I didn't see it that way. If there's anything that has defined the straight underlying core of Superman throughout the his mythos, it's that optimism. Even in his origin stories. The absolute best Superman and Batman stories were concerning that optimism balanced by Batman's realism.
Man of Steel doesn't do that, but instead tries to turn an ultimately bright, colorful and cheerful story into gritty dreary grays more because it was popular than because it's something that fits the story. From the abysmal 'advice' given by Sup's adopted father, to making Sups also uncaring about the collateral damage he causes.
I wrote in an edit earlier but this would be like trying to make Ironman the altruistic moral center of the Avengers simply because that take hasn't been done yet. It's sacrificing cohesive mythology for the sake of an idea that doesn't really add anything to that mythology.
And if it really was about making Sups young and struggling, there are better ways to do it than make him seem like a Young Adult fiction character, with the petulance and angst of someone half his age
Last edited:
