Just a reminder: superheroes have super powers.
The people dressing up in costumes and performing citizens’ arrests could be considered “heroes” … at most.
(This, of course, is not the first time we’ve discussed this recent vigilante phenomenon.)
Now, if only there were some crime-fighting organization with uniforms and specialized gadgets that these people could join — if only!
It’s not exactly news to anyone that Hollywood is out of ideas creatively. They have been for at least a decade now. Television and cinema are quite possibly the best examples of how we as Americans love having our favorite shows repackaged and sold again to us. There are so many tangents on this point, but I am going to stick with one that is especially topical this summer: superheroes.
Iron Man. The Incredible Hulk. Hancock. The Dark Knight. I myself am guilty of wanting to see these movies. In May I said I wanted to see them this summer because they looked good, but in truth, of the three out so far, I have only seen one. It is not that they suddenly lost their appeal to me, it is just that I can only watch the same thing so many times in a row and justify paying for it. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Save me from the superheroes
