SA, I've been to that comic book store!
Oh, cool. I really like it. The people are quite helpful and knowledgeable. It's small, but well-crafted. There's a bunch of comic stores in that area, around Tottenham Ct.--at least four, probably five.
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SA, I've been to that comic book store!
Oh, cool. I really like it. The people are quite helpful and knowledgeable. It's small, but well-crafted. There's a bunch of comic stores in that area, around Tottenham Ct.--at least four, probably five.
Looks like it's just 'Tec, Firestorm, Outsiders, and The Question for me. Slow week.
where the glasses aren't the disguise--the cape is.
I always thought of it the other way around myself. There was a nice little speech in Kill Bill Vol. 2 by David Carradine about it. Where clumsy, near sighted Clark Kent is the disguise because that's how Kal El sees humans as compared to himself.
I had issues with that speech.
I had issues with that speech.
The key one being that it's wronger than wrong?
The key one being that it's wronger than wrong?
Heh. I was gonna say.
The key one being that it's wronger than wrong?
QT blew a whole lot of his geek cred on that one.
'splain.
Yup, I thought the speech was wrong too.
"Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he is Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red S is the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race."
Nope, nope, nope.
QT blew a whole lot of his geek cred on that one.
Not really. You CAN argue that, because the speech comes from an ostensible villain, the POV is tainted. Lex Luthor, for example, has often theorized that Superman really sees normal humans that way, because that's how HE would if he had that kind of power.
I love the bit at the end of the JLA story "Rock of Ages," when the League has foiled his plans, he says to Superman, "What a clever conqueror you are."