Up in the Sky - The PERFECT Superman Story

[@kjbeast677]

“Superman: Up in The Sky” would be such a perfect storyline to adapt for a live-action Superman film

[@daRiddler32]

Tom King the writer of the story is Consultant and Advisor to James Gunn for Superman '25. So we might be getting this story on film in some sort of capacity

[@Unikatze]

​@@daRiddler32That's really cool to hear. Even if not a direct story, this plotline of choice or something similar would be great

[@daRiddler32]

@Unikatze Gunn is quite good at the emotional aspect for Comic Characters, as evidenced in the GOTG trilogy, so here's hoping.

[@Unikatze]

@@daRiddler32 Yeah. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. But I'm still optimistic. I've seen nothing I dislike so far.

[@daRiddler32]

@Unikatze yeah, it's hard not to. From the leaked bts photos, to the interviews that Gunn gives, to him inviting Superman writers and artists on set INCLUDING the families of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, to even getting the late Christopher Reeve's youngest son to have a cameo in the film. It definitely feels like the first real good Superman film in 40 years.

[@anthonymaida5896]

Wow, such a great explanation of the importance of Superman in the comics. By being the most overpowered, he is the most in touch, and representative of humanity. Also really loved the bit about the separation of Clark and Superman.

[@Zynirel]

One of My favorites thing about this book is whenever there something impossible for a person to do, something can't be accomplished, a contradiction, something no one can do, and when superman did it, they all said the same thing about Clark "He's superman" I really like that, you don't need to explain why an alien can do whatever he want but be a hero instead or beat a super villain that the whole JL lost to or run faster than the flash or how an alien can punch a multiversal being or why would Clark leave everything to save a someone he doesn't even know is alive or not, you don't need an explanation for any of that All characters always have a personal reason to go out of their way and fight through the universe to save someone, but not Superman and the answer is simple and obviously and everyone know it "It's because......he's Superman"

[@WebCamParrot]

Up in the Sky is such a wonderful Superman comic.

[@Zynirel]

W

[@praj9474]

This story line adapting in James Gunn superman

[@Zynirel]

@@praj9474 ?

[@praj9474]

@@Zynirel new adaptation of Superman by James gunn is inspired by this comic series . As he shared some pictures of this comic

[@Zynirel]

@@praj9474 hope so

[@TheCreepyLantern]

This is one of the absolute best comics i've ever read/own and it's always nice hearing someone lay out so well why it's as good as it is! great vid! "No sir. I do not." still gives me chills.

[@MURALI18JUNE]

Man... Your video reminded me.. Why I loved Superman..... No matter how many superheroes came after.... No one can replace him or what he represents... That is HOPE

[@TeleriumD12]

I read Superman:Year One before this. The short, clipped dialog and narraration of that book, along with the almost modern mythological story it tells, had me reading it in the voice of another wholesome Midwest American hero, BJ Blaskowitz. It was like Superman meets Sin City. So then I read this and his short, determined phrases had me reading it the same way. Every "no sir, I do not." or "no sir, it will not." I again read in his voice. These modern Superman stories were so similar in pacing to the newest Wolfenstein games' that it was awesome. Come to think of it, superman is shit on alot by non-fans, but he's DC's spider-man. Similar family element, the guy juggling the responsibility of 2 lives, but also in the "determinator" factor. For example, Spiderman can lift around 10 tons. Except when he has no other choice but to push a little harder to save someone else,and he does. Both men have the weight of the world on their shoulders and will carry it because they have to, even if people say they can't. This video covers that theme well.

[@cuzimspecial1]

I'm so glad i only watched the first 15 seconds of this video on Saturday. I found all 6 volumes in my local comic shop and was hype. Read them and i was moved. Then came back to this video. Superman truly is more than just the man or the hero.

[@jakepalermo9181]

My god I thought that was Tim Daly speaking for a second. These people are really showing their love for Superman.

[@criticalrants]

Aeric Azana, who voiced Superman in this video, did an amazing job! I was really blown away by his performance and he sounds right at home voicing Superman. I really hope he gets the chance to voice Clark/Superman in an official DC project some day-he would absolutely kill it!

[@StareachValcin]

Up in the sky is a great Superman story that shows how Superman's compassion for others far exceeds his powers. It's not Superman's powers that make him special, it's the heart he has that allows him to use his powers to help others that makes Superman so special. Superman gets his heart from the world that took him in when he was orphaned and the kindly human couple that raised him. Superman is neither boring nor overpowered. He isn't the most powerful being in DC and his desire to help people in an imperfect world that sometimes doesn't appreciate him makes Superman interesting. Superman is the greatest superhero to me, and Up In The Sky is a great Superman story because it understands why Clark Kent is Superman.

[@EvanBerry.]

Thank you for making this video. To me, a character this inspiring can never be boring.

[@Zynirel]

But man, whenever someone said superman is op, I'm like, sure, go check out up in the sky, bro was literally unstoppable

[@geeksplainedpod]

The last exchange brought me to tears. What a wonderful video!

[@criticalrants]

I’m not sure who voiced Superman, but whoever that handsome stranger is, he certainly did an amazing job! I was so lucky to have such a talented actor perform in this video

[@toganium4175]

Imagine thinking Superman is boring. Kinda cringe, not gonna lie.

[@singingchef23]

He is

[@Zynirel]

​@@singingchef23 your parents hate you

[@MikaylaJLaird]

Fantastic job! I'm so glad this series is getting the attention it deserves. Fantastic analysis!

[@criticalrants]

Thanks Mik! It means a lot coming from you

[@invisiblegrif42]

So much of this story gets me to cry, great video

[@criticalrants]

Thank you!

[@astro-ko3cu]

Superman is "The" superhero. The face of all of them,a god who is more human than most of us.

[@nseven1117]

reminds me of the Bible verse Mathew 18 verse 12: “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

[@TevyaSmolka]

Up in the sky is such a cool story

[@bad-people6510]

There was that one line from that Batwoman show, "Have you ever read about one of those heroes saving someone like you?" Yes. Right here. Superman going through crushing lengths to save someone EXACTLY like her. That show sucked.

[@sangun123]

even the way they write grown up jonathan is the exact reason superman is the best, it shows the real "boy scout" the most human of the entire justice league

[@JoeLovesComics]

Wow, awesome video! I need to read this so bad.

[@Hatfright]

You deserve way more subs. Here for the algorithm to spread your work.

[@squashmallow2006]

I also love the fact that they kinda edited the commonly used "Because I'm Batman." justification for Superman. How does he fly? He's Superman. How is it that despite all odds, he beat Flash in that race? Because he's Superman. Why travel across galaxies to rescue one kid? Because he's Superman. How did he break free from the strongest metal chains ever? Because he's Superman. Even Batman admits it. "We were in need. He's Superman." Not because he's a demigod. But because he's Superman. He. Never. Gives. Up. He is the ultimate rebuttal to pessimistic impossibility. When everyone asks, "What if you fail?", Superman embodies the reply, "But what if you win?"

[@certifiedfanboy]

THE GOAT IS BACKK!!

[@sigurdrr1015]

Superman boring ? There are a lot of people who never read a Superman comic making opinions online.

[@ghostlyguardian2798]

🔥🔥🔥👌🏾 Excellent video.

[@silverfish012]

If only more people in this dark world would take after Superman. We have so much potential to do good, but we waste it so much.

[@Minority119]

me as a kid: superman is really cool! me as a teen: superman is really boring, he's overpowered as hell, give me batman me now: superman is really cool! he uses his vast powers to help anyone to the best of his abilities!

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Don't diss my guy Batman like that. A lot of Superman's good traits are also in Batman. They're just displayed in a different way.

[@Minority119]

@@BigAl2-u7e I didn't mean it like that, I do still like batman over superman, it's just I'm not an edgy little shit that used to think superman was lame because he's a nice guy anymore

[@araizashraf]

This is one of best superman story written to this day btw 3:07 mind telling soundtrack name?

[@therussiancomicbookgeek]

I’m adapting this story at some point

[@holdthetruthhostage]

That my friend was amazing just great and heroit in pure something they just want us to hate😢

[@waynebrooks880]

Damn.

[@ericm3327]

Thought it was a great video and story and then that ending had to get me choked up 😅

[@kaylaiorio5414]

Superman is so confusingly strong

[@Nexion3653]

Dude I hope you talk about Batman the white knight it's my favorite Batman book

[@criticalrants]

White Knight is really great! I don’t have any plans to cover it on the channel currently, but you never know!

[@luciferneverchanges5841]

4:08 I could see that.

[@VonWenk]

I remember thinking this story was pretty good and liking the art, but two things continually annoyed me. First, I remember the child being abducted from Gotham and Batman calling Superman in. But, if I remember correctly, the summaries in the subsequent issues said the child was from Metropolis. Also, what Superman was this? Pa Kent was still alive, but Superman could fly to Rann, which, until I remembered the Starbreaker story from JLA 96, I didn't think even the pre-Crisis Superman could do. And how did he expect to bring the child back without a ship or a spacesuit?

[@joshuaanderson3016]

Where can I watch someone narrate up in the sky

[@johnongolla6042]

The hardest story telling of being overpowered is it isn't relatable. If superman took the one punch angle then it becomes good . But superman was a niche destroyed by time like back in the day, flight, strength and speed in a movie was a great dream so a overpowered individual showcasing his abilities was great enough but limiting. Now try telling a story about lex a human against clark is boring because we have to limit superman to a human for the story telling to work. Then superman has human like problems and super human solutions

[@benmarton7849]

'Relatability' is irrelevant. Superman stories are fables. And fables aren't about characters; they are about archetypes. So you don't 'relate' to their protagonists; you relate to their ideas.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

no character is perfect. a god story has the right amount of challenege for the character.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

theres no such thing. There are a lot for him.

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

≠/ D

[@arslanbaig1943]

Here is the thing, this might be unpopular opinion. I don't like the over the top nature of Tom king superman's story here. But, mind you I'm not against the themes and message of the story and what superman stands for. Yet, there is something astrange about this. For me, superman is not the impossible man who does anything or everything. But, a man with super who can do the seemingly impossible, but wise enough to know he can't do all the impossible. I Hope that makes sense.

[@Kalashee]

While I do pretty much agree with almost everything you say throughout the video, imo, you perfectly - and ironically - highlight THE VERY THING that makes superman disinterest quite a few people (yes, myself included): The. Man. Can. Do. Anything. I agree; superman is less of an actual character than he is a symbol, or a metaphor. That I can understand. However, that notion seems a bit disingenuous when we remember that, like literally every other fictional character (at least, the humanized ones), he has a backstory, parents, likes/dislikes, thoughts, opinions, feelings, emotions, strengths (basically everything), “weaknesses” (nothing he can’t completely overcome somehow)… everything that makes a character, a character. To handwave away any and all criticism on the basis that “he’s justifiably unlimitedly powerful because he’s the ultimate paragon of heroism & compassion”… that’s just boring. We get it; Jesus allegory because everything has to be a Jesus allegory because it sells. But that doesn’t excuse the ultimate problem, which is: We all KNOW he’s going to win, BECAUSE he’s Superman (and at least for me personally, i have a serious dislike for Batman for that exact same reason, only there’s almost no subtlety when it comes to him). I’m not saying Supes is a bad character, or has bad stories, or you can’t do anything with him, or any of that 100% detractor bullshit. But I am saying that it’s incredibly unengaging to see someone win all the time, made even worse when you have to stretch even the most extreme of extremes to desperately fabricate scenarios that basically says “See? They can too be challenged!”. It’s inorganic and just comes across as reflexive against dwindling sales/dropping interest rather than a legit crafted storyline. At the end of it all, while superman is just far too powerful as a character to hold my interest in particular, he is by no means unworthy of the praise and admiration he gets; there’s plenty of good arguments FOR him as there are against him.

[@andrewbell6561]

He doesn't win all the time he actually failed to save the moon in Dc. There are moments he wins but he does loss from time time and his failure is why his father died his bosses only child died.

[@benmarton7849]

It's pretty simple. And no offense, but I really don't understand why seemingly intelligent readers don't seem to get this: Every superhero narrative finds its level through the simple expedient of narrative equivalency. Batman? Ra's Al Ghul (driven, brilliant, physically capable). Green Lantern? Sinestro (egocentric, creative, willful). The Flash? Professor Zoom (you get the idea...). So this simple balancing of the equation means the 'power' question is rendered irrelevant. And anybody who respects the ideas at the heart of Superman's appeal tends to have no desire for power or dominance, so it ceases to become a factor in his narrative. So questions of 'winning' or 'losing' fade to nothing. Look at the example of more modern iterations of Lex Luthor; he's driven by envy and frustration because he cannot see beyond the metric of power, advantage, and renown. He cannot understand that Superman possesses powers and abilities that he would not seek if he did not have. It's almost as if readers who carry on about him being 'over-powered' or 'always winning' seek to identify more with his villains, who have not yet learned that quantifying goodness or compassion can only ever measure and monetise it. Or, y'know, go and read 'All-Star Superman.'