What? Brave New World ends with Captain America putting the president in jail. I have no idea what would make you think the movie promotes an “obey no matter what” policy. That you would even suggest that it does leads me to suspect that you’re not being entirely honest here.
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DahGangalang@infosec.pub 19 hours agoIn the Captain America movie, US President gets turned into a hulk and wrecks some junk (and maybe screws up some other stuff, maybe commits war crimes? Idk, I just watched some summary videos). The message is that none of that really matters; patriotism and loyalty to your leadership is important and so we should look past all that.
In Superman, a major plot point is a tacitly abstracted Israel/Gaza conflict. Superman continues to delay/obstruct the invasion by kidnapping the leader of parallel Israel, taking him to the middle of the desert, and dropping him from crazy high (and catching him before he hits the ground) to get him to back down.
Tango@piefed.ca 16 hours ago
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 16 hours ago
Like I said, I didn’t actually watch the new Captain America movie, just some summary videos. That was my takeaway from those. I’ll edit my comment to better reflect that they jail the President in the end.
Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Why reply then?
Tango@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Hopefully this has been instructive in how you can’t trust the Internet, especially YouTube/TikTok. Since from your perspective I am also an anonymous Internet rando, I suggest that you distrust what I have claimed too, and see for yourself by looking up the movie’s wikipedia article or some other source that’s more trustworthy than an anonymous Internet rando. It’s important to develop that habit - to verify things for yourself, and to figure out which sources you can rely on.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 13 hours ago
Eh, its non-spiderman marvel slop. I don’t really care.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I didn’t see the movie, but if someone is dropped from hundreds of meters, then catched before he hits the ground, the instant deceleration has the same effect of hitting the ground, no?
Strider@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Same as iron man hitting the ground (landing or falling, no difference). Inside his suit would be mush.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Superman does it regularly enough that we suspect one of his powers is really control over inertia
SpaceBishop@piefed.zip 15 hours ago
Superman is weird; flying around at supersonic speeds would also cause some severe abrasions and likely suffocation, but supes drags Lois around all over the world in comics. Iirc, canonically he has some intrinsic powers, like a forcefield to protect passengers in flight, telekinetic abilities that work in tandem with physical touch to prevent him from ripping through things accidentally, and apparently the ability to prevent damage when catching things at terminal velocity.
AmyAye@nord.pub 14 hours ago
No no, that only happens if you are Gwen Stacy.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 13 hours ago
It’s being caught logic.
Hitting cement and decelerating over 0.001 meters? Instant death.
Hitting heroes arms and decelerating over 0.01 meters? Totally fine, no injuries, good to head back to work or whatever.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 17 hours ago
And when that doesn’t get him to clean up his act, Hawkgirl does the same thing… minus the catching. Hawkgirl doesn’t give a shit.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Having dropped him splat, does she then perch over his body, gut him with her talons and devour his liver with her beak?
gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
In the extended edition yes
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It’s clearly his spleen