Quote: thedoctor said: You, by your own admission, have not read the work Moore did on Supreme; therefore, you cannot credibly assert anything about said work. Your arguments are nil.
Liefeld's Supreme, which he only occasionally actually wrote, suffered from being inconsistent with the only static concepts being that he looked like Superman and had Superman's powers. Personality wise, no he wasn't Superman. He also wasn't stable with his characterisation changing from issue to issue. So, honestly, he wasn't even a character at all. He was a caricature. Moore was at least honest with his interpretation. He took the overall genericness of Supreme and spun it into something entertaining and insightful.
There's a fine line between ripoff and homage. It takes talent and skilled execution to know which is which. Moore has both. Liefeld doesn't.
Until you actually read Moore's Supreme work, I've said all I'm going to say to you on the subject. From now on I'm just going to make fun of any of your posts trying to argue against my points.
I've read enough of it to know what it is, a lame rip off not only of Superman but of Moore's own work.
Why spend money reading something that's obviously derivative just from looking at the cover?
And the only difference between homage and rip off is in the reader's eyes.
Moore is honest enough to admit he ripped off Superman, why can't his fans be as honest?
