Silvermoth
Krakoan native
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For me (if we're talking about just the movies here not the comics) it's that rare form of storytelling where it's a family movie but it's not cheesy or overly moralistic or dark and moody. It's like the golden age of cinema when Dick van Dyke could be really entertaining and interesting just having a conversation with kids in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'.
I think going dark and moody is too easy to gain points. The minute people see something where a character is always in shadows they're like 'I'm allowed to like this now'. That's a shame because although I don't think it needs to be a silly, camp cheesy film like Fantastic Four or Thor, a sense of fun was what made Superman cool.
It's like the Byrne run of Superman, it was just so inventive and not constrained by needing to be dark or not alienating toy demographics. It was mind expanding for the whole family.
I think going dark and moody is too easy to gain points. The minute people see something where a character is always in shadows they're like 'I'm allowed to like this now'. That's a shame because although I don't think it needs to be a silly, camp cheesy film like Fantastic Four or Thor, a sense of fun was what made Superman cool.
It's like the Byrne run of Superman, it was just so inventive and not constrained by needing to be dark or not alienating toy demographics. It was mind expanding for the whole family.