Thursday, September 3, 2015
I'm on the fence here. I like Nathan Fillion, but he is not my ideal Booster Gold. Judging by these numbers, I'm not alone.
Last week's poll question: Should Nathan Fillion be cast as Booster Gold? (54 votes)
Comic book characters get reinvented all the time. Even the perennial-sellers like Superman and Batman aren't the same characters they were 70, 30, or even 10 years ago. They keep their names and their capes and their dead parents, but that's about all. That makes me wonder what parts of a Booster Gold's character are so essential that they can't be changed?
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Richard posted on Sep. 3, 2015 at 1:37 PM
I think more than any of these is his drive to be a hero. Yes, he strives to benefit by it, but he genuinely cares about doing right by people. For me, the two most iconic moments for Booster are his decision to rebuild the skyscraper which had housed his penthouse after it had been destroyed--which marked him as a unique hero who sought to use his own wealth not just to further himself or to further his crime-fighting, but to use it for the good of Metropolis--and when, just before his death, Ted Kord reflected on Booster's actions in the attack in which Superman died--which marked Booster out as the kind of hero who would give his all even when he knew for certain he would fail (captured again in his efforts for Barbara Gordon early on in Vol. 2).
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 3, 2015 at 2:36 PM
As much as I appreciate Booster's determination to being a hero, that's not really a characteristic unique to the character. Superman has it, Batman has it, Guy Gardner has it, Fire and Ice have it, Blue Beetle had it, etc. While it is clearly a cornerstone of Booster's personality, that attribute is almost a prerequisite to being a hero in the DCU.
Tinuvial posted on Sep. 3, 2015 at 11:04 PM
For me Booster wouldn't be Booster without three things: the sense of humor, his checkered future-past, and his...well, not willingness but acceptance...of being the hero who "lives down to expectations" and then gets stuff down.
I'm thinking specifically of Vol. 2 when Booster pretended that trying to get into the Justice League was just a publicity stunt so he and Rip could stop the evil Supernova.
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