Movies & TV

That’s the problem with trying to critique real problems using superheroes. They can literally fly across the world and kill everyone who annoys them. At that point capitalism, communism, liberalism, conservatism - none of that shit matters. It all becomes moot because the flying guys can laser you in half on a whim. The ONLY conclusion you can reach is great man theory because humans are powerless, unless you restrict your world to not have superman-level powers and just have shit like super speed, laser eyes, shooting webs - shit that won’t make human existence pointless because they can still exert change.

Andor does this well. They ditched the “chosen one” bullshit and the telekinesis nonsense to tell a story about revolution and imperialism that is actually grounded. The systems and technologies in place don’t make real life obsolete. Of course, if these shows existed in a vacuum then who cares. But they obviously exist to critique real life, so you can’t make everything more powerful than real life.