A long and short review

Madisyn 2022-08-19 16:51:19

"Superman: Red Son": (Theatrical animation is not rated) It was a coincidence to see a very feminist Wonder Woman on IWD this day, but this line is not important, and it is like seeing Joel Olson in White Democracy recently. What is said in the book is that other things are more urgent now (to the effect) than the criticism of patriarchy. As far as Liu Sam's animated version is concerned, it's just a vulgar swap of American and Soviet characters in the context of the Cold War. But this mere reversal creates a Chilling Adventures of Sabrina-like sense of incongruity. For example, good and evil are indeed opposites, but they are not equal opposites like yin and yang. Both the creator and the audience will have their own value judgments. Today's American comics may be regarded as some kind of fairy tale. In fairy tales, the protagonists accidentally venture into an already anchored social context. In American comics and their adaptations of film and television works, unexpected superheroes fall into the abstract human world. This abstracted human world is modeled after the contemporary West, mainly the United States, and it is uncomfortable to simply replace it with the social model of the Soviet Union. This kind of abstraction of human society is also necessary, otherwise, with the addition of these mortal steel bodies, it will be impossible to write. I heard that the original comics stood taller, jumped out of historical reality, and regarded the US-Soviet system as a part of imperfect human history. That is a solution that includes the ultimate concern. And all the characters in the manga are complicated enough, and that ending is just amazing. Another question, I thought about it later, no matter whether it is comics or animation, the mode of the big event in the United States is closer to the collection of Zhuge Liang's bet than the movie "Reunion 4". Avengers 4 is a tie-up of a decade of interconnected films that have always sought to shape a realistic, emotionally charged universe. The former is formed by the connection of symbols that have been abstracted, and its charm comes from the sudden collection of these symbols that the audience is already familiar with. Yep, the soundtrack is good.

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Superman: Red Son quotes

  • Wonder Woman: I come from an island of all women. Work it out for yourself.

  • Superman: You used me! Manipulated me as if I was a brainless puppet!

    Brainiac: My methods were not unlike yours, only more efficent.

    Superman: Until now!

    [Heats up the forcefield to get to Brainiac who tries stop him using robotic arms but fail to Superman's strength, he then shoves his fist through Brainiac's body]

    Brainiac: [Last words] This is illogical, you're merely a being of flesh while I'm...

    Superman: A useless machine.

    [Tears Brainiac's head off with the spine, then crushes the head with his foot]