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These are not your parents superhero shows.
Some comic-based TV fare stands among today s most critically acclaimed series, whether holding a funhouse mirror up to reality in The Boys, dazzling with cinematic technique to explore a mind shattered by grief in WandaVision or dropping the gloves to take on real-world issues in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. These shows have the highest of production values, the broadest of reach and the most serious of aims â they re cinematic, conveying emotional, psychological experiences. I m glad genre is starting to get a little bit of respect, although let s be honest, it s always going to be an uphill climb for us, said The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, whose series might score with Emmy voters who honored Watchmen last year â both are deconstructions of superhero mythos. Any good genre, going back to The Twilight Zone, has a very human, oft times subversive story to tell and it s just cloaked in metaphor.
Martin Scorsese said superhero movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe don’t convey emotional, psychological experiences. Not everyone agrees.
“I’m glad genre is starting to get a little bit of respect, although let’s be honest, it’s always going to be an uphill climb for us,” said “The Boys” showrunner Eric Kripke, whose series might score with Emmy voters who honored “Watchmen” last year both are deconstructions of superhero mythos. “Any good genre, going back to ‘The Twilight Zone,’ has a very human, oft times subversive story to tell and it’s just cloaked in metaphor.”
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The perception of the genre’s limitations is well-earned; Kripke notes the start of comics in the 1940s, with its simplistic good-versus-evil worldview. Emmy voters of a certain age could have a tough time shaking the “Pow-Biff-Zokk” camp of the 1960s “Batman.” But current superhero TV isn’t just about how Mr. Freeze wants to put Gotham on ice.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Is a Subtweet of Civil War
Iron Man was released 13 years ago this May. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) spans 24 films across almost a dozen separate sub-franchises over more than a decade. It would take more than a fortnight to watch all of it, including the spin-off television shows in all their nebulous canonicity.
In theory, this is a lot of baggage. However, the MCU is also culturally ubiquitous. Nine of those movies (37.5%) have grossed over a billion dollars. Six of the 20 highest-grossing movies of all time at the global box office come from the MCU. On top of that, the MCU is readily accessible to fans. The movies are all available to purchase physically or digitally and can be streamed at any time on Disney+, the third most popular streaming video service in the United States.