[ SECRET POST #2328 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2328 ⌋

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[truxillogical]

Not hardly the only one, OP. I still get the rage-sniffles every now and again.

And you're exactly right. Stripping away all of the history does make the new comics feel hollow. Lifeless.

I mean, when's the last time you picked up an indie book about a superhero? A book that was straight-up superhero and not a subversion or a parody? And right now, without the history, that's all they might as well be. It feels like someone awkwardly trying to tell a superhero story from scratch but standing on older work while trying to deny its existence. It requires willing participation in one big massive game of I Don't Remember That And Neither Do You. And it comes off feeling...fake. Ham-handed. Dull. Even the best of the books suffer from it, because, well, I liked the universe. And even in the best of the books, right now, you can see the strings, and that adds to it feeling hollow.

I mean, how often in the nu52 does something read like it was decided in a committee and not because the writer thought it was the best way to tell the story. Heck, most of the original JLI was decided by the editors, in terms of who and what, but you never could tell because it flowed.

I'd hoped, back when the reboot went down, that all my misgivings aside, my suspension of disbelief would stay. But mostly, I find myself thrown out of the universe, and can't find it in me to care much about what happens to any of the characters.

And lets talk about 52 channels and nothing on. It's like if every TV station only played crime dramas. I get that they wanted a unified feel, but wow, it got so unified it's boring. Even the much-mocked grim-and-gritty 90's still gave us Young Justice, Impulse, JLI, a fun Flash, and a not-always depressing Robin. I'm not getting any of that with the nu52. Everything's dark. Everything's sad. Everything's depressing. I've given a pass on some of their best written books because they may be well-written, but cripes, I just want something fun for a little bit to. And with 52 titles, at least five or ten of those SHOULD be cheerful, upbeat books. Sheesh.

I'm not picking up any DC books regularly right now. It's not a boycott or anything. I just...stopped caring.


Except about the Flash. But ignoring it is easier than feeling depressed every time I pick up an issue.

[(Anonymous)]

OMG! Veering OT, but I think you just described my problems with Star Trek: Into Darkness.

Overall I enjoyed the film, and yet I can't deny there's a massive feeling of this: "It feels like someone awkwardly trying to tell a superhero story from scratch but standing on older work while trying to deny its existence."