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Reading this was like watching a kid make a snowman on top of a mountain, then the snowman fell off the mountain and created a landslide that destroyed the near

Reading this was like watching a kid make a snowman on top of a mountain, then the snowman fell off the mountain and created a landslide that destroyed the nearby town. The consequences and grand implications seem a bit far-ranging for the central premise. Kids buy movies. You get the teenagers and young 20-somethings doing your thing, whatever your thing is? They'll drag the rest of society along with them. Enough with the comic book movies already. I think after 50 or so we should have exhausted the genre for a while. I think the key question is whether or not eventually people, including teenagers, wise up to this nonsense. Do you really want to be consuming the same old regurgitated boy-who-thinks-he-has-nothing-is-actually-a-great-wizard storyline that grandpa did? At some point, I would think, this edifice has to collapse under its own weight.

seanflyon 12y ago
> the same old regurgitated boy-who-thinks-he-has-nothing-is-actually-a-great-wizard storyline How many comic book movies actually follow this formula? surely not most of them.
- seanflyon 12y ago
  Try to actually think about it. What movies fit that formula? Iron man - no, an arrogant man built his own powers Thor - no, an entitled boy temporarily had to cope with the absence of his powers to earn them back The Hulk - no, he is not a great wizard, he is trying to cure himself Captain America - you could make an argument for it, but no, he auditioned for his powers Batman - no Guardians of the Galaxy - no Spider-man - OK, especially in "The Amazing Spider-man" they played the destiny card Superman - sort-of, but he grew up with his powers Green Lantern - yes Daredevil - sort-of, but his wizards power is "not actually blind" X-men - sort of, but their powers are a civil rights race analogy Most comic book movies do not fit the boy-who-thinks-he-has-nothing-is-actually-a-great-wizard formula and those that do tend to be less successful.

seanflyon 12y ago

> the same old regurgitated boy-who-thinks-he-has-nothing-is-actually-a-great-wizard storyline How many comic book movies actually follow this formula? surely not most of them.

seanflyon 12y ago
Try to actually think about it. What movies fit that formula? Iron man - no, an arrogant man built his own powers Thor - no, an entitled boy temporarily had to cope with the absence of his powers to earn them back The Hulk - no, he is not a great wizard, he is trying to cure himself Captain America - you could make an argument for it, but no, he auditioned for his powers Batman - no Guardians of the Galaxy - no Spider-man - OK, especially in "The Amazing Spider-man" they played the destiny card Superman - sort-of, but he grew up with his powers Green Lantern - yes Daredevil - sort-of, but his wizards power is "not actually blind" X-men - sort of, but their powers are a civil rights race analogy Most comic book movies do not fit the boy-who-thinks-he-has-nothing-is-actually-a-great-wizard formula and those that do tend to be less successful.