Earthmine52 - Gavri-El's Blog

This is a compilation of a series of image posts I made and my comments under them discussing my theories in shorter form. This is a follow up to my first post that I made just after the teaser trailer debuted if you have not seen it, it's here on my blog as well. Lex Luthor vs Superman Reject or Embrace Legacy? (Luthorcorp -> Lexcorp) A lot of people were confused or weren't fans of the change to Luthorcorp instead of Lexcorp, but actually Smallville did this first, but has Lex change it to Lexcorp after he takes over after his father Lionel. Relating this to the theme of legacy in this film, while Clark embraces all the legacies that make him (Smallville, the Daily Planet, Krypton, past heroes like the JSA), Lex rejects his father's legacy for his own. Their arcs are opposite to each other. In response to someone saying they preferred a rags to riches Lex who founded the company himself: Oh that's my personal preference too. It's what basically all the main c...

I. Introduction “Is [character] from [Manga/Anime] a better Superman than Superman?” This is a conversation common with those of us into both western comic books and Japanese Manga. I’ve had them with friends in person and strangers online. I can talk about more famous comparisons with Goku from Dragon Ball and Saitama from One Punch Man, or bring up rarely cited parallels with characters like Naruto (my favorite Manga/Anime character). But here I'll discuss All Might from My Hero Academia . Why him specifically? It's obvious that Superman doesn’t want to be the very best that no one ever was. He doesn’t want to win tournaments to prove he’s the best fighter, he didn’t become a hero as a fun hobby to challenge him and he doesn’t want to become the hero mayor of the Hidden Smallvillage to gain the people’s approval. But a lot of people do think he plays the same role and represents the same things as All Might, and some believe that All Might surpasses him in that. Which is what...