• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Mr. Incredible is sued for stopping a man’s suicide and injuring him instead.

    In a Disney film.

    This is explicitly stated, to the camera, within the first 5 minutes.

    Holy shit Disney, you hadn’t “Up’d” us yet, chill

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      1 month ago

      It’s also got some somewhat overt Objectivist messaging? Syndrome’s line: “when everyone is super, no one will be.” is fascinating.

      Like, you can make an argument that a major message of the film is that some people are born special and more capable than others, and should be alotted special privileges. Syndrome isn’t one of the golden few, and rather than accept that, he attempts to democratize super powers to some extent (although because he’s the bad guy, part of his plan is making money from this).

      I love the film, I just get some odd vibes from it at times.