Decades before the MCU and DCU, film fans had to mostly make do with a diet of offbeat superheroes; here’s a selection of the best of the 1980s, courtesy of Billy Oduory… With Marvel and DC now dominating the superhero film space, the pool of films to choose from has continued to shrink, forcing many […]
I didn’t think The Fly belongs on that list. Just because a movie has someone with special abilities doesn’t make them superheroes. In The Fly, there’s no stopping crime at all in it, in fact he’s closer to a villain, but is more about him going insane. Dead Zone also doesn’t feel like a super hero movie, but he does at least get involved with saving people, so I guess it fits.
I didn’t think The Fly belongs on that list. Just because a movie has someone with special abilities doesn’t make them superheroes. In The Fly, there’s no stopping crime at all in it, in fact he’s closer to a villain, but is more about him going insane. Dead Zone also doesn’t feel like a super hero movie, but he does at least get involved with saving people, so I guess it fits.