Originally Posted by
deadboy80
So over the last 15-20 years, i have been profoundly dissapointed in the industry. The charecters i once knew no longer exsist. They fundamentaly have been altered, or presented in manners that are odd. One of the worst over the yeats has been Batman. He is no longer the man driven to stomp out crime on the street level, he is now the amazing do anything/beat anyone man. Dark Knights Metal/Death Metal is a perfect example of a problem that has plagued comics for years and years and years. Instead of coming up with fresh charecters or ideas, they just give us some lame **** and call it cool. A DoomsdayBatman for example. Who cares, and while i understand that such depictions as the Batman brain loaded into the batmobile is purely just for fun, that is not a concern. Once again DC is on the verge of rewriting/"Correcting " the timeline. Why? Why continue to **** with it. Why is nearly every event revolving around this one concept. Why resurect dead heroes, who were still imortant to there legacy charecters dead. It deminishes the story of sacrifice. In the 90's DC had a great opertuity to move on the legacy charecter front, and failed. They had a great concept in a retired Bruce Wayne, a dead Superman, who was replaced by four fun charecters. Supergirl,Superboy, the Eradicator, and Steel. Each could have supported there own monthly. Two actually did. Kyle was the new G.L., Wally already cemented his legacy as the Flash. ect,ect,ect....But no. No, they opted to do the most unoriginal thing ever. Bring these dead back. Why? Why do we settle for this crap. It flows so much better in the manner of torch passing, than change for the sake of change(Alan Scott). Death Metal, will probably be somewhat entertaining, but in the end who cares. There are no real consiquence for these charecters now. Havent been for awhile. Used to be, a reader could relate to theses charecters, now they are all immortal super genius, who never truly lose. Once upon a time i had loved to read of the struggle of a Hero who was juggling problems at work, with problems in there relationship, all while continuing to be a hero. Now its all just the biggest bang for a buck, nearly no real pesonal life. Even superman ahs been stripped of some of this.