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« on: November 17, 2010, 04:52:49 AM »
To supplement your comment about parenting, I think that Animated movies like the Doomsday one represent that well. While the comic had multiple Superman clones, the movie has just one. Just one cloned Superman made by Lex, with as much data on him as he could acquire. However, there was no Clark to that Superman. There was no parenting, he was never raised, and he does not have ANY of Clark's memories, and as such, instead of becoming like Superman, he strays, and instead becomes a tyrant. He has no second thoughts about killing, and does so freely within his idea of justice, and believes he is doing what needs to be done. Not to mention the only raising he gets is from lex, who is pretty mad himself, Cloning Superman and actually being upset that Superman died and HE wasnt the one to finish him. he actually pummels the clone in place of Superman, for "leaving him".
Now, to Bizzaro- as a side note- the brief moments we saw him as Superman in the series, he seemed like regular ol supes. but he becomes Bizzaro almost right away, so we never really see how he would have ended up as an actual Superman. Though for the most part, in the original series, his heart does seem to be in the right place- Just he doesnt quite have the brains to accompany it.