i am LOVING the writing decisions in My Adventures with Superman in regards to how he feels about being an alien. specifically kid Clark, like he thinks its super cool being able to fly, as any kid would, but as soon as his parents bring him to the ship hes TERRIFIED, and to top it off the hologram of his father only speaks in an alien language, another detail i LOVE because why would a kryptonian speak english? ever? which makes the entire experience even scarier for little kiddy clark. the entire experience terrifies him so much he literally NEVER goes back there or ever asks any questions about who he is until hes an adult and Lois starts wanting to learn about Superman. and even then, him and his mother are both apprehensive about going back to the ship because they both dont know what is going to happen to him.
its so good and compelling, its such a fresh take on superman learning about his alien origins especially when its usually so brushed over in most versions how a human raised clark would feel and process being an alien
Also, I love the causal use of Clark’s superpowers in front of Jimmy and Lois now. It must be such a weight off of his shoulders that he doesn’t have to tiptoe around them and can just do his crazy shit without them batting an eye.
i’m screaming they really gave clark a magical girl transformation into superman and then had his mom go like “a skintight suit?? not on my baby!!” and she immediately made him shorts to put on
My Adventures With Superman is honestly a really impressively good example of how you can make an adaptation radically different and new while still doing justice to the source material by just approaching said source from a place of love and respect. The show is unabashedly and upfrontly meant to be a very explorative and experimental take on Superman that does the classic premise in new ways, revamped for another time and medium.
So many of the characters, designs, aesthetics, and world feel so extremely unfamiliar and unlike “traditional” Superman. But it still FEELS like Superman. The core, the spirit, the SOUL is absolutely and unmistakably there. The characters are all incredibly in-character and instantly recognizable. The plotting and writing feels straight off the page of the comic.
Even with major reinventions, this is so obviously and clearly Superman. Not some hoary “deconstruction” or obnoxiously self-aware “parody”, it’s just unabashedly honest-to-God played absolutely straight Superman. Even through all the changes, it’s that same classic, undistilled, nostalgic vibe of a Superman comic with Clark as a lovable, goofy guy with powers trying to be an example to the world, fighting crazy bad guys, helping old ladies across the street, and winking to the reader after Lois and Jimmy fail to see through his disguise yet again before cringing because Perry yelled at him for calling Perry “chief” again.
Hot, overeager tomboy Lois Lane is a bit different from usual but she’s so clearly still that same gorgeous would-be star reporter that every Superman falls in love with. Jimmy has been reimagines as kooky conspiracy buff, but he’s still ultimately Superman’s Pal who gets into wacky situations by virtue of being Superman’s Pal. Perry, Lombard, Ronnie, and Cat are all very different from the comics superficially — hell, Ronnie has had his gender flipped — but they are all still instantly recognizable as the same eccentric bunch of newsfolk they were there. Livewire and the Intergang members are all totally changed but at their center, they’re the same; same powers and gimmicks, etc.. Dr. Ivo is now a douchey techbro and yet he’s still fulfilling the very same role he does in the comics as a self-centered mad scientist who creates things that spiral beyond his control. Even Parasite, the most radically altered of all to the point of no longer being sentient, is still identifiable as his core concept of a monster that feeds on the lifeforce of others and becomes more powerful as he does, while also weakening when he can’t do so.
I really, really like it. It’s a wonderfully imaginative and well-put-together take on a very old series that really brings the concept into the modern age in a way that hasn’t really been done successfully outside the comics since the DCAU back in the 90s and early 2000s. People writing Superman or just superhero fiction in general should absolutely take notes from this show.
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this is Absolutely what a man who is definitely gonna lose to newbie superman, be divorced, dodge paying child support, and commit himself to inventing new levels of toxic parenting and beefing with teenagers forever looks like
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