Post by Tristan's Journal on Oct 24, 2017 12:10:41 GMT
Fox Magneto is pretty one-note, and using the Holocaust for a character's origin is always lazy writing anyways. An overall lazy character.
Your minority opinion is noted, sam. It's generally considered a brilliant background motivation for Magneto being paranoid and hostile, he gives in to his fears and becomes a monster.
Compare this to Cap 1 where we have laser gun battles during holocaust but no character arcs and Hail Hydra shouting Tomatohead villains.
Or take GotG dying-cancer-mom which just serves as sentimental tear-jerker plot device for funky pop song dancing (a scene later), dance offs and ultimately for commercial soundtrack selling. Compare this to the film "Chronicle" a few years before where the dying mom trope was done right: painful and sad, and leading to proper character development in the (anti)hero. The MCU examples are the epitome of lazy, convenient writing.
All characters have sound motivations and background stories. Logan's arc is that of a self centered, angsty nomad-loner who learns to use his powers for a good fight, becomes house-broken and a team player.
If that does not spell character change, maybe you should watch movies about sensitive nipples and putting squishy raccoon turds in pillows.
I don't recall Ant-Man being a billionaire weapons maker or a jerk in need of redemption, and Dr Strange gave us a guy who didn't WANT to be a superhero at all which was refreshing because he LIKED being a jerk Doctor. But generalize away...
Non sequitur, sam.
That predates Magneto by a long while.
Even if so, not the point, sam.
Wrong, sam. But if you truly believe it's not a lie.
