1. So, god help us all, I have a few thoughts on the Synder Cut, Jack Kirby, Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, anti-Semitism, L. Brent Bozell, crusader LARPing, the motherbox, and techno-Freudianism.pic.twitter.com/1qwT86BUR2
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12. Arrayed against Darkseid & his alliance of plutocracy with religious fanaticism are various manifestations of Oedipal rebellion, in the form of the Forever People (hippies), Mister Miracle (the artist who escapes) & Orion (the rebellious son).pic.twitter.com/W7x8u2d1ct
13. The thematics of Oedipal rebellion (Darkseid's main opponent is his son Orion) brings Freud into conversation & the Fourth World is fairly explicitly Freudian, with a science fiction twist ("The Battle of the ID" where the ID is a literal monster).pic.twitter.com/dwYZealZ27
14. The Mother Box is very much part of the Freudian thematics Kirby was exploring. In the movie, Mother Boxes are just easter eggs (like the Infinity Stone). In Kirby's narrative they are attempt to imagine a technological response to Freudian family drama.
15. A Mother Box, in Kirby's narrative, is a handheld AI that offers psychological, spiritual and medical relief: a super-smart iPhone: A substitute mom in a world where biological reality has been erased (the high tech world of both New Gods & Darkseid).pic.twitter.com/lNMTZhANSf
16. In other words, the Mother Box is also suggestive distillation of social critique. That's all lost in Synder's Justice League. I'm not sure how any of this could be adapted short of a multi-year miniseries.
17. All of which is to say I really hope people read Kirby's Fourth World books (available in multiple reprint iterations) which have a richness that has yet to be fully mined.
Steve Gerber played with the notion of Suicide Bombers for "decency" in his send-up of Anita Bryant in Howard the Duck #21 later in the decade.https://themiddlespaces.com/2019/10/22/waugh-and-on-and-on-2/ …
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