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Herewith,

dariodevil's polemic on the problems with the more recent takes on Superman (Jeph Loeb, I'm looking at you, you talentless hack).

(11:04:20) Dariodevil: Everyone who doesn't like Superman loves Morrison's Superman. In particular, people love how "the disguise works!" because clumsy dorky Clark Kent slouches so much and looks different and all that.
(11:04:40) Dariodevil: And everyone keeps pointing to the old stuff, the Weisinger stuff, about how THAT'S Superman, that's how it's supposed to be.
(11:04:45) Dariodevil: The stuff the Onion commented on.
(11:05:02) Dariodevil: The stuff that made everyone hate the character by the time the fucking '78 film came out.
(11:05:09) Dariodevil: You know what I remember?
(11:05:39) Dariodevil: I remember the early '90s, when it was widely known that the weekly Superman books were, pound for pound, the best all-around superhero title ever, with a tight continuity and a good supporting cast and a contemporary take on a classic character.
(11:06:13) Dariodevil: All the barnacles were cleaned off the battleship, as John Byrne wanted. The mythos had been streamlined, so its aspects were not punchlines.
(11:06:36) Dariodevil: There were no superpets, no many varieties of kryptonite, no endless supply of kryptonians, no "disguise," none of it.
(11:06:42) Dariodevil: And the loud minority keep screaming.
(11:06:45) Dariodevil: Over and over and over.
(11:06:49) Dariodevil: About how Superman's lost his way.
(11:07:03) Dariodevil: My fucking Superman was a better CHARACTER. He made for better STORIES.
(11:07:09) Dariodevil: But everyone wants him to be a certain way.
(11:07:16) Dariodevil: And then when he is, after six months, they won't care.
(11:07:41) Dariodevil: And then I'll be stuck with fucking dogs in capes and rainbow-colored kryptonite and once again having to defend "an archaic, obselete, tired character that has no relevance in the 21st century."
(11:07:44) Dariodevil: OH, WAIT.
(11:07:48) Dariodevil: IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.