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Comic book companies won't let go of their old characters

CommandoDudeCommandoDude
edited 2011-09-07 22:32:02 in General
CRIMINAL SCUM!
We get it. Superman. He's been there forever. But put him down already. It's been more then 50 years of this guy and others over and over. Why are you doing a relaunch DC?

This is why I just don't like Western media anymore I guess. They just keep on milking these characters. You see season after season of certain characters in comics and tv shows.

Why do I like anime so much more? Because they finish the story. Even Gundam, which has been making continuities for 30 years now, you don't STILL see Amuro doing shit all the time. In fact, he became more and more pushed out of the spotline in each iteration of the UC calendar series he's in except for Char's Counterattack. We've moved on to new adventures, with new characters to flesh out.

You just can't do that with a 50 year old character.
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Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    We get it. Superman.

    WISC (C = Caring)
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    These character's have legacy, and they print money.

    Everyone likes money. Especially publishers.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    "Why do I like anime so much more? Because they finish the story."

    Doraemon?

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I should mention that if the logic behind this is that old characters never finish their story, then you're just not pissing on superheroes, then there's the big literature characters, like Dracula, Sherlock Holmes.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    Sherlock Holmes finished his story. Remember Reichenbach falls?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-09-07 23:16:45
    You can change. You can.
    Wait, wikipedia wasn't being clear. the Return of Sherlock Holmes is a better argument invalidator.


    foo'
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-09-07 23:19:24
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Doraemon?

    Or Naruto or Bleach or One Piece or *insert Shounen here*.

    Really though, I like anime but this topic reeks of weaboo.
  • MagusMagus
    I'LL STAY MAI HAUNDS...WITH YAU BLAHT
    What does the WIS stand for?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Where I Stopped. 
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-09-07 23:26:24
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Sherlock Holmes came back to life, and he's not dying. If I recall there was a rather popular movie about him that's getting a sequel recently

    WIS=Where I stopped.

    Also, Lupin III, Captain Harlock, Astro Boy.

    I wonder how many times this retarded topic is going to be made by people who have no idea what they're talking about. I'm going to guess about 90 billion, or until all weeaboos get the summary execution for having deviant minds that need to be purged.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    >I'm going to guess about 90 billion, or until all weeaboos get the
    summary execute for having deviant minds that need to be purged.

    For this, I give you the rank of Honorary Commissar. Make the Emperor proud!
  • BobBob
    Lol, Superman.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Gah, one day, I will tie all the superman haters to gether in one big ball of Superman hatred and then force each and every single one of them to read All Star Superman three times to see how they Shut. The. Motherfucking. Fuck. Up.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    That would assume Superman haters have taste.

    Which is obviously wrong.
  • BobBob
    Or you'll just rage so hard about nothing that you'll have an aneurysm and die. My money's on the latter.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Meh, that'd imply that people hating hasn't become something I've been acclimated too.

    But anyway, all I'm saying is that most of the people who claim to hate superman haven't read any story by him. 
  • BobBob
    Which is kind of a stupid assumption.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    OK, have you read a Superman story? An actually good one? Not one of those shitty stuff released during the 90s? 
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Induction makes it a fair one.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Not to mention that I've still yet to hear an argument against Superman beyond the fact that he's "too powerful"

    Bitch, The Flash exists, your argument is invalid.
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-09-07 23:35:32
    So, when defending something, you're allowed to ignore things you know suck? That doesn't seem very fair.

    ^...And?
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    edited 2011-09-07 23:40:09
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    I should mention that if the logic behind this is that old characters never finish their story, then you're just not pissing on superheroes, then there's the big literature characters, like Dracula, Sherlock Holmes.


    Bullshit. Holmes ended at 56 short stories and 4 novellas. And Dracula got stabbed to death at the end of his one and only novel (spoiler warning).

    I love how comic fans always try to muddy the issue by pretending "they keep making new adaptions!" is the exact same thing as the core canon from the original medium going on and on and on. It isn't, so get over it.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    So, when defending something, you're allowed to ignore things you know suck? That doesn't seem very fair.

    Oh, it's aknowledged that Superman's (And western comics in general) quality is incredibly variable, don't get me wrong, but to deny 60 years worth of work simply because there are some bad quality works in there seems pretty lame.

    ...And?

    Normally the argument goes "He's the most powerful character in the DCU. No character can measure up to him in terms of power"
  • BobBob
    So, how does The Flash measure up? Wasn't there an entire comic dedicated to Superman proving he was faster than The Flash?
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^No.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    All the races between the Flash and Superman have been fainted by the Flash or won by the Flash.

    Fact of the matter is that Flash is faster cuz the Speed Force is some sort of hyper mega power thing that allows him to time travel and control other people's speed. in other words, if he wanted Superman to be slow as fuck, then Supes will be slow as fuck, no questions asked except Superman's "whyyyyy" and Flash's trollface.
  • BobBob
    So, you're saying Superman haters should hate The Flash instead?
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    No, we're saying that the 'too powerful' argument is a load of bullshit.

    You're not too powerful when a good deal of the universe is at your power level or higher.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    No, I'm saying that the argument that Superman is "Too powerful and he doesn't have anyone to measure up to" doesn't hold much water. 

    Also, again, everyone should just try a good superman story and see if they don't like it. If they have a problem with the character done right, then there's no problem from me for them disliking them, but most of the time, I often see the same unjustified arguments against Superman. "Bluh blu too powerful bluh bluh unending bluh bluh glasses bluh bluh batman is cooler cuz he doesn't have powers"

    I just want to hear a reasonable anti superman argument. Not even for people to start liking Superman, but for someone to tell me why doesn't he like the character beyond superficial traits.
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-09-07 23:48:26
    ^^Let me get this straight. Because Superman isn't quite as powerful as the universe, he's not too powerful? :3
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