Will superheroes die?

Author: Yue Bing

Although I don't like the Superhero series in the United States (except for Nolan's "The Dark Knight", which is said to be not classified as a superhero series), and I have not seen a few, I still know about the characters of Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman. Especially with a teenage or twenty-year-old child in the family, these superheroes can almost be said to have grown up with them. Regarding the world of superheroes, children have been popularized countless times, but they are still often confused about who is who, who should appear in which world, and how these heroes are all fighting together.

It is said that these heroes died in "Avengers 3", and at first glance, I was inexplicably saddened, and then I was told that there was a next episode. Marvel fans' various speculations will surely bring them back to life. I think it is also true that real heroes usually die, and superheroes will come back from the dead, otherwise how can they be called super? So I suddenly wanted to understand why I didn't like this series of movies very much.

The image of the screen hero that can be remembered in the original heart is actually heroic and righteous - Wallace's sentence "freedom" has become a classic, and Wang Cheng's sentence "Shoot at me" makes him die and be eternal. When did heroes start to die? Of course, after becoming a series, it seems that since "007", James Bond has eighteen martial arts like a hanging, not only can be accompanied by beautiful women, but also can always overcome dangers and finally complete the task well. Later, "Spy Heavy", using a basically similar number of roads to create a secret agent Bourne. Fortunately, they are still fighting with earthlings. In the "Star Wars" series, interstellar warfare was created, which changed the thinking of the heroes, expanded the living space, and from then on, they went to heaven and earth and fought all over the universe. At the same time, a bunch of new superheroes have been spawned by comics, who are keen to "grow" abilities that can surpass the ultimate speed and strength limits of human beings and help us weak earthlings fight monsters.

"Aquaman" is another movie derived from the superhero series, the story is really simple, love to hug the uneven mermaid mixed-race prince for the peace of humans and fish, and eventually become the lord of the sea, harvest love and save his mother. Another family ending, but the protagonist Aquaman's personality is not very much like a hero. Probably bullied since childhood, growing up to love the road is uneven, in addition to a nosy love to drink a beer, as for the power and responsibility, he has little interest, even to become a hero, it seems to be because of "destiny", not his own conscious choice. Half pushing and half pushing, the hero easily got the trident that symbolized power, and the queen specifically stressed that what everyone needed was a hero not a king, so he finally became a hero of the underwater world. Although the anti-routine traces of "Aquaman" are obvious, the heroes produced in "Palace Fight" still look light and sweet.

Another superhero movie, Wonder Woman, is worth mentioning. The superheroes here are directly gods, but the film does not lie in this "god". The goddess who regards preventing war and saving the world as her duty is simple and straightforward, although her image sells super cute characters, the most touching part of the whole film is the hero's flight sacrifice - it is because of this feat that the goddess becomes a real superhero. Heroes are so easy to come, heroes rise from blood and tears, and heroes' super abilities are not born or given by choreographers, but are shaped by pain, failure, death and confusion. On the current big screen, how many heroes can deserve heavy spiritual weight? Whether heroes can fail, superheroes can die, film merchants who are accustomed to sprinkling reunion sugar pills, I am afraid that they are still unwilling to face this problem.

Heroes in the general sense have sacrificed themselves for righteousness since ancient times, whether they succeed or fail, and heroes who fail or dedicate themselves are particularly valuable. Just like the Chu and Han dynasties, their hearts are always biased toward the overlord of Wujiang' self-destruction; Wei Shu's resistance, Guan Yu, who died in the enemy camp, is the most awe-inspiring; the most heart-wrenching thing is of course Tan Sitong, not those who have dispersed after a while of passion. (Yue Bing)