Marvel's new Captain America will have to find legs against a poor upcoming release slate
  • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    18 hours ago

    I think bad guy having the same skillset is really just a superhero trope.

    • Flash vs Zoom
    • Green vs Yellow Lantern
    • Spidey vs Venom
    • Aquaman vs Black Manta
    • Wonder woman vs Ares
    • Green Arrow vs Dark Archer

    I listed DC heroes primarily to show it isn’t just a Marvel thing. But all of these arch enemies are basically evil duplicates of the hero.

    I think the trope largely stems from a “How do you defeat someone who is as powerful/strong as you” kinda thing.

      • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Well it’d be the ratio we care about, but let’s see (should only count first movie to simplify) and just saying yes if villian has same powers.

        Marvel:

        • Ironman - yes
        • Cap - yes
        • Thor - no
        • Hulk (if you count 2008 film) - yes
        • Guardians - pass (ensemble so kinda hard to say)
        • Antman - yes
        • Doctor Strange - yes
        • Spiderman - no
        • Black Panther - yes
        • Cpt Marvel - No/maybe

        DC:

        • Superman - yes (cause this iteration started with Zod, even if lex Luther is real arch enemy)
        • Batman - pass (too many reboots and maybe we count anyone cause he has no powers)
        • Wonder woman - yes
        • Flash - yes
        • Aquaman - yes (maybe BlackManta is different enough, but I’m counting it)
        • Bluebeetle - yes
        • Shazam - no

        So 6/10 vs 4/7 or 60% for marvel vs 57% for DC. So surprisingly around the same.

        Edited to fix formatting

        • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          You can’t not count batman, it’s a no.

          So is Aquaman.

          And so is Wonder Woman, not sure how you can say Ares has the same skillset as WW.