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

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 nerda 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