Remember when superheroes were all aspirational? Motivational? Modern morality tales? And always guaranteed to be family friendly entertainment for all ages?
This era is completely different. The Joker and Harley Quinn are more revered than Batman and Wonder Woman. Deadpool is crass and irreverant. Millions of people thought "Thanos was right" Logan is hailed as the best superhero movie period and it is depressing, nihilist garbage.
I am a superhero guy. I love comics, cartoons, anime, you name it. Yet I do not watch most of these new movies because I know they will not meet my gold standard, Christopher Reeve's Superman.
One set of movies did meet that mark for me and those were the original X-men movies. To this day, I do not understand the hatred for Last Stand. It is a thought provoking and well crafted alternative to the Dark Phoenix saga and if you had named it, "What if the X-Men had never made contact with the Shi'ar?" Maybe comic book nerds might had been more receptive.
"Hold this line" is one of the most poetic and grounded final battles in superhero films and it was at a fraction of the budget used for Endgame's last setpiece. You watch it and it is hard to believe it is a 2005 film. The whole trilogy, honestly, is cerebral yet entertaining and has all the elements of a good Xmen story...
Deadpool isn't and never has been that type of Superhero. He has since his first edition in 1997 been an irreverent, constant fourth wall breaking jester of an anti-hero really. I wouldn't say it's woke at all. It doesn't fit your mold of what a superhero is, that's it.
Just remember: when Shinji caught a glimpse of comatose Asuka's tits in the hospital, he locked the door and jerked off into his own hands while she laid unconscious. Yet I believe you said that Evangelion is the bestest anime evar. I'd say Evangelion is depressing, nihilist garbage too, but that's just my opinion.
I do not think Eva is the greatest but it did mark a shift in the industry, for the better. I would definitely pick Slayers and Utena over It.
Big difference to me is no parents are taking their kids to see End of Eva screenings whereas they absolutely do take them to see Deadpool, either because the kids beg for it or the parents just do not care.
I guess I'm too far detatched from America. I think the last superhero movie I went to see in the theater was Guardians of the Galaxy 1. It was subtitled, which children never go to see. I alone was laughing my ass off as all the cultural jokes went over everyone's head.
It is woke in its own way.
Remember when superheroes were all aspirational? Motivational? Modern morality tales? And always guaranteed to be family friendly entertainment for all ages?
This era is completely different. The Joker and Harley Quinn are more revered than Batman and Wonder Woman. Deadpool is crass and irreverant. Millions of people thought "Thanos was right" Logan is hailed as the best superhero movie period and it is depressing, nihilist garbage.
I am a superhero guy. I love comics, cartoons, anime, you name it. Yet I do not watch most of these new movies because I know they will not meet my gold standard, Christopher Reeve's Superman.
One set of movies did meet that mark for me and those were the original X-men movies. To this day, I do not understand the hatred for Last Stand. It is a thought provoking and well crafted alternative to the Dark Phoenix saga and if you had named it, "What if the X-Men had never made contact with the Shi'ar?" Maybe comic book nerds might had been more receptive.
"Hold this line" is one of the most poetic and grounded final battles in superhero films and it was at a fraction of the budget used for Endgame's last setpiece. You watch it and it is hard to believe it is a 2005 film. The whole trilogy, honestly, is cerebral yet entertaining and has all the elements of a good Xmen story...
Anyways, rant over
this is deadpool we're talking about. why are you comparing it to superman?
one step at a time
Deadpool isn't and never has been that type of Superhero. He has since his first edition in 1997 been an irreverent, constant fourth wall breaking jester of an anti-hero really. I wouldn't say it's woke at all. It doesn't fit your mold of what a superhero is, that's it.
Just remember: when Shinji caught a glimpse of comatose Asuka's tits in the hospital, he locked the door and jerked off into his own hands while she laid unconscious. Yet I believe you said that Evangelion is the bestest anime evar. I'd say Evangelion is depressing, nihilist garbage too, but that's just my opinion.
I do not think Eva is the greatest but it did mark a shift in the industry, for the better. I would definitely pick Slayers and Utena over It.
Big difference to me is no parents are taking their kids to see End of Eva screenings whereas they absolutely do take them to see Deadpool, either because the kids beg for it or the parents just do not care.
I guess I'm too far detatched from America. I think the last superhero movie I went to see in the theater was Guardians of the Galaxy 1. It was subtitled, which children never go to see. I alone was laughing my ass off as all the cultural jokes went over everyone's head.