In the wake of the absolutely vile James Gunn Superman reboot -- where the poor, much-degraded Kryptonian looks like a cross between a boy band reject and a ridiculously cheap and incompetent cosplayer -- I felt compelled to share these AI art pieces I generated of a version of Superman that people would actually like.
For a while now, I've wondered if perhaps what Superman could use to refresh the character and appeal to young kids again is a makeover in the vein of Disney's animated Robin Hood. All the classic characters we know and love, but taking place in a parallel universe where's they're all anthropomorphic animals. (And also, being written and produced by people who aren't left-wing activists and/or total hacks.) Certainly with the evil of the World Economic Forum and its transhuman agenda on full display, the shameless corruption and campaigns of death waged by the likes of Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci, and everything spilling out about MK-Ultra, suddenly the likes of Lex Luthor and the rest of Superman's earthbound rogues gallery are a lot more plausible. (Luthor alone could be a composite analogue for both Gates and Fauci, but without any true loyalty to the globalist powers he works for.) There's now a real-world context for much of the Superman mythos to exist without much question, and an opportunity to engage in some Rod Serling/'60s Star Trek social commentary as an underscore to the high adventure and sci-fi action.
Personally, I think that would a winning combination. Wild sci-fi/fantasy adventure and epic stakes for the whole family, cute cartoon animals for the kids, and weightier real-world subtext for adults. Not to mention that presenting Superman as an anthropomorphic bunny would go a long way toward undoing the trend of the last 32 years of making him a punching bag and a victim. Regular humanoid Superman has been emotionally/verbally abused, beaten, mutilated, and killed off so much that people are desensitized to it. The Superman pictured above? Only the most malicious, nihilistic and meanspirited of fanboys and fangirls would want him treated the same way. Everyone else would actually want this Superman to be a hero, to kick ass and take names and be a leader of men. In other words, a Superman who actually lives up to his name.
You could also have fun with reinterpreting the other Superman characters as animals as Robin Hood did with that mythos' regulars. Lex Luthor? A hairless cat (although that would be his own fault due to an unfortunate lab accident). Brainiac? A mechanized jackal. Darkseid? A pit bull. Doomsday? A deformed rhinoceros. Lana Lang, Superman's ex-girlfriend from childhood? A red squirrel, similar in design and personality to the horny squirrel who stalked King Arthur in The Sword in the Stone. Mxyzptlk? A weasel. And so on. The possibilities would be pretty endless and potentially very marketable to a younger audience that otherwise wouldn't be interested at all in Superman. And let's face it; younger, newer fans are exactly what the franchise needs.
But obviously, good writing and restoring the integrity of the major characters would be paramount. There's been a glut of bad Superman media across all bases for decades now. A GOOD version of the character is long overdue, and a Robin Hood-style take on the mythos wouldn't be a bad place to start,
