Thread 149838106

Why does Superman keep getting arrested

>>149838106 (OP)
Writers keep trying to rationalize a world that's both incredibly paranoid and a world with Superman being able to do whatever he wants. Superman can't just do a good thing because its a good thing because any good thing can be depicted as a bad thing. And Superman is a good man, enough to respect the autonomy of nations therefore Superman keeps getting arrested

>>149838106 (OP)
I imagine they imagine it's a striking scene, someone so valiant, so powerful submitting to overly demeaning authori---
>reads filename
Dammit, this thread is just an excuse to post that gulag page isn't it.

I heard the new Superman film is political, and it made me lose interest. Is this true?

>>149838106 (OP)
he killed a c-suite executive of a predatory insurance company

>>149838191
Aren't most Superman films political?
>>149838166
That does make sense.

>>149838191
Superman is and always has been an illegal alien

>>149838293
>Superman is and always has been an illegal alien
a baby of unknown origin is automatically considered a US citizen retard

>>149838293
He's the american dream.

>>149838327
Around the time Superman starts flying and shooting lasers out of his eyes, at least one government official is going to say "that boy ain't right." Especially when Zod shows up with the same physiology and powers, declaring himself from Krypton.

>>149838168
I'm sorry but I had to. Please continue.

>>149838237
>Kill an exec
>get a small militia with rifles guarding you even though public clapped for you

>Gun down 9 people in a church
>Get a happy meal from sheriff

>>149838435
The short of it is it visually communicates the premise of the "world of cardboard" speech but with a more benevolent angle and conclusion.
Superman despite being able to effortlessly overpower or simply ignore any attempts at restraint voluntarily bends to the law of the people he's integrated with.

>>149838106 (OP)
He's an illegal immigrant for one.

>>149838237
Main character energy

>>149838536
>the demon told me to a CEO but I didn't because it's illegal

>>149838553
That does make sense.

>>149838106 (OP)
Propaganda
it's implying that being submissive to police and military shows you have good intentions, and not resisting them shows you're on their side

>>149838327
US citizens aren't excluded from being deported these days

>>149838288
what the fuck do you mean doesn't make sense? let's try saying the same thing, but in a different way. whenever super man gets arrested it's because the writer made the government not trust him, and also wanted to show nice superman is by not throwing his weight around with them.

At some point, it became a thing where the United States considers Superman to be an American asset, while Superman himself doesn't want to take sides. He's an American citizen, but he's not a member of the United States military and doesn't strictly answer to a higher power. This results in a degree of friction at times when Superman refuses to toe the line. This sort of storyline has been fairly common since the turn of the millennium, and even before. The entire premise behind Amanda Waller is rooted in the fact that most superheroes don't actually answer to any government. Additionally, there have been a few times where Captain Atom, who IS a member of the United States military, was deliberately used as a foil to Superman. This was done in both the President Luthor storyline in Superman/Batman, as well as an episode of Justice League during the Cadmus story arc.

Interestingly, Superman has been utilized for both sides. In certain comics, such as The Dark Knight Returns and later DC: The New Frontier, Superman was used as a representative of United States interests.

>>149839394
>what the fuck do you mean doesn't make sense?
I believe there has been a miscommunication

>>149838106 (OP)
Because they want a taste of that Superbussy

>>149839659
I have never seen the pages surrounding this. What does Clark say to him?

>>149838191
Not really

>>149838191
Just reviewer brainrot. If the movie doesn't outright name who it criticizes then they're pussies and their messaging is flaccid.

>>149838106 (OP)
Hack writing that is too scared of giving real moral dilemmas to superheroes

>>149838293
No he was legally adopted.

>>149838288
>>149838191
no and nope
unless you consider crime political (Superman I, Superman Returns, Superman III) or alien invasions political (Superman II/MoS)
at best, perhaps the nuclear proliferation message from Superman IV can be considered somewhat political

>>149841691
I think Superman stealing all the nukes from the world powers and throwing them into the sun is rather political.

>>149838191
The movie starts about a fuss because superman goes stop a war in the middle east without talking first with the president about it. And then the subplot is that the definitely totally not Israel wants to genocide the brown people for money reasons, and Superman acts as a deterrent for that.

I'd say it's pretty political. The fact that you can remove the whole subplot and the movie works the same goes to show it was shoehorned after the script was finished.