I was listening to Jesus Christ Superstar again this morning, imagining an Anime adaptation of it with Jesus being an Anime Girl who looks kinda like Eiko Magami. When something occurred to me.
A lot of the people hating on Zach Snyder's take on Superman engage in this weird double speak where they hate that Snyder seemingly plays up the Jesus metaphor again, yet at the same time hate him for not making Superman "without sin" by their standards. And I realized that some Superman fans are exactly like the kinds of Christians who are so deeply offended by stuff like Jesus Christ Superstar and The Last Temptation of Christ.
Chalcedonian, Miasyphite and Nestorian Christians are all supposed to believe in the full Humanity of Christ, but any depiction that emphasizes the Humanity many get uncomfortable with for not being sinless by their standards. Likewise true Superman fans are supposed to know that Superman's real name is Clark Kent not Kal-El, and we're constantly annoyed by people who say "Superman's a boring character because he's too perfect", but will then turn around and hate any depiction of Superman where he isn't perfect from day one.
KyleKallgrenBHH's video on Superman literally says that he's offended by Man of Steel for making Superman less godlike. He unambiguously says he cares about the Deity of Superman more then the Humanity of Superman. I've addressed that video once already.
I have my own issues with Snyder's take on Superman. Likewise I don't disagree that the Jesus Christ Superstar depiction of Jesus is a little problematic Biblically. But that doesn't prevent me from loving them each as highly entertaining works of Art that at least try to explore aspects of these Characters that many others are afraid too.
P. S.: In a hypothetical production of JCS where all the characters are DCU characters, Herod should be The Joker, just imagine Mark Hamil singing that song.
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