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[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 106 points 2 months ago

Watch The Boys for exactly that. You won't get that from Disney.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

Also the Invincible animated series does it too.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I totally agree with both your comments, but to be fair, they said "movies".

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Maybe season 1 of the boys. It devolves into disgust porn in the later seasons.

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I made it to the first episode of season 3. It was just trying way too hard at that point to not be a show anymore but pure shock value

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[-] some_guy 70 points 2 months ago
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[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Came here to say both of these lol.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

But even in The Boys it’s just the bad guys doing that.

The dark reality is that the good guys need to watch themselves too.

[-] Binette@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Spoiler for the latest season and the spinoffThey don't mostly because they know the risk.

In Gen V, the main character gets her powers by accidentally killing her parents.

And in the latest season, Huey's dad kills a bunch of patients because of his confusion due to dementia.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

spoilerBro, the show opens with A-Train running through Huey's girlfriend and turning her into flesh casserole. It's the exposition to the main plot of the movie. They talk about how it happens all the time and they have a whole procedure for damage control. They introduce a support group for people hurt by supes, including a guy whose girlfriend accidentally froze his dick off during sex.

I suppose there's an argument that supes aren't really "good guys", but that traditional good vs. bad dichotomy isn't really the point of the show.

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[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

It always bugged me how in Man of Steel, Superman has to deal with the moral quandary of breaking the bad guy’s neck at the cost of vaporizing a family.

Like they spent the previous 20 minutes punching each other through buildings. No way that was the first family they killed.

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[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 41 points 2 months ago

I think Hancock had a few instances of that

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Never got around to that one, worth it?

[-] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Critically panned, across the board, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It could have done with another couple of rounds of script polishing.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

It was two movies Frankensteined into one. The first half is awesome. The second, not so much.

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[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

It's not a good movie but it's a fun watch if you're not expecting much.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 12 points 2 months ago

It's okay, not memorable though. I can't seems to recall anything from that movie but i do remember i have fun watching it.

[-] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

I remember liking half of it. Oddly enough, I can't remember whether I liked the first half where he's a drunken bum, or the second half, where he's more together, but I specifically remember thinking half of it was decent at least.

So yeah, I agree that it's not very memorable.

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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Have it on in the background.

I never fully understood Katherine Heigl's character and her point in the plot.

It's decent. Not great.

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[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 months ago
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[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s good, but upon re-watching it now from when I first watched it, and thinking a little differently about it - Superman talks about needing to be careful to not hurt people and cause deaths. Then he proceeds to put Darkseid through several buildings that obviously weren’t evacuated, followed by punching him so hard he goes through a couple layers of earth and totally destroys a bunch of infrastructure. He essentially shows his power and ignores everything he just said.

I still love seeing Superman let loose and fuck Darkseid’s shit up though. 😂

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 8 points 2 months ago

I hadn't seen it before so my first thought was "uhhh... Superman?"

I mean were those buildings even evacuated? He probably killed a fair few innocent bystanders there 😂

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 2 months ago

Superman knows where there's people and where there isn't. Authors can argue there wasn't anyone there.

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Just because he knows he shouldn't lose control, that doesn't mean that it won't happen now and again.

I know a bunch of things that I should do and still fuck up on a regular basis.

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Sure, but he literally just gave a speech about it and then proceeds to ignore in roughly less than 30 seconds. 😂

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[-] saint@group.lt 26 points 2 months ago

They cut all such scenes and pasted into The Boys, in a Mark Twain style “Sprinkle these around as you see fit!”.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Perhaps they are going for a tone of heroic escapism, or fantastical drama over gory and downbeat "realism".

If you really just want to see heroes maiming people it's been done. Invincible, The Boys (show and comic). Even back to the 90s there were comics like Stormwatch that centered on the premise of "realistic" consequences of super powers.

Aye, it's all about what theme you're exploring or mood that's being set. We don't have batman exploding into mist when he fights people who can lift planes/cruise ships with their bare hands, because that's not the story being told. When the theme is about the consequences of powers, rather than the escapism and being good (the 'super' part of superman being his morals and convictions), we get the boys and their (gory) explosions.

[-] Carrolade@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The web serial Worm by Wildbow, written like 10-15 years ago maybe, is also a pretty good superhero deconstruction.

[-] haywire7@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Didn't The Incredibles have a backstory like that where supes are basically illegal after they caused too much collateral damage?

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

Mr. Incredible is sued for stopping a man's suicide and injuring him instead.

In a Disney film.

This is explicitly stated, to the camera, within the first 5 minutes.

Holy shit Disney, you hadn't "Up'd" us yet, chill

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It’s also got some somewhat overt Objectivist messaging? Syndrome’s line: “when everyone is super, no one will be.” is fascinating.

Like, you can make an argument that a major message of the film is that some people are born special and more capable than others, and should be alotted special privileges. Syndrome isn’t one of the golden few, and rather than accept that, he attempts to democratize super powers to some extent (although because he’s the bad guy, part of his plan is making money from this).

I love the film, I just get some odd vibes from it at times.

[-] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 months ago

Invincible covers this a lot.

It's a major plot point in avengers as well, tbf, and why they spit up.

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I loved the first season of invincible. The thought came after watching a gif of captain America splitting a log with he bare hands. Like there should be PPE for just being around a super hero. He split that log with enough force to send a splinter strait through someone skull.

Like deku in my hero flicks air to create a pressure wave that can propel him into the sky. The insane amount of force at play should have more collateral damage.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Him splitting that log with his hands was safer to stand near than someone hitting it with a maul, which is how it’s usually split.

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[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Someone did an analysis of what would happen if Superman actually punched you at full strength, and it turns out his fist would never connect with you, because you’d be vaporized by the wave of nuclear explosions erupting from his knuckles as they caused air molecules to fuse in nanoseconds.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I mean this is how Civil War and Age of Ultron comes about?

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think Zach Snyder tried for this in Batman v Superman but of course he did so with no appreciation of the themes or subtlety. And Martha.

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[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Brightburn. I haven't seen it (yet), but alternate universe where Superman becomes evil. Trailers showed him absolutely wrecking his classmates in anger and frustration.

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[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Misfits is not really what you're asking for, but is a more light hearted a-typical superhero show about people who were sentenced to community service all accidentally gaining super powers. They mostly use their powers selfishly but not in evil ways. It's pretty well done as far as character growth

[-] joerel@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This was a great show.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Irredeemable covers this.

While only a comic its a fantastic telling of a superhero going insane and the others trying to stop him. The Plutonian levels whole cities and kills millions in the first issue lol. It's fucking wild.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Exploring the failed attempts and the real struggles of being a hero.

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