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Fuck. I thought I was the stereotype.
Sorry to rot the thread, but, concerning DK motherfucking 2...
I only read the first issue, back when I was still living with Krew and he would buy all the stuff I wouldn't touch. This explains why I no longer comment on the X-Men, Eightball or any of Ellis' work.
I hated DK2 the book, but I'm loving the furor over it. I've been wondering if marketing it as a three parter wasn't an intentional way to get people to buy the whole damn thing. Almost everyone I know who has bought the first issue and hated has gone on to say that they will buy the second issue to see if it gets any better. Almost to a person, they hated the second issue, but feel they must buy the third because what's the point of spending all that cash on two-thirds and not going all the way, piece of garbage or not.
My problem isn't that it is an unnecessary sequel, but that the parts of DK1 that are incorporated into DK2 actually seem to drag the whole thing down. Miller should have gone all out and done a JLA comic, instead of a JLA comic that needs to fill some sort of Dark Knight quota. Batman beating on Superman again? Please...
The thing that irks me the most is that Miller has stated that his intent is to turnaround the damage he did with DK1 by making superheroes fun again. So, instead of spawning an age of grim and gritty comics with a political and social agenda, we can have bright costumes and pop fun. Unfortunately, I don't think Miller reads many current superhero comics. With DK1 he ushered in a new era. With DK2 he's about seven years too late. Millar, Morrison, Waid and many others have made successful attempts at inspiring awe in the power of the Flash, for example, and all of them have succeeded at it better than Miller's lame and cliche use.
And, sorry for coming off all fanboyish here, but the characterization is so far off that he probably should have created all new characters. Superman, being Superman, would not be held in check by Luthor for years. He's Superman. The point of Superman is that he will help us, he will succeed, and he's going to save the day. Even worse than Superman was the portrayal of Wonder Woman. She has been raised in a warrior culture all her life, one that has resisted subjugation to Man for ages. There is no way that Wonder Woman would relent. In a decision between slavery of her people or their death, she would rather they die with honour, never to have been shackled by Man again.
All of this may have been dealt with in a later issue, but I can't be bothered to find out, considering there are so many good books out there worthy of my attention. I've read some pretty convincing defenses of DK2, and there is a good chance that years from now it turns out that I missed the beginning of a new era in superheroes. I guess I'll take my chances on that one. |
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