They FIXED Superman
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2023
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Have you been enjoying My Adventures with Superman so far? What do you love/hate about it?
I like it, especially since its a slice of life show more than an action show which is still odd as to why some people hate it because the animation of this slice of life show is not the same as Jujustu Kaisen. Also the reason it may have been an early reveal for Lois is because this show doesn't know if its getting a second season
I LOVE IT!!! 💕 One of the best Superman cartoons I have seen in quite some time and it stays true to Superman while also doing different things that you don't see in past shows involving Superman. I can't wait for the season 1 finale tomorrow!!!
The writers of this show definitely understands what makes Superman special. It use to be rare to see them focus on his humanity outside of comics, but I noticed more and more shows and movies are centered around that aspect of the character. He is superMAN, not SUPERman. Yeah, we like to see him fight robots , aliens, and monsters, but his humanity makes us actually care.
This series really touches the deeper core of superman, because unlike batman, supermans is most at home as clark kent, he wants nothing more than to be accepted and to help
LOVE this show! 12/10. Refuse to let haters change my mind on this one.
He just wants to help.
He disliked killing not like goku he want villains to live just because he want to fight you at the maximum potential you can easily beat him
I like the character growth being implied there. Because Superman isn't just a helper or rescuer, he's also a guardian. A defender and warrior. He's not quite adopted that mindset yet but I got a feeling its coming later on in the show. Its gonna be interesting watching him grow and evolve.
I always saw Superman as showing the best that humans can be, not in terms of power but humanity. One of the best moments in the comics is in Superman All-Star. In brief, he hears a kid who is about to jump off a building, drops everything and talks them down. Its the small acts of humanity that really make the character for me.
Indeed, even in the God Awful DCEU Justice League, Bruce Wayne admits that Superman was more human than him.
Those panels saved actual lives.
“Your doctor really did get held up, Regan. It’s never as bad as it seems. You’re much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.”
Gives me goosebumps.
Superman never needed "fixing" tho.
A lot of modern writers make the mistake of focusing on the power aspect and make him a god among men. Which is ironic because, at least for me, his humanity is what i find the most interesting part about him. He is superMAN not SUPERman.
I learned an easy way to tell whether or not the writer understands what makes superman great is how they treat clark kent. If clark isnt his main personality then you're probably gonna get the god among men version.
This show is definitely different but ot understands superman surprisingly well.
This version of superman is really living up to the idea he is a boyscout.
I 100% agree. MAwS focuses more on his desire to help others, rather than writers making him too strong. I like this version very much
You can still make him strong and make him more human than 99% of the population
@@sarathomas8499 I'm talking his OP universal levels of strength. Hes plenty strong in the show already.
@@LightGlyphRasengan I personally prefer his universal strength but I can see your point of view
@@sarathomas8499 Superman isn't even the strongest character in the DC universe. There's quite a few characters like Shazam that outclass him. The DC universe is frankly absurd, Superman is just that one character whose hugely popular and happens to be upper tier in his verse, while not actually being at the top.
@@Ninja07Keaton Nah at best Shazam is tied with Supes in strength. Magic gives Shazam an advantage tho.
Superman has always had three "identities," so to speak: Superman, Kal'El, and Clark Kent. Every interpretation of the character I'm aware of seems to address this by implying that two of these identities are masks that the character wears, and the third is the real person. My favourite interpretations are almost universally the ones where Clark Kent - the goofy, good-hearted, farmboy who is also an intelligent investigative reporter - is the core personality of who the character really is. Superman is a mask he wears to the public when he's super-heroing, and Kal'El is a herritage that he has and embraces, but doesn't really define his personality. Superman and Kal'El are layers on top of the core of the character, that is Clark.
I love the fact that everyone in this show is so young. For Clark, of course, it brings him down to his humanity. There is no need to make him brokenly overpowered, he is just learning his powers, and hasn't had a lifetime of storing up solar energy. He makes mistakes, we get to see him fail, and he's only just starting to learn how to live in his "world of cardboard". As you pointed out, it seems like he can solve every crime instantly, but he CAN'T. Not only would the laws of physics cause massive damage at that speed, but as his super hearing taught him, Clark can't possibly help everyone who needs him all at the same time. Clark was driven into a panic by the lesson that he can't physically save everyone, to the point where he caused an accident. He HAS to choose his battles.
More importantly, Superman doesn't even exist yet. In the future, he will be the perfect god everyone loves, but right now there is only Clark. He is deciding who he wants Superman to be, but hasn't made him that yet. And people don't trust him. We get to see Clark for who he is, a goofy, idealistic Boy Scout because that's all there is right now.
And for Lois her youth is a great plus for her character too. Like Clark, she's still finding herself, she's not the ace reporter with a reputation that preceeds her, she's an intern who is often too brazen for her own good. She's inexperienced, and that inexperience shows when she makes mistakes or doubts herself. That makes it all the cooler that she and Clark are falling in love and sharing the secret of Clark's powers so soon, because the complement each other. They can help each other grow into the heroes we know, instead of only meeting after that happens.
Even Jimmy benefits. The original Jimmy Olsen was a bit of an odd man out because he was much younger, and thus not as experienced as Clark and Lois. To the point where modern incarnations usually dropped him because they could figure out what to do with him. With Jimmy the same age as Clark and Lois, he really can be "Superman's Pal", and we can see him grow alongside them. It'll be cool to watch him grow into the hardened, professional photographer who is Superman and Lois's equal. Or at least start on that path.
What I find most interesting about the show, especially lately, is the implication that the Kryptonians are the true villains. All the tech appears to have been reverse engineered from Kryptonian technology, and the Zero Day invasion was such a shock to Clark that he actually had a Iron Giant moment of questioning whether he was created to be a.weapon. I think it's likely that the enemy will turn out to be something like General Zod, a small minority of militant Kryptonians, but the idea of Superman being at war with his own people and their technology is definitely an interesting concept. I'm really looking forward to the final episode.
"Jimmy, Jimmy. JIMMY. They. Have Problems"
Also after being ask if he had any sleep, "Not for a few days(eye twitch and proceed drinking coffee by the galons)".
guy is really has his huge heart in the right place. even by his own detriment.
Ma and Pa Kent rised their boy right.
Man forget what twitter and injustice fanboys say, this is a hopeful superman at his peak when it comes to his characterization
Fun fact, James Gunn has shown on twitter that he likes Lois and Clark from this cartoon!
You don't know how excited I am for Superman Legacy
That gives me hope for the Superman legacy movie
@@sarathomas8499 I hear that Lois is gonna have a lot of focus in the movie and he thinks she’s very important in Superman. I’m interested.
According to the showrunner, Gunn was shown the opening titke and he LOVED the show and was all like "Why would I mess with this show? This is great! You keep doing what you are doing!".
Good. Now I can skip that movie.
I’m glad you like the character now. The “Superman is boring” argument really annoys me and has unfortunately become a common opinion. I’m hoping this show and upcoming Superman projects can change a lot of people’s minds and create a lot of new Superman fans. His struggles come with him choosing to make the right decisions even when they aren’t easy. While this show doesn’t fit my tastes, I’m glad others get enjoyment from it
Im a new superman fan because of this show so i think its working lol
Honestly, this trend of viewing Superman as boring is largely a western thing. Here in Nigeria and much of Africa and elsewhere, he is still one of the most beloved and popular fictional characters because of his heroics and good nature and probably because the ideals of his character are still relevant to us here.
I think the more accurate argument is superman is often portrayed in a boring light. A lot of movies have absolutely no idea how to write him and go with this emotionless slate that's invincible and gritty sometimes.
But this show reminds us that Superman is a chill dude who WAS RAISED ON EARTH. They look at the fact he was raised like us all and is, in fact, human in morals and ideology. The only thing different is his physiology. And "My Adventures with Superman encapsulates that perfectly
Even before this show, I was developing more positive feelings towards Superman. Before that point, I actually thought Superman was boring. But I grew out of that and checked out stuff like the Christopher Reeves movies and TAS
Superman didn't need fixing, people jusy demanded too much. When the whole Frank Miller Batman occurred, everyone wanted heroes to be dark and edgy. Superman is not meant to be that, but people demanded it. Then they make him dark and edgy and people hated it.
Meanwhile, the REAL Superman fans knew who the best Superman was from the very beginning. You see in the Modern Age comics, he was exactly like this. He wanted to help people, and he did.
For those of you saying this "fixes him" just tells me you all never read a real Superman comic. He was always like this and it is ironic that it took them changing him to really appreciate him.
You don't know how many people kept saying "I hate Superman because he was too much a boy scout and a goody twoshoes." Now you all want that Superman because you all are tired of him being brooding and being a villain.
No, a lot of people just saw Superman as a stale/boring dude who has no personality, a guy who basically looks like he was programmed to be a goody two shoes. I like this iteration of him because they try to make him dorkier and relatable, like someone like Peter Parker (I know Clark has a good amount of dorkiness in other iterations but other people don't know that)
@@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World. that’s the issue. They didn’t know that he already existed in this type of iteration and then demanded he be someone who he’s not and then they didn’t like it because that’s not who the character is. Ops comment about them changing him is what made him the boring version you all complain about today.
It really seems like op wrote all of this without thought I could watching the video.
Video clearly States that he NOT TALKING about the goody two shoes aspect of Superman that made him dislike it.
He simply thought that Superman needed more development in the beginning before gaining his god like powers and how this story fixes that aspect for him.
You typed all that stuff to shadowbox a point that wasn't even made, it's kind of embarrassing.
I think the argument is less 'it fixes him' and more 'the public's starting to remember'.
The whole Superman is a God thing is actually something that's relatively recent in his history and was something that was put on centerstage thanks to the likes of Zack Snyder.
Originally the two main focus points were him being an immigrant and him just being a good man trying to do good things. So in reality this series is just Superman returning to form.
So we just going to ignore the fact that Smallville and the Donner films also pushed a lot of the God stuff with Sups, too? You guys do realize Snyder didn't invent that shit wholesale, right?
@@bobdude7111 No he didn't invent it, but I would argue it was far more centerstage in his work.
Glad you pointed his out. Really shows how this guy really doesn’t know anything about Superman and based his opinion on recent stuff.
@@thefvguy5648 People oftentimes say Superman is a Jesus metaphor when he would be more akin to Moses
How is Clark trying to find out who he is for like half the film pushing the god narrative to the centerstage
Super agree with your comments on Supes personality, I always felt like his 'boy scout' persona too often gets portrayed as him just being perfect instead of highly capable, but kind and helpful. Like a boy scout. Nobody's perfect, and perfect characters generally need a counterbalance to make them relatable and likable to me.
I object to Batman lecturing him as if he is some omnipotent, infallible judge. Superman could disintegrate him with one blast of X-ray vision or pulverize him with one punch.
The issue is that those writers fail to understand that his Boy Scout persona is just that, a persona, a choice because it would be easy for him to solve all his issues with overwhelming force. It's so easy that he has to hold himself back. Just watch "Superman vs. the Elite."
"Is that Superman?"
"...not anymore."
Dude that battle with Parasite at the end of the two-parter was the most hyped I've ever been for X-Ray vision! They made an iconic non-combat power a battle-ender!
Oh, also to add, what people often mistake is that Superman is a Jesus "allegory", when in actuality, he's a Moses one since he's come from Jewish creators, that is also coming to play with the new Superman actor for James Gunn's upcoming take with an actual Jewish actor playing him.
This is a very stupid, Superman’s character is kinda similar to Jesus.
@@mcmxxi1172 You're so wrong, he is literally - to the T - a Jewish Diaspora allegory.
Thank you!! This man knows ball folks😤😤
@@mcmxxi1172 literally everything is JeSuS.
The reason they screwed up Superman because they tried to make him Batman. Superman is someone we hope to be someone with the power of a demigod but noble in heart never to use it to harm people.
Yeah Batman and Superman should be opposite kind of persons and heroes. The idealist and the cynic.
Feel like MAwS gets that Clark is Clark first and the whole Superman thing is just something he does to help out. He really doesn't want to fight anybody. The show does a good job too in that during fights he's trying to de-escalate the situation, and even then he's fighting to disable rather do damage. Also, as you said, he's the biggest dork and it's great.
Exactly
This show feels like the best parts of the new adventures of superman, justice league and Smallville all wrapped in a beautiful bow. Having Clark struggle with his powers despite having them for at about 10 years is brilliant. Cutting through some of will they won't they was a bold move but one tv seems to be moving past as of late so I get that. I am definitely feeling this show
I agree! Supes was never meant to be a god or a nietchian archetype. He was created with the optimistic mindset of how good humanity can be. I used to watch the vintage Fleischer Superman cartoon's growing up, and as far as I can tell the Fleischer's understood Superman better than modern writers/artists. In their series, Superman is flawed, he got hurt and made mistakes. To me that was more interesting than the "god amongst men" persona which can make readers feel isolated from the character.
MAWS really brings Superman back to his roots as a character, not just by making him vulnerable and focusing on his human side, but also in terms of genre, because it has a futuristic, sci-fi approach which is also the focus early Superman comics and cartoons. I am so glad the series exists because not only does it treat the characters like real people, but also stays true to the spirit of the genre. The writers clearly understood who Superman and his friends are as characters, and it shows.
Well, the Nietzschian archetype in the originals was more what if you had someone who couldn't be intimidated by the landlords, crime bosses, political machine bosses and others with political and financial power on their side. Someone who could push back against the corrupt and powerful because none of their tools of coercion worked. Like, how do you threaten a man who bullets don't work on and can't be bought? It was very urban 1930s in its social commentary. The outfit was based off circus strongmen of the time. But we're talking the really early stuff there.
No one depicts Superman as a God except Zack Snyder and that's only because he doesn't understand or respect the character.
Watch Superman in any show or read any Superman comic, he's just a humble country boy that wants to help everyone.
Yeah!I really appreciate your thoughts@@BaithNa Watching M0S made me think. " dunno who this Snyder guy is, but he seems to just be rifting on The Dark Knight for his own take on Superman." and that made the movie appalling imo
I do love My Adventures with Superman as Clark tries to use and understand his powers while being new to being a superhero. There is also how not only Lois and Olsen helps him when they can but the new dyanmic of people knowing his identity adds more of a proper relationship to allow more poeple to know his secret. I feel like this dhow is a reconstruction for Superman and that we need more media for superheores like this and i welcome such a change in the future if it can be good like this show.
Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.
I think the best thing is to really think about why Superman was created.
Superman was created by two Jewish immigrants during one of the most racist. Anti-semietic times in our history.
In fact they nearly came up with a charecter who was evil and would use his superior phycic abilities to take over the world. So it's not like people of this era were incapable of picturing dark gritty stories.
However...they chose to write a bout an alien immigrant who uses his powers for good.
See...people think Superman is a cookie cutter hero. But what they don't realize was that he was always the Subversion. Superman was the guy who would fight against our worse impulses.
If you wonder why Superman got so powerful its because human beings got more powerful.
Remember Superman came out before even the Atom bomb dropped.
Superman needs to be strong enough to handle any evil humanity can conjure because he's meant to represent the idea that humanity will live another day
Jimmy knew episode one Clark was Superman. He knew Clark was destroying the alarm clocks.
First 8 seconds in this video already talking crazy. I'm just glad you found an interpretation of Superman who you like, but make no mistake, The Big Boy in Blue never needed fixing, you just needed to find the right material to gravitate to.
There was nothing to fix. Superman is not broken, they just did a comic-accurate take.
I wouldn't say comic accurate this superman seems to remind me more of Mark Grayson who was more emotional...the comic version and majority of the previous animated versions were more compassionate and stoic
@@jasonhearn5818 Mark Grayson? Who was heavily inspired by Superman and His young adventures as Superboy? Go figure.
@eingoluq alot of characters are inspired by superman..Sentry, Hyperion, Gladiator and Omniman etc...But the difference is personality I compared this animated superman and mark as an example because of the recent invincible animated series and how overly emotional mark is especially in battle ..so in general thats not superman or superboys compassionate yet stoic personality so its not comic accurate...go figure lol
@@jasonhearn5818 TF does those characters have to do with anything? You literally just proved my point.
I stated this show was a return to form for Superman as it portrayed him accurately.
You disagreed, saying it reminded you of Invincible. I noted the creators admitted to being inspired by Superman and Superboy. So you saying it reminds you of mark Grayson, you indirectly proove my point.
If you still disagree, then you just possibly never really understood superman as a character.
Do note the Invincible universe is a love letter to DC comics with Mark Grayson being a merger of Dick Grayson and Superboy and his Father is General zod and Jor-El.
So of course this very comic accurate young superman show reminds you of mark Grayson, this the character that bloody inspired him.
Lmao.
@@jasonhearn5818 stop introducing other characters. They are irrelevant to this topic.
The fact remains the show is a return to form to Superman especially a young superman. And the fact that it reminds you of Mark, who was inspired by young superman prooves my point.
Stop being intellectually contrarisn and just agree you were wrong. The show has everything I love about Superman in it. Where you get the idea the things in the show is new to Superman is absurd and shows you havent consumed enough superman content, you are dead wrong.
It's clear you never read the emotional stories about Superman. The idea superman stories are not emotional, my God man, where TF have you been? From his young days as Superboy in the Legion of super heroes to his early days as a new superman to even his older days as a father. Superman stories have always been emotional.
I'm sorry you're too lacking in superman content to realise that. So I rebuke your premise because it is absurd.
The show works because how comic accurate it is. NOT because irbws inspired by other things ad you ignorantly think.
Snyder have people thinking his scrappy take is the definitive superman. It is sad.
This reminds me of a trope talk by Overly Sarcastic Productions where they analyze a bunch of Superman comics to explain what makes a good Superman story... one of the ideas expressed is to separate Superman from Clark because, unlike Batman, where the billionaire playboy is the disguise and Batman is the real person, Superman is the disguise and Clark is the real person
Finally someone else who sees the potencial in this series!
I was the same, I was never very interested in Superman but this show fixed all that, yes he is an alien, yes he is powerful but the core of him is his humanity, kindness, dorkiness, that boy-scout energy that makes you love him.
My heart broke into a thousand pieces when Clark read people's cruel comments (also quite racist/xenophobic those comments, can I say? That's the english work? I know he's not human and that he passes for a Caucasian man but still, maybe an allegory? I'm not from USA so I don't know much how this kind of stuff are there in this cases) without mentioning that final fight, He was so exhausted, my poor baby.
He just wants to help, but of course people don't believe that someone can be so altruistic, no one helps just because, no one is so good and decent, and since he is powerful according to their logic (and the paranoia of the government btw) it makes him dangerous, even if accidents happen, it doesn't matter to anyone, no matter how many people he helps, he will always be the bad guy, but even all that it doesn't affect his desire to do good, how many people can still do that after being treated as a monster/criminal?
I can't wait for the next episodes.
My first language is not English so Im sorry if It sound weird, I love love your work, saludos desde Chile ☺
You caught it very well: a theme that often comes up with Superman media recently (like the Superman smashes the Klan comic book) makes his story an immigrant allegory. So things like “destroying good American jobs” or “go back from where he came” are lines often used in American news to encourage hate against immigrants and racism
Have you seen Superman vs The Elite? It really shows Superman for who he is and what he stands for.
And might I say a REALLY well written story.
As far as Clark and Lois happening too fast: I myself have been subject to love (or infatuation) at first sight. Jimmy already knowing about Clark changes Clark saving him from the garbage truck; Jimmy knows he is safe with Clark around and maybe trying to draw him out?
I had just spoken to my friends about how much I have enjoyed this series. Lois and Clark were fast forwarded in the romance, but I still think it was done well.
I also love how this Lois just fell for Clark and not Superman.
I just needed 2 or 3 episodes to get used to how they look and then it’s great.
Lois is so different from Amber. They’re both angry that their bf lied to them, but Louis is also worried about him, Amber isn’t. Within 24 hours she tells him “where were you, you just ran away” and “I know you’re a superhero” how does that make sense, did she not se him fight that guy, did she think he was someone else. It honestly would have made sense if she broke up with him while knowing he was a superhero. It just seams like something the show would do, but that other scene and how she acted before it totally ruined it
With Lois it fits her. She HATES lies on principle and has said and shown that lying to her royally pisses her off because of her issues with her dad, and once she explains herself as what really set her off was anxiety over if their whole relationship was just part of a cover. Which makes sense. Once the main trio start communicating they tend to work stuff out pretty well.
Bro watch Superman and Lois. It sparked my love for Superman again.
This show genuinely did a better job at depicting Superman than most of his live action versions
correction, Only Snyder's Superman was an inaccurate take on the character.
@@eingoluqhow?
@@shawnlord3419 every superman was hopeful, didn't kill and saw the best in the world
Snyder's is the only version where the darkness of the world affected him. He was cynical and not inspirational.
@@eingoluq Superman has canonically killed doomsday so idk we’re your getting that from. Not to mention dcau Superman almost murdered mongul and darkseid.
And you don’t think that’s never happened to any other superman?Hell even MAWS was affected by people hating on him. The fact that synders superman was saddened by the people either hating him or trying to worship and still saved people(even lex) shows that his just as much a superman then any of his previous incarnations
@@shawnlord3419 obviously he kills what can only be felt with through killing. But not in the way Snyder did it. Nolan told him that was a poor decision and he did it anyway.
Doomsday isn't technically a living thing more like a biological killing machine. And is obviously an exception.
Superman (Kal El) doesn't need to be fixed. To quote Bruce, “It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then… he shoots fire from the skies and it its difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him”....Superman/Batman #3.
Those who think that he needs to be fixed, can not live up to the ideals he is written as. You know what, that makes him better than all of us. We are Batman. "Deep down, Clark's essentially a good person... and deep down, I'm not." Batman: Hush
MAwSM is Smallville the anime.
Superman vs the elite was great because they pushed against his old fashioned ideals and him triumphing against the elite that said he was obsolete. The ending was even great because we see him grow as a character because he goes from just arresting the killers and being criticized throughout the movie for not killing his villains but the shows the world what it would be like if he did kill without killing and found a solution for defeating the elite permanently without killing them
A Lois who *isn't* so unobservant that she fails to notice the man she works with five days a week is the same guy as the one who saves her three times a day...a *very* nice change of pace. I mean, they're just glasses, for Pete's sake, and she's supposed to be an investigative reporter!
Being fair, the comics, from what I hear, tend to justify it as 'Clark often plays up the 'bumbling reporter' act', with his physique being justified by being a farm boy who had to put in a lot of manual labor. It's not that they don't look similar, it's that Clark Kent plays things up to make people think 'He looks like the Man of Steel but there's no way that's him'. To bring up a quote thing I stole from TVTropes as an example (It talks about Batman too but bear with it)...
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the-swift-tricker: It's easy to mock the concept of Batman's secret identity and think it's ridiculous that nobody would realize that he's Bruce Wayne but if some lady suddenly showed up late at night dressed in full military grade kevlar and started fighting crime in Los Angeles I wouldn't look at that and think "ah it's Kylie Jenner"
you-got-it-capstar: Same logic applies to Clark Kent tbh. I wouldn't see Superman, the crazy powerful alien, zooming past me and go "I think he's secretly an award winning journalist"
the-swift-tricker: "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Anderson Cooper?"
appendingfic: *sees masked man fighting both crime and corruption* I have no idea who that is, but it is NOT a billionaire.
spifalling: People don't even recognize Tony Hawk without the skateboard what do you expect
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Here, Clark hasn't had NEARLY enough time to get the personality divide between the two down pat (as Superman is very much just Clark in a different outfit and Lois was around him from the beginning, same with Jimmy. It makes perfect sense that they'd be able to figure out Clark Kent was out Superheroing.
It's also fair to note that it's obvious to US since we have the more wide viewpoint of the reader. We know from the start that Clark Kent and Superman are the same people. That's something that kind gets unfairly left out, it's easy for us to mock people for not realizing something that seems simple to us but we get all the pieces of the puzzle. You could be told who the Mastermind is in Danganronpa V3, for instance, and from the outset, you'd constantly be saying 'IT'S SO OBVIOUS, WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEE IT, THE MASTERMIND KEEPS GIVING THEMSELVES AWAY' but only because you know the truth form the start and, thus, you can see the hidden meanings behind their actions (and lack of actions).
I think the best way to describe how Clark gets away with it usually has to do with a line said by Joker in Arkham City: "So, how do you keep a secret from the world's greatest detective? Well, do you know? It's easy! You stick it right in front of him, right under his long, pointy nose... and wait!"
Sometimes, the hardest things to grasp are ones that seem most simple and obvious when solved.
This is the animated series I dreamed of when I was reading the comics in the 60s.
Superman vs Fiery Cross is iconic grounded story where the best aspect of Superman is used: inspirational to the people.
On the other hand, I will take capable Superman than protagonist whose ass gets handed everytime and who just doesn't die because of plot, Invincible show did Mark dirty and missed nuances of how Viltrumites were busted which made actual damage done to them actually matter.
Superman was never broken if you ask me. He may have had godlike abilities, but at his core, at his best, he's just a sweet guy from Kansas. There's a reason why he's called Superman and not Superdemigod. He may have had some bad adaptations, sure, but again, which hero doesn't? I do feel like perhaps you may have focused on only the negative aspects of the comics, and mind you, Superman definitely does have some really dumb and really horrid comics, but he's had more hits than misses IMO.
If I may recommend one particular series that you might likely enjoy, if you haven't already read it, it would be Superman for All Seasons. It's probably the most Clark Kent-y of all Superman stories. I really love your video by the way and I would love to hear what your thoughts are on this comic series too.
Superman is supposed to be seen as a friend, he is universal level being that can do crazy bullshit like punch through time and break frozen time but he chooses to do things like help cats out of trees, old ladies cross the street, and women walk to their car at night.
It has nothing to do with him being already an established legend or starting off brand new. Take Superman vs The Elite. That worked out very well. The reason it worked out well it because theybhad a solid theme, competing ideologies and we watched a story about how he wins in the end. It's not about the destination It's about the journey.
The reason the Dark Knight trilogy was so good wasn't because Batman was just doing the right thing we saw competing ideologies and just how far Batman would go to fight for his morals and principals made even better that he had to sacrifice a lot so they established that there was a lot at stake.
Saying "I was wrong" is so hard it's almost a superpower. Well done, sir.
It's interesting to see that the versions of Superman you don't enjoy are the ones that don't understand what makes the character good. I wonder what your thoughts on Superman and Lois would be.
I think alot of writers like to do for some reason is to put the angst in Superman not have Superman deal with a 'angsty' world, if they where genna write any edgyness and angst, like dont get me wrong Superman/Clark could get dissapointed/sad/upset even mad but like not have it be THE story beat or the whole story and also not have the easy option be what breaks the indestructible superman and he isnt the type to brood unless its about his own actions and what he considered to do, why he had a fortress of solitude for a base and a Home for superman while he has a home for Clark elsewhere
I love that they treat Lois and Jimmy as smart as they should be. i grew up with ginger Jimmy and I don't care about this one's skin color. He is more Jimmy than almost any iteration outside the comics. I did not know what to expect when I started watching and I love that from episode to episode I still don't know what to expect! I can't say I hate or even dis-like anything about it.
This jimmy Olsen is more jimmy Olsen than what we had in BvS period...
@@tonuahmed4227Yeah, he wasn't killed by Snyder.
I see where you're coming from, that it's good to have a protagonist grow, which means you start them off with a few flaws to overcome. That holds up, though I'm not as much a believer in that as I used to be. I look at the more interesting people around me, and what defines them isn't their flaws but their strengths. What makes me proud of those people is when they overcome obstacles, but those obstacles don't have to be character flaws. The obstacles may simply be matters of the human condition: some things are stressful, some things are difficult for anyone, but where they shine is how they deal with adversity.
I feel like there's a distinction to be made between done-in-one stories and serial works though. A self-contained story of some kind probably DOES benefit from, the audience sees the character finally become the person they were meant to be at the end of the story. It might be that they've developed confidence or they understand their responsibilities to their fellow man, or whatever thing they corrected over the course of the film. The point is, that kind of story is built around overcoming character flaws. But once it reaches the point of episodic storytelling, character growth slows down, and the challenges will be more about how a well-defined person deals with new challenging circumstances.
This is how you write Superman. Zack Snyder did such a diservice to the character. I like Superman being a fish out of water, trying to figure out the world around him, while uplifting and supporting his friends and family. Big Power = Big Heart.
What you like about the show is this very important fact. This show shows clark /superman as a regular guy. He's someone who you will see at a basketball or football game. He is someone who likes going to the movies. Even though he knows that he is not from earth. He is still a man from this planet.Who is superman he is a man who loves being a reporter. Also he loves being a farmer. His childhood was not tragic. His childhood was just like any other regular child growing up in Smallville.This show is everything that zack Snyder hated in his man of steel movie.
I feel like this show was prob in homage or giving back to what Iron Giant did with him to as a symbol to share parallels between him and the giant, which I'm super (kek) all for! Def full circle to that. In fact seeing the evil Supermen reminded me of that deleted scene showing the origin of the giant being made to be a weapon of mass destruction, only to turn that around obviously, being taught to do more good from Hogarth. It's for one that I just somehow love to point out, esp since the Iron Giant's depiction has been not so great outside of the film, see for Ready Player One for instance, similar to how people missed the point of Superman/Clark's character.
How Superman is portrayed in this show is how Superman has always been the reason why people think Superman is a indestructible overpowered god is because of the awful Snyder films and the garbage New 52 that ruined Superman's character this show and Superman & Lois saved Superman what modern media and audiences don't understand about Superman is that he's not defined by his powers he's defined by his ability to see the good in humanity despite its flaws, his ability to give people a little light when they need it the most, and his ability to never give up hope in the most darkest of times Superman is the greatest superhero because he is what we should all aspire to be because he is humanity at its best
Well here here he's still learning his powers, I mean you can make him very powerful and still have his humanity
My respects for growing on your opinion, when I saw your 1st video about Supes I thought to myself: Another person who seems not to get the core aspect of Superman, as a fan of the hero I heard that many times so I mostly accept the opinions of others a. move to Topics we have in common a. thats the reason why I watch your channel cause I love your recommendations and your reviews but the thing with Superman is: He is not doing heroism because someone killed his parents or was feeling guilty for letting a tragedy happen, he is doing it because he has the might and the urge to help with the emphasis on HELP
It really amazes how much your old video is wrong in so many levels.
Really glad that a proper Superman story finally changed your mind.
Although your thumbnail “they fixed him” sounds inaccurate as he was always a great character and hero.
Some of his best stories are always him being the friendly giant and not some god. Most of his greatest battles are him fighting against his ideologies and whether or not he can save these people. It’s less of a god and more so strong man hoping he has the strength enough to save everyone.
Superman is strongest, but he’s still deep down human. He has so much going with him, it’s kind of insane that your original video deemed him “unrelatable.” Really shows how ignorant you were on his history and characters, with how much you based your opinions on you perception alone.
Speaking of strength, Superman isn’t about him beating the villain. He’s not Goku and stop comparing him to him. His stories are personal, character-driven, battles of ideologies and him just wanting to help.
My Adventures is nothing new as it’s influence from the comics are front and center. I think your issue adaptations of the character and not the character itself.
Also seriously, Death Battle? That’s what you base your opinion on the character? I’m sure you’re were younger at the time but shit dude. That’s embarrassing. A lot of your other points like him wanting to be a villain as an interesting plot point. Really illustrates how very little you understand the character. You’re kind of sounding like the average Batman fan.
As a death battle fan the creator of the episode said it's their least favorite episode they've done because of the damage it did to the character in the minds of the viewers.
*one of the creators I meant particularly Ben singer
@@KEEPTALKIN8215 Oof 🥲
@@KEEPTALKIN8215 Explains a lot about why there's a third Goku vs Superman that also actually feels way more fun than the previous fights.
Being fair, though, I'm pretty sure the mentality was already there, Death Battle just helped the momentum.
AAAAAAA YESSSSSS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING VIDEO, I'M LOVING THIS SHOW SO SO SO MUCH!!!! I've never really been too into DC in general (aside from dabbling in a few things that caught my interest), but I've been interested in this show ever since it was announced, and omg it was so worth the wait!!! I love the characters so so much it's such a sweet and fun show and I can't wait to see where it goes!!!
I can definitely see your criticisms as well, I have my own criticisms on the series, but yeah overall it's a super great series and I can't wait to see more of it!!!
Big thing with the Death Battle its just the factor of that they want to get to the main fight aspects. So that's what they focused on with all the power feats. They arent doing those to show all of the personality, they're showing who's the strongest or had the best skills.
I agree with you on a lot of points. In the 2010s, DC was really trying to play up the god angle with Superman to be edgy and I really didn't like it either. That and Superman has had some wack powers in the past. Eg. one writer tried to convince us that Superman could read data on a flashdrive by using x-ray vision to read the electrical pathways and CONVERT THEM INTO INFORMATION IN HIS MIND?!
But on the whole I think Superman is an interesting superhero and and an interesting analysis of what drives people morally.
The proper term is “himbo”
The most important thing in this version is, perhaps you'll get to it, is that Lois likes _CLARK_ not Superman. That's different and wonderful and sweet.
Superman the god is boring. Superman the alien who teaches us to be human is my Superman.
Originally superman was a hyper intelligent nerd and would pretend to be clumsy.
I like that in this series he's not pretending, he's just goofy.
I do feel like the relationship is rushed.
I like this version of jimmy the most
Just my opinion
Also, I dont think it was your fault you didnt find clark relatable. A lot of writers dont know how to write superman
I was like you, never liked Superman, found it too powerful and unable to identify with him at all. Too godly. But now I'm totally hooked on MAWS, they made a great job on making him likable, and now I understand the appeal of Superman. Also, kudos on all that Sonic merch on the background!
Great video, friend👏 This show was a great surprise. It reminds me of the DCAU Superman show i watched as a kid in Nigeria 🤩 It excels all around, especially with characterization, action, dialogue and world building. On characters, it did that so well. Superman is back as a hopeful, heroic and inspiring character unlike what Snyder did. Lois is still a strong, kind and likable female character with no usual toxicity. Even Jimmy was so well done. It's like westerners actually decided to make a great Superhero show for once❤ Best thing was no toxic identity politics but rather it uses themes and issues to enhance it's storytelling and characterization.
Holy shit man I hadn't checked out your channel in a while and this video was great! Great job
My adventures with superman is , A, Amazing, Good, Show,
My , Adventures with superman is , Amazing, Good, Show,
I was pleasantly surprised, and agree it was a little rushed, but I can look past the tiny things I don't like and focus on the things I enjoy.
Alot of your criticisms are things that the comics covered along time ago. Since DC doesn't really reboot from scratch anymore really, they just have a lotta stuff built on top of each other from a shit ton of ppl.
If you like this, check out Smallville
I don't feel like the romance is necessarily rushed. They have been obviously attracted to each other from the first time they met, and taking 5 episodes to go from meet cute to first date is more than reasonable, especially considering everything they have already been through together. Throw in the fact that they have literally risked their own lives for the sake of the other multiple times before their first kiss and telling each other, "I love you," and yeah ... I think that makes sense for a couple of horny young adults in their early 20s.
This show made absolutely no pretense that it is as much of a rom-com as it is an action/adventure story. And if looked at from the lens of a rom-com (or at least one that isn't trying to milk the "will they/won't they" tension for as long as they can), the pacing of their relationship is pretty much on pace.
That’s all true
No one ever portrays Superman as a God except Zack Snyder and that's only because he doesn't understand or respect the character of Superman.
Every depiction of Superman in media is like My Adventures with Superman, a humble country boy that just wants to help everyone.
What they did is combine Boimler and CW Supergirl and made gold.
Too bad Snyder fanatics are a loud minority
Sadly
Not just them but the guys who act like just because they read superman comics and such they think that their negative opinion of the show matters way more than the opinions of those who like the show and back this show is a new iteration of the hero in order to get more people in the know about Superman, especially the people who were turned off by the Jesus comparisons
The tech is all Kryptonian, so it ties into the overall story without creating a bunch of loose ends or loose threads.
News flash, the superman from the 2000s (Justice League 2001) was animated by some anime artists.
Anything ring a bell yet?
Death Battle got one thing down PERFECTLY when it comes to Superman. He's literally as strong as he needs to be. Does he need to save the day for the story? He'll be able to win the fight. Does a new villain need to be established as PARTICULARLY NASTY? Superman will be completely curb stomped/mind controlled/disintegrated/defeated. He's the guy you look up to in the sky when all hope is lost so you feel like there's a chance for everything to be alright. And if the situation needs to be established as VERY bad and all hope may be lost, he's going to be among the first heroes to fall to the newest threat.
He's literally as strong as the writer needs him to be. And let's face it. NO ONE is immune to bad writing. Superman is famous for it, Spider-Man had that god-awful deal with the devil to WILLINGLY UNDO his marriage to Mary Jane, and even GOKU was nearly killed by a laser to the back after channeling God-Ki for the first time because 'he let his guard down'.
Literally NO hero is immune to the eternal curse of bad writing.
It's like when you watch your favorite anime and a character dies for the STUPIDEST reasons possible, and as a fan you instinctively get annoyed by how badly it was written. But that's the problem as a whole. It doesn't matter what that character would have or should have done in that scenario that a fan would assume they would do to stay alive. The writer made it canonically accurate that the character died because of how they have the final word. I think it just stands out with Superman so much because after having DECADES of different stories by different writers all trying to tell their own stories about him, they had to keep upping the stakes or having him in more bizarre situations to sell comics. Death Battle was kind of screwed the moment they had Superman in those videos because it was either throw all the different versions together into one Superman or have endless comments about how they used the 'Wrong Superman' for the fight. It's the biggest difference between a single character with a specific storyline and personality traits versus a character that's practically being re-written every time someone wants a new Superman-themed ANYTHING. He's a blank slate for writers, almost making every Superman comic written be about a different Superman. As for his famous death, I'm pretty sure the only reason that Superman didn't stay dead was because he's such a recognizable figure it would be financial suicide to keep him dead. Like if Spider-Man was killed after a bad fight and Marvel just moved on and never acknowledged him again. There would be UA-cam Rage and internet flames by a lot of people.
TL;DR:
Superman is as strong/weak/dumb/smart/emotional/emotionless as the writer needs him to be for whatever comic/show/movie they're writing.
It's simple, idiotic, and probably NEVER going to change. XD
Sucks for them, I always aspire to be a man like Superman, he is my role model, Superman is more relatable than people may think, I dislike how people look at only his powers but not the man, who has to go through struggles like we do but just a different kind of Struggles. He never asked to be Superman, he was born like that, so saying I like characters that trained to become stronger isn't a valid argument here,
Also Spiderman's whole personality is molded around supes, idk you read comics or not but try to see things with a different perspective
I think, if you want a fun oneshot look of Superman in comics addressing him, read the issue where he comes across Magic Kryptonite.
It addresses a flaw in Superman and his responsibility complex, which I feel is a great thing the comics do to humanize him a lot to counteract the God on Earth thing.
I feel like Louis knowing Superman's identity felt a bit rushed But the relationship/romance was definitely was rushed
Mark lied to Amber's face too. To the point of her breaking up with him
Here is the difference though, we see Lois figuring it out, Amber on the other hand shows us cheating on Mark with someone else because she thought that's what he did. Then as soon as he got back, she told him she figure it out...at the campus. not when he got hit by a "bus", not facing the disappearance acts he made, at the campus.
if I remember in the comics, Mark didn't have that liar story trope, but instead reveal his identity to her in the first issue. They didn't have to do the liar reveal thing as there is none. in the show it kinda felt force.
@@Jamfrog35 There are so many things wrong here. Amber never cheated on Mark, she went to a party and talked to one guy the whole night *after* breaking up with Mark. She told Mark that she figured out that he was a superhero (not Invincible) a few weeks ago, either when he got hit by a "bus" or due to always being late.
He definitely didn't tell her in the first issue of the comics, that Amber was so clueless she thought Mark was drug dealing. In the comics he revealed his identity to actually explain to her, while in the show he only did it so that Amber would take him back.
@@DDarkestKnight Really? huh...my bad then. This what happens when you trust the wrong source instead of watching it myself or read the comics.
Still I think Lois handle it a lot better than Amber did. Granted the jumping off the roof was a bit much, but her reactions to Clark lying to her face is understandable at the same time.
I think the pros of a tech based rogues gallery is tht jimmy n lois and even civilians can help
@@Jamfrog35 Honestly Amber handled it about as well as Lois did, they were mad for like two days, watched both superheroes fight while knowing who they are, then they make up and hear the whole truth. With the only difference being watching her boyfriend almost get murdered and figuring out what kind of person his dad is.
Santa is real in the dc universe
This show finally GOT superman.
I you wanna do Superman who is already a legend you do it like Superman and Lois - you focus on a conflict he's new and not perfect at (being a dad to teenagers) and keep the legendary Superhero in the background.
as someone who has basically ZERO experience with superman media, i REALLY loved this show.
when it comes to clark and lois dating and clark coming out as superman, I think it is good that it happened fast because we already know it will happen so a "will they won't they" is worthless and we just wanna see a healthy relationship which media has been avoiding for decades due to writers not knowing how to make that intredting without drama or turning one of the characters into an object but I think modern writers know how to write healthy relationships now because they are realising that relationships do not have to purely define characters and can infact make both characters more of thenselves instead of watering them down, they know that both characters don't have to constantly state they are in a relationship and can both do there own thing while in a relationship.
People who don’t like a character changing it and calling it “fixed” is some of the most manipulative shit I’ve ever heard
I've been loving My Adventures of Superman I'd loved how they fleshed out his character how he grows as a hero
A completely out of left field idea I would want them to do with this series is have Superman meet Spider Jerusalem. Like have that fucker get briefly employed by the newsroom Clark works at with the two going out on the town and you just have this juxtaposition of this ranting and raving complete socipath that superman has to babysit and contrast with his more innocent nature.
There wasn't really anything to fix...i admit its about time DC gave superman some focus instead of the spotlight always on batman but the last animated series that focused on primarily him...superman the animated series his power was nerfed honestly this modern version seems stronger and he hasn't even developed all his abilities yet
I feel like the biggest problem facing anyone adapting these well-known characters is the notion that there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. It's true to some extent, bun inevitably, there's going to a a vocal fanbase that rejects any change simply because it's a change. And change is absolutely necessary. You can't just keep recycling the same Superman, Batman, Spider-Man into new stories, let alone retelling the same old stories in the same way over and over again forever. That's a guaranteed way to fail. So reshuffling the basics of Superman is as inevitable as it is impermanent. I love the dynamic of Clark having a boyish crush on Lois, while Lois has a girlish crush on Superman, and has no interest in Clark. I think it speaks to the way people objectify one another, and project their fantasies. Lois is dazzled by the grandiose image of Superman, the "super." So she's blind to the man. That explains why an otherwise sharp reporter can't see the story standing right in front of her.
I love that story. But that story isn't going anywhere, and in the meantime, My Adventures With Superman has its own story to tell. I actually kinda side with Clark on this one. Lois getting angry that he didn't tell her the truth that he was Superman seems controversial, even legit. But I don't think any of us have the right to other people's private identities. If Clark was gay, would Lois have the right to know about this private life that doesn't involve her? Obviously not. Not even if it's 1970 she's writing an article about Stonewall. She could get him fired, or even killed, with a few loose words. She doesn't have the right to hold his life in her hands, just because they're friends, or it would further her career.
Once they're dating, yeah, she has some legitimate right to know more about Clark, inasmuch as his life and his choices affect her. But he keeps his secrets for his safety, and the safety of his family. She doesn't have the right to those secrets just because she wants to know who Superman is, especially if she's made it clear she might publishing his secrets. Much as it seems like an equal relationship, or even unequal in his favor, he's the one with the vulnerability in this particular circumstance. The whole "Don't lie to your friends or your partner" thing doesn't always apply. People have a right to privacy.
I feel like the show handled this fairly well, but it's a storyline that comes up again and again in superhero media (The CW makes whole seasons' worth of drama out of it) and no one really addresses it in a particularly insightful way.
Anyone else remember smallville tv series Superman where he’s like friends with lex Luther before hand
Wow mann, everything you said and quoted about this series was so well put, and loved that u didn't use your thoughts,OMG!, who r u!?, JK, fr, great review as always, i haven't watched it yet, already on my list, the animation is so well made, this also reasons why Superman is my fave hero as well, next 2 Batman and a few others,
I want a version of Superman where he ends up with Lana instead of Lois. People give good points to why she’s a better choice for Clark than Lois and the writers of justice league Unlimited knew that too from the the first episode of the show where Mongul attaches an alien to Superman which makes him dream about having everything he wants and he’s married to Lana and they have a kid. Which means Clark loves Lana and he doesn’t realize it. They should have established that Clark and Lois broke up some point after the animated series ended and Clark and Lana became a couple and give them senses that confirm this in justice league and justice league unlimited
I think you are right. The technology is going to mutate the villains. This way they will not have to so an episode for each of their origins.
An interesting thing about this show is that it presents a mystery for both the in universe characters, and the audience EXCEPT the audience and Clark have different perspectives on this mystery.
For the audience WE all know Superman's backstory. 'Parents send him away from a planet just before calamity to a new planet that allows him to have powers'. That's the basic outline, but there's so many versions of this story that we have to pick up clues and figure out the exact details. What was happening on Krypton just before it died out? Why didn't his parents go with him? How many other kryptonians survived and how? Who are the survivors?
Clark on the other hand is also solving that exact mystery but because he doesn't have the prior knowledge the audience has, we watch him solve it badly. The clues he's able to pick up make him come to the conclusion that his parents were evil, Krypton is alive and they expect him to take over Earth.
It both intrigues you as a viewer to gather all the pieces to put it together while also rooting for the protagonist to get on the same page as you.
Ooh interesting
Something I’m picking up with this iteration of Superman: Lois powers him back up, not the sun. And when people start to say crappy things about him, he’s not as powerful. The last fight scene in episode nine was a little on the nose with this theory, but I’m thinking the writers are making Superman’s powers dependent on how loved he is. When he really loses love, he might turn into one of those “not good Clark” types.
Hmm interesting theory. I could see that play out if done right. Like maybe it mentally wears him down when he sees how hated he is. And when he feels loved and appreciated he gains strength. So that can play with the idea that some of those evil Supermen we saw went bad because of how hated they were or they had all the power but nobody gave them proper support for them to want to be good. Showcasing how unique this Superman is.
Superman never needed to be "fixed" he just needed to be put in the hands of writers who understand the POINT of Superman. The Persona the public sees is a paragon, the "Super" but what they don't often acknowledge is the 'Man'.
My Adventures with Superman not only does what I and others like me have been saying-- put Superman in a modern environment, see how he copes-- but they throw in a Superman who's still figuring himself out on top of that.
He's the best humanity has to offer, the top, something we should all strive for, something -he- is still striving to uphold.
The right way isn't always the easiest, but we can still try. That's what Superman has taught me, and inspired me to do.
This show and the DCAU are the only versions of Superman I like. Because they focus a lot on his human side which a lot of Superman stuff neglects unfortunately.
No, everyone agrees that Lois jumping off the building is toxic, no matter what iteration you put them in. Like Jimmy had a beautiful response to realizing that Clark is Supes. What Lois did is essentially grabbing your closeted friend and tossing them into the middle of the street before they had a chance to put clothes on. Clark made the right choice hiding his identity especially with Lois making stupid claims like exposing Superman in a Muckraking expose. If anyone had to prove they wouldn't hurt the other it would be Lois for initially lying to Clark and his Boy.
Smallville has a ton of episodes, but my love for Superman (as in Clark Kent) started from that show
I mean he is going to get overpowered probably at the end of the season, the question is if there is a season 2, will there be a villain that rivals his op powers or someone that uses mind over muscle?
you have Brainiac and lex
Lex and superman they been rivals since forever
@@yarc9 exactly why I made the reference
Believe it or not, within the context of the DC universe as a whole, Superman isn't that busted.
For example, the Flash.
He's more busted than Superman.
One version of the Flash brought himself back from the dead.
As in his was destroyed, his soul went to the afterlife, and he came back. Literally made himself a new body Dr. Manhatten style.
Another version of Flash had the ability to increase and decrease the speed of an object. So he touch a person, drain them of their speed, and leave them in a stasis.
Another version of Flash was using his powers to perform an Infinite Mass Punch. That amount of power in that punch was equal to the Big Bang.
Another version of Flash saw a villain steal a little girl's lollipop. The villain had the ability to jump to different dimensions and time periods. Flash found him in every location, Loony Toons style, including the end of time itself and made the dude give back the lollipop.
I think that the tech enemies are cool, it shows humans are amazing in a diffrent way without superpowers, it is not like this show will suddenly turn every other show and movie's villains into mecha godzilla or anything, this shows version of superman doesn't habe to be connected to all future dc shows.
Also tech has always been a great thing for superman because if its a robot he doesn't have to worry about killing an actual person unless the ai values its own life because then killing it would be evil, having tech weapons allows superman to destroy them without hurting the criminal or villain, Superman is learning to get gud so making the enemies easier to deal with in a moral less violent way making it easier for superman to preach goodness being good is good for the whole "better tomorrow" "dreams are important and help us build a greater society then in the past as humanity is always growing and becoming less and less shitty as time goes on and people are generally good now actually" messages of superman.
the tech also makes this show more unique as they are all diffrent versions of the villains then what you would normally see and it is cool to have diffrent versions of the same character, it makes superman stand out and feel more alone being the only one that is diffrent, other then his father and facist enemies.
This show didn't fix who Superman is because this is who he has always been until the more modern era of changing him into a edgy dude.
At his core he's just a good man
Dude can be the most powerful being in the world, which he is by the way, and in the DC universe one of the most powerful.... And still keep his humanity like showing in this show
And I personally do like a more powerful Superman