Petar

To be honest, it always bothered me a little when Superman was explicitly stated to be a symbol of American values, but it’s probably better that way when that is what the writers are trying to communicate. ‘Globalizing’ Superman might be worse, since it’s less obvious what he specifically represents, and could come off as treating the entire planet as just being America.

Either way, I have feeling this debate will be ongoing for awhile, and I look forward to the ideas that may come out of it.

Superhero stories that do actually change the world aren’t really superhero stories at all anymore, at least in the sense of coming from mythological-tradition. At a certain point they just become science fiction or science fantasy.

Granted, that can be interesting, but it’s a different kind of story than what people tend to expect from a source that makes superhero stories.

Reading this made me realize how Star Wars has never really been known for grand speeches. It’s not to say that there aren’t good speeches in the series, but they’re generally not highlights of the series. Even when they are, they’re usually villain monologues like Sidious in RoTS. Part of what makes Andor so great is that it examines Star Wars’ core themes of rebellion while also bringing something new.

Luthen, Kino, Maarva, and Nemik all have speeches in the show, which greatly expand the number of heroic monologues in the Star Wars video media, and provide a pleasant change of pace from the more religiously-toned speeches of the Jedi or the martial speeches from the Clone Wars. Helps to round out the franchise overall.