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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Re: watchmen, if you notice, NO ONE in watchmen has any super powers, except for Manhattan. The book is not about super heroes, but about regular people that wish to dress in costume to fight crime ( for whatever reason).
Batman is not a superhero. he has no super powers. he is just a human.
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yeah, this is why i liked batman when i was little: some day i could be like him! i had a mask and a cape and everything lol. i was 3.
my kindergarten friend put on a superman cape and thought he could fly and slammed his head on the floor. ouch! not an attainable role model. plus clark kent was boring,
anyway regardless of superpowers or no: i don't know how comics are these days but back in my childhood american comic heroes were all about "crime." in other words--they were cops. cops with capes. the cops of capitalism. don't question the norms!
i mean dont get me wrong, i have converted religions now, i lived under socialism and it sucked, and learned to love capitalism, with all its horrible flaws, hahahaaa, im a sellout, yeah, but... these "heroes" never questioned the social order, structural injustices, invasions, workers massacres, abuses, poverty... they only defended private property.
so when i was about... 7? el chapulín colorado was a better hero for me hahaha
totally misunderstood/miscast in the usa due to a likeness used by the simpsons. he was a hero of ineptitude. it was a mexican export, and we could all relate and have a good laugh. i mean still until today there are reruns. i think there were criminals in it (i can't remember), the point was el chapulín's fumbling ways and heartfelt intentions.
eta: oh! here is chespirito (the creator of el chapulín) on the matter:
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They are not heroes. Hero is El Chapulín Colorado, and this is serious. Heroism does not consist in being fearless, but in overcoming fear. Those heroes are not afraid, Batman, Superman, they are all powerful, they cannot be afraid. El Chapulín Colorado is terrified, is clumsy, weak, stupid, etc., and aware of these deficiencies, faces the problem, is a hero, and loses; another characteristic of heroes, and heroes lose many times, their ideas succeed later.
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you see? that's more of a third world perspective. not having delusions of omnipotence, etc. a hero of the powerless. and i agree with him: in real life, heroes not just lose, they fucking die.
THIS IS SERIOUS