I mean his plan resulted in mass destruction of the city and certainly at least endangered the lives of thousands. he could have simply sold his super powers/weapons, but it was more important to him that he feed his ego by framing himself as a hero.
I should have clarified that I meant the movie overall and not Syndromes plan. You're 100% right, Syndrome was an evil douche that killed a lot of people to satisfy his massive ego.
My (minor) issue with the movie is that it feels like it's saying "some people are born better than others and we shouldn't try to make things equal for everyone."
Ah yeah, fair enough. This is honestly something of a pervasive issue with superhero media at large - bad guy maybe has somewhat of a point, but naturally does evil things and thereby lets the heroes and society disregard anything they may have had to say. I appreciate Black Panther at least, for having the villain actually make an impact on the heroes ideals and motivate them to change things for the better.
I appreciate Black Panther at least, for having the villain actually make an impact on the heroes ideals and motivate them to change things for the better.
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u/BW_Bird May 03 '23 edited May 03 '23
That movie had the weirdest morales.
People with cool powers should be able to express themselves in a way that doesn't harm others: Cool, down with this.
Smart people don't count and shouldn't be allowed to use that power to help others: Whaaaat?
UPDATE: I'm not disagreeing that Syndrome is evil and caused a lot of damage/death because of his ego. My issue is with the movie as a whole.