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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8199729" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I enjoy different takes on superheroes as well. This has a long and storied history, whether it's the &quot;Bizarro&quot; world versions, or different writers and artists taking the hero in a new direction, or even &quot;one-shots&quot; (the Killing Joke, for example) examining as aspect of the character. Heck, if you have HBO Max, there is a whole library of the DC Universe Animated Films with different versions of the main characters (I just watched Red Son, which is the &quot;What if Super Man crashed in the Soviet Union?&quot;). Here's the thing, though....for there to be different takes; for writers to be able to play against type, that type has to be established. There is so much territory to mine when you are deliberately subverting expectations (to use one example); however, if the only thing that is ever done is playing against type, eventually, there is no longer that &quot;type&quot; to play against.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8199729, member: 7023840"] I enjoy different takes on superheroes as well. This has a long and storied history, whether it's the "Bizarro" world versions, or different writers and artists taking the hero in a new direction, or even "one-shots" (the Killing Joke, for example) examining as aspect of the character. Heck, if you have HBO Max, there is a whole library of the DC Universe Animated Films with different versions of the main characters (I just watched Red Son, which is the "What if Super Man crashed in the Soviet Union?"). Here's the thing, though. ...for there to be different takes; for writers to be able to play against type, that type has to be established. There is so much territory to mine when you are deliberately subverting expectations (to use one example); however, if the only thing that is ever done is playing against type, eventually, there is no longer that "type" to play against. [/QUOTE]

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