EP 161: Golden Age Superman vs. Batman - Tete's Take

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This is episode 2 of our "Golden Age Superman" series, which you can check out here. 

Recently, after watching The Batman 2022 and making a reaction/review video of it last week (see below for links), Tete and I thought more about Superman and why a lot of his movies aren't that well done. From her perspective, anyways. She thinks - and I would agree with her - that Superman's character has been changed since the Golden Age of his series, which was in the 1930s and 40s.   

After WWII, his character got increasingly sanitized and was turned into another version of Captain America, so to speak, sort of a role model for young boys to teach them about responsibility. 

In these next few podcast episodes, we'll be exploring how and why Tete doesn't like Silver Age Superman stories and why she prefers Golden Age in general.  

Questions:  

1. How did Batman's character change throughout the 20th century? Did he change as much as Superman? Why or why not, do you think?  

2. Why was Superman allowed to be "sanitized" while Batman got edgier and edgier? Do you think that's why Batman appears to be more popular than Superman, because he is edgier and less of a "boy scout" who seems too idealized?  

3. Do you think there are a lot of similarities between Batman, especially the most recent incarnation of him in The Batman (2022), and Golden Age Superman?

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Links:

Our podcast, "The Nuts and Bolts of Writing" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvd4C7fSOawTalthFUirt-iRNtxKPANfW

Our podcast on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fortunus-games

My live reaction and review of The Batman (2022): https://youtu.be/rji-ME1OCOE

Tete's Review of The Batman (2022) - filmed before I watched it so I was just interviewing her: https://youtu.be/zFjGbYthVhw