Like many genres, superhero stories need to be reality-adjacent, not perfectly real. And I think it's an interesting paradox that, by letting go of realism, you can sometimes expose something true and real about the human condition.

I don't see Superman as the ideal U.S. citizen. And even if he was, I'm not sure how the "ideal U.S. citizen" could be called one-dimensional. That surely carries with it an enormous amount of cultural baggage and meaning.

And not just international law - the fact that he loves and understands us enough to know that power alone won't fix things.

It's imaginative because you can explore how a person, even with immense power and a strong moral compass, can still face insurmountable problems. It shows how power isn't enough to solve problems, and thus, weakness isn't enough of an excuse not to try to solve them.

Making them evil is cowardly. It's basically saying, "It's not our fault we do bad things. Everyone does horrible things. Not being evil is impossible, so you can't expect more!"

I assume because they are huge part of modern culture and artistic entertainment. Why did/do grown men discuss Achilles or Sir Lancelot at length?

I loved how the pages and panels seemed to glow and how with just a few lines of dialogue and a string of images, I felt like I was really understanding a character, feeling what makes them tick.

My friend gave me All Star to read last year. I find comics really hard to read (took me forever to get through Watchmen) but that one just moved me. I felt like it had distilled down what Superman meant so perfectly. It annoyed me that, with that perfect take on Superman and Lex Luthor, we couldn't get a movie…

Does he see others as essentially good? Or is he moved to pity and compassion by their incapacity to be good?

Plenty of hideously brutal killers haven't gotten the death penalty right here in our universe. Manson isn't on death row.

Double down? I mean Paul had female deacons (though not elders). There was a reason that Christianity was hugely appealing to women back then. Homosexualty though, definitely.

Well it would have likely never have expanded very far. Paul made Christianity accessible to non-Jews by championing eating whatever you want and doing away with circumcision.

It's really not. Paul was the "When in Rome, I do as the Romans do," guy.

Have you ever tried to read "Numbers"? It's a slog, let me tell you.

I don't think characters saving each other really counts as "damsel in distress." It's not a trope Marvel seems to rely on much. I think Iron Man definitely had it with Pepper though.

I guess Bucky Barnes is kind of the damsel in distress in the Captain America trilogy. He does get saved a bit.

Isn't Audrey supposed to be connected to Cooper somehow? Maybe she could tell that it's not him?

Maybe they mean that he nailed a pitchperfect impression of someone doing a Marlon Brando impression? Because it definitely seemed like it was supposed to be a weirdly bad.

I mean, you can "have a camera" in places where people are naked and expect privacy. You just can't use it.

Can you prosecute someone for posting photos obtained consensually? I mean you could if they tried to extort someone but I think the difference here is that she acted in a public location and without consent. Don't know for sure of course.