tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post4526490704513331902..comments2024-03-28T04:14:30.305-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Stuff: All Star Superman #4: 'The Superman/Jimmy Olsen War"Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702965396185870813noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-5159366912918135442007-08-15T23:28:00.000-04:002007-08-15T23:28:00.000-04:00I'd agree that it's definitely more a movie proble...I'd agree that it's definitely more a movie problem than a comics problem. In Superman Returns, the coinciding absence of Superman and Clark should have tipped people off. I guess the reason so many people pick on it is that this is a universe where dinosaurs do battle in the streets and Bizarros invade on giant asteroids, but if the people don't function in an emotionally real way, the entire Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483689490186954593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-27567384950313104472007-08-11T03:14:00.000-04:002007-08-11T03:14:00.000-04:00BTW, I don't understand people's problem with the ...BTW, I don't understand people's problem with the Superman-in-glasses disguise. This makes sense to me (in comics, which are oneiric and iconic) and seems no more absurd than many other features of Superman stories. Why pick on this?<BR/><BR/>Quitely's transformation of Superman into Clark Kent is interesting, but isn't solving a narrative problem, so much as answering an old reader question. David Goldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988083380983768496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-60275895288707601562007-08-11T02:54:00.000-04:002007-08-11T02:54:00.000-04:00This issue is the only one I have a problem with s...This issue is the only one I have a problem with so far (out of 8 issues). And I think the problem is with Quitely's art. His Doomsday just isn't Doomsday. I mean, it looks like Jimmy's covered in duck down. And with him lacking the necessary presence, it feels like the ending lacks weight.David Goldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988083380983768496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555488.post-25624908565871682082007-07-14T16:47:00.000-04:002007-07-14T16:47:00.000-04:00I think the cyborg turtle thing you mention might ...I think the cyborg turtle thing you mention might be a reference to an old story where Jimmy becomes a giant turtle boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com