quote: Maybe most readers weren't interested in the story itself. I know I wasn't. And not because it wasn't sticking to Byrne's origin 100%. I didn't like it because it wasn't a progression. If you're going to retell Superman's origins, make it fresh and new, which is what Byrne did. Birthright didn't move ahead. It went backwards. I didn't find anything new or compelling about it. It was just there to bring the Silver Ageiness back to the origin and retread some of Byrne's material. Give me something else and not the same shit over and over again. [/QB]
Isn't it amazing how EVERYONE likes to go in "brand new directions"...
...by giving us the SAME OLD story????
Krypton exploded. Kal-El came here. Grew up. Became Superman.
SIMPLE.
Don't try to give him that "Peter Parker angst" (like the Smallville TV show...and certainly don't bring that thought into the comics...)
The Byrne origin isn't perfect, but it is done. Can we progress from there now? (Implying the book, not the postings!)
Even Byrne said, in hindsight, his getting rid of the Superboy part of the Superman legend was a mistake (and, to be honest, I was happy we lost the Super-dog, cat, monkey, horse etc. AND find it frustrating that it has wandered back...)
This is the exact problem the latest Star Trek show, Enterprise is having (going back "pre-Kirk"...great. Means you can't meet anyone lasting; and that you know that, eventually these folks will form a Federation...that, and the lame Braga/Berman non-progressing shows. Though, it looks like Season three will be a break from that...to a depressing, barren future. Not exactly the escapist TV I'm looking for...)
How about we take the Superman legend into the 21st Century? (But, therein lies the difficulty...he's revealed his I.D. to Lois, married her, joined the JLA, made peace with Batman...what NOW? And, if I had the answer to that, that people would read...I'D likely be working for DC. Fact is, it is harder than it sounds...)
