ooo, I like Superman. 😊
I’m on a Superman watch fest at the moment. Watching every superman series and movie ever made.
It’s been very interesting so far. I love watching all the different artistic styles.
I grew up watching George Reeves B & W series. So much of post WWII movie and tv was about fighting for good, showed that the fight is just and winnable. I have wondered if Superman is an American Robin Hood, a modernised hero that is made and remade according to the needs of the era.
Thinking back on the George Reeves series now the other message was. It’s a fight that never ends. That’s why there are so many episodes.
Last week I read an essay on the values of modern superhero movies, that they don’t seem to fight for anything, that they are nothing but a force that fights for the status quo, the subtext being that the status quo is bad.
I thought that essay was crap.
Life is like in Alice Through the Looking Glass, we must extend effort, we must fight to maintain our position, like Alice running on the spot on the chess board, or entropy and agents of chaos will drag us backwards.
And the essay showed a deep misunderstanding of “Why we fight”. We’re fighting so that everyday people can lead good lives in peace and happiness in the way they choose.
The main error in the essay was assuming Superman and heroes should fight for social change, they shouldn’t. In our society change comes peacefully ( hopefully ) through political means, through democracy. Super heroes are fighting law breakers and abusers.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 day ago
4/5 for me
Ridiculously entertaining and the cast was great.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Yeah it’s like the guy who played Superman was made to be Superman.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 day ago
And Clark Kent!!
I liked Cavill, but he’s such a beefcake it’s hard to buy him as a mild mannered nerdy reporter.