batfan08
Super Freak
Re: Wonder Woman - June 23, 2017
I love hearing everybody's ideas about this stuff. Me, personally, I always thought it would be neat if you had a contemporary Superman who arrived in 1938. It's always struck me as awfully convenient that Superman ages at a normal rate until he hits puberty, then slows to a crawl, once he's old enough to sell comic books. So, what if he aged at a third of the rate of humans? Ma and Pa Kent are a couple of twenty-something newlyweds who take on an unenviable responsibility because they think it's the right thing to do. One of the ideas I had is the two of them sitting at the table with little Clark and, suddenly, they hear Orson Welles' radio broadcast of War of The Worlds and start freaking out about whether or not their baby is part of some Martian invasion force.
I toyed with the idea of John being drafted in World War II, and Martha playing single mom to Clark, who's going through his terrible twos for the better part of three years. You could have a bit of a Spielberg tone in the '70s, with Martha being a 70-year old widower and a sort of mysterious hermit, and Lana Lang, Kenny Bravermen, and Pete Ross being a group of curious kids who sneak up on to Kent farm to find out what she's hiding, only to become part of the secret as they befriend Clark.
Lana's relationship with Clark could mirror Benjamin Button, to a degree, with her feeling a sense of loss as she gets older and he stays the same. Eventually, you reach the Information Age, where Clark ventures out on his own, a 26-year old with over 80 years worth of knowledge. Lois notices, right away, that things seem off, when he and Superman arrive at the same time. Moreso, when she tracks his mother to a retirement community and finds that she's over 100 years old. I figure his age could also go a ways toward explaining his costume. To the world at large, his outfit seems old fashioned and somewhat ridiculous, but his experiences as a, technically, 80+ year old man have informed his sensibilities and taste. He likes his trunks, because, to him, they remind him of the comic book heroes he read about as a kid, and the strongmen he encountered when the circus came to town.
I like the idea of a young Clark Kent, alienated from the world, retreating into his comic books, and, in a weird, meta way, I think it would be kind of cool if, like any kid, he fantasizes about becoming a superhero, but he connected on an emotional level with a character (obviously not Superman, but like Superman) as the sort of ultimate outsider who he could relate to and aspire to be like; a role model for a little alien boy.
I always liked Frank Quitely and Rafael Grampa's style of Superman, with the ill fitting, baggy, homemade looking suits that I'd assume Ma Kent helped him make. That thick, heavy fabric, like the old serials and the George Reeves show. To me, I like the idea of Jor-El and Lara being absentee parents. This wasn't something they planned on, they stole a shuttle, inputted coordinates for the most habitable world, and tried to save their baby as best they could. They didn't know if he'd live or die in the vastness of space, but it was a chance they were willing to take in order for him to even possibly survive. With that in mind, they were neither equipped nor prepared enough to upload the entire history of a planet to their child's spaceship.
I think that's the beauty of these characters, though, is that everyone has their own idea of what things could be like. I'd love to see Gaspar's ideas brought to life. It seems a lot more high concept with Mr. Mxyzptlk and all that transdimensional mischief he gets into, and I like the idea of Superman being an emissary, of sorts, for the people of Krypton.
I love hearing everybody's ideas about this stuff. Me, personally, I always thought it would be neat if you had a contemporary Superman who arrived in 1938. It's always struck me as awfully convenient that Superman ages at a normal rate until he hits puberty, then slows to a crawl, once he's old enough to sell comic books. So, what if he aged at a third of the rate of humans? Ma and Pa Kent are a couple of twenty-something newlyweds who take on an unenviable responsibility because they think it's the right thing to do. One of the ideas I had is the two of them sitting at the table with little Clark and, suddenly, they hear Orson Welles' radio broadcast of War of The Worlds and start freaking out about whether or not their baby is part of some Martian invasion force.
I toyed with the idea of John being drafted in World War II, and Martha playing single mom to Clark, who's going through his terrible twos for the better part of three years. You could have a bit of a Spielberg tone in the '70s, with Martha being a 70-year old widower and a sort of mysterious hermit, and Lana Lang, Kenny Bravermen, and Pete Ross being a group of curious kids who sneak up on to Kent farm to find out what she's hiding, only to become part of the secret as they befriend Clark.
Lana's relationship with Clark could mirror Benjamin Button, to a degree, with her feeling a sense of loss as she gets older and he stays the same. Eventually, you reach the Information Age, where Clark ventures out on his own, a 26-year old with over 80 years worth of knowledge. Lois notices, right away, that things seem off, when he and Superman arrive at the same time. Moreso, when she tracks his mother to a retirement community and finds that she's over 100 years old. I figure his age could also go a ways toward explaining his costume. To the world at large, his outfit seems old fashioned and somewhat ridiculous, but his experiences as a, technically, 80+ year old man have informed his sensibilities and taste. He likes his trunks, because, to him, they remind him of the comic book heroes he read about as a kid, and the strongmen he encountered when the circus came to town.
I like the idea of a young Clark Kent, alienated from the world, retreating into his comic books, and, in a weird, meta way, I think it would be kind of cool if, like any kid, he fantasizes about becoming a superhero, but he connected on an emotional level with a character (obviously not Superman, but like Superman) as the sort of ultimate outsider who he could relate to and aspire to be like; a role model for a little alien boy.
I always liked Frank Quitely and Rafael Grampa's style of Superman, with the ill fitting, baggy, homemade looking suits that I'd assume Ma Kent helped him make. That thick, heavy fabric, like the old serials and the George Reeves show. To me, I like the idea of Jor-El and Lara being absentee parents. This wasn't something they planned on, they stole a shuttle, inputted coordinates for the most habitable world, and tried to save their baby as best they could. They didn't know if he'd live or die in the vastness of space, but it was a chance they were willing to take in order for him to even possibly survive. With that in mind, they were neither equipped nor prepared enough to upload the entire history of a planet to their child's spaceship.
I think that's the beauty of these characters, though, is that everyone has their own idea of what things could be like. I'd love to see Gaspar's ideas brought to life. It seems a lot more high concept with Mr. Mxyzptlk and all that transdimensional mischief he gets into, and I like the idea of Superman being an emissary, of sorts, for the people of Krypton.
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