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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh so good! I love paradoxes and this is just full of them.
I don't think comic books are really for me. I have a hard time getting into the style and the pace necessary to read them.
That being said, Superman: Red Son, while falling pray to tropes of the genre, explores an interesting alternate history in a way that is fun.
That being said, Superman: Red Son, while falling pray to tropes of the genre, explores an interesting alternate history in a way that is fun.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
In retrospective this one is more of a 3/5, because I don't know how to feel about it and with each passing day I care less and less about it.
My issue is that Mark Millar had a BRILLIANT idea with the comic book and basically wasted all of its potential by not really having anything of substance to say. I'm not expecting a political treatise, but you're turning Superman into a fucking COMMUNIST. BE A BIT MORE CREATIVE, FOR FF!!
The comic book is not really interested in exploring the tension between the ideologies exposed in the story, it's happy with just having heroes and villains beating each other, with meta references to the universe behind it and whatnot. And it pisses me off, because in the hands of a more ambitious writer the damn thing could have been GLORIOUS. At first I was more forgiving because after all, it's well paced, well written... I had a good time reading it, and Luthor was one hell of a character here! But it's the potential I can't forgive. And the disappointing unclearness behind the resolution. A part of me wants to believe Millar knows what he's doing, but the other is just convinced he was only interested in the potential behind such a story, without chasing it.
Enjoyable, but the inevitable comparison with better works just brings the rating down for me.
My issue is that Mark Millar had a BRILLIANT idea with the comic book and basically wasted all of its potential by not really having anything of substance to say. I'm not expecting a political treatise, but you're turning Superman into a fucking COMMUNIST. BE A BIT MORE CREATIVE, FOR FF!!
The comic book is not really interested in exploring the tension between the ideologies exposed in the story, it's happy with just having heroes and villains beating each other, with meta references to the universe behind it and whatnot. And it pisses me off, because in the hands of a more ambitious writer the damn thing could have been GLORIOUS. At first I was more forgiving because after all, it's well paced, well written... I had a good time reading it, and Luthor was one hell of a character here! But it's the potential I can't forgive. And the disappointing unclearness behind the resolution. A part of me wants to believe Millar knows what he's doing, but the other is just convinced he was only interested in the potential behind such a story, without chasing it.
Enjoyable, but the inevitable comparison with better works just brings the rating down for me.
C'est un comics que j'avais envie de lire depuis un moment. Un genre de "what if?" Version @dcofficial dans lequel Superman a atterri en URSS en pleine guerre froide et est élevé comme un vrai communiste.
Le postulat et l'exécution d'un Superman communiste sont parfaits, l'histoire est prenante et très intéressante en plus d'être bourrée de clins d'œil sympa sans non plus tomber dans un fanservice nul.
On a la vraie personnalité de Superman altruiste même si en tant que surhomme rien ne pourrait lui faire changer sa vision du monde et donc malgré une volonté de bien faire, ses opposants voient leur cerveau "réinitialisé" en bon communiste, bien qu'il ne force aucun pays à rejoindre L'URSS, notamment les États-Unis avec un président Luthor faisant tout pour le tuer. Et pourtant, Superman ne lui lavera pas le cerveau
Le postulat et l'exécution d'un Superman communiste sont parfaits, l'histoire est prenante et très intéressante en plus d'être bourrée de clins d'œil sympa sans non plus tomber dans un fanservice nul.
On a la vraie personnalité de Superman altruiste même si en tant que surhomme rien ne pourrait lui faire changer sa vision du monde et donc malgré une volonté de bien faire, ses opposants voient leur cerveau "réinitialisé" en bon communiste, bien qu'il ne force aucun pays à rejoindre L'URSS, notamment les États-Unis avec un président Luthor faisant tout pour le tuer. Et pourtant, Superman ne lui lavera pas le cerveau
An edited review of this book will come sooner or later, this last one was pretty bad.
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes