media relations: oh, dc, the stupid, it just keeps coming...
Media Relations: oh, DC ... the stupid, it just keeps coming
First, they give us Darkseid as the new Justice League's first villain, in what's clearly going to be an unspeakably decompressed story arc (Wonder Woman isn't scheduled to show up until issue 3, and Victor is still unCyborged). And now this. [...] You know, it's not that I don't get it. It's very clear that the whole corporate "synergy" thing is going on. They figured that, as long as they were rebooting the universe anyway, they might as well bring characters in alignment with those that have been depicted in more popular media. Thus, Green Arrow's background and character design are shifted to match what he had in Smallville. Superman gets to be younger, for much the same reason. (Although also for others.) And Waller gets Bassettified....
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First, they give us Darkseid as the new Justice League's first villain, in what's clearly going to be an unspeakably decompressed story arc (Wonder Woman isn't scheduled to show up until issue 3, and Victor is still unCyborged). And now this. [...] You know, it's not that I don't get it. It's very clear that the whole corporate "synergy" thing is going on. They figured that, as long as they were rebooting the universe anyway, they might as well bring characters in alignment with those that have been depicted in more popular media. Thus, Green Arrow's background and character design are shifted to match what he had in Smallville. Superman gets to be younger, for much the same reason. (Although also for others.) And Waller gets Bassettified....
-- Originally posted at http://iainpj.dreamwidth.org/41842.html, where there are
comments.