This video comes from an apparently somewhat drunken Max Landis (writer of Chronicle and son to the great John Landis). I found it to be hilarious and completely insane.
However I did take issue with a few things that might be nit-picky but are fundamentally wrong. Couldn't let it lie...
If you watch the video you'll see my points go in chronological order...yes, I'm THAT anal.
1. People DO care about Superman because he's awesome. He's a metaphorical God in the same vein of Hercules and people have still cared for CENTURIES about Hercules. He's relatable because he's the best of what we want to be. Take away all the powers, he's a GOOD man. He's a mirror of humanity for what we could, should, and want to be.
2. I disagree that his powers are that basic. Rogue did NOT have invincibility...at least not in the way that Superman does. She was strong...but they just didn't have the same powers. Superman's powers are unique in the sense that I would argue that no one wants to directly copy them because they'd be called out for it. The only person that comes close is the Gladiator from Marvel Comics...NOT Rogue.
3. Powergirl was not on the Justice League team that confronted Doomsday.
4. Booster Gold didn't hit outer space, he was still in our atmosphere when Superman caught him.
5. Superman didn't leave Doomsday deep within the lake thinking the fight was over. Doomsday was wreaking havoc left and right. So part of the interest of the fight was that while Superman was trying to put Doomsday down and continue to protect innocents, he was also constantly trying to put out fires. He put Doomsday deep into the soft-bed of the lake hoping it would slow him down for even a few minutes.
6. MAXIMA fought Doomsday with the Guardian and Superman...I don't know who TITANIA is or anything about a bone being put through her nose. MAXIMA got blown up (survived), but didn't get a bone through her nose.
7. Superman's frat-boy mentality: Superman had constantly thrown everything at Doomsday during the course of their epic fight. He used speed, flight, heat vision, everything he had at this creature from the get-go. Anything he could use as an advantage. Clark Kent TRIED. It didn't work. NOTHING worked. It came down to a straight brawl because that was the only thing to stop Doomsday's indomitable power. Of his strongest powers, Superman's strength is obviously his most powerful tool. It came down to that. Who could hit the hardest and stay up longest. Because he tried to fly Doomsday into space only to get his ass kicked for trying. Superman tried everything. It came down to the fight happening so fast and people getting hurt so easily, Superman was forced to be as brutal as his opponent and just simply rely on his fists and his ability to take a punch.
8. I LOVED the Superboy segment...not a nitpick...just loved it.
9. Steel was NOT overweight.
10. Superman wasn't in any kind of space coma...he simply had used all of his energy reserves. Superman get's his energy from the sun... he can eat anything he wants and never gain a pound because food doesn't effect him. After his fight with Doomsday, if they had just left him out in the sun he'd have been up in a day or two. He was simply depleted. Very nitpicky.
ALL of this being said, Max is right in the end. Superman's death wasn't about killing Superman...it inevitably killed DEATH. It allowed too many characters to come back to life. DC Comics has used this as a crutch ever since. To unsurprising and excessively depressing effect.
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