That’s the problem with trying to critique real problems using superheroes. They can literally fly across the world and kill everyone who annoys them. At that point capitalism, communism, liberalism, conservatism - none of that shit matters. It all becomes moot because the flying guys can laser you in half on a whim. The ONLY conclusion you can reach is great man theory because humans are powerless, unless you restrict your world to not have superman-level powers and just have shit like super speed, laser eyes, shooting webs - shit that won’t make human existence pointless because they can still exert change.
Andor does this well. They ditched the “chosen one” bullshit and the telekinesis nonsense to tell a story about revolution and imperialism that is actually grounded. The systems and technologies in place don’t make real life obsolete. Of course, if these shows existed in a vacuum then who cares. But they obviously exist to critique real life, so you can’t make everything more powerful than real life.
Right. But I think there was an interesting idea initially when the show seemed to be about, how can a bunch of regular humans systematically hunt down and kill these superheroes. I mean that at least is an interesting inversion. Whereas now it’s lost that element too.
That’s the problem with trying to critique real problems using superheroes. They can literally fly across the world and kill everyone who annoys them. At that point capitalism, communism, liberalism, conservatism - none of that shit matters. It all becomes moot because the flying guys can laser you in half on a whim. The ONLY conclusion you can reach is great man theory because humans are powerless, unless you restrict your world to not have superman-level powers and just have shit like super speed, laser eyes, shooting webs - shit that won’t make human existence pointless because they can still exert change.
Andor does this well. They ditched the “chosen one” bullshit and the telekinesis nonsense to tell a story about revolution and imperialism that is actually grounded. The systems and technologies in place don’t make real life obsolete. Of course, if these shows existed in a vacuum then who cares. But they obviously exist to critique real life, so you can’t make everything more powerful than real life.
Right. But I think there was an interesting idea initially when the show seemed to be about, how can a bunch of regular humans systematically hunt down and kill these superheroes. I mean that at least is an interesting inversion. Whereas now it’s lost that element too.