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Subj: Yeah, I noticed that the manga that filled bookstores didn't seem to shy away from costumes, secret identities, or any of that.Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 09:39:50 pm EDT
| Reply Subj: I've actually said the same thing about fiction for years ...
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 04:42:51 am EDT (Viewed 328 times) |
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> ... Which is that, ironically enough, the more that superhero comics have tried to tone down their more colorful, absurd or unrealistic aspects, the more that NON-superhero stories in other media have actually ADOPTED those aspects, which basically means that the whole excuse of "mainstream audiences won't accept primary-colored spandex and crazy powers" is bullshit, and really, it's more that a certain subset of PREEXISTING FANS of superhero characters and stories are feeling ashamed of the lack of realism in a genre that they increasingly regard as "immature," but that they nonetheless refuse to outgrow.
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