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I never noticed this, and now it seems obvioous: superpower inflation. Thanks!

• lotsofpulp 5y ago
  The last of these recent years’ superhero movies I saw had the protagonist fly from the ground on earth into space and fly through a fleet of supposedly extremely advanced and capable and enormous spaceships in order to win the fight. Literally, simply flying through as if playing a connect the dots game. One was left wondering how there could be any further movies with this person available to fly through anything.
  • tarmon 5y ago
    They are typically just written out of the conflict. In this case I assume that you are talking about Captain Marvel whom I believe is always needed on other planets in other galaxies except for the rare occassion when the writers needs a deus ex machina.
    • pdimitar 5y ago
      Same for the Green Lantern Corps. They are always needed but there's far too few of them so 99.999% of the time the heroes in these stories kind of hold the front until a GL shows up and beats the threat relatively easily. I quite enjoyed that universe for a bit of time but the ever-inflating (and absurd) power levels and lack of actual stakes eventually ruined it for me. As it did with most mainstream superhero movies.
• kobalsky 5y ago
  I think the term for this is power creep and it also applies to games