Alan Moore on superhero culture

Re:Alan Moore on superhero culture by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:37PM (#21576500)

> The Marvel movie I always wanted to see was one that put the Epic Battles aside completely, and focused 100% on telling a character-driven story. Something like the Matt Fraction Hawkeye comics, where the point of the story is deepening our understanding of this one character, grounding him in the context of the brownstone he lives in, the ways he interacts with his neighbors, and their common problem of potentially losing their homes to an aggressive developer. Human-scale stories about human beings.

It kinda sounds like what you dislike most about superhero movies is the superpowered heroes.

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Re:Alan Moore on superhero culture by TacticalTable on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:48PM (#21577420)

Seems more like he's upset about the stories being about the super powers rather than the effects of the super powers. Superheroes are always as powerful as the plot needs them to be. Of course they're going to win in the end with their power. But most of Marvel's movies just come down to reacting to the movie's 'twist', and believing in themselves to become stronger.

The more interesting ramifications/consequences are often only footnotes. Not every problem can be solved with super strength - Show those.

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Re:Alan Moore on superhero culture by dragonsngoblins on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @07:28PM (#21579946)

Not really. Read All Star Superman for a great example of how you can have a story be about the fantastical and make it very human.

That story is about Superman basically becoming overexposed to sunlight in a way that makes him progressively more powerful (than Superman was already), but it is also going to kill him.

It is about what a man like that might do when he knows he is going to die and a lot of it is Superman's connection with people.

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