22 Apr

Promises

Doug wrote a nice, thoughtful post last week about violence in video games. I had every intention to follow up with a similar post this week, but I am swamped with the making of the Tee Vee here so I’m going to keep this short so I can get back to the maelstrom of stuff flying right now.

The highlight for me this week was the Man of Steel trailer (you can see it above). We talk a bit about it this week on the show. I’ve talked a bit in the past about the “Promise” of the Man of Steel trailers. All marketing is making a promise to the consumer. Some are so outlandish that we know not to believe in them, but others we expect to be met. Man of Steel is making such a promise with it’s marketing.

It’s a promise of action, of heart, of family and yes…of hope. Today, I believe in that promise. On June 14th, we’ll know if they’ve held up to their side of the bargain.

It was also the 75th anniversary of Superman this week. I can’t remember if we mentioned it on the show but I wanted to point out some great articles this week commemorating the anniversary of Action Comics #1 which introduced the world to Superman and Lois Lane.

Martin (Marty) Pasko on Superman at CBR

Comic Alliance Best Art Ever – Superman Edition

Mark Waid’s Superman Test (Good Luck!)

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