The Strange Case of Superhero Fatigue
Will superhero movies ever go away? Only time will tell. With the recent successes of Venom, Aquaman , Captain Marvel , SHAZAM ! and now Avengers: Endgame , there is no signs of “superhero fatigue” anytime soon. However, a year ago, film director James Cameron was quoted saying, “I’m hoping we’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon. Not that I don’t love the movies. It’s just, come on, guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. It’s like, oy!” Cameron loves these films but seems to think, there is no originality left. To him, these movies are nothing more than muscular male superheroes fighting to the death for two hours and wrecking cities in the process. There are original stories to be told in these superhero movies other that destroying the city. For instance, the three main Avengers, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor Odinson, all have terr...