Originally Posted by
manwhohaseverything
Injustice, boys, ss.. Etc aren't deconstructions. They are mere parodies or something meant to say the concept of a superhero or superman is only as good as one bad day or some it's laughable from the get go. It's mocking the concept itself. It's not trying to weigh the claims made by the superman story all its pros and cons. Red son might be deconstruction. One punch man isn't a deconstruction. It's also a parody of superheroes, manga protagonists.. Etc. One punch man even asserts the value of the superhero. So, it's laughing with us and concept itself not at us.That might be why that's fun. Others aren't fun for the superhero audiences.By your logic one punch man would be deconstruction .The watchmen is another deconstruction.
Those other takes exist because superman isn't valuable to wb as a hero that batman is.And also fundamentally people see a white knight in superman now a days. There is a pattern that links white knights to two face these days.
This is for romantic stories. But, as the video says "Authenticity matter. It separates real nice guys from the fake ones ". Many a times clark comes of as fake. It's due to some bad portrayals like the justice league movie, dark knight returns, injustice ... Etc. So the guy gets turned into two-face like harvey dent.
On the flip side, Snyder's superman is a deconstruction in that he has his own vision for a superman like byrne, donner... Etc.That's it. Sure, you may not like what he does. Personally,think the character is boring and not much of a swashbuckling do-gooder . But, calling it a deconstruction is a bit much.
All i am saying is that it's not as if i want to pick apart superman. But, there is pattern for people to pick him apart. That's it. Moreover, if i do want some deconstruction it would be something like dostoevsky's works.That generally tells the value of clark as christ figure.But,it does it in a way that's tangible like the grand inquisitor, the idiot.. Etc
I view modern superman like the idiot(its not derogatory)