The Superhero Movie & TV Genre Is Having an Existential Crisis

The superhero genre has dominated Hollywood blockbusters for the better part of two decades, if not longer. However, over the past few years, the genre’s hold on the popular consciousness has slipped just a little bit. An interesting recurring trend in this year’s wave of superhero blockbusters is the sense that many of these stories are fundamentally about that slip. Across movies and shows, across different companies and universes, the superhero genre is facing an existential crisis. Of course, the death of the superhero genre is greatly exaggerated. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has radically over-performed relative to Spider-Man: Into the […]

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