The dad being an abusive asshole and the son rebelling for the good of humanity or sumn?
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Its another "Superman but Evil" adaptation that doesn't even have the dignity of being kinda interesting like Irredeemable was.
There is a reason why people only talk about the action scenes (and the one memeset from one), because its "muh edgy capeshit for adults". Its completely forgettable outside those over the top gorefests.
Subversion in media sort of loses its luster when it's happening all around you.
And when its so normal that a played straight heroic, hopeful story would be more rare.
You know, that thing we could probably use to reinvigorate our spirits a little.
When will lefties be the bad guys.
Stock 80's le Russian Commie (that doesn't even do collectivism) doesn't count
There's the Batman villain Anarky. Beyond the comics, he made a few appearances on Beware the Batman.
A MASSIVE, MASSIVE problem is that the show was written in 2003. Back then, comic book edge was confined to Watchmen (which was just some 30 year old comic book), and a few comics that had no hope of ever being made into mainstream media like the Bane arc or Killing Joke. The movies being made were X Men, Spider Man, a reboot of Superman, and the most recent Batman flick was either the animated series or & Robin.
Nowadays, the idea of a subversive series is old as shit: The Last Jedi ruined an entire word as did Among Us. Edgy flicks are all the rage. "Superhero... bad?" Is cliche. The MCU made a hundred billion dollars and is now on a rapid decline. Sure you'll see a few more super hero movies, Mildly Successful Man 3, Obscure Man, Spinoff of Hero Team, Reboot Man, Girl Team, Minority Squad, but all of the A, B, C, and D listers are all basically done. So releasing a series of "Man what if super heros bad?" Is soooo fucking passe to do after End game. Hell, Amazon already has The Boys Season 2, so to release Anime The Boys Season 1 is such a cash grab.
The best time for Invincible to be released was 2003. The second best time was 2014.
Calling Irredeemable kinda interesting. You must be feeling generous today! That comic was awful, Incorruptible too, or whatever the flipside was called. Mark Waid hasn't done anything good outside of Kingdom Come and I wish he'd just fall off a cliff already. I never knew what Invicincible was about, would just follow the artist years back and liked his work. If it is more what if superman like stuff then I don't know if it's worth trying the omnibus anymore. Superhero comics used to be so great and inspiring but seem a wasteland now. At least some of the movies are great still.
I enjoyed the character of the Plutonian, and since his actions drive the entire story, it made the fact that everyone else was meh to awful a lot easier.
Its the same with Brightburn, the movie, where everyone is pretty forgettable but Brandon was interesting to watch.
An extremely solid antagonist makes a lot of works enjoyable.
Yeah but its generically gory. Like, it feels like a Rick and Morty joke. Ironically their "superheroes kill each other violently" scene felt less humorous.
So instead of feeling horrifying, or palpable, or whatever gore-filled violence is supposed to do, it feels like a fucking cartoon doing slapstick and being gross rather than intended.
I get what you are saying and its valid, but in the Western Animation sphere nearly every single "for adults" is incredibly gory and/or gross. Its such a common thing that new shows like Hoops and Paradise PD are criticized for being generic over it.
A decade ago you'd be 200% on the mark, but Adult Swim opened the doors on every shit service having Adult Cartoons available. Shit Rick and Morty is so huge its basically mainstream.
Sounds like they forgot 90s animate Spawn, though maybe that wasn't too violent. It seems Western audiences only have enough interest for one such show ever decade and it gets popular just for the novelty of it indeed.