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Post by politicidal on Nov 6, 2018 16:36:45 GMT
The spirit of Fredric Wertham lives on!
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Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University came to this conclusion after analyzing 10 of the top grossing superhero films from 2015 and 2016, when movies like Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Batman v. Superman topped the box office. Each major character was then categorized, either as a protagonist and so-called "good guy" or as an antagonist and so-called "bad guy".
The researchers found that while the antagonists averaged 18 violent acts every hour, the protagonists averaged 23 – showing a wanton disregard for the health and safety (not to mention lives) of the people unfortunate enough to get in their way. Heroes are more likely to be seen fighting (1,021 total acts versus 599 for villains), using a lethal weapon (659 versus 604), destroying property (199 versus 191), and committing murder (168 versus 93) than their opponents. The only act more likely to be perpetrated by a villain was bullying, intimidation, and torture (237 versus 144 for heroes). The moral of the story: it is OK to kill as long as you don't torture your victim first.
Conforming to stereotypes, the researchers also found that male characters were five times as violent as female characters, committing an average of 34 violent acts per hour compared to a woman's measly seven.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 6, 2018 16:52:25 GMT
This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 6, 2018 17:56:10 GMT
The spirit of Fredric Wertham lives on!
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Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University came to this conclusion after analyzing 10 of the top grossing superhero films from 2015 and 2016, when movies like Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Batman v. Superman topped the box office. Each major character was then categorized, either as a protagonist and so-called "good guy" or as an antagonist and so-called "bad guy".
The researchers found that while the antagonists averaged 18 violent acts every hour, the protagonists averaged 23 – showing a wanton disregard for the health and safety (not to mention lives) of the people unfortunate enough to get in their way. Heroes are more likely to be seen fighting (1,021 total acts versus 599 for villains), using a lethal weapon (659 versus 604), destroying property (199 versus 191), and committing murder (168 versus 93) than their opponents. The only act more likely to be perpetrated by a villain was bullying, intimidation, and torture (237 versus 144 for heroes). The moral of the story: it is OK to kill as long as you don't torture your victim first.
Conforming to stereotypes, the researchers also found that male characters were five times as violent as female characters, committing an average of 34 violent acts per hour compared to a woman's measly seven.
They used the characters of Suicide Squad and BvS as examples? No wonder they came to negative conclusions about superheroes. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Nov 6, 2018 18:09:12 GMT
Causing "more damage" should not autotmatically make one a "bad guy". By that reasoning I suppose the Allied Forces were the "bad guys" when they advanced further into Germany and started killing NAZIS in increasning numbers and bombing the Fuherbunker. Very flawed, silly conclusion, most likely written by some limp wristed ninny that's never read a comic book in their life.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 6, 2018 18:21:28 GMT
Causing "more damage" should not autotmatically make one a "bad guy". By that reasoning I suppose the Allied Forces were the "bad guys" when they advanced further into Germany and started killing NAZIS in increasning numbers and bombing the Fuherbunker. Very flawed, silly conclusion, most likely written by some limp wristed ninny that's never read a comic book in their life. The first thing I thought of was the mansion siege in X-Men 2. Of course the heroes are going to be shown killing more, because the heroes are super and the attackers are not. If someone imagines their home being invaded by a group of bad guys, they are going to imagine themselves saving their family by killing all of the invaders. |
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 6, 2018 18:47:05 GMT
This is a terrible study.
The study is just counting kills and damage without context.
The heroes may be seen killing more people (usually the villains) and collateral damage, but the villain's goal is usually to take over or end the world.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Nov 6, 2018 19:33:38 GMT
This is a terrible study. The study is just counting kills and damage without context. The heroes may be seen killing more people (usually the villains) and collateral damage, but the villain's goal is usually to take over or end the world. Yeah. This would be like saying someone who successfully defended their home against invaders killed more people than the invaders. Well, duh. It also leaves out the odds. The heroes are usually facing down an army. They have to commit a lot more violence to win. The bad guys only have to kill a few heroes to achieve their goals. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 6, 2018 19:38:48 GMT
The spirit of Fredric Wertham lives on!
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Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University came to this conclusion after analyzing 10 of the top grossing superhero films from 2015 and 2016, when movies like Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Batman v. Superman topped the box office. Each major character was then categorized, either as a protagonist and so-called "good guy" or as an antagonist and so-called "bad guy".
The researchers found that while the antagonists averaged 18 violent acts every hour, the protagonists averaged 23 – showing a wanton disregard for the health and safety (not to mention lives) of the people unfortunate enough to get in their way. Heroes are more likely to be seen fighting (1,021 total acts versus 599 for villains), using a lethal weapon (659 versus 604), destroying property (199 versus 191), and committing murder (168 versus 93) than their opponents. The only act more likely to be perpetrated by a villain was bullying, intimidation, and torture (237 versus 144 for heroes). The moral of the story: it is OK to kill as long as you don't torture your victim first.
Conforming to stereotypes, the researchers also found that male characters were five times as violent as female characters, committing an average of 34 violent acts per hour compared to a woman's measly seven.
I also found this amusing. I'm betting the female characters had considerably less screen time (besides the fact there are less of them in general), so I'm not sure how this is surprising or 'conforming to stereotypes.' |
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Post by Vegas on Nov 6, 2018 19:58:11 GMT
Does anybody really trust Penn State when it comes to deciding what's really good or bad?  |
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