• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Super hero movies are America’s attempt at preserving its own sense of being noble by encoding it in sagas, sublimating what Hollywood can’t say: That the bad people should be killed in a big fight, and the good people should win and save us all.

    If said more directly Hollywood would be advocating violence against some very powerful people.

    When America needs help, they turn to the fictional world of super heros.

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      12 days ago

      I’m not surprised to see you downvoted, it’s a good point and might make you think about the way things are if the realization wasn’t so painful.

      I’ve been thinking about Happy Hero again lately and it’s kind of about that kind of thing.

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    12 days ago

    Man, I had such high hopes for James Gunn taking over DC Studios.

    Creature Commandos and Peacemaker season 1 were the only decent things to come out of it.

    Superman was mid.

    Supergirl was astonishingly bad.

    I couldn’t even finish Peacemaker season 2.

    The leaks around Lanterns have erased all of my anticipation.

    And now he’s bringing back Blue Beetle from the DCEU?

    JFC.

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    12 days ago

    Ummm…why? This feels like Disney trying so hard to make people like Rey? No one likes her, Disney…just stop.