• chandz05
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    1711 months ago

    But this is why things like The Boys and Invincible are doing so well right. They parody the super hero movie tropes, as well as modern day life and media. The Watchmen movie as it exists was just fine for what it was, but instead of dark parody, like its source material, it went full-on blockbuster superhero. If it was released today and done well, I think it would be a hit

    • @OmenAtom
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      911 months ago

      The point you made about the boys and invincible is the point the article is making. If it had realesed around now itd be crazy successful as a tear down of the super hero capeshit, assuming they did it the same justice now as they did then.

      • Shalakushka
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        1311 months ago

        But the watchmen movie didn’t really act as a takedown. Aesthetically it is completely still convinced superheroes are cool, there isn’t a whiff of subversion about the Zack Snyder version. Zack Snyder read Watchmen the same way he read Batman Returns. “Wow! Dark comic is cool! What is subtext???”

        • @OmenAtom
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          1011 months ago

          Id say the subtext is still there, but ill admit i wish it was there intentionally as a choice of the dircetor and not just seeping through the source material in a watered down way.

        • Ech
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          511 months ago

          Everything I needed to know about Zach Snyder I learned from Sucker Punch. The lack of insight combined with the gall to behave like it was somehow progressive was amazing.

          • NielsBohron
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            10 months ago

            Snyder is the ultimate embodiment of “style over substance”