I really REALLY don't think DC is stupid enough to OMD Superman & Lois. Also, can't argue that it's not the best Supes tale ever told, cause I think it is.
Stupider things have happened. May I count the ways?
- Turning Green Lantern into a universe destroyer was one of them.
- Remember what they did to Batgirl? First, they turned away from her cute River Tam-like character who kicked ass and couldn't read, and turned her into a generic [classy lady]. Then they replaced her with a dumb blonde who runs around the city in her vibratormobile and whose only good moments in the comic stem from Damian calling her a whore. And now, aparently, she's a villain in Birds of Prey, and if my conspiracy theories are correct, Gail Simone is trying to apply to her the old Christian Warrior concept she pitched to DC years ago. Urgh.
- Making a Crisis on Infinite Earths sequel where they make Superboy Prime into a metaphor for whiny fans who murders everything, make old good characters evil, and takes Kal-L, the ORIGINAL SUPERMAN, from his well-deserved happy ending, into dying tragically. (I liked Infinite Crisis, but Johns sure shat around the pre-established characters). Crisis was supposed to set the DCU back on track. But suddenly they decided they LOVE MULTIVERSES.
- Did I mention the REALITY PUNCH?
- "Loeb, we're two issues away from the ending. But we suddenly decided you can't make Jason Todd Hush's real identity. We decided we're never bringing him back. No, you can't make Two-Face him either, we're gonna keep him as a GOOD CHARACTER. Why don't you use that one guy... you know, that friend of Bruce who died in the beginning? Just make some bullshit excuse like he's always hated Bruce or something. You know, [parasitic bomb] all over Jim Lee's lovely art. I know this'll have you work long hours, but you'll be able to spend time with your son later."
- "Hey, you know what would be cool? Let's bring Jason Todd back. Yeah, let's retcon to say Hush had both HIM AND CLAYFACE, and uh... HE SWITCHED HALFWAY THROUGH THE COMBAT!" And, um... make Two-Face bad again!
- Let's not forget the biggest damn blow of them all. [parasitic bomb] ALL OVER FAN'S FACES. They made it as if Maxwell Lord, a blatantly funny character in a comedy comic and an important part to the DCU, had SUDDENLY BEEN EVIL ALL ALONG. All for the sake of murdering Ted Kord in a nasty, bloody way, just for the sake of unnecessary drama for a sideplot in Infinite Crisis. Yes, turn away years of character development in Justice League, Justice League International, Justice League Europe, Superbuddies and all other appearances, just for cheap drama. And break up the Gold and Blue team. ;_;
- Make a book in which Star City is blown up by a small-time character who everyone insists should be the villanous Batman, everyone acts out of character and yells "JUSTIIIIICE" alot, and Hal Jordan is revealed to have put two distinctive, evolved and strong female characters who'd never want to even look at him... IN A THREESOME. Oh, and ruin Green Arrow's reputation in the process, while making him live in a whatthefuckorest like Robin Hood.
Damn it, DC. WHY do you do this?
I would love to see DC make an animated movie based on it, like they did DC New Frontier.
Honestly? Wouldn't work without Quitely's art. I've had dreams about an All-Star Superman series, and the ONLY way it would work, was if it was made like this:
- High quality series like the ones produced in the 90's MTV. Remember The Maxx, or Aeon Flux? Hell, Maxx pretty much picked every single panel from the comic and animated it. Best cartoon-comic adaptation ever.
- Art direction, while not having to follow Quitely all the time (He's my favorite artist but I still think he draws women's faces in a funny way and sometimes makes kids look like old men), would have to be close. That means employing a TON of professional artists and animators, Disney-caliber ones. Maybe get some of those hardcore asian animation studios. The guys who made Paprika would be awesome in coloring and big detailing.
- Not make it a simple cartoon show. Warner Bros could make it a kind of cult show, a superproduction meant for a high quality adaptation of the story. Push Superman AS HARD AS THEY'VE EVER PUSHED HIM. I want him to reach the popularity his first movies had. And that way, they could make an AMAZING hit, and bring All-Star Superman to places it's never gone before.
In the end? We'd pretty much have the best goddamn cartoon of all time. PERIOD.