When Superman is truly "super"

Diego 2022-03-16 09:01:02

Greenspan once summarized two commonalities of people in his book:
1. They all need to eat.
2. Both need to feel better than others.

The former is the basic demand of the world economy, and the latter’s demand is the foundation of the cultural and entertainment industry.
Many superheroes turned out to be very popular.
Not only are they handsome and rich, but they can also tell jokes. Most of them are naive and harmless. Although they have countless tricks to coax girls, they are all devoted and carefree.
And no matter how powerful, but must understand the idea of ​​respecting the weak and the poor psychological endurance.
In fact, the ability to be super is secondary, but it is necessary to be likable.
The audience does not like a superhero as much as a waiter who runs fast and jumps high and can deal with troubles.

This is the difference between entertainment products and history, that is, audiences do not have to surrender their sovereignty and obey their leadership just because a person is great. There is no need to be as scared as meeting big people in life, because no matter how great the hero is in entertainment products, he thinks that I am right, will respect me, and will eventually come to save me. Will not look down on me, and will not criticize me.

From this perspective, the new Superman is not so flattering.

The new "super" people seem to be aliens no matter where they come from.
Although he looks like a human being, his main concern is still dealing with the historical and political issues of how to construct a sustainable civilization. Rather than protecting the earth, the earth has become a battlefield for him to fight against alien political factions. People came to the earth to guide the future, so that when the beautiful protagonist and the earth were finally saved, the audience couldn't tell whether Superman loved the earth or the colony of his future descendants. The whole film is a single-minded fight with aliens. When I was a child, I saved a few friends, but the feelings were not deep, just like charity. I have a deep understanding of the weaknesses of human nature, but I don't care about it. After all, people are here to change the world. Except for the heroine who occasionally saves her, other people can only rely on self-help. And when the fight started, Superman was not at all distracted by protecting the lives and property of the masses. So the audience watched the most intense and spectacular alien race in the history of the universe during the three hours that the protagonist ignored him. After reading it, the feeling is that where is the superhero we love? It is clearly a new generation of alien BOSS.


Therefore, the story feeling does not matter, the combat action design does not matter, and the special effects scenes do not matter. A protagonist who has knowledge beyond humans and fighting ability beyond humans, and a sensible and unconcerned protagonist, can hardly make the audience walk away with inflated self-esteem. The problem is not that it is unsightly, it is that it is unflattering.


The whole film is a real blockbuster, very enjoyable and not boring at all. And a heartless person like me loves to watch wars. The harder the fight, the better. I haven't watched enough after reading it. I always wondered why I didn't call out the Iron Man gang and Transformers, and then I would fight Superman for a few hours to see who could take it apart.
My review of superheroes mainly depends on the strength of the fight, and does not consider the ability to buy cute and funny.
Compared with superheroes who deal with all kinds of troubles in the world, good old people with super powers. This "superman", who has little human touch and just fights, is much more refined and refreshing.

The new Superman storyline is not pleasant, but it's violent and spectacular, and it's worth watching.

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Extended Reading
  • Mylene 2022-03-24 09:01:13

    The first night I saw the premiere in Nanning, it was so boring. Apart from flying around, the whole film only exploded.

  • Lois 2021-10-20 18:59:18

    Superman killed...it's a fucking remake of Transformers 3...

Man of Steel quotes

  • Faora: You will not win. For every human you save, we will kill a million more.

  • Faora: [Beating up Kal-El] You are weak, Son of El, unsure of yourself. The fact that you possess a sense of morality, and we do not, gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven *anything*...

    Faora: [Faora picks up Kal-El throws him into another building]

    Faora: ...It is that evolution always wins.