Please forgive me for not reading all 7 pages of this thread. I was reading page one, and I thought I would comment about the 2 issues of Birthright that I read.
While there is a story to it, Waid just doesn't get into Clarks personality. I find the story simply boring. Nothing more.
Let me put it another way: I don't care what happens, or in this case, what happened to Clark to make him become the Superman he is today.
At least, not the way Waid is telling it in Brithrtight.
I am not a Superman fan. I think Superman needs a major revamp, and they need to get away from some of the things that Byrne and Jurgans put into his character.
But, I was expecting a great story in Birthtright, not a bore. Waid is not giving me a reason to turn the page. Hell, he doesn't give me a reason to look at the next panel. It's just plain boring.
His work on Kingdom Come is amazing. I love his Fantastic Four. I never thought I would read FF, and then my friend made me read Waid's revamp. WOW! He gave them life. He made them interesting. Too bad he was fired.
Honestly, the guy has major talent. But, I just don't think his heart was in Birthright. I don't know how else to explain it. I was looking foward to an origin that got away from Byrne.
I would love it if Waid wrote a Batman story, but he has said he just doesn't care about the character enough to write one. That's fine. I appreciate his honesty. I thought his portrayal of Batman in KC was right on, but, it was really a Superman story. Superman is supposed to be the character Waid cares about.
I don't know what happened, but, IMHO, Birthright should not have left the editors desk. It should not have been printed.
Not because it goes against Bryne. No. Because it is boring. Because he doesn't make me care about the characters at all. Because everything he writes is forced and cliched.
The truth is, all of the writers currently on Superman are just as guilty. So, other than writing something a little different from Byrne's origin, I don't understand why Superman fans aren't eating this up.
Forced dialogue filled with cliches are all the same in my book.
