Monday, March 25, 2013

Straight Men in Spandex Suits

When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman, they effectively killed all competition. You couldn't call yourself anything more Super than Superman without looking like a jackass. This guy had all the super powers. He could see through blouse and bra. And his only weakness was that he was a newswriter who couldn't take credit for the news his crush wrote. And he didn't wear a disguise. He merely removed his glasses and changed into more colourful clothes.

The superhero space has become ridiculous. The number of mediocre superhero cartoons out there make me want to open up my skull and squeeze a lemon inside what's left there.

Like seriously. What THE FUCK is Ben 10? The motherfucker has a WATCH. That watch can turn him into ten awesomely ridiculous creatures.

Have we run out of creativity to the point of imbecility by making up a mish-mash superhero? Fuck that! My son is not watching that kind of shit. I hope they keep making Batman. But by the time he gets to that age, they may have a gay Batman. Eeesh!

I've always wondered whether superheroes shop in Cape Town.