Quote:

r3x29yz4a said:
Fugitive/Murderer was a pretty decent story (especially when compared to what came since then). The problem is that they were also the final arcs of the writers and the writers assigned after them had their own "fresh takes" on Batman (translation: crap).

President Lex was a good concept that got thrown off because DC was slow to utilize what could have been a great story. Then after 9/11 they couldn't deal with the implications of Superman going after the president for a year and a half. By that point, no one cared.



I define a "WTF" story as not simply a bizarre one, but one that is bizarre and SHOULD have major, perhaps permanent, repercussions for the characters but doesn't.

In the case of "Fugitive," you had Bruce charged with murder and thrown in prison for a significant period of time.

Even if found innocent, as we've seen with Robert Blake and OJ, Bruce would have still suffered the stigma of that accusation. At least half of Gotham would have assumed he "got off" because of his "money and connections." Like OJ, he'd be a social pariah.

In addiiton, both Simpson and Blake were sued for millions after being acquitted and both were ordered to pay big judgements.

However, in the DCU, we see a Bruce Wayne that's still the beloved millionaire playboy. A Bruce Wayne that still sits on the boards of major corporations, gets feted to the best charity events and, at least as far as I know, never got sued by anyone for wrongful death.

Similarly, President Lex. By making Luthor President. You effectively established that, once and for all, the DCU has a completely different timeline than our own. Up until then, the DCU America had the same presidents we did. Bill Clinton was even at Superman's funeral. But now, its as if George Bush never existed (which, for some of you, seems like a good thing, I know, but that's beside the point).

Also, once Lex has been President, even if he is forced out of office, he's still "former President Luthor." No news report in the DCU is going to refer to him as anything but "former President Luthor." It's not something that people would easily forget.

In their own way, both "Fugitive" and "President Luthor" were stories that were every bit as bizarre as stories of Hercules pulling Manhattan up the Hudson with a giant chain, or Superman's glasses making people think that Clark looked like a different person.