tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7790215061496376488..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Interview: J. Michael Straczynski on Superman: Earth One Vol. 2collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-56533898143987650662012-11-13T03:27:45.162-06:002012-11-13T03:27:45.162-06:00Great interview, thanks!
I really liked this volu...Great interview, thanks!<br /><br />I really liked this volume and think this version of Superman is the best of all the reboots in the last 10 years (and there have been a lot).<br /><br />Is there a timetable for volume #3?Spookyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370993300280714554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17849175366845727932012-11-07T10:09:03.218-06:002012-11-07T10:09:03.218-06:00Wow, great interview. Glad to hear Lisa Lasalle...Wow, great interview. Glad to hear Lisa Lasalle's sticking around! I'm ready to duck punches: I liked her.<br /><br />Read the book and loved it. I wasn't offended by any of the female characters, to my surprise. I think they're better than a lot of female characters come off in some of the New 52. Lisa's dialogue was a little cheesy, but it served the theme of the book. In the wrong hands, she could've been a disaster, but I think she came off surprisingly human. <br /><br />What's interesting to me too is the perception that Clark now can't sleep with her because she's a prostitute. I didn't get that vibe at all. I felt that Lisa was able to connect with Clark on a level she couldn't with other men because Clark values her for things other than sex, so it's not that she's not good enough to be a love interest, it's that she's more interesting when she's not a love interest. In fact, I didn't even get the vibe that she'd been crossed out as a love interest at all -- she seems to think Clark judges her for her line of work, but I don't think he does. If he could be intimate with her, I think he still would, and I'm glad to hear JMS intended that.<br /><br />I didn't feel Lois was shafted in the book either. She didn't have a large part, but she was smart and compassionate and likeable when she was on the page, and she's different enough from Lisa that I think they both add something important to the story. I don't think Lois is obligated to have a huge part in every Superman story (any more than say, Robin needs to have a huge part in any Batman story), and it's refreshing to get new characters.<br /><br />The only thing I'm really worried about is seeing any of this undone in a future installment. By the end of this, Clark has made some tough decisions, become close friends with a part-time prostitute, buried a cat on the moon, seen a drug addict die, and there's some interesting stuff going on with Lex and Lex Luthor. This isn't like the mainstream continuity, and maybe I'm just new, but I find it much more exciting. There's got to be pressure to conform to what's come before, but honestly I'd like to just see this all unfold as if it were a universe on its own, where Superman doesn't already have a defined role. Which might just be the strength of Earth One.<br />sbnoreply@blogger.com