WeAreSigmarsHeirs

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• Larger budgets destroy TV Shows rather than improve on them

  Some of the most expensive fantasy ever put on screen felt emptier than the more limited work that came before it. That is not because viewers secretly prefer cheapness. It is because abundance is a terrible substitute for judgment and good storytelling.

• Batman, when represented "realistically" sadly turns into a fascist symbol

  The premise of every gritty Batman reboot is basically the same: what if we took this seriously and made it realistic? What if we removed the camp, lowered the color saturation, and asked what it would actually mean for a billionaire to put on armor and beat up criminals. Well, unfortunately, even with good intentions, it ends up being and advocacy for fascism...

• Tragedy taught children empathy and values. Death was not to be taken lightly in stories

  Removing tragedy from stories does not protect the audience. It removes one of the oldest ways human beings have practiced feeling fear, pity, and loss inside a form that can be survived.

• The heroes we used to talk about inspired us. Superheroes just make us feel weak.

  The old hero was not another kind of being. He was a human being at heroic scale. Achilles, Odysseus, Heracles: greater than you, but made of the same material. Even Captain American, Batman, John Wick. That form of story invites aspiration. The modern superhero more often invites spectatorship and a feeling of inadequacy.