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6/30/2025, 3:11:50 PM
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But another reason why these legacy IP's should not be continued is that they're simply out-dated, and any attempts to modernise them are tenuous at best.
On the surface, the character designs are like something out of a Victorian Circus. They're almost 100 years old. They're ancient.
When James Cameron wrote Terminator, he didn't put Arnold in a gymnasts uniform, he put him in a biker jacket and sunglasses, because it was the 1980's and that was cool.
Superman was cool in the 1940's, it isn't cool in the 2020's
And the same can be said for every part of their being. Their personalities are wooden by todays writing standards, their morality is childish, their universe is shallow, their powers are unimaginative, and their origin stories are lackluster.
They just simply don't hold up today.
But another reason why these legacy IP's should not be continued is that they're simply out-dated, and any attempts to modernise them are tenuous at best.
On the surface, the character designs are like something out of a Victorian Circus. They're almost 100 years old. They're ancient.
When James Cameron wrote Terminator, he didn't put Arnold in a gymnasts uniform, he put him in a biker jacket and sunglasses, because it was the 1980's and that was cool.
Superman was cool in the 1940's, it isn't cool in the 2020's
And the same can be said for every part of their being. Their personalities are wooden by todays writing standards, their morality is childish, their universe is shallow, their powers are unimaginative, and their origin stories are lackluster.
They just simply don't hold up today.
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