WE CAN BE HIRO JUST FOR ONE DAY
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We just wrapped up Season 1 of Heroes last week (for the newcomers, that’s because I live in Hong Kong and the US/UK/Australian TV shows that get syndicated here are at least one full TV season behind). I liked it a lot. It’s an interesting take on the superhero powers genre, if not exactly original.
I have to say, it’s how I prefer superhero stories to be told now. I’m cutting back on my comics reading these days, but a few years ago, the only superhero titles I had much interest in (besides Batman and Batgirl) were the ones with a different twist – like Alan Moore’s Top 10 (great comic, not so great name) or Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers and Alias (this one, not that one). Things like that.
Maybe that’s why I’m the only comic book fan on Earth to not be too put out by the whole Spiderman “One More Day” controversy (brought to my attention bybedsitter23). If you don’t know what that is, essentially Peter Parker makes a deal with the devil to save Aunt May, and in so doing has about 30 years of back history erased, which ultimately results in him dating someone who isn’t Mary Jane Watson, which seems to be the bit that has everyone upset.
I’d agree that the actual explanation for this (“it’s magic”) is lazy, but personally, I’ve long since tired of the obsession by Marvel and DC over “continuity”. I understand why it exists, but things like “One More Day” show how continuity makes it hard to refresh something that’s been around 50 years already – though to be fair, it’s partly because the hardcore readers won’t let them.
I’d go on, but Warren Ellis already covers the superhero problem in the comics industry in The Old Bastard’s Manifesto, which saves me a lot of time.
As for Heroes Season 2 ... well, I’ll probably watch it, though I’m wary of the Law Of Diminishing Returns and all that.
I believe I can fly,
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We just wrapped up Season 1 of Heroes last week (for the newcomers, that’s because I live in Hong Kong and the US/UK/Australian TV shows that get syndicated here are at least one full TV season behind). I liked it a lot. It’s an interesting take on the superhero powers genre, if not exactly original.
I have to say, it’s how I prefer superhero stories to be told now. I’m cutting back on my comics reading these days, but a few years ago, the only superhero titles I had much interest in (besides Batman and Batgirl) were the ones with a different twist – like Alan Moore’s Top 10 (great comic, not so great name) or Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers and Alias (this one, not that one). Things like that.
Maybe that’s why I’m the only comic book fan on Earth to not be too put out by the whole Spiderman “One More Day” controversy (brought to my attention by
bedsitter23). If you don’t know what that is, essentially Peter Parker makes a deal with the devil to save Aunt May, and in so doing has about 30 years of back history erased, which ultimately results in him dating someone who isn’t Mary Jane Watson, which seems to be the bit that has everyone upset.I’d agree that the actual explanation for this (“it’s magic”) is lazy, but personally, I’ve long since tired of the obsession by Marvel and DC over “continuity”. I understand why it exists, but things like “One More Day” show how continuity makes it hard to refresh something that’s been around 50 years already – though to be fair, it’s partly because the hardcore readers won’t let them.
I’d go on, but Warren Ellis already covers the superhero problem in the comics industry in The Old Bastard’s Manifesto, which saves me a lot of time.
As for Heroes Season 2 ... well, I’ll probably watch it, though I’m wary of the Law Of Diminishing Returns and all that.
I believe I can fly,
This is dF
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on 2008-01-16 07:35 pm (UTC)Stupid Writers Strike
Not against the writers. . .the studios suck butt.