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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Superheros also just preach that you have to maintain the status quo, never tackle the root of the problem, just violently attack the symptoms and that only a small few special people can save you, so everybody else just has to get out of the way and cheer.
Iron Man is about Iron Man realising that selling weapons is bad
Also saying you need to be a rich prick to get anything done
Captain America is about Cap beating up Nazis even though the government told him not to
Would've been enlightening if Cap asked a few normal Germans along the way how the whole Nazi regime came to be instead of just pummeling people.-
And then giving an unbelievably hangout weapons system to some kid as a gift.
V for Vendetta
Yeah the exception that proves the rule but still, anarchy-man is cool
Yeah, like Mulan showing that girls can also fight or Merida showing that girls have an opinion of their own.
No more like Mike Wazowski showing all Monsters that laughing is better than screaming. Or Lilo befriending an alien weapon. Or Captain Jack Sparr-oh...
Remember, we are talking about Disney heroes and A LOT of them question the status quo (not all, but a lot).
That sounds like the villains' motive in My Hero Academia. A good series about superheroes, and what it means to be a hero. And what it means for those who aren't qualified to work as heroes but do, or try to do heroic things (the fourth season addresses this, as will the upcoming final season (it was in the manga, which is complete), and the Vigilantes spinoff directly covers it.
You're talking about Disney movies. Intended for children. They're not gonna go shoot someone in the head because they're responsible for denied health insurance.
Why are you expecting kids movies to be an accurate intricate commentary of society in the first place?
It's movies, for kids. Most people grow out of that. But some keep being obsessed with "superheroes"
I like Black Adam, he kills colonisers
Because what kids watch will influence their sense of morality
That's not even an answer. Kids do not comprehend the full extent of the world around them. That's why you get silly kids movies with animals instead of people.
We don't show kids fight club. And even if they saw it, they won't understand what it's about.