2aguy
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Here is a list of annoying things from super hero shows...........and why they need to stop doing them.....
12 Things Superhero TV Shows Need to Stop Doing
Just once, once, it’d be gratifying to watch as the hero sees a busload of children a mile in the distance, about to tip over a bridge. There’s no chance of saving them. The bus goes over.
Then the hero shrugs and says, “Well, that sucks, but there’s absolutely nothing I could’ve done. Whaddya gonna do, am I right? Better get back to things I actually have some control over!”
Unfortunately we don’t get much of that, since most shows with an actual superhero headlining the action have to give us constantly self-loathing bundle of angst that they morph into whenever anything bad happens. Even sunny Barry Allen is renowned for blaming himself for everything that went wrong ever, from Watergate to that one time Jitters ran out of croissants. Between the three of them, The Flash, Green Arrow and Daredevil have saved more lives than their entire city police department in recorded history, but they’re still all the type to see a newspaper article about a puppy born with only three legs and declare “I should’ve done something. I’M NO HERO.”
Tied into this is the certain heroic stubbornness that seems to come packaged with the job. It’s supposed to come off as heroic determination, but when these people set their minds to a terrible idea, it’s always the same adage: “once *insert name* sets their mind to something, there’s no talking them out of it!”
What about when it’s a really awful idea that’ll get loads of people killed? Well, no stoppin’ ‘em! At least they’ll learn a life lesson, before collapsing into angst for an episode or two.
The Exception: Once again, this one fortunately isn’t universal, but Rip Hunter stands out. He’s a pretty good guy, but if something can’t be helped, it takes a good half-episode of nagging from his do-gooder crew before he finally relents. And even then, he’s just doing it to shut them up.
12 Things Superhero TV Shows Need to Stop Doing
Just once, once, it’d be gratifying to watch as the hero sees a busload of children a mile in the distance, about to tip over a bridge. There’s no chance of saving them. The bus goes over.
Then the hero shrugs and says, “Well, that sucks, but there’s absolutely nothing I could’ve done. Whaddya gonna do, am I right? Better get back to things I actually have some control over!”
Unfortunately we don’t get much of that, since most shows with an actual superhero headlining the action have to give us constantly self-loathing bundle of angst that they morph into whenever anything bad happens. Even sunny Barry Allen is renowned for blaming himself for everything that went wrong ever, from Watergate to that one time Jitters ran out of croissants. Between the three of them, The Flash, Green Arrow and Daredevil have saved more lives than their entire city police department in recorded history, but they’re still all the type to see a newspaper article about a puppy born with only three legs and declare “I should’ve done something. I’M NO HERO.”
Tied into this is the certain heroic stubbornness that seems to come packaged with the job. It’s supposed to come off as heroic determination, but when these people set their minds to a terrible idea, it’s always the same adage: “once *insert name* sets their mind to something, there’s no talking them out of it!”
What about when it’s a really awful idea that’ll get loads of people killed? Well, no stoppin’ ‘em! At least they’ll learn a life lesson, before collapsing into angst for an episode or two.
The Exception: Once again, this one fortunately isn’t universal, but Rip Hunter stands out. He’s a pretty good guy, but if something can’t be helped, it takes a good half-episode of nagging from his do-gooder crew before he finally relents. And even then, he’s just doing it to shut them up.
