They were called "Action Heroes" for a reason and considering they do things that in real life that would get a regular person killed, its not unfair to call them as much.
>The Bible
capeshit >Greek Pantheon
capeshit >Gunslingers in the Wild West
capeshit on horseback >King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
medieval capeshit >William Shakespeare
capeshit and historical fanfiction
The point of capeshit is to have it reflect thenworld readers live in, not a utopia that can only exist with godlike figures doing everything for them.
It's not necessarily that superheroes are outdated, but many of the conventions of the genre just don't really make sense anymore. Clark being a reporter is integral to his character and always has been. Golden Age, it was to hear about issues sooner rather than later, because as Superman he wanted to fix them. As time went on, it became because it gave him a normal life, or because he wanted a way to do good that did not actually rely on his superpowers. Bronze Age "intrepid reporter Clark Kent fights corrupt bussinessman Lex Luthor, the enemy of Superman" again makes perfect sense: there is a coherent reason that element is there, and it allows for natural storytelling.
Why is Clark a reporter today? Because Clark is a reporter. That's just who he is. And no comic writer is going to actually go through the trouble of writing about the actual issues in the media landscape today, portraying what it would really be like for a guy like Clark to be in the news business today. There is the scaffolding, but no character work. So these symbols just get shuffled around, but they don't really mean anything, and what we get feels hollow.
Realistically, that should make Clark either a social media gaynor a news anchor by this point because reporting based news is a thing of the past now.
Reporters/journalists are opportunistic scumbags. Very few are actually looking to do good.
If you wanted a genuine modern Clark, he'd either be trapped in Buzzfeed style hell, or governments would be trying to kill him like they did reporter for the Panama Papers (Daphne Caruana Galizia). Is any comic writer going to really sit down and actually portray (a fictionalized version of) the world we inhabit? Would any of them really care? Or is it just a holdover from an earlier time that nobody knows what to do with anymore?
There are plenty of holdovers like that for plenty of characters: things that COULD easily be used for good storytelling, if the writers were interested in storytelling. But I think nowadays the symbols of the characters are favored over the characters themselves.
They could’ve reimagined the Daily Planet as a tv news network. Lois is the on the field reporter. Jimmy’s the cameraman. And Clark’s the guy in the van.
If the whole premise of Clark Kent is Superman being able to chill with normal humans as a normal human, getting a "job" that just puts you smack in the middle of disasters, crimes and other dramatic shit seems like a stupid idea.
Literally the most popular media in the world still moron OP
Just Spider-Man and Batman again. Superhero movies as a whole are out of style.
GOTG3 and BP2 made more money than the last Batman and Spider-Man movies
No Way Home made a billion dollars, dude.
He's probably referring to Miles, and NWH was a drop short of 2 billion.
Superheroes have existed since mankind learned how to tell stories, anon. It’s all been capeshit since the beginning.
This. Hercules. Gilgamesh. Achilles. Persons. All basically the first superheroes.
Those stories weren't held back by prissy sensibilities
Robocop and Demolition Man are superhero movies then. They even have “hero” names. Rambo and Die Hard too.
They were called "Action Heroes" for a reason and considering they do things that in real life that would get a regular person killed, its not unfair to call them as much.
Anime too. Dragon Ball, Naruto, Bleach and even Demon Slayer. All can be argued as superhero stories.
Exactly. Shonen shit is cut from the same cloth.
>The Bible
capeshit
>Greek Pantheon
capeshit
>Gunslingers in the Wild West
capeshit on horseback
>King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
medieval capeshit
>William Shakespeare
capeshit and historical fanfiction
OP BTFO again
Then why are they so interesting, while capeshit is boring as frick. Even kids today don't read capeshit.
Here's hoping other genres make a comeback in America.
They need to have them stop protecting the status quo and start working toward a better future.
That’s gay. Both are gay.
No it didn’t.
For gay, see pic.
The point of capeshit is to have it reflect thenworld readers live in, not a utopia that can only exist with godlike figures doing everything for them.
It's not necessarily that superheroes are outdated, but many of the conventions of the genre just don't really make sense anymore. Clark being a reporter is integral to his character and always has been. Golden Age, it was to hear about issues sooner rather than later, because as Superman he wanted to fix them. As time went on, it became because it gave him a normal life, or because he wanted a way to do good that did not actually rely on his superpowers. Bronze Age "intrepid reporter Clark Kent fights corrupt bussinessman Lex Luthor, the enemy of Superman" again makes perfect sense: there is a coherent reason that element is there, and it allows for natural storytelling.
Why is Clark a reporter today? Because Clark is a reporter. That's just who he is. And no comic writer is going to actually go through the trouble of writing about the actual issues in the media landscape today, portraying what it would really be like for a guy like Clark to be in the news business today. There is the scaffolding, but no character work. So these symbols just get shuffled around, but they don't really mean anything, and what we get feels hollow.
Realistically, that should make Clark either a social media gaynor a news anchor by this point because reporting based news is a thing of the past now.
Reporters/journalists are opportunistic scumbags. Very few are actually looking to do good.
If you wanted a genuine modern Clark, he'd either be trapped in Buzzfeed style hell, or governments would be trying to kill him like they did reporter for the Panama Papers (Daphne Caruana Galizia). Is any comic writer going to really sit down and actually portray (a fictionalized version of) the world we inhabit? Would any of them really care? Or is it just a holdover from an earlier time that nobody knows what to do with anymore?
There are plenty of holdovers like that for plenty of characters: things that COULD easily be used for good storytelling, if the writers were interested in storytelling. But I think nowadays the symbols of the characters are favored over the characters themselves.
They could’ve reimagined the Daily Planet as a tv news network. Lois is the on the field reporter. Jimmy’s the cameraman. And Clark’s the guy in the van.
If the whole premise of Clark Kent is Superman being able to chill with normal humans as a normal human, getting a "job" that just puts you smack in the middle of disasters, crimes and other dramatic shit seems like a stupid idea.