We really have a problem of not being able to move past 'franchises' in the West don't we?
I mean in Asia they make new characters every week, they just merchandise off a successful series. I can still get merch off series like Stein's Gate and FMA Brotherhood and they'll not be in a bargin bin or in this case, landfill because people still have a good, positive impression off that series decades on from it finishing.
Yep. They can release new merch of a 10 year old anime. As long as good quality and price is right, itll sell. Meanwhile.. all the dc, marvel, disney crap goes to clearance or bargin bin.
That's the symptom, not the problem. The problem is that the degenerate left has successfully seized gatekeeping positions. They are simultaneously dependent on and resentful of the old works because they are blasphemous against their ideology, but their ideology can only create ugliness to replace it.
...the 'Absolute' universe was created, allowing the writers at DC to offer up their imaginings of these characters.
Why on Earth would anyone want such a thing?
Instead of Batman being a rich billionaire who watched his parents get murdered, he's the lower-middle-class orphan...
So...not Batman.
Wonder Woman isn't a creation of clay raised on the utopian island of Themyscira anymore. In this universe, she was cursed by the gods and raised in Hell.
So...not Wonder Woman.
...Superman...In this version, the 'S' represents the members of Krypton's lower class, who suffered under the upper class which led to the destruction of the planet....this Superman is described as "a little bit of an outlaw and much more of an underdog..."
Hey, I have an idea! Let's make a new Star Trek where an alternate universe version of the second most important character, Spock, who is known for never being emotional -- now hear me out -- gets emotional all the time! It'll be great! Subverted expectations!
Well, they would, but every time they try, they fail. I wonder why... Japan manages to do it every single season, so it can't be the market that's at fault, market's working just fine...
Behold the genius of Black [AF] by Kwanza Osajyefo, published by Black Mask comics!
“A young black person gets shot by police. This time, he gets up, discovering that he’s more powerful than he ever could have imagined.
In a time when the African-American community’s fraught relationship with the police is making headlines across the world, BLACK is shaping up to be a superhero comic ripped right out of some of modern America’s biggest social issues.”
-io9
It's because Marvel and DC employ shit writers. If you want good comics you don't read Marvel or DC.
There's plenty of relatively new superheroes, they just aren't in Marvel or DC.
I swear to god the western comic industry would improve my orders of magnitude if everyone involved in Marvel and DC just dropped off the face of the earth. Those two publishers are holding the industry back so hard.
Instead of Batman being a rich billionaire who watched his parents get murdered, he's the lower-middle-class orphan who relies more on gadgets than martial arts.
That's retarded. Even if you weren't slapping Batman's name on this not-Batman character, why wouldn't your lower-middle-class orphan rely on martial arts over gadgets?
We really have a problem of not being able to move past 'franchises' in the West don't we?
I mean in Asia they make new characters every week, they just merchandise off a successful series. I can still get merch off series like Stein's Gate and FMA Brotherhood and they'll not be in a bargin bin or in this case, landfill because people still have a good, positive impression off that series decades on from it finishing.
Yet another case of investors ruining everything.
Yep. They can release new merch of a 10 year old anime. As long as good quality and price is right, itll sell. Meanwhile.. all the dc, marvel, disney crap goes to clearance or bargin bin.
That's the symptom, not the problem. The problem is that the degenerate left has successfully seized gatekeeping positions. They are simultaneously dependent on and resentful of the old works because they are blasphemous against their ideology, but their ideology can only create ugliness to replace it.
Why on Earth would anyone want such a thing?
So...not Batman.
So...not Wonder Woman.
So...not Superman. Definitely not Superman.
Oh, fuck right off.
Fun fact: one of Simon & Schuster's original Superman stories is about him fighting to keep America from entering WWII against the Nazis.
Hey, I have an idea! Let's make a new Star Trek where an alternate universe version of the second most important character, Spock, who is known for never being emotional -- now hear me out -- gets emotional all the time! It'll be great! Subverted expectations!
Subversion is hostility.
So recast Spock as a blue haired Romulan lesbian played by Rachel Zegler?
We should also have him maroon Kirk on an ice planet with monsters that try to kill him the second he steps out of the escape pod.
That's absolutely something someone who operates on pure logic and follows all laws and regulations would do.
Absolute Trash
That thread title is a fucking war crime.
Yeah... sorry about that. Thought it'd be best to just get the main points out instead of functionally making clickbait.
They need to just make new superheros.
Well, they would, but every time they try, they fail. I wonder why... Japan manages to do it every single season, so it can't be the market that's at fault, market's working just fine...
Oh they did make new characters!
Behold the genius of Black [AF] by Kwanza Osajyefo, published by Black Mask comics!
It's because Marvel and DC employ shit writers. If you want good comics you don't read Marvel or DC.
There's plenty of relatively new superheroes, they just aren't in Marvel or DC.
I swear to god the western comic industry would improve my orders of magnitude if everyone involved in Marvel and DC just dropped off the face of the earth. Those two publishers are holding the industry back so hard.
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Direct: https://www.latintimes.com/new-superman-officially-embraces-his-status-immigrant-564108
Breakdown by NotTheBee: https://archive.ph/PKeey
That's retarded. Even if you weren't slapping Batman's name on this not-Batman character, why wouldn't your lower-middle-class orphan rely on martial arts over gadgets?
Yea, I’ve seen reviews of Absolute Batman. It has interesting concepts but it’s Crazy Steve all over again. He uses a fucking ax to chop villains!
Is this...are they are actually saying "in a hell universe made by pure evil, the "heroes" are illegals, poor people, and literal demons"?
I mean, that makes sense, but I don't think that's the angle they want to go...
Thanks, i hate it..