17岁“中国超人”登陆DC漫画

17岁“中国超人”登陆DC漫画 Lincoln: Now, a very different kind of superhero might be gracing our screens, or our comic books, very soon. Wu You, maybe you can tell us a little bit more about that. WY: People are familiar with Superman and Captain America, but this time we have a “red” superhero; that is, a Chinese Superman. The Chinese Superman is wearing red tights. Michael: I think it’s a very interesting trend, and I think this points to a wider aspect of modern society and culture, in that you’re seeing increasing amounts of Chinese references in modern Hollywood blockbuster films, you know, like in Transformers. I think the fourth film in the franchise was set partly in Hong Kong and partly in Beijing. Skyfall, I think, was set partly in Shanghai and partly in Macau, and it seems to me that whenever you have a big movie blockbuster or comic book franchise like this, it seems like they want to tap into the major world power at the time, and increasingly, now, you can see elements of Chinese culture and society being included into things like this, so I think that’s quite an important step. Lincoln: Yeah, I think so, too, as well. I can’t, off the top of my head, think of any Asian superheroes, necessarily – none of them come to mind easily, but it is interesting that they’ve decided to do this. How exactly has this come to be? Is it a teenager who wrote this, or is the superman a teenager? WY: [The superman] is a 17-year-old Chinese, but details on how the 17-year-old Kong will attain his superman-like abilities and impact the DC universe of superheroes were not released, but the comic book did say the process of inheriting powers will be a struggle, so possibly, he will have more kung fu abilities, as [is seen] in Chinese movies. Maybe he will fly easily? There are a lot of guesses like that. Lincoln: Well, that’s very interesting as well, because I’m looking here at the release for it, and they said they wanted to tell a story that was about Superman, but tell it in a different culture. Now, I think that, actually, if you…I will go on record as saying – and I might get some hate for this – Superman is by far one of the most boring superheroes, for me. [WY: Boring?] He’s boring! You know, he does everything, so… The only thing that can stop him is a little piece of rock, the kryptonite, so I would like to see how you have that superman in a different culture. You can also, then, maybe just change some of his powers, maybe he doesn’t acquire all of them at once, but now the other question is the original Superman came from an alien planet. How are they going to do the origin story now? Michael: The thing is, if you look at the mythology behind Superman, you compare it with, say, Batman and Spiderman, Batman is Bruce Wayne and he becomes Batman; Spiderman is Peter Parker and he becomes Spiderman, but Superman is Superman, he starts out [like that], and Clark Kent is his disguise. It’s a reversal of the superhero process, so it’ll be interesting to see which way round this Chinese Superman, so to speak, which way round it is, whether he starts off as a regular Chinese guy and attains these superpowers. This guy is known as Chinese Superman. That’s not his name; he’s not being sold as Superman. Presumably this is a new Chinese superhero. There may be influences that are taken from Superman, and from other popular DC and Marvel superheroes, but at the end of the day, this is a new character. Perhaps that is a method of connecting with the likely audience, and making it an easier character to relate to. WY: I’m more curious about [whether] he speaks Chinese or English!