Character Appreciation Thread

[Caveboy0]

I made this thread because I recently read an ignorant statement specifically about DC. The guy doesn't think DC has very empathetic or very good characters. This is no attack on the heroes but the characters themselves.

As a DC man myself I took offense to his statements and made me think of how under appreciated DC can be.

So I made this thread not just for DC characters, but for all characters that need appreciating.

Just pick a character tells us why he's awesome, why he's a great character, and where we can experience this character.

[lopli]

Thor- He's a very interesting character, the mythology behind it makes it that much better, and I hope tihs new movie broadens him for a new audience

does it have to be comic book characters or can it be movies too?

[Caveboy0]

i believe i said "for all characters"

[aliensuit1495]

Superman, for sure. He's not just an overpowered demigod. He's a shining example of what we all want to achieve, of what we want to become. I mean, who doesn't want to be superman? All the other heroes look up to him. And even with that, he's all too human. Despite the fact that he's not even human.

He's under appreciated by many just because he's "overpowered"

[Caveboy0]

exactly. its not the average person's fault for thinking that. he's been mishandled in the comics. they always try to find a threat big enough for him to face and in the process he has lost his humanity. we forget he was raised a farm boy. we forget how human he really is.

superman for all seasons was an excellent comic because it put superman in a different light. the story was told in 4 different perspectives and none of them were superman's. it was Jonathan kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Lana Lang. it grounded superman. and i think best of all it gave superman a conflict he couldn't end with a fight and something happened that you never thought could happen to superman, he failed.

[Webber3000]

Webber3000 - He's just that awesome.

[Spidey 1923]

Spiderman - Because he is Spiderman.

[lopli]

Michael Myers- He constantly got talked shit about on the Spidey boards for absolutley no reason. A perfect example of judging a character you know nothing about. He's a very mysterious character, and the way he has no motive, it leaves fans and newcomers room to fill in the gaps to his past on their own. Rob Zombie did so by remaking it, but in all honesty, that's not really what Halloween is. If you explain the killer, if you take away the seed that makes him evil, you make him more human, and a killer you can relate to is a killer who is about as scary as a Power Ranger villain

[Spider-Vader]

Hawkeye- He's a great character, he's a classic Avenger. He's probably 4th on the list of best Avengers after Cap, IM & Thor. He's sort of under appreciated, but that will probably vanish soon with him being on the upcoming Avengers show & the movie!

[aliensuit1495]

Aug 7, 2010 21:57:50 GMT -5 Webber3000 said:

Webber3000 - He's just that awesome.

I think Webber3000 gets the appreciation he deserves. Which is none.

[Webber3000]

You get just as much (none)... And that's way more than you deserve.

[lopli]

Lopli- Angry, defensive, an ashhole with soul, who's usually nice, but has a little spice! Had his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy -69!

[mob]

well lopli your are an ashhole lol

[aliensuit1495]

Aug 8, 2010 20:02:54 GMT -5 Webber3000 said:

You get just as much (none)... And that's way more than you deserve.

That is most illogical. I cannot have any less than no appreciation. We're not dealing with numbers here. You fail.

[Caveboy0]

Okay guys enough jokes sort of get on topic