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What is a subconscious?Fantasy illusion? Who actually wants to be half of these guys or inserts themselves as the hero? The movie is about Superman/Batman/Spider-Man, not you.
What is a subconscious?Fantasy illusion? Who actually wants to be half of these guys or inserts themselves as the hero? The movie is about Superman/Batman/Spider-Man, not you.
What he said was obvious, you fucking mental midget.You're going to have to elaborate or stop pretending that what you're saying is obvious.
Thanks. Again, as I said before, this is why these movies are getting old.I'm pretty sure most ancient myths and legends started that formula, I mean most superhero stories adopt mythological ideas and adapt them to the modern age...
I'd like new twists on the plot to make it more interesting. I think exploring the psyche of a superhero would be very interesting. Also, the studios could do a super hero movie not set in America. I think that would help foreign revenues. It'd be interesting if in the end the villain won. The reason I liked Iron Man 3 is because they took a really ballsy twist in the middle. Characters could have different problems (alcoholism?) that would be risky. Just more differences and not using the same formula would satisfy me. If anyone else has any ideas I'd be happy to hear them.So I haven't seen you offer any solutions, care to explain what exactly you would like to see different? So far it's only been complaining about how the current system is a mess. What needs to be cleaned up? What could big studios start doing to make their movies both unique and attractive to the entire world population (and other things studios need to take into account)?
Do they need to change the pacing or plot twists or characters, etc? we're pretty much talking about basic story writing at this point.
Please don't use the Kevin Smith argument (ie people love it, the money it makes proves it). is every customer a happy customer? No. Also, I'm not saying superheroes are getting old (as I've said before like twice now). I'm saying the formula is, and needs a few changes.complaining that superhero movies are getting old stinks of hipster to me. Superman, Cap and Batman have been around since the 40's. The rest of the Avengers and Spiderman since the 60's. All of the franchises are loved by millions - why is it that right now in 2013 after 50-80 years of circulation that they've suddenly hit stagnation?
These characters were starring in blockbusters before most of us were even born and they'll be doing the same long after we've gone - because people fucking love it and the box office results back that up. stop being a miserable git.
I've kind of noticed that you only make like two posts a month, and usually they're just sarcastic one-liners but all of a sudden you come out with a rather deep analysis of the topic discussed in this thread and I'm suddenly very taken aback.I highly doubt that the superhero movie is a genre that warrants such intensive analysis; frankly, the genre's never really been an industry leader in terms of innovation. Superhero movies were never designed with the intent of breaking new ground - they were designed to deliver cheap thrills and gaudy visual effects, five bucks a pop, to a working class whose lives were about as formulaic as the OP claims superhero movies are now. Having accepted that premise, I think that the reason the superhero movie has remained a perennial favorite is because society has and always has had a cultural soft spot for feats of heroism. Almost every culturally significant work of literature - from the Iliad to King Arthur to Macbeth to Atlas Shrugged - features characters that are - in one way or another - larger than life.
Having said that, it's important to note that I am in no way comparing the Iliad to The Avengers. Most superhero movies are high budget detritus targeted at the very lowest common denominator, but even that detritus has a place. No matter how shitty the movie is, all of us, on some base level, will self-insert into the shoes of the hero. It's this basal instinct - insecurity, rather - that makes the superhero movie one of the safest genres in the industry. I realize a lot of this argument depends on generalizations and cardboard psychology, and for that I apologize, but I hope you at least see my general point. There's something really appealing - romantic, even, about vigilanteism and the whole "one man against the machine" deal, especially in this post-9/11 world of drone strikes, conspiracy theories and underground intifadas, that leads even those of us who would deny it to identify with the characters in the movie - and that is where the superhero movie's universal appeal stems from.
I don't want to sound too Jeremiah-esque in my diagnosis of the situation, but would I be entirely wrong if I said the surge of popularity in superhero movies is society's way of compensating for the lack of heroism in the real world? I'm not saying that the formularization and commercialization of the genre is symptomatic of a larger societal decay, or anything, nor am I claiming that it is the superhero movie that keeps the overworked, alienated worker or the bullied high school kid from walking in to work/school with a pipe bomb. Superhero movies and other related media simply have a place in society that no other genre can fill, and if it's formularization that keeps these movies afoot, then I welcome it.
I see your point, but because of this I can't take your point seriously.I realize a lot of this argument depends on generalizations and cardboard psychology, and for that I apologize, but I hope you at least see my general point.
his argument was extremely obvious and you yourself deduced it already, all the pieces are there it seems you just can't put them together?
Funny, you say it's obvious but then he made this huge elaborate explanation, when if it was obvious it would've been maybe a paragraph at most. But I guess I'm the stupid one for not getting three paragraphs out of one word. It really wasn't obvious, neither of you would've typed out anything like that if you were the ones explaining it.What he said was obvious, you fucking mental midget.
And superhero movies inherently don't because...Yes I know a lot of films use this strategy, but tons of those put an interesting spin on things.
The actual problem is that you're applying this really broad formula and saying "it does this, that means they're all the same thing." Just stop with the formula bullshit and watch the movie.Please don't use the Kevin Smith argument (ie people love it, the money it makes proves it). is every customer a happy customer? No. Also, I'm not saying superheroes are getting old (as I've said before like twice now). I'm saying the formula is, and needs a few changes.
Well forgive me for saying that after decades of marginalization and nonacceptance, it's small consolation that superheroes have upgraded to "very lowest common denominator".Having said that, it's important to note that I am in no way comparing the Iliad to The Avengers. Most superhero movies are high budget detritus targeted at the very lowest common denominator, but even that detritus has a place.
Then what are you saying?I don't know why you're being so hostile, DrRobotnik. I don't really get how you're basically saying I'm being patronizing. I'm not saying that people are too stupid to see the differences between various superheroes.
No, I do believe in sociology. What I don't believe in is some random dude on a Pokemon forum generalizing hundreds of millions of people with absolutely nothing to back up what he's saying, and then calling it social science. You're just guessing things, not even following the scientific method or even making an observation, just guessing, and then acting like a scientist. You want to know why I'm being hostile? It's the exact opposite of what you think; it's because I have a great deal of respect for social sciences, which is why it pisses me off when people use "sociology" and "psychology" as synonyms for "generalizing".But since you apparently don't believe in sociology, there's nothing I could really tell you about what I am saying.
Which still makes no sense in this context because a lot of these heroes lead awful lives and/or aren't relatable to the average person. And don't even bring up the subconscious thing, the idea that the main character is literally always the viewer is retarded. Experiencing something through the eyes of someone and replacing them with yourself are two completely different things.My fantasy illusion comment was a very general comment about the hero trope. As xenu and Shiruba alluded to, the hero trope is decidedly a fantasy illusion dating back millenia. In fact, it's one that's really powerful in people's minds, to the point that it severely warps people's interpretations of real life history. Yet, real life simply doesn't work that way.