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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 2822635" data-attributes="member: 649"><p>No, that's simply not true.</p><p></p><p>First, the four color superhero universe is much more varied than that. 50 years ago? Sure. Even up through the paper fist rule of the Comics Code here in the US? Mostly. But today comics regularly take on topics like the greater good, and Marvel's been exploring the very grayness of morality for a solid 40 years.</p><p></p><p>But let's just look at Superman: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1985, <em>Crisis on Infinite Earths</em>, he kills Zod.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1986, <em>Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?</em>, he kills Mxyzptlk.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1988, <em>Superman</em> #22, he kills three Kryptonians, Phantom Zone villains. Kills.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1991, <em>Superman</em> #75, he kills Doomsday.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2002, <em>Justice League</em> season 2 episode 37, Superman kills President Lex Luthor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2003, <em>Superman/Batman</em> #14-#18, he kills Wonder Woman and others</li> </ul><p>On top of that, <em>plenty</em> of superheroes have killed people in the last couple of decades, and not just in alternate timelines (which those Superman #22 killing were <em>not</em>, btw). That pristine universe of black and white morality has been mercifully eroded and its super-simplistic viewpoint just isn't the default anymore. More common than not, certainly, but by no means "just the way things are."</p><p></p><p>Much more importantly, though, is that Smallville isn't in the four color superhero universe. Its angsty teen tales and its massive departures from canon are a different story. It's 2006, and examining the terrible failures of black and white morality has been hip for decades. <em>This</em> Clark Kent can absolutely struggle with the very real grayness of life, and act maturely.</p><p></p><p>Will the writers go there? Probably not. But that doesn't mean it has to go that way, that it's simply the way things are in a show based on a comic book character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 2822635, member: 649"] No, that's simply not true. First, the four color superhero universe is much more varied than that. 50 years ago? Sure. Even up through the paper fist rule of the Comics Code here in the US? Mostly. But today comics regularly take on topics like the greater good, and Marvel's been exploring the very grayness of morality for a solid 40 years. But let's just look at Superman:[list] [*]1985, [i]Crisis on Infinite Earths[/i], he kills Zod. [*]1986, [i]Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?[/i], he kills Mxyzptlk. [*]1988, [i]Superman[/i] #22, he kills three Kryptonians, Phantom Zone villains. Kills. [*]1991, [i]Superman[/i] #75, he kills Doomsday. [*]2002, [i]Justice League[/i] season 2 episode 37, Superman kills President Lex Luthor. [*]2003, [i]Superman/Batman[/i] #14-#18, he kills Wonder Woman and others[/list] On top of that, [i]plenty[/i] of superheroes have killed people in the last couple of decades, and not just in alternate timelines (which those Superman #22 killing were [i]not[/i], btw). That pristine universe of black and white morality has been mercifully eroded and its super-simplistic viewpoint just isn't the default anymore. More common than not, certainly, but by no means "just the way things are." Much more importantly, though, is that Smallville isn't in the four color superhero universe. Its angsty teen tales and its massive departures from canon are a different story. It's 2006, and examining the terrible failures of black and white morality has been hip for decades. [i]This[/i] Clark Kent can absolutely struggle with the very real grayness of life, and act maturely. Will the writers go there? Probably not. But that doesn't mean it has to go that way, that it's simply the way things are in a show based on a comic book character. [/QUOTE]
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