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THX1701 — 8 months ago(August 01, 2025 05:37 AM)
The point being that Superman was being accused and detained in order to face "American" justice yet Hawkgirl commits a capital crime and she doesn't answer to anyone.
Why are these two being held to different standards?
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P.Error — 8 months ago(August 01, 2025 07:01 AM)
The point being that Superman was being accused and detained in order to face "American" justice yet Hawkgirl commits a capital crime and she doesn't answer to anyone.
Why are these two being held to different standards?
Good point. The inconsistency is one of the issues I have with the new movie.
Ok, so we're in this world where metahumans are known to exist. The law enforcement has special gear to deal with metahumans. And they probably have metahumans working for law enforcement, too, making it an equal match.
In MoS, Superman breaks free from his handcuffs and frightens the officers. Here, Superman appears to really detained by federal forces. They have special Superman-proof handcuffs, apparently.
So unlike other superheroes in the past, these superheroes are subject to arrest. And can be without a fight.
I'm not sure I like this direction. It defeats the purpose of being a superhero. To me, it's doing good by not being bound by the law.
How fun would a Batman movie be if he's obeying the speed limit in his Batmobile because a SuperCop equipped to take the Batmobile out can ticket him?
It just doesn't work. There's no way to be a superhero without breaking the law. When you stop crime without being on the police payroll, those criminals can sue you in a civil case. It's always going to require a degree of property damage and trespassing. So the film's inconsistent in a sense that these people wouldn't be arrested all the time. Just flying over an area can be grounds for arrest.
10+ people know Superman's identity in this. If that secret got out, FBI would be raiding his house with a search warrant.
Don't like it.
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Based_AF — 8 months ago(August 06, 2025 08:35 AM)
The point being that Superman was being accused and detained in order to face "American" justice yet Hawkgirl commits a capital crime and she doesn't answer to anyone.
Why are these two being held to different standards?
i think the actual lesson here is that even though there are a lot of laws, granted murder is against natural and common law, that what really matters is whether someone entity has the will to enforce it.
take pedophilia in hollywood and the director of this film for example