DuskShadow Review of The Death of Superman

The Death of Superman (2018 Video)

An old tale with new polish...but that Symbolism though

[6/10 · 25 August 2018]

SO here is a new revamped version of the classic story : The Death of Superman. There have been many close calls with the quintessential super hero archetype known as Superman, but the most famous will still be when Doomsday took ouf the caped crusader with himself in the 1990's comic books. IT spawned an assortment of offshoots that re introduced som older character concepts such as Super Boy, but brought in newer version of the Super Man type, such as Steel, Cyborg Superman, and the Last son of Krypton. This movie is basically a premise to all of that. Here we have a long and drawn out recap, in my mind, of the events leading up to the epic clash, but tied in to the DC animated films of the last few years. Of the "Big Two" Marvel has been the powerhouse, not only in film and tv over the last 20 years, but for the last 40 it has pushed more limits that DC. Even after Batman got his back broken, though, Dc had a trump card. And that was the death of ol supes. However, and though most people may not approve of or agree with this, the strange symbolism of Superman's death and resurrection of Superman from his crypt, with many onlookers all aghast , was too much like the biblical story of Jesus' own resurrection. Even in the comic books 20+ years ago, the parallels are unmistakable, but no less illustrate how much Superman actually means in terms of the very essence of not only DC, but hero comics in general. The film was for the most part exactly like I recall so many parts of the comic and the animated television show from the 90s, with but updated looks for characters and scenery, yet the same exact plot, which will doubtless lead to another film to continue the saga of these direct to film comic adaptations. Though this does not lessen the impact of importance of these tales, keeping them very much alive and therefore relevant in the modern age, its too much like dangling a fake carrot in front of a bunny" it looks good, but after a while, one gets mad at being so teased. Still I am sure many will fully enjoy this, and although it was far from terrible, it fell just short of that sweet spot of impact full greatness I remember. Perhaps the same can be said of all whom age, that look back upon the page. Give the film a shot, it aint half bad.