burton did.
Whereas with pretty every Superman from 1983-2006 you have films that tried way to hard to mimic what Donner had done and failed, or succeeded with Donner had done previously but unfortunately don’t stand well as films in their own right (Superman Returns I am looking at you).
Look I love the first two Dick Donner films, I own both of them on Blu-ray and I still find them to be classics after all these years. But, I am so thankful that Zack Snyder came around and went in different directions with the character and lore, here and there.
With both Man Of Steel and Batman V Superman, Snyder really succeeded in making Superman connect with the 21st century in a way that I didn’t think was possible and I am very thankful for that.
I love the Dick Donner films but I have already seen them and can go back to them whenever I want to, I want to see new dimensions of my favorite character explored, dimensions that I know have been seen in many various comics. Burton and Nolan did a great job with their reinterpretation of Batman, so whi is such a problem when Snyder does it with Superman?
Tag: clark kent
I think the Man of Steel sequel should just be about Clark and Lois happily living their life together because lord knows they’ve suffered enough.
entire movie is about them planning for their baby, including creating a nursery and baby proofing their house, and when the baby is born, its a boy and lois decides to name it after Clark’s father. Martha goes full grandma.
I want 50 minutes of that to be Clark and Lois trying to build IKEA furniture.
Okay but remember that video going around of that husband and wife shopping at ikea and the dude just kept making puns out of the furniture names? That but with Lois and Clark.
critics would probably still complain that it’s too dark and gritty and not enough fun
Public: Superman is a danger! He’s only brought destruction and death
Meanwhile Clark Kent: *looking at flowers in the grocery store*
Media: Superman, friend or foe?
Meanwhile Clark Kent: does Lois like roses or tulips?
Government: This alien is a menace! Such a dangerous creature should be locked away or killed!
Meanwhile Clark Kent: you know I think I’ll go with the tulips
Lex Luthor: LOOK AT THIS MONSTER. THIS FALSE GOD. ALL HE WANTS IS TO TURN HUMANITY INTO MINDLESS SLAVES!
Meanwhile Clark Kent: maybe I’ll make dinner tonight too…
Before she learns about his secret identity, Lois Lane
thinks Clark Kent is a goddamn messShe goes to his place to work on a joint article and it
takes her like half an hour to find out that Clark lives in an absolutely
nonfunctional houseShe has to change a lightbulb but there are no stools, no
sufficiently high chairs, no way of reaching the ceiling unless you find a way
to climb the walls. “How the hell do you change your bulbs?” she asks. Clark
mutters something about misplacing the footstool and helps her drag the table
from the kitchen to the living room.Lois watches Clark make lasagna and has to physically
restrain him from pulling the tray out of the oven with his bare hands. “Are
you out of your goddamn MIND?” she yells, scrambling to pull him away on time. “What
are you DOING? WHERE ARE THE OVEN MITTS?” and Clark is just like “Right…..oven
mitts…….. I think I lost them with the uh. footstool” both he and Lois pause
for a moment to engage in a riveting game of Mentally Punch ClarkLois runs into the bathroom to put on a disguise and yells
out, “Where do you keep your razor?” There’s a gust of wind and Clark comes
back with slightly windswept hair. “I got it!” he says with unwarranted
triumph. “It’s right here. The razor I use.” Lois looks at it and it is CLEARLY
recently purchased and never used and she’s just like. I don’t even care
anymoreFor weeks she just assumes Clark is missing some crucial
element in his home and starts stacking her own things all over the place. Lois thinking Clark has no clue how to take care of himself while Clark is Eternally Tormented and has to find ways to keep his identity a secret while living in close quarters, and the slow burn mutual pining roommates AU of my dreams beginsOh my god this is amazingly awesome! Yes please lol
Lol! Omg, yes!!
I literally can’t stop laughing at the lasagna scene, oh my god! LOL
@kookygeekpalace this seems like something that’d be in your fic
“How has this ridiculous human disaster not died yet”
– Lois Lane, probably
Love this sort of domestic chaos situation! 🙂
Reminds me of some early scenes in the comic “Man of Steel” where Lois notes that the weights that Clark leaves lying around (to explain his being in good shape), are actually no heavier than the ones SHE uses herself.
Also the scene in Lois and Clark where Lois visits Clark’s apartment for the first time and discovers his larder is basically made up of everything he likes the taste of, since his body processes ANY food efficiently, so he has cupboards stuffed with sugar-coated marshmallow breakfast cereal and candy bars. As she notes on accidentally seeing him barely dressed; “So, explain something to me. You…You eat like an eight-year-old, and
you look like Mr. Hardbody. What’s your secret, and can I have it?“
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