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God. You know what? Fuck all this 'Jason Todd' bullshit. Just fuck it. I don't know how that got started. You are all on crazy pills.
I hate to derail this thread but I gotta stick up for my favorite Robin. Jason Todd Robin kicked major ass! He stole Batman's hubcaps, ordered rum and cokes, pushed rapists off buildings while telling Batman, "Ooops, he slipped.". As a kid I thought, yeah! Super-Teenage rebellion!
And he was killed as a kind of prank. No one really wanted to kill Jason Todd, it was just a "Heh, I'm gonna vote to have him killed, now what will DC do?". But too many people voted that way!
People complained about a Robin not making any sense, but Jason Todd was the only one that really made sense to me. The only one fucked up enough, and street smart enough not to seem like a joke while hanging out with a guy in a batsuit and dodging bullets.
I hated Tim Drake! I don't care if he was on a cool cartoon. I always wanted to break that kid's jaw when I was a kid.
And his comeback is great! It adds even more to the Batman story. Not only was Jason Todd Batman's greatest failure, but he crawled out of his coffin, and now Batman's greatest failure is also a part of his rogue's gallery now! And themes of father abandonment, not living up to parental expectations, having to face your failures head on in the physical world, it's all great stuff!
And really, why is anyone pissed off that Jason Todd's back? It's mainstream superhero comic books, characters come back to life!
Keep your head up Judd, I think you did a great job. |
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