How did a genre rooted in weirdness and wonder become a byword for the normative, the familiar, and the mundane?

  • snooggums@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The blockbusters don’t, but there have been adult or at least mature superhero movies around forever and not just existing popular characters in new settings. I think you are limiting ‘superhero’ to a specific subset that excludes anything that would not be aimed at kids.

    Do you see Kick Ass as a superhero movie?

    Darkman?

    The Crow?

    Constantine?