I don’t hate teen superheroes. I grew up loving Spider-Man and Teen Titans, but I’m just tired of them. Comic characters never age, and every reboot resets them back to high school. Spider-Man’s been rebooted over a dozen times, yet he’s only been an adult in two animated shows. His best stories are when he’s in college or older, but studios keep him a teen to appeal to kids.

It’s not even just him — Ms. Marvel should be 28 by now, but she’s still 16. There’s no middle ground anymore. You’re either a teenage hero or in your 30s. What happened to heroes in their 20s?

  • ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I don’t think it is about luck. People have more hopes and dreams when they are younger. And these movies and stories are also aspirational. You want to become a big-time politician, a federal judge, a tech star, a super hero. And people like to be reminded about that, about dreams and hopes they had for themselves when they were young. And what do you aspire to when you are 40? Not to get fired within twelve months? There is definitely something heroic about it in this economy, but can you make a blockbuster DC movie about that?

    Edit: grammar