make them all queer and brown I say! queer and brown!
make them all queer and brown I say! queer and brown!
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
For when my rants on the forums just aren’t enough: https://thevindicativevordan.tumblr.com/
"We come into this world alone and we leave the same way. The time we spent in between - time spent alive, sharing, learning together... is all that makes life worth living." - Jean Grey
As a rule, I give adaptations a lot of license. Any movie or T.V. show is not required to stick to the original work. Even in comic books, I know that the modern versions of characters are not the originals and they are really just adaptations.
But everything is exploitation in some way. Diversity is exploiting our desire to see representation. But comics also try to exploit our interest in seeing the originals. If a story is presented as showing the original Green Lantern--it had better be. They can't get away with changing the details and still exploit my interest in reading stories about the original characters. They have to pick a lane.
The problem is with the "Golden Age" characters they are clearly hoping to exploit that interest in the originals. So they can't at the same time revamp the character beyond all recognition.
Besides, I think it's better to use those originals as contrast. The Justice Society is the establishment characters--they represent the approved super-heroes. There's plenty of room to tell stories about other characters who never saw the light of day because they didn't fit with the establishment. The Society espoused out-moded views in their stories--let that reality exist, because it was how people thought at the time. But then show these other super-hero groups who were not accepted and tell their stories.
If they do revisionism and make it seem like the J.S.A. was all for inclusion and diversity back in the 1940s that's altering the real history just to make people today feel comfortable about an uncomfortable past.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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THE CBR COMMUNITY STANDARDS & RULES ~ So... what's your excuse now?
I believe Catwoman was never referred to by her real name on the 60s show and Julie Newmar was unable to reprise the role because the first time she got injured and the second time due to scheduling issues, so if we're to assume that she was originally playing Selina Kyle, that means both Lee Meriwether and Eartha Kitt must have played Selina Kyle too. But since all subsequent media based on the show tends to use Newmar's portrayal then I assume she's generally considered to be the "real" Selina Kyle in that version.
Mainstream audiences aren't comic readers. However, they will research the character once a movie is announced and will complain why isn't the character comic accurate. It's not only comic book fans who want characters to be comic accurate, but mainstream audiences as well. My friends (who aren't comic book readers) once asked me why does Aquaman look different in the movie compared to the comics.
Last edited by Veni; 04-29-2021 at 08:52 AM.