One of the reasons I dislike MovieBob is his attitude towards darker comic book stories.
He treats darker stories, like from the 1980s, as inherently bad because they are dark.
He regards Iron Man’s alcoholism as irrelevant and pointless, pointing to exorcising it from Iron Man 2 as a smart decision.
He lambasts The Dark Knight Returns as dated. Watchmen as dated.
He bangs on about comics being for children and therefore hating on anything adult present in them.
This…is childish in an equal yet opposite way to Snyder’s approach in Dawn of Justice and Man of Steel.
Superhero comic books can have a variety of tones. Even individual characters can.
A Spider-Man, Iron Man or Batman story is not bad merely because it is dark or because they were intended for a younger audience.
It’s particularly stupid given the average age of most comic book readers along with the fact that even back in the 1960s the Marvel pantheon’s main readership was older teens and college students.
I’ve talked before about how decrying something as dated is an inherently invalid form of criticism.*
This is very much the problem with Bob’s ‘hot takes’ on DKR and Watchmen. He ignores their quality by the standards of the time they were written. Quite aside from ignoring how generally well written they are even now. It’s not like the average mini-series is that good today FFS.
Stories can be light and fun AND dark and serious.
It’s HOW they are done that is the important part.
The Dark Knight is dark and serious and it’s good. Dawn of Justice is dark and serious but it is bad.
Avengers Assemble is light and fun and it’s good. Superman IV: the Quest for Peace is light and fun but it’s bad.
Don’t treat all dark, serious or adult content with superheroes as an inherent flaw jackass(es).
The most beloved, acclaimed and rewatched British sitcom ever is a 4 camera laugh track affair very obviously made and set during the 1980s-1990s, complete with corded phones, VCRs and dated slang.
It’s dated horribly. People still love and adore it.
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