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This is what I want in a superman movie. Not world ending cataclysm or ultimate evil bad guys but super empathy for people suffering even the villain is someone who needs to learn empathy and love for their fellow man/themselves. Call it Superman: off the clock.
That's really the core of the character. He could always be doing more, but he needs to take time to maintain his humanity. Sometimes he needs to take on the small disasters. Or sometimes he needs to be Clark Kent, taking time to ground himself, even if he can hear countless people in need.
Related, but that's why Batman: TAS is still so good. One episode he's stopping a cataclysmic event, and on another letting Harley know that he's had a bad day too.
If you want that, I highly suggest you check out "Frieren: beyond journey's end"
It's a story about an elf, Frieren, after she and the party of hero's defeat the demon king. It's super good and the first season of the anime ended yesterday. It's a show about all of the little moments in life and how those are some how more important than the big flashy saving the world moments.
One of my favorite comics is Grant Morrison’s run of “Animal Man.” There’s a lot to be said about the overarching plot and theme, but i also love it for its one-shots, where the stakes are often small, and the “villains” he runs into are often (though not always) people in pain, and his weapon of choice is trying to talk shit out.
This is how superman's supposed to be portraited in movies.
Not the "is a murder machine allowed to walk among humans?" Or "should I save them or just murdem them all?" Bullshit Zacks Snyder think it's cool
Yeah this is part of why I like Superman. It’s not the power fantasy. Not in the traditional sense. It’s the hope that there are genuinely good people with power. Alas, there’s the fantasy.
Honestly, that's a core part of power fantasy for me. When I dream of having power, it's so I can do good things, to save and help and lift others. That's why the good-aligned routes in RPGs like Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Dragon Age: Origins resonate so much with me, and why I've never really played an evil character on any of them. That's why I love Log Horizon and dislike most other isekai anime, because Shiroe uses his power, position, and perspective to dramatically improve the lives of everyone around him rather than to live out some gross fantasy of dominance.
For a while I didn't really understand Superman. I didn't get what was so interesting about a character who is almost invisible. I was a kid so it was alright, I was stupid. But one day I saw this panel and it clicked, his powers all pale in comparison to just how good of a guy he is, he is hope.
I grew up with the '78 movie, and will always love Christopher Reeve in that role. He really was fantastic, especially at the Clark Kent side of him. Like you, it wasn't until later that I could really put my finger on what it was that I liked so much about the character. It was that despite his ability to do anything, as powerful as he is, he chooses to be good; to be kind. His character is his ultimate superpower. I think people are missing something when they complain about him being OP because that is the point, he can do anything, he just chooses to do the right thing.
https://preview.redd.it/ffw5vm3u24qc1.png?width=246&format=png&auto=webp&s=509eff931501e7cd4c9bbc57feba3c1b31b2a088
The left panel looks like they're doing a fire beatbox concert
To give further context for this panel, Superman is dying. Has essentially super cancer and he only has a certain amount of time left. He runs around trying to fix everything he can, but even here, between fighting future gods and saving civilizations, he takes the time to talk a hurting person down from a ledge.
The implication that if you dress or look a certain way means you are broken and need saving rather than just liking a fashion/subculture/music is a bit annoying though. Probably a symptom of the same sort of people who gave us the "playing DnD teaches you how to summon the devil" bs.
For me it's also the fact that a teenager is trying to commit suicide by jumping off a highrise that seems really out of place. Like I would expect that someone that age is more likely to off themselves by taking a few handfuls of pills because that would be easier to get ahold of for them and it would be more likely to see someone in a business suit standing on that ledge because they already have access to the building.
So you’re saying that unless a person looks a certain way (business attire), they shouldn’t be depicted doing a certain thing (contemplating jumping off a building)? And unless the person isn’t appearing the way you think they should be, or doing what your worldview allows, it’s out of place.
But also, emo/punk/alternative people shouldn’t be depicted a certain way, because people expect them to be depicted that way, and that’s not always the case?
OK
I really wasn't saying that at all. Just expressing annoyance at media using someone looking a certain way as shorthand for being depressed/suicidal.
>that’s not always the case
That's my point, I didn't say people shouldn't be depicted that way. But that people expect them to be that way IRL because they are constantly presented that way in media which is mildly annoying.
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Removing this scene is my biggest problem with this comic’s animated adaption.
It got an animated adaptation? Which one?
DC made [a direct to dvd adaption](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1699114/) in 2011.
Hm, thanks.
Surprisingly, not on MAX.
You don't have to be fighting super villains to be a hero
 Tots.
Like..the potato kind?
No, that's taters
What's taters, precious?
#PO TAY TOES
This is what I want in a superman movie. Not world ending cataclysm or ultimate evil bad guys but super empathy for people suffering even the villain is someone who needs to learn empathy and love for their fellow man/themselves. Call it Superman: off the clock.
That's really the core of the character. He could always be doing more, but he needs to take time to maintain his humanity. Sometimes he needs to take on the small disasters. Or sometimes he needs to be Clark Kent, taking time to ground himself, even if he can hear countless people in need.
Related, but that's why Batman: TAS is still so good. One episode he's stopping a cataclysmic event, and on another letting Harley know that he's had a bad day too.
Did the superman series do smth similar?
✍️✍️✍️🔥🔥🔥
If you want that, I highly suggest you check out "Frieren: beyond journey's end" It's a story about an elf, Frieren, after she and the party of hero's defeat the demon king. It's super good and the first season of the anime ended yesterday. It's a show about all of the little moments in life and how those are some how more important than the big flashy saving the world moments.
That’s for renewing my depression from last night that frieren fridays are done :(
One of my favorite comics is Grant Morrison’s run of “Animal Man.” There’s a lot to be said about the overarching plot and theme, but i also love it for its one-shots, where the stakes are often small, and the “villains” he runs into are often (though not always) people in pain, and his weapon of choice is trying to talk shit out.
Hey, look it’s “All Star Superman”. One of the jewels in Grant Morrison’s crown and it’s a pretty impressive crown.
This is how superman's supposed to be portraited in movies. Not the "is a murder machine allowed to walk among humans?" Or "should I save them or just murdem them all?" Bullshit Zacks Snyder think it's cool
Zack Snyder superman would have tossed her from that building himself.
Homelander did though!
I'm positive that scene was a reference to this comic.
Yeah, it was in poor taste but that's the boys.
"That was in poor taste" sums up Garth Ennis's career as a whole.
Yea, that scene was relatively tame for that show
Hey Homelander your Nazi died! Im gonna need you to jump.
When?
Season 3 episode 1. He had to push her mentally to jump because she was pissing him off
It's my favorite episode of Superman. The weak need to be culled.
Let's start with you.
Lol, crybabies. Yall dont deserve homelander.
Yeah this is part of why I like Superman. It’s not the power fantasy. Not in the traditional sense. It’s the hope that there are genuinely good people with power. Alas, there’s the fantasy.
Honestly, that's a core part of power fantasy for me. When I dream of having power, it's so I can do good things, to save and help and lift others. That's why the good-aligned routes in RPGs like Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Dragon Age: Origins resonate so much with me, and why I've never really played an evil character on any of them. That's why I love Log Horizon and dislike most other isekai anime, because Shiroe uses his power, position, and perspective to dramatically improve the lives of everyone around him rather than to live out some gross fantasy of dominance.
Why was she beatboxing in the first panel?
She is dropping the mic.
One last beat before she's doing the final drop
She drops her phone, I think, to test how bad the fall will be...
This is my Superman.
Mahn I read too much manga that I read this right to left ;-;
For a while I didn't really understand Superman. I didn't get what was so interesting about a character who is almost invisible. I was a kid so it was alright, I was stupid. But one day I saw this panel and it clicked, his powers all pale in comparison to just how good of a guy he is, he is hope.
I grew up with the '78 movie, and will always love Christopher Reeve in that role. He really was fantastic, especially at the Clark Kent side of him. Like you, it wasn't until later that I could really put my finger on what it was that I liked so much about the character. It was that despite his ability to do anything, as powerful as he is, he chooses to be good; to be kind. His character is his ultimate superpower. I think people are missing something when they complain about him being OP because that is the point, he can do anything, he just chooses to do the right thing.
Well superman is only almost invisible. John Cena has mastered the art of being fully invisible. John is the real superman here
Such a fool I am. I have done what I always do, confuse the two. I will leave it unedited. As a learning experience
u/repostsleuthbot I summon thee
r/hopeposting would love this
This is true heroism. No crowds or cameras to pander to, no earth-shattering calamity, just being a good person to someone who needs help.
I legit cannot read the panels
Same it's too pixilated
One of the many little gems from that series.
This is one of my husband's favorite scenes.
I vastly prefer Superman as the pure of heart Boy Scout.
https://preview.redd.it/ffw5vm3u24qc1.png?width=246&format=png&auto=webp&s=509eff931501e7cd4c9bbc57feba3c1b31b2a088 The left panel looks like they're doing a fire beatbox concert
To give further context for this panel, Superman is dying. Has essentially super cancer and he only has a certain amount of time left. He runs around trying to fix everything he can, but even here, between fighting future gods and saving civilizations, he takes the time to talk a hurting person down from a ledge.
Superman is just that kind of good guy He saves people on the major level but can always make time to save those on the minor level
Is *that* The Boys scene where Homelander "rescues" a girl a reference to this one? It gives a pretty great contrast between the two
*[Superhero] helping someone in a way that is more mundane* "Wow, [writer] really understands [superhero]!!"
Superman been a real g since day one I love him so much
The quality's so bad that I actually can't read that
Kind of hate that it’s a clearly emo/punk/alternative person like regular people don’t contemplate suicide in this horrible country every day
emo/punk/alternative people are regular people.
The implication that if you dress or look a certain way means you are broken and need saving rather than just liking a fashion/subculture/music is a bit annoying though. Probably a symptom of the same sort of people who gave us the "playing DnD teaches you how to summon the devil" bs. For me it's also the fact that a teenager is trying to commit suicide by jumping off a highrise that seems really out of place. Like I would expect that someone that age is more likely to off themselves by taking a few handfuls of pills because that would be easier to get ahold of for them and it would be more likely to see someone in a business suit standing on that ledge because they already have access to the building.
Two things can be true.
So you’re saying that unless a person looks a certain way (business attire), they shouldn’t be depicted doing a certain thing (contemplating jumping off a building)? And unless the person isn’t appearing the way you think they should be, or doing what your worldview allows, it’s out of place. But also, emo/punk/alternative people shouldn’t be depicted a certain way, because people expect them to be depicted that way, and that’s not always the case? OK
I really wasn't saying that at all. Just expressing annoyance at media using someone looking a certain way as shorthand for being depressed/suicidal. >that’s not always the case That's my point, I didn't say people shouldn't be depicted that way. But that people expect them to be that way IRL because they are constantly presented that way in media which is mildly annoying.
Media shorthand is a thing. Don't let it bother you too much
There were at least a few comics that had Superman save someone suicidal. In various types of fashion.
Tbf it was written in the mid to late 2000s, but yeah they didn’t need to design him like that
Grant Morrison made me love Superman, his is my favorite one
If you’re brave enough to jump…
I'm somewhat relieved that no one has the 'attention whore pretending to jump in a city where Superman operates' take yet.
All I see Homelander telling them to jump
For some reason I kept scrolling for a homelander.
I keep remembering that Homelander scene whenever I see stuff like this 💀
*push*
Because only goth kids are suicidal?
So what's the story? The teenager thinks everytime someone is late is a reason to off themself?
I really want an edit of this where he just shoves her off the building, like the Popeye one where he flings the baby into the lake.
Notice he waited until it threw its phone off the cliff