Superman is incredibly boring. Hence why one punch man is so popular in comparison. Also Superman went from being a “normal superhero” to someone that doesn’t actually have to work his way through problems, but they still make it seem like he has to work his way through problems, which is ridiculous. Hence the parody OPM.
If you think Superman doesn’t really need to worry about problems because he can punch real hard, you completely miss the point of Superman. The entire point is there are problems that can’t, or shouldn’t, be solved just by hitting things at Mach 2.
Superman can also rewind time, hypnotize people, telepathically control them, etc etc etc. This has nothing to do with him being able to punch real hard. It has to do with the fact that the comic character situationally has powers that make the comics make sense, else it doesn’t make sense at all. He could solve any problem with the powers that appear throughout his 90 year history. So from one comic to another he suddenly has fewer powers, then the next he has tons more powers, else they literally wouldn’t have a story.
What do you mean by so popular in comparison? Maybe it’s a local cultural thing or an age thing, but I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of people in the U.S. could tell you who Superman is vs. who One Punch Man is. It could also be an age thing I guess: Superman has been around in the cultural consciousness in the U.S. since the 1940s, where One Punch Man looks like it came out in 2009.
Superman’s symbol is one of the most recognized symbols in the entire world. He was created before the vast majority of the living population was born and is still relevant enough to head up franchises and make successful movies. It’s not uncommon to see his logo on cars, hats, and t shirts 20 times a day. The majority of people can tell you something about Superman, like some of his powers, his weakness too kryptonite, his secret identity, the daily planet, Lois lane… something. I like OPM. He’s a fun satirical twist on the trope. But my god is there not even close to a comparison in notoriety and fandom. None of those things is true of OPM.
It’s not uncommon to see his logo on cars, hats, and t shirts 20 times a day.
where the hell do you live that you see superman’s logo even once a day. I haven’t seen superman’s logo in months up until this point, when I explicitly went out of my way to go search superman on imdb. That is such a load of fucking bullshit I don’t even know how you could come up with that.
still relevant enough to head up franchises and make successful movies.
this is even more laughable. It’s a joke in the movie industry how bad superman movies are. There’s literally a pinned comment about it on the TMDB.
If you don’t believe that, https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchise/fr2756153093/ shows that the top Superman movie isn’t even a Superman movie! It’s a Batman and Superman movie! like holy cow, even the best Superman movie doesn’t solely star him.
Superman is a tired trope. The newest movie got views despite Superman, because it’s a fucking James Gunn film. People expected him to actually make a proper Superman rather than the lameness he has been for the past 50 years.
I mean exactly what I said. In comparison, OPM is incredibly popular. It’s not more popular, but you wouldn’t expect a manga released in a single country to be nearly as popular as an entire comic franchise for the most famous superhero on the planet (movies, tv shows, comics, merchandise) that has existed for almost 90 years. And yet it is. Look at the Google Trends, Superman really only has outsized bumps when a new movie comes out. Other than that it’s literally competing with a manga on how popular it is.
When you say nearly as popular, you are losing me. Again, in my experience, I could talk to a random person on the street and they could probably tell me Superman’s real name is Clark Kent, or draw the symbol, or tell me he lived in Smallville, or any one of a number of random trivia. Even if they aren’t comic readers (myself included) Superman has firmly secured itself in the cultural zeitgeist. Meanwhile, I’ve never watched One Punch Man, couldn’t tell you what the main characters name is or what they look like, or tell you what city they lived in, etc. I think you may be hyper inflating the popularity amongst your own circle and projecting that into the world at large.
I never said “nearly as popular” once again, my words are being misread. popularity has nothing to do with “can a random person on the street name this thing”. I don’t think hitler is very popular, but I bet every person on the planet that has been to school would recognize his name. My google trends link succinctly covers this.
You should go reread your previous comment. You did say those exact words, which is why I repeated them. And to be fair to me previously, in my highest level comment I did ask you to clarify your words and you refused to explain so you are leaving everyone else to interpret.
In my interpretation, that’s what popular means: prevalent amongst the general public, in which case yes Hitler counts. You may be trying a different usage of the word, but you weren’t clarifying that. I would also like to let you know you are also coming off generally as a prick while being so antagonistic, hence why many people are responding the way they are in this thread.
newish manga/anime thats losing popularity every season and will fade away for the most part when it ends, ppl move on, they dont move on for comic heres man has been popular since 1940 and will be til 2040 and beyond same cant be said for saitama, we’ll see
you can’t read. I said “so popular in comparison”, e.g. something that has existed for 1/10th the time, and pretty much only exists in extremely niche groups, is as well known as it is. That word comparison means you need to compare the two. Here’s a comparison: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=superman%2C%2Fm%2F0ndskrg&hl=en
and here’s a fun comment from a Superman fan! Pinned comment on TMDB (ignore the fact that every superman movie has a lower rating than OPM)
Lol you’re comparing an era where there was little to no media at all to an era where 20 new franchises come out every second. You’re right, there is no comparison. Superman still exists solely because of nostalgia, thanks for proving that for me. One Punch Man’s rating is 85%, not a single Superman movie in the past 90 years has ever gotten over 75%. The majority of Superman movies have a rating below 50%!
I think you really misunderstood what Superman is about. It’s not about the power or the fight. That’s just visual candy. He’s a character about making the right choice because he has the power to do so.
It’s a lot like Star Trek episodes where they rock up on a planet that’s less technologically advanced than them. They’re more powerful and they want to do the right thing, but sometimes figuring out what the right thing is can be complicated and it makes for an interesting story.
And yet those choices make no sense. An all-powerful being doesn’t have to make decisions. He literally has the power to rewind time in some comics, he can fly so fast as to make every decision completely meaningless.
This is like saying you’re going to make a comic about God and then say it’s about the choices God has to make. No it’s not, God doesn’t have to make choices, God does what God wants. Saying Superman comics are about making the right choice is a cop out for a terrible superhero.
If Superman was actually boring like you said, it wouldn’t have existed for so many decades. It would have died a long time ago. Yet new movies still come out.
OPM is only popular in anime groups, outside it isn’t known at all. So maybe get out of your bubble sometime?
That is incredibly bad logic. New movies come out for the same reason new Spiderman movies came out. New directors always thought they could “fix” the problems of the previous movies. Superman movies have been utter failures for decades, this is incredibly apparent just by looking at the highest grossing Superman movie being Batman v Superman, a fucking Batman movie. This is why the James Gunn movie has done so well financially, it was directed by someone that knew how to make a superhero movie and it STILL didn’t get good ratings! Yet look over at Spiderman, which had numerous terrible versions until decent directors got a hold of it. Why hasn’t that happened for Superman? (hint: it’s not because the directors are bad)
And I gotta say, something existing for decades while still being bad has nothing to do with the level of boring. People hold onto nostalgia, they also will keep consuming stuff even when it’s terrible. McDonald’s for example.
Superman is incredibly boring. Hence why one punch man is so popular in comparison. Also Superman went from being a “normal superhero” to someone that doesn’t actually have to work his way through problems, but they still make it seem like he has to work his way through problems, which is ridiculous. Hence the parody OPM.
If you think Superman doesn’t really need to worry about problems because he can punch real hard, you completely miss the point of Superman. The entire point is there are problems that can’t, or shouldn’t, be solved just by hitting things at Mach 2.
Superman can also rewind time, hypnotize people, telepathically control them, etc etc etc. This has nothing to do with him being able to punch real hard. It has to do with the fact that the comic character situationally has powers that make the comics make sense, else it doesn’t make sense at all. He could solve any problem with the powers that appear throughout his 90 year history. So from one comic to another he suddenly has fewer powers, then the next he has tons more powers, else they literally wouldn’t have a story.
wow, it’s almost like his powers aren’t the important part of the story!
What do you mean by so popular in comparison? Maybe it’s a local cultural thing or an age thing, but I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of people in the U.S. could tell you who Superman is vs. who One Punch Man is. It could also be an age thing I guess: Superman has been around in the cultural consciousness in the U.S. since the 1940s, where One Punch Man looks like it came out in 2009.
Superman’s symbol is one of the most recognized symbols in the entire world. He was created before the vast majority of the living population was born and is still relevant enough to head up franchises and make successful movies. It’s not uncommon to see his logo on cars, hats, and t shirts 20 times a day. The majority of people can tell you something about Superman, like some of his powers, his weakness too kryptonite, his secret identity, the daily planet, Lois lane… something. I like OPM. He’s a fun satirical twist on the trope. But my god is there not even close to a comparison in notoriety and fandom. None of those things is true of OPM.
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where the hell do you live that you see superman’s logo even once a day. I haven’t seen superman’s logo in months up until this point, when I explicitly went out of my way to go search superman on imdb. That is such a load of fucking bullshit I don’t even know how you could come up with that.
this is even more laughable. It’s a joke in the movie industry how bad superman movies are. There’s literally a pinned comment about it on the TMDB.
If you don’t believe that, https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchise/fr2756153093/ shows that the top Superman movie isn’t even a Superman movie! It’s a Batman and Superman movie! like holy cow, even the best Superman movie doesn’t solely star him.
Superman is a tired trope. The newest movie got views despite Superman, because it’s a fucking James Gunn film. People expected him to actually make a proper Superman rather than the lameness he has been for the past 50 years.
Superman # $134,218,018 in 1978 is worth $666,923,567.48 today
Wow your takes are bullshit. Thanks for sharing.
I’m not the one saying they see 20 superman logos a day. Such a blatant outright bullshit lie it’s not even an exaggeration, it’s just made up.
I mean exactly what I said. In comparison, OPM is incredibly popular. It’s not more popular, but you wouldn’t expect a manga released in a single country to be nearly as popular as an entire comic franchise for the most famous superhero on the planet (movies, tv shows, comics, merchandise) that has existed for almost 90 years. And yet it is. Look at the Google Trends, Superman really only has outsized bumps when a new movie comes out. Other than that it’s literally competing with a manga on how popular it is.
When you say nearly as popular, you are losing me. Again, in my experience, I could talk to a random person on the street and they could probably tell me Superman’s real name is Clark Kent, or draw the symbol, or tell me he lived in Smallville, or any one of a number of random trivia. Even if they aren’t comic readers (myself included) Superman has firmly secured itself in the cultural zeitgeist. Meanwhile, I’ve never watched One Punch Man, couldn’t tell you what the main characters name is or what they look like, or tell you what city they lived in, etc. I think you may be hyper inflating the popularity amongst your own circle and projecting that into the world at large.
I never said “nearly as popular” once again, my words are being misread. popularity has nothing to do with “can a random person on the street name this thing”. I don’t think hitler is very popular, but I bet every person on the planet that has been to school would recognize his name. My google trends link succinctly covers this.
You should go reread your previous comment. You did say those exact words, which is why I repeated them. And to be fair to me previously, in my highest level comment I did ask you to clarify your words and you refused to explain so you are leaving everyone else to interpret.
In my interpretation, that’s what popular means: prevalent amongst the general public, in which case yes Hitler counts. You may be trying a different usage of the word, but you weren’t clarifying that. I would also like to let you know you are also coming off generally as a prick while being so antagonistic, hence why many people are responding the way they are in this thread.
Come back when OPM is still relevant after a century.
It will die in obscurity just like the majority of other shows.
OPM will be seen then like Tekusuke Monogatari is now.
newish manga/anime thats losing popularity every season and will fade away for the most part when it ends, ppl move on, they dont move on for comic heres man has been popular since 1940 and will be til 2040 and beyond same cant be said for saitama, we’ll see
knowing someone’s name has nothing to do with popularity. Case in point: Hitler.
This is the problem with the internet.
You have a completely skewed vision of the world.
Go on Youtube and see how many times people have watched the Superman trailer vs. One Punch Man.
I don’t know who you’re talking to, but Superman is more popular by any measurement.
you can’t read. I said “so popular in comparison”, e.g. something that has existed for 1/10th the time, and pretty much only exists in extremely niche groups, is as well known as it is. That word comparison means you need to compare the two. Here’s a comparison: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=superman%2C%2Fm%2F0ndskrg&hl=en
and here’s a fun comment from a Superman fan! Pinned comment on TMDB
(ignore the fact that every superman movie has a lower rating than OPM)
One Punch Man first came out in 2015. It took over a decade to get enough interest for a third season.
Superman comics were first published in 1938.
By 1948 there had been a dozen Superman animated cartoons, a radio show, a live movie, and it had spawned dozens of imitations.
You’re right. There is no comparison
Lol you’re comparing an era where there was little to no media at all to an era where 20 new franchises come out every second. You’re right, there is no comparison. Superman still exists solely because of nostalgia, thanks for proving that for me. One Punch Man’s rating is 85%, not a single Superman movie in the past 90 years has ever gotten over 75%. The majority of Superman movies have a rating below 50%!
An era where media was rare is a lot more difficult to break through than an era where everybody and their mum are making media.
I think you really misunderstood what Superman is about. It’s not about the power or the fight. That’s just visual candy. He’s a character about making the right choice because he has the power to do so.
It’s a lot like Star Trek episodes where they rock up on a planet that’s less technologically advanced than them. They’re more powerful and they want to do the right thing, but sometimes figuring out what the right thing is can be complicated and it makes for an interesting story.
And yet those choices make no sense. An all-powerful being doesn’t have to make decisions. He literally has the power to rewind time in some comics, he can fly so fast as to make every decision completely meaningless.
This is like saying you’re going to make a comic about God and then say it’s about the choices God has to make. No it’s not, God doesn’t have to make choices, God does what God wants. Saying Superman comics are about making the right choice is a cop out for a terrible superhero.
If Superman was actually boring like you said, it wouldn’t have existed for so many decades. It would have died a long time ago. Yet new movies still come out.
OPM is only popular in anime groups, outside it isn’t known at all. So maybe get out of your bubble sometime?
That’s shitty logic, right outta the gate.
Not as shitty as OP’s logic.
Plenty of other superheroes existed back in the day. None of them are still relevant, yet Superman is.
That is incredibly bad logic. New movies come out for the same reason new Spiderman movies came out. New directors always thought they could “fix” the problems of the previous movies. Superman movies have been utter failures for decades, this is incredibly apparent just by looking at the highest grossing Superman movie being Batman v Superman, a fucking Batman movie. This is why the James Gunn movie has done so well financially, it was directed by someone that knew how to make a superhero movie and it STILL didn’t get good ratings! Yet look over at Spiderman, which had numerous terrible versions until decent directors got a hold of it. Why hasn’t that happened for Superman? (hint: it’s not because the directors are bad)
And I gotta say, something existing for decades while still being bad has nothing to do with the level of boring. People hold onto nostalgia, they also will keep consuming stuff even when it’s terrible. McDonald’s for example.
Who is holding nostalgia for something that came out in 1930? WW2 veterans who are all dead?
Using your logic, that is like claiming the OPM anime tried to fix the problems of the manga. It is dumb, just like the rest of your take.
what superman comics do you find boring