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I wholeheartedly agree. More than the simplistic worldview they offer, what I I find distressing in superheroes culture (that contaminated other genres as well)

by Iv 9y ago

I wholeheartedly agree. More than the simplistic worldview they offer, what I I find distressing in superheroes culture (that contaminated other genres as well) is that it promotes a narrative of the providential individual, set to save the day. Teams are 4 or 5 persons max, bigger organizations are seen as either evil or incompetent. We are losing the taste for collaborative work. We are promoting the idea that only a single individual can make things better. The idea that the humble contribution of the masses can amount to a powerful wave are totally lost.

jasonkostempski 9y ago
S.H.E.I.L.D. is a ton of people, normal and super, and they're not all on the same side all of the time. And it's not just that franchise, there's way more gray in modern movies and shows then there used to be. And I don't think most people, including kids, are as dumb as we think they are, they notice when things are pure fantasy and when things are calling into question what is actually good and bad.
pmoriarty 9y ago
Exceptional individuals making a difference has been the stock and trade of almost all fiction, of religious and mythical literature, and even a lot of non-fiction like biography and history, for thousands of years. You have a tough road ahead of you if you want to convince most creators that this is the wrong direction. That said, there have been some literary periods when writing about ordinary, completely unexceptional individuals was fashionable, and I suppose it still is in some circles.
- Iv 9y ago
  Fiction has always focused on heroes, but organizations used to play a bigger part, especially for the generation that remembered WWII. Take the Star Wars franchise. Most of the original trilogy is about a bunch of heroes helping a huge resistance movement against a bigger empire. In the end, the heroes are the drops that tip the scale in the rebellion's favor, but the rebellion had to push all their might to make that possible. Look The Force Awakens: a bunch of clueless heroes, dismissing the while rebellion, manage to make a big thing go boom with almost no external help.
enqk 9y ago
You would like Shin Godzilla then! It's a movie that specifically shows teams working (some badly, some well) against a fatal threat

by Iv 9y ago

jasonkostempski 9y ago

S.H.E.I.L.D. is a ton of people, normal and super, and they're not all on the same side all of the time. And it's not just that franchise, there's way more gray in modern movies and shows then there used to be. And I don't think most people, including kids, are as dumb as we think they are, they notice when things are pure fantasy and when things are calling into question what is actually good and bad.

pmoriarty 9y ago

Exceptional individuals making a difference has been the stock and trade of almost all fiction, of religious and mythical literature, and even a lot of non-fiction like biography and history, for thousands of years. You have a tough road ahead of you if you want to convince most creators that this is the wrong direction. That said, there have been some literary periods when writing about ordinary, completely unexceptional individuals was fashionable, and I suppose it still is in some circles.

Iv 9y ago
Fiction has always focused on heroes, but organizations used to play a bigger part, especially for the generation that remembered WWII. Take the Star Wars franchise. Most of the original trilogy is about a bunch of heroes helping a huge resistance movement against a bigger empire. In the end, the heroes are the drops that tip the scale in the rebellion's favor, but the rebellion had to push all their might to make that possible. Look The Force Awakens: a bunch of clueless heroes, dismissing the while rebellion, manage to make a big thing go boom with almost no external help.

enqk 9y ago

You would like Shin Godzilla then! It's a movie that specifically shows teams working (some badly, some well) against a fatal threat