Every Superhero Movie
Every Superhero Movie
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Yeah the good guy wins in 99.9% of all movies. But that's not a bad thing.
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I think one of the reasons I liked Rogue One was that it's "win condition" wasn't "every one lived happily ever after". although I will say, if you have enough time to find a beach and make out, you probably have enough tome to find a shuttle, or something.
(the other reason I liked Rogue One was Alan Tudyk as K2-S0)(okay, actually, that's why I loved Rogue One. Sue me.)
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I loved the ending of Rogue One, saw it in the cinema too (I don't really watch new Star Wars movies).
I am fan of the director, Gareth Edwards, Monsters (2010) was such a good indie sci-fi experience.
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Sort of is tho. It might give you the false impression that the good guy wins in reality too, which couldnt be any further from the truth. It also teaches kids that there is a greater power that will eventually save them, which again is not going to happen in reality most of the time.
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No, Not a bad thing, but not interesting for me to watch either!
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Yea, this is true, if you just ignore literally everything else about superhero genre pieces, the themes and allegories that are being presented through storytelling, and only pay attention to the surface level spectacle.
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Every book be like "This is a protagonist, they have a conflict". Why can't they just be original?!
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I think you're giving too much credit to superhero movies, it's not like they're doing anything new, just churning money from simpletons
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Let the poor guy cope.
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Boy, have I got news for you...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces
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They thanks. That was an interesting read
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beat me to it
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Yes. Let's give credit to Infinity War which did not end with the heroes winning. Despite clearly being a 2-parter that the heroes would eventually win, it was a complete story arc and if you were one of the 16 million Americans who died in the 5 year gap between the releases of Infinity War and Endgame, you'd have died knowing only that the heroes lost.
Endgame was pretty effective, if heavy-handed, at manipulating my emotions, so it's hard for me to count it as a pure win, but that's just me.
However, yes: Infinity War is an exception that proves the rule.
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Ozymandias has entered the chat.
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(old man) Logan wants a word too.
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An average of 3 per year starting from 2003. By 2011 it was an average of 5 superhero movies per year. Currently we're on 6 a year.
I find it interesting that this seems to overlap with the period of Trump's rise to power.
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Well, you do have two competing media empires turning them out looking for $$$. Warner vs. Disney. And the odd outsider...
So far this year we have:
Disney:
Captain America: Brave New World $200,500,001
Thunderbolts* $189,945,847
Fantastic Four – July 25, 2025
Warner:
Superman $155,045,310
Sony:
Kraven the Hunter $3,110,836
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no hair?
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If you want to be this simplistic, you could also apply this to the Matrix, Die Hard, at least 3 Star Wars films, most od the James Bond series, and basically every action movie made between 1991 and 1999.
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