The Batman - 2022

[Manga Shoggoth]

Well yeah, but all that does is demonstrate that their methods are effective because that's what they do to everyone else. He has the power to impose his will and he does, even if he's bluffing about what he would actually do.

In order to make the point it wanted to it would have needed Superman to demonstrate that his idealist approach achieved superior results without needing to adopt the methods of The Elite.

The concept of "Superman shows a better way to a gritty superhero world" is good, but "What's so funny about..." isn't a good execution of it because he doesn't do it by being Superman, he does it by convincing The Elite he's a bigger ******* than they are.

Superman should win by being a better man, not by being more super.

Superman does not have to demonstrate his idealist approach in this story because has spent his entire career demonstrating his idealist approach. The Elite are mocking him for it, so in the end he demonstrates what happens when you have a thug imposing his will instead of an idealist trying to change things.