tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post5748478283613290413..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: Signal Watch Reads: Superman 714The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-48595959597609620772011-08-05T13:55:53.149-05:002011-08-05T13:55:53.149-05:00I don't think its a wrong reading to use sci-f...I don't think its a wrong reading to use sci-fi as allegory. Its what I grew up on, and I think its how we tell parables in the 21st Century. But...<br /><br />When it gets limited to something like "Avatar" where its "substitute Earth people for any generic colonial invader and Blue dudes for any indigenous people, stir" for a formula, I get a bit more excited these days by things like Fortresses of Solidarity located in the Still Zone, and the implications thereof. <br /><br />But, yeah, I mean go back and watch Metropolis and the reason it lives on isn't just the cool robots and lavish design, the arguments the movie makes that were so relevant in the 20th Century continue to resonate.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-89124792805141875122011-08-05T11:17:49.749-05:002011-08-05T11:17:49.749-05:00I won't colour your perceptions of the two wor...I won't colour your perceptions of the two works by drawing parallels but if you do get to read Captain Britain we'll have to talk about it. I have the trade if you want me to loan it to you?<br /><br />Good sci-fi to me should always be an extrapolation of current day events and what their possible ramifications are on the future or a allegorical way of writing about present day events. I've recently been reading a bunch of manga and I'm amazed but not surprised on how much of it stems out of the atomic bomb being dropped on their company.Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-18910010584184739292011-08-05T11:12:23.955-05:002011-08-05T11:12:23.955-05:00Really? That's interesting. I'll definit...Really? That's interesting. I'll definitely need to check it out.<br /><br />There's something about sci-fi from across the pond that I see in Dr. Who and other places that is more willing to explore concepts on a grander level than American sci-fi, that seems obsessed with analogs for real-world events, etc... and keeping things contained within a certain concrete perspective. I think there's a place for that in sci-fi, but I wonder how and why stuff coming from Europe and the UK seems to embrace wilder ideas than we can generate here (which seems more about which aliens to have sex with versus which ones to run from and hardware and toys).The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-64688230762628522072011-08-05T11:01:15.999-05:002011-08-05T11:01:15.999-05:00Oh, I know for a fact that Morrison reads Moore. I...Oh, I know for a fact that Morrison reads Moore. If you go back and read Moore's Captain Britain run then read Morrison's Final Crisis you will find a lot of similarities. I'm not saying Morrison stole from Moore but the is definitely a Moore influence on Morrison's Final Crisis.Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-59020701901339062602011-08-05T10:58:23.876-05:002011-08-05T10:58:23.876-05:00You know, that's a great question. Chronologi...You know, that's a great question. Chronologically, I personally read DC One Million first where Morrison floated the Superman Squad concept in passing (and used it in Final Crisis, All-Star and One-Million-related projects). But I think Supreme was in print, first, but there's no saying that Morrison actually read that. I don't know...<br /><br />You can definitely point back to the late Silver Age and Bronze Age when they would tell stories of Superman's children and grandchildren, etc... and it was indicated that Superman's legacy would extend far beyond just Kal-El of Krypton. But the Squad...? <br /><br />Man, that's a tricky question. I'll check my reference books at home and see if the Superman Encyclopedia has an answer that I don't.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-37200935134170819802011-08-05T10:05:24.490-05:002011-08-05T10:05:24.490-05:00I'm going to give this storyline a read when i...I'm going to give this storyline a read when it finally makes it's way to me via trade. I've been impressed by Roberson in the past and I'm liking what I'm hearing for you.<br /><br />I saw some pages on line and Jamal Igle knocks it out of the park again. I also so the Superman Squad in a few pages which I thought was a real cool idea. A question for you. I know the Superman Squad appeared in All Star Superman but when did they first appear? Or are they another Alan Moore creation from his time on Supreme.Simon MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749383583517044214noreply@blogger.com