Also I was impressed in my complete inability to remember that I had this entire thing, unedited, sitting on my harddrive. Could have listened at any time! But I did not. So those first few minutes were surprisingly unsurprising.
Well, technically, you only had the first half or so. The second part you didn't have (unless you actually did and someone sent it to you, in which case I am just presumptuous and dumb).
a) What's with the hate-on for superheroes, man? Comeon. Cuts me like a knife.
I don't hate the characters themselves, really. It's just that nearly every comic I've seen them in has terrible... well, not writing really, but... design, I suppose. I mean, they're pulp, so I don't think that's
too much of a surprise. The only good thing that came out of that era that I'm aware of is the relaxation of the CCA's terrible guidelines.
I don't think I can explain it well, but... okay, one facet of this. Take Dragon Ball Z, an anime that most anime fans will agree is tripe (although it got a lot of people into the genre, myself partially included). One of the reasons it is so terrible is that the storyline at much (most?) of it is just comparing characters whose "power level" is greater, and who can do the more ridiculous overpowered "move" that some writer just pulled out of his or her ass.
Superhero comics remind me a lot of that. They're a bit better in that it's not all about strength or pure fighting ability, but they are still strongly reminiscent of just... ridiculously powerful/fast/intelligent/etc opposing forces that are resolved by something getting arbitrarily decided as "better", or works well enough to defeat the other guy. I find it hard for such to hold my interest.
Proud member of the Canadian Alliance.
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