Originally posted by SpunkySmurphSuperman is like the perfect hero. Strong, got his weakness, love, secret identity (classic style) and the hearth for he job. Thor on the other hand is a God. He fights for humanity, he has the power and the will and the sense for good. But he is more a judge than a classical hero.
Don't get me wrong, I prefer Thor to Supes any day. But he just cant represent the same kind of identifiability as Supes does to the common man.
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
The problem with Thor, is that his character seems, to the layman, so based on the Norse religion/mythology that he loses his identifiability with the common man. Sure Superman is essenially an alien, but he is the picture of the man that everybody wants to be- strong willed, good natured, evil fighting. The good guy.Thor is a grown man with long golden hair and wings on his head, who flies around waving a hammer and speaking in centurys-old english. 😬
Thats a good point, thats why characters like Batman are so popular. They were discussing it on some posh late night review program and even some reviewier was getting hyped up over the fact that all Batmans powers could be explained. It could have actually got heated but the guy backed down because he didnt want to look like a geek...LOL
People are confusing Popularity with being an Icon.
Superman will always be an Icon but it doesn't mean he is the most popular. Batman has been more popular so has Spiderman argueably. Could Thor ever be as popular yes he could he just needs to get a good mainstream push that adds depth to his character that makes him seem mortal.
Obviously he will never be the Icon but no hero ever will be.
Originally posted by Newjak
People are confusing Popularity with being an Icon.Superman will always be an Icon but it doesn't mean he is the most popular. Batman has been more popular so has Spiderman argueably. Could Thor ever be as popular yes he could he just needs to get a good mainstream push that adds depth to his character that makes him seem mortal.
Obviously he will never be the Icon but no hero ever will be.
Popularity and being Iconical go hand in hand.
Popularity makes Icons
Likeability makes Popularity
Power, Good Character and Identifiability makes Likeability (for the layman)
Superman has all of those in abundance. Thor lacks the last one.
People have stated Superman isn't as popular because he's too much a good guy/boy scout etc. Well, Spider Man is just as much a good guy who's heart is in the right place, but he has flaws and makes mistakes and suffers tragedy.
I think that's what Superman lacks for people these days - flaws, to make us identify with him more. It's why the movie wasn't as big a hit as they hoped.
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Why? Thor is sort of...well..an ******* prick with a bad temper and he speaks really bad English. He's a magic based character, and they never do well and he's not very smart.
Nothing about that character is a "Good for the whole family" character.