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[–] mlg@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is why the Nolan Batman trilogy (really the first two films) resonated so well with the global audience.

It was an ordinary guy against systemic corruption, something that a majority of the global population lives in every day.

Not a superhero against an externalized villain whose motives can be boiled down to either "evil because I deserve it" (the main antagonist) or "evil because of necessity" (every thug and extra who gets beat up).

Iron Man was also basically a giant ad for the US military in Afghanistan lol. Marvel never brought back the Taliban ten rings in Shang Chi

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

the Nolan batman trilogy is just how the public are sheep and they need a super badass Seal Team Six operator to save them from themselves

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

Calling Bruce Wayne an ordinary guy is a travesty. And the whole point of the Iron Man 1st movie is that warmongering is a terrible legacy. Are you sure you watched any of these movies?