Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our own times?

Re:Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our ... by travisjungroth on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:22PM (#22569607)

Superhero stories were always compelling, then CGI got good enough to make them into movies. I don’t think it’s chance that they got popular shortly after you got really good visuals of someone getting punched through an office building. I find that explanation a lot more simple and convincing than the one in the article.

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Re:Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our ... by Uhhrrr on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:07PM (#22570005)

As a longtime comics fan who was overjoyed when CGI finally got good enough to show these stories (around Sam Raimi's Spiderman), I agree. But I think the article may be defining the "craze" as the entire time period from Action Comics #1 to now.

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Re:Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our ... by bhaak on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:29PM (#22569671)

Superhero stories were put on the screen long before CGI.

The Batman series from 60s come to mind or the Superman movies from the 70s (and there Superman III is IMHO the most enjoyable with a Richard Pryor that pulls of a really cool hack).

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Re:Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our ... by travisjungroth on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:49PM (#22569851)

I should have said CGI got good enough to make them into really popular movies. Or more specifically, that they were able to recreate the same images that you have in comic books in live action movies. The superhero movies of the 60s and 70s didn't pull that off.

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Re:Supermensch: What does the superhero craze say about our ... by kadoban on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:42PM (#22569800)

They were harder to do well, and less visually compelling on the whole though. It seems like technology should have at least some of the answer.

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