So I Watched My Adventures with Superman 

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Lois: "How did you know you were bulletproof? Clark: "I didn't I just knew you weren't." After this exchange I was absolutely sold.

I really hate the modern perception that Superman is boring. He really isn't. He's a chill, caring person with layers and humanity. He loves his home, and he's a hero because he wants to use his powers to help others. He's not perfect either; he makes mistakes and is called out on them by members of the Justice League. But he always strives to give people hope and encourages them to be better. Superman vs. The Elite really highlights the difference between Superman and morally gray heroes who do things like kill the bad guys, and why we don't want Superman to be so morally gray. He's set the standard for all other heroes and inspired them.

Wasn't part of that Snyder quote at the beginning a Manchester Black quote? To which Superman responded something like "I'm glad. Because dreams uplift us, keep us accountable. But your world would be nothing but nightmare."

There is a meme out there about RPG games where you can do whatever you wish and someone questions why someone would pick the supposedly boring good path. The response is that their power fantasy is being able to help everyone. We need more writers with that mindset.

I'd say that the biggest flaw of this show is how everything in this show has to rush into plotlines like the multiverse despite it being the first season. I get that the show was saved from the chopping block but the multiverse is something that shouldn't be rushed into

Todd bloody MacFarlane has no right to criticize Superman’s strength and perfection when he ended his original Spawn series by having his titular character throw down with God *_and_* Satan, hold his own, and then let them win because he called them babies.

I remember watching reactors to My Hero Academia fawn over All Might when the anime first aired years ago, feels like people do want a hero who is a shining light to the world. We just have to give it to them.

I feel like a lot of people don't get that being a good person who does good things isn't easy. It comes with its own struggles, like keeping up an image to uplift others all the while you might be suffering because of something horrible, something sad or because you feel heavily conflicted about a choice you've made or will have to make. And that is something many have to deal with in different fields of work, which is what makes the character's struggle relatable. The context might be fantasy, but that struggle exists everywhere. Despite his powers and alien origins, Superman's still just a normal dude who wants to help.

"You don't make it relevant. You make it inspiring." > this alone will help me on creating my stories and characters

I find it funny that people think writing morally gray characters is more sophisticated or complex than writing characters who adhere to a strong moral code.

Zach Snyder was 20 years late to that party. By the time his movies hit the screen, the flawed hero trope was already an over used cliché. The whole flawed super hero trope only works as a narrative trope if you have the flawless superhero. In other words, Barman can only be the Dark Knight because Superman is the White Knight. When Snyder made his movies, there were no more flawless heroes. We had 2 types of super heroes, the flawed / fallen heroes and MCU's comedians. The original superheroes, the flawless heroes, had been absent from media for almost a decade.

Zach Snyder sounds like Joker, except nowhere near as cool as Joker.

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Lois Lane and Casca from Berserk look very similar. I just hope that they don't go down that story line.

I feel like if Todd Macfarlane’s reasons for disliking superman were more popular than Zac Snyder’s then we’d probably have a lot more well-written, imperfect heroes

When I was young and edgy, yeah, what Snyder says I could agree with. But now, as a much older, wiser, and mature individual, what I like about Superman is that he is precisely the perfect person. As an individual who understands very well my own struggles and flaws and knows the fight against my inner demons, someone like Superman who doesn’t let himself fall into the darkness is someone I can aspire to. Will I ever be like Superman? No, not ever, but I can use the example of the person who just wants to help, no matter how little, as inspiration.

I was pleasantly surprised by how good this show is. The internet bashed it for shallow similarities to other mistakes in media such as Lois getting mad for Clark keeping secrets without realizing that, like you said, and unlike Invincible, this show handled it CORRECTLY. How Jimmy handled it makes him a living call out of Lois. The writers KNOW Lois was unreasonable and so they can write accordingly and it comes out great!

Your older longer video on Superman took me from indifferent on the character to curious about him. Before, I hadn't found him bland because he was a boy scout, but rather because he was ubiquitous. He's so ingrained in culture that I just assumed I'd heard his stories before everywhere else *outside* of Superman. And that there was nothing he could do to entertain or teach. But then I bought All Star Superman, Rebirth, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, and watched a lot of the animations after your video. I grew such an immense love of the character that I feel as though I deprived myself of something fantastic after years of misplaced disinterest. You read a proper Superman comic and you just feel good.

There was an Overly Sarcastic Productions video about "Deconstructing Superman" a little while ago which made the point that you can't really subvert Superman, because Superman *IS* the subversion. A man who, when given near limitless power, _does not abuse it_ , that is the real rarity.

Many times in the show Superman told people that he just wants to help, and he means it, yet it falls on deaf ears with people too afraid, vengeful or crazy to listen. It's like the writers were aware that writing Superman properly would have an impact.

Considering the amount of thirst I've seen over Tomboy Lois I'd say she isn't that defeminized.

This show is a great example that while clever reinterpretation of a character might be interesting, all an iconic character needs to be to be interesting, is for to be allowed to be themselves

The tomboy looks thing makes sense if her dad wanted a boy and she sensed it on some level.

The part that sold the show to me was after Klark and Lois had their fight about Klark keeping his identity secret (an argument that was so much better and logical than the Invincible reveal) and Lois accidentally triggered a robot trap. Klark immediately jumped in front of the robotic turret and tanked the lasers being fired at him. When it ran empty, Lois' first concern was if Klark was OK and asked "How did you know you were bullet proof?" keeping in mind Klark was still figuring out his powers. His response was "I didn't - I just knew you weren't." *That's* what it means to be a hero - what it means for Superman to be Superman.

Current times make me appreciate superman, a good guy bringing hope to humanity. Inspiring everyone to be better.

That moment where Superman cleaned up the city after his fight with Livewire was a perfect scene.

The haircut 😂

Hearing this makes me think that if this series is part of James Gunn's initiative for the upcoming DCU movieverse, then I can see why people are cautiously optimistic about his plans.

One of my favourite parts of the second episode was that after the fight with Livewire, Superman spents about a minute fixing the damage around them as best he could. Superman cares about the collateral. He cares about the street signs and logos. He cares about the people around him that can't defend themselves. That's what makes him a good guy. This directly opposes what we see in other Superman media where he just destroys a city and nobody talks about it. I'm sure on Superman, more than anyone, the deaths of thousands or millions of people would weigh hard on him because he knows there was probably always a better way. The real Superman cares about the damage that comes with fighting villains and takes actions to reduce it as much as possible. It's why I love his character so much. It's great to see an alien does what he can to assimilate into human society but uses all of his skills and abilities to make the world a better place. He can't fix everything but he can definitely handle big threats like supervillains or disasters.

"You don't make him relevant. You make him inspiring" Well, that's the issue. For a lot of people, inspiring characters are not ideals to live up, but expectations to fall short of. That's the real issue Superman and other paragon-like characters have to deal with: the audience's insecurities.

Given that it’s the same people who wrote both Voltron and the She-Ra reboot I recommend keeping your guard up till the end, they both started alright with potential but then went off a cliff halfway through especially the latter with the “Catdora” nonsense in She-Ra.

Clark Kent is nearly ALWAYS portrayed as soft in public. That isnt a criticism...its a feature. Its how he blends in, stays under the radar, is able to be PART of the human race, not separate from it. Only a few iteriations do it differently.

1:48 What's even more ironic about that claptrap is that Spawn himself has actually achieved IMMENSE power keep, eventually winding up at Universal or Multiversal or above levels of power that makes juggling planets on your finger literally look like a subatomic particle juggling an iron atom on its finger.

How depressing is that on some level? We are praising a cartoon about Superman simply for it 'being about Superman'. We actually have to praise writers for being 'bold enough' to make Superman just a nice guy who wants to help people. I actually had to explain to my GF why I love classic Superman so much and why this show was so wonderful to me.

What I hate is she Immediately started attacking Jimmy Olsen because he DARED to keep Superman’s Secret and not snitch. The Fact that she Demands a dude she knew for 3 month tell her his Deepest darkest secret that sits next to his Social Security Number and Paycheck info, and Doesn’t understand Personal Space makes me Gag. Also The reason the Old Superman Lois Jumping out of a Window works compared to this new one is because Clark goes out of his way to Embarrass Lois as he saves her Without revealing his Secret and then Gaslights the hell out of her into believing he never moved and she’s crazy. Thus Punishing Lois Selfish actions

I always think of "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow" when it comes about driving Superman over to the edge. And after what were the worst days of his life he is forced to kill but even if it was for the survival of everyone, he knows he shouldn't be excused for it. Superman ends himself for having broken his vow. He doesn't go "Haha, I am now going to rule the world." He held himself to the highest standards possible and when he failed he erased Superman from the world. I like that story so much that I consider it the canon ending for Superman if for some reason the comics ended.

Yeah Clark's portrayal is one of the biggest strengths of the show, despite his weak points(The villains are probably my biggest gripe). It is refreshing to see a show not being afraid or ashamed of showcasing how Superman really is and doesn't need to be turned into an edgelord to be a great character

I'm loving this show so far. Particularly the characters. Clark saving lois from a machine gun, not knowing if the bullets will kill him. Getting the secret identity out of the way. And my favourite part when Parasite asks Superman what's his angle. And he says, "Is it so hard to imagine that some people just want to help?"

The turning point for me of the show. Was when Superman cleaned up the mess him and Livewire made. That was my Superman fixing up what he did and not destroying an entire city to battle Zod.

I think there's a good reason people like Lois in this show. And no, being a hot tomboy helps, but it's not enough to get genuine love. She'd be a fad if she was just a tomboy, but positive reception and retention says there's more to her than that.

Being righteous is hardly boring, especially if you explore the inner turmoil of keeping up such appearances and trying to really walk the walk. Being truly righteous, is considered impossible by those with low morale standards. So it's really not by accident that modern Hollywood writers think like this. Don't blame them, it was their environment. Decades of moral indignities and no justice.

I like this show because they understand the Superman mythos so completely, so thoroughly that they’ve been able to both subvert and keep true to it at the same time. These are the stories of Clark, Lois and Jimmy if they had met about 5 years before they met in the comics or any other movie about him. Clark/Superman proved the core truth: He does good because he wants to, not because he can and has the power to do so without harm. Lois is the headstrong young woman we’ve always known. Her instincts are there, she lacks the experience. Better still, she actually discovers the link beyond Clark and Superman pretty much on her own. And Jimmy…oh, Jimmy. We get the same means well slightly foolish (okay, very foolish) goody sidekick. But he’s fleshed out. When Clark begins to show more interest in Lois, he feels left out; the third musketeer turned fifth wheel. Is he bitter about it? Definitely! Does he turn evil? Nah, it IS Jimmy we’re talking about. Oh, learning Clark is Superman? He sussed that way back at the start of college (when your roomie keeps breaking alarm clocks and door handles, you tend to notice) he just never said anything because he trusted Clark enough to reveal it when he felt like it. Is he still bumbling but well-meaning? Yes, this IS Jimmy we’re talking about after all. But us he an idiot? Not at all. ADHD perhaps but hardly stupid. The bad guys are bad but come from an understandable point; a group of mostly friends who manage to get (get given?) the tech that gives them powers and probably come from a low enough socioeconomic origin that their immediate thought is use the power to commit crimes. We meet the real villains a bit later, and even then we see things that could make them somewhat sympathetic. Then there’s the really big question? How can we have Superman adventures and not have a Lex Luthor? We’ve already met him.

I'm glad to hear that there are still people who know who Superman is. It's easy to forget the power of a genuinely good person... until you don't have them anymore.

What I love is Death Stroke saying "We're the 'good guy'" and Clark saying "I'm just here to help" (Just a thing Superman would say). :)

It is definitely a refreshing experience, considering how far most superhero media has fallen. You can almost forgive the tumblr nonsense that's everywhere completely just because of how wholesome Superman gets to be. I love this show, it's got its issues but overall I think it's done well so far. Fingers crossed it doesn't take a nosedive a season or two from now

Todd McFarlane calling Superman OP is funny as hell when spawn literally killed God. Like thats not absolutely broken 💀

You had me in the first part and then you immediately lost me by saying lois was defeminized just for having short hair. Say sike right now. I legit cant tell if youre joking or not. Edit: it got worse.

Besides some questionable angst from his backstory, Snyder's Superman still acts pretty close to a white knight in his movies. Closest thing to "dark" is snapping Zod's neck, but like most villains, Zod was a petty dick.

I felt like this show was proof that you can have the race swap, you can even have the crummy humor. As long as you still produce a decent show that is fun to watch.

Back in the campy days of the 60's and 70's Superman had to outthink his enemies because they allvhad counters to his powers. So he had to use his abilities creatively. Especially against villins like Brainiac and Lex Luthor.

Superman has always embodied the idea that good comes about through conscious action. While wanting to do the right thing and help people if you can is the most uncomplicated moral code, it takes real will to uphold that code. In our frankly frightening and cynical capitalist hellscape of a world it's actually nice to see a character who is this pure of heart stand up and keep his morals *despite* the darkness that surrounds him. Anime himbo Superman, as you said, is *my* Superman.

What I really love about the first season is that the idea that nobody can really be good for its own sake isn't just debunked, it's vilified. Slade and Waller are persuing the right ends, but with evil means, while the parasite is helping with the right means, but to a selfish end. Superman's goal of goodness for its own sake is as alien to the villians as he is.

Great analysis. You are the opposite of someone like Professor Geek: He just dismissed the series and ranted and complain without really giving the series a chance. You actually took the time to watch the first few episodes and analysis the pros and cons. You gave the show a chance. I was skeptical at first, but now I can't wait for S2. This show is very good and actually respects the character of Superman.

6:38 in episode 1... that kind of *is* Lois. But she does suffer for it. And Clark calls her on her lies that could put them all in danger. It has all the timblrite quirky-pop, but damn if it isnt the "Superman saves cats in a tree" style that we all loved from Christopher Reeves. It's such a shockingly appealing series, given the background of the creators. It's almost... dare i say it... "woke done right."

After seeing bad news, internet drama that never ends, and terrible people pretending to be generous just to earn things like views. I want to sit down and watch a show with characters who are genuinely good people with an interesting story, dwelling on negativity just isn't healthy.

Funny how Superman is still known around the world almost 90 years later...while I doubt people who didn't grow up in the 90's even know who Spawn is.

Indeed. People forget that Superman isn't good just because he uses his power to help people. He's good because he DOESN'T use the nigh godlike powers bestowed upon him to either dominate or destroy everything and everyone in his path. His moral center is what holds his power in check, preventing him from becoming the very kind of monster he does battle with on the regular. It is easy to forget that the inspiration for Superman literally came from Nietzsche, and his concept of the "Ubermensch," a person who had surpassed the need for traditional morality and was able to construct their own fully functional paradigm from scratch. Many of Nietzsche's ideas have been explored through comics over the years, which is even more interesting when you consider the number of Hebrew-American writers involved in the Golden Age. Modern writers could use a history lesson.

I enjoyed the video, but I feel like 50-60% of the video was you ranting about the hypothetical version of the show you assumed/expected it would be, instead of your thoughts on the show you actually watched. Like, I feel like you're slowly becoming biased to the opposite direction, LD? Please don't become one of those people who see characters like Vi from Arcane and instantly think "Oh, this show is *woke* and therefore *trash*." Becoming obssessed with hating "wokeness" is just as bad as becoming obssessed with loving it.

The thing about having a character like Superman that I disliked wasn't even that he was a good guy, what I disliked was that some of his flaws and weaknesses were inconsistent in a lot of versions of him. Sure a flawed hero with problems or rather a hero who often times will do things that he later regrets, is interesting. But it's also important to have characters that are inspiring while still feeling like a real likeable character. A person can be a good person, wanting to always do what's right and avoid doing what's wrong, they just need to be written in a way that shows that without making it feel like it's forced. Show us a person who does the right thing, show us them being worried about doing what's right. Do not tell us they're right regardless of what they're doing.

It takes a truly strong person to be kind.

I thought it was fitting that lieutenant Junior grade Brad Boimler playing on the holo-deck is a more appropriate adaptation of superman then anything that has come out in the last 15 years.

Being a hero doesn't make you good, being good makes you a hero.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the world needs a man like Superman. Now more than ever. Because even though Superman has superpowers, his greatest power is his ability to inspire people to do the right thing and just because it’s the right thing to do.

I felt the same way about this show. But im happy to be surprised.

To make a compelling a superman story, is to have Clark kent/Superman Struggle with something and to show his inner side, his inner humanity. Unfortunately, sometimes different creators forgets about that, and simply give up on him by saying "We don't know what to do with him". This shows how unimaginative they are in terms of storyline wise.

you said it still had some of those tendencies though, but you never came around to talking about those

I watched. It's better than I expected in the technical level, but I personally didn't like it. I think they swang the pendulum too far from the Snyderverse, to the point of parody. I prefer the true "balanced" animated Superman from DCAU (as in Superman TAS). The other stuff I did not care enough to keep watching. But I can see why many DC fans liked it.

Funny thing, later on in the season the concept of him doing good just because gets touched on. *SPOILERS AHEAD* After he had just got done fighting the villain of the week they demand to know why he's doing what he does and what's in it for him. Superman's response, 'Is it so hard to believe some people just want to do good?'

"Superman is boring" Is Hollywood tourist speak for: "I'm too stupid to understand Superman's character and have no interest in reading the source material to get him down and just wanna do something dark and edgy" Schinder and Seth are a blight to DC's legacy and this show is yet another stark example as to what's wrong with the modern day "writer"

Didn't Manchester Black from Superman vs The Elite say something similar to Zack Snyder? Cuz that last part of that quote sounded familiar.

I like my heros to be heros, I like my villains. Anti-Heros are fun some of the time just like anti-villians. But treating the idea of just being a good person wanting to do as much good as possible as something stupid and unrealistic is just stupid and unrealistic. Society wouldn't function very well if everyone is a selfish bastard all the time. Heroes should inspire you to do good.

Wow...someone who ACTUALLY watched it and saw what the writers were going for. Good stuff here. I personally enjoy it. It's mixing Silver Age concepts(League of Lois Lanes, The Newskid Legion, etc) with some modern sensibilities. Heck, the storyline in Zero Day HAS an origin in the 2000s comics, specifically everything involving New Krypton, and to avoid spoilers that's ALL I'm saying about that. More, these are characters who are different takes. The LoLL establishes this is a new universe, not something we've seen before, and I actually like it pointing out some of the more ridiculous things like Lois in most canons having a pulitzer before she's thirty, which is odd, but is there to show how good she is. These are not these characters at their peak, these are all just starting out. This is Slade before he became Deathstroke, the villains are not all organized yet, they're small groups getting together. Even Cadmus is actually a wing of Checkmate(Which implies we'll get Maxwell Lord in this and I am ALL in on that. Man needs another 5 beats to make up for what happened to Ted Kord in the lead into Infinite Crisis). I also like the animation so far. The fights are fast, but punchy. You can feel the impact of blows when done well, especially in the Task Force X fight against Superman, where they mix and match their powers to really lay the pain on the man of soon to be steel, hammering him down, while still showing off he COULD take them, if he were willing to hurt them. Also, nice quotes. I certainly think Neil has far more of a point than the others, as he's almost never missed(Almost never still means he's got a few), and when he hits it out of the park, he hits it into orbit most of the time. Also as far as I know he's never stolen from Alan Moore...like money AND credit. Seth did that. SFDebris covered that in one of the parts of the Rise and Fall of the Comicbook Empire. Regardless of all that, thank you for the video, nice to see someone who actually watched it, and didn't just see three clips with no context and judge it based off those. This writing team, and even this animation house, have done good work, IMO, so far, and they've not let us down...okay except for Voltron's final battle, but that was apparently an executive thing so I don't blame them for it. Epilogue was nice though.

Did you remember first Superman movie, where in the final scene he cant save Lois ? What did he do ? He, ignored his fathers words, used his powers for his own good, cause he cant lose someone close else again. This scene changed my opinion about Superman. He might be Man of Steel, Alien, The Man That Can Fly, but he is MAN, he have superpowers but human heart. Man of Steel did something similar but weaker. In that movie he did it for good of others.

Dude , what have women done to you?

The world of cardboard quote from the JL show is my favorite Superman quote glad you brought it up. And I'm also glad the only one who thinks Lois looks like a boy with eyeliner, I felt like I was going insane seeing everyone simp for her just because she's a tomboy when she looks more like a boy than a tomboy, but whatever, if that's what they're into

My favourite "Superman is a good guy and it works" moment in the show is when, early on, Lois is trying to figure out what would make someone like Superman tick, and what he wants. Clark tries to sneak in a suggestion that maybe he's just a guy who found out that he has these powers and wants to use them to help people, and Lois answers, No, Clark, that is something YOU would do. This achieves three things at once. One, it confirms what we know of Superman's motivation. Two, it confirms that Clark really is a nice guy in the eyes of those who know him, and not just the dweeb that he has been made even long before the woke age. Three, it tells us that Lois is falling for Clark, which will have a great part in stories to come. This is briliant. And, four, it is funny.

Seeing the magical girl transformation and the fact Superman has to charge up what looks like the Speed Force before using his powers was enough to keep me from watching this. That and the race swaps and butch looking Lois.

9:02 The protagonist making the situation worse is always hilarious! For example, Aqua from Konosuba. They're fighting the Undead, whose weakness is water. So, She summons a FLOOD to save the city! ...which also destroys the city!

I feel like you went a little too hard on how bad other media is in an episode supposed to be about Superman but good essay nonetheless!

Superman is the “man of tomorrow”. He is the evolved man who comes from an evolved society. It has been a long time since a writer understood Superman and wrote him.

Zach Snyder is so cool, he's ruined every last fun character. Yay! The world is bad, so our escapism should be bad too, and that way we can never ever escape! Yayyyyyyy, thank you Zach!

Todd McFarland talking about why Superman sucks while writing Spawn, is one of the most laughable things I've seen in years.

I'm not sure why all these 30-50 year old writers have so much disdain for the very concept of escapism. Snyder and McFarlane only seem to have surface level understandings of super heroes... Which honestly explains "Mommy Issues the Movie" and the entire 90s anti-hero genre. The best of superman is when he lets the audience see behind his perfect curtain to see how miserable he is and all he wants is a normal family, but he can't bring himself to just walk away from problems he is the most capable of solveing. Most of the big name heroes are the same way.

People misjudge Supes because these people saw their in real life heroes fall short. Superman embodies what every human should aspire too. What we can achieve if we set aside all the negatives and persue good. Thats a good thing, and to constantly tear it down leads to a jaded society. Modern society has become undone by the deconstruction of the 'do good' aspiration. Its now a what can i get from doing something society.

This show did the bare minimum as an "authentic" Superman story (albeit some questionable design choices) but in the current landscape for American superheroes, it's damn worthy of praise.

I've never liked the whole "throwing herself off a building trope" but i think this shows version is the most egregious I've ever seen and completely soured me on her. Just left a bitter taste in my mouth

Well, that's wonderful... but I'm still giving this show a pass. I cannot stand the fact that our current gender confused culture is so ignorant on what a "Tomboy" is, it uses that term on any woman who can pass as a fifteen-year-old boy. Still, a good Superman is hard to find & maybe Literature Devil's points here might have swayed me.... Then I learned about the "League of Lois Lanes." That's a big "Nope" from me. Because that shows that: A) These writers are STILL operating on the baseline that a "real" Superman should turn into an evil tyrant. B) Reed Richards, the smartest man in the Marvel Universe forming a club with other Reed Richards from across the Multiverse, that makes sense. Lois Lane? Sorry but she does not qualify for that kind of thing. That's not accurate to her character in ANY way. C) Multiverse.... within the first season. That's a big giant RED FLAG waving for everyone to see. Multiverse & Time Travel are always bad ideas. Making it part of the foundation of your first season, multiplies the level of bad decision. All of these are just warnings that this is inevitably just another "bait & switch." They are just getting a little more clever with their bait. So everybody else is welcome to enjoy it, that's their privilege, even if it wasn't garbage it wouldn't be for me anyway.

"Starbucks parishioners." 🤣

4:32 I don't know anyone who thinks Injustice Superman is "cool" or that's how the character should be, except for maybe Ed Boon. Most Superman and comicbook fans hate that version, because it's so out of character it's not even funny. I have seen some people try to justify it as an elseworld/what-if... and I counter that argument with Kingdom Come; the comic in which Injustice is based on. The very same comic where Superman remains the bastion of virtue and a paragon of good, and ends the story as the saviour. But regardless, nobody thinks that's how Superman should be outside of elseworlds. Even Zack Snyder's Superman still tried to do the right thing. Even when WB forced Zack to make Superman dark and brooding like Nolan's Batman (WB even hired Goyer and Nolan to write and produce).

Clark Kent has always being a masive Dork from rural town trying to do the right thing in most of the good adaptation of the Character. So this version being a Himbo boy scout is not that far off from his usual persona. Remember that (contrary to Batman) Superman is the mask, not the other way around, Dorky Clark is his real self.

One thing that can be great about better representation in writing is that it gets us away from tokenization. In a 20-year-back version of this show, Lois might have been the only female character in the show. Having a plotline in which she does dumb, irresponsible things and then apologizes for it probably would have come across as a "Women are weak" theme, because she is "THE woman". But in a world where all people are safely respected from all cultures, as *individuals* and not a token representation of their demographic, it's much more cleanly seen as "This *character* is weak".

i feel like you could've said all this without pretending masculine men are being oppressed. otherwise most of ur critiques were valid and well presented. yay giving clark kent his agency back and holding lois accountable!

With all due respect, in my opinion, this isn't "the" Superman - merely a variant of the OG. OG Lois is a seeker and preserver of truth, no matter what her status is. This version is about her recognition and ambition regardless of the consequences of the choices she makes; vainglorious.

I have my issues with the series I also went into it out of morbid curiosity with my expectations well and truly low because of modern writing, but I am very glad Clark acts like himself, that he's just a guy trying to help with no other motive and he's not mocked for it. That he isn't thrown under the bus for other characters to step on and "make a point" I hope he developed further in a positive direction, where he's a bit more confidant and assertive without being over the top.

I love your content! I really enjoyed this show. One minor criticism I had was that the episode where you advertise a wifu book is a really weird episode to complain about romance tropes and anime tropes in a show.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Maybe someone will make a time machine to undo the damage

That quote from Superman from Justice League Unlimited is *the* definitive quote to me when it comes to understanding Superman as a character, like how "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" was for me when it came to Batman's character. It just perfectly encapsulates everything about Superman. Seriously, people give kids cartoons flack yet it did a better job at giving Superman justice than a feature-length live-action film. I should give this show a watch if it does Superman this much justice, even with its less-than-stellar presentation. God the faux anime style is cringy.

I'm not the biggest fan of the Lois re-design but her personality and bounce is really refreshing and appropriate. If The Joker kills this version of Lois Lane... well lets just say whatever Clark does, I understand.

People have the tendency of thinking that being a good, kind person makes you weak and boring. However, this is simply NOT the case! There's a reason the following two sayings were coined: "There are three things a wise man should fear: the sea in the middle of a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." "Demons flee when a good man goes to war."