The difference between MCU and DC villains.

Oct 24, 2017 12:37:58 GMT formersamhmd said:

Oct 24, 2017 12:10:41 GMT Tristan's Journal said:

[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.

It was considered brilliant for the 80s when the idea was thought up, now it's banal and exploitative. Even Ricky Gervais pointed out how using the Holocaust is just a cry for attention and "See how DEEP we are? We're referencing the Holocaust!"

You argue beside the point, we talk about writing theory, i.e. character set up, background and character motivation to make the characters' actions and plot progression believable.

Magneto as a genocidal cartoon villain wanting to wipe out non-mutants (Muahahaha!) becomes a lot more understandable and plausible having a proper character setup: i.e. he is paranoid, hateful and full of existential fear for his "race" because he experienced prosecution, hate, stigmatization and ultimately genocide in his childhood as a Jew in the holocaust.

This is well written. It is not about your silly "See how DEEP we are? We're referencing the Holocaust" posturing. On the contrary, they do not merely "reference" the holocaust, no they integrate it as the underlying psychological motivator of the villain. The entire film is like written around that, the mutants not as superhumans but as a minority fractured and divided about how to deal with political prosecution (as embodied by the senator) and hate.

It's a nice allegory that we usually do not get in other CBM franchises. Like it or not, if you cannot see merits in this writing you might be too far gone and blinded with MCU fanatism already.