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Big Shiny Robot: What makes Superman super?
What makes these legacy characters—which are typically reinvented by every generation (or half a generation) for the last century—the definitive version of the character to which audiences respond?
With the release of James Gunn's Superman— which Zack Snyder fans assured us would not make money at the box office, because Henry Cavill was the definitive Superman—and it performing beyond even the wildest expectations, it's worth asking who Superman really is.
What makes these legacy characters—which are typically reinvented by every generation (or half a generation) for the last century—the definitive version of the character to which audiences respond? For Superman, every version of the character has had the ability to stop bullets and had the trademark "S" shield on their chest.
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