FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 14 days agoHas there ever been a movie set in a superhero universe that is about a non-superhero character?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareHas there ever been a movie set in a superhero universe that is about a non-superhero character?FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoThe two Joaquin Phoenix Joker movies, maybe kinda sorta? No flying or capes or utility belts, but they’re about Batman characters, and presumably set in a Batman universe, or at least a precursor/adjacent universe.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoWell, I wasn’t counting that because it’s about a traditional supervillain, much like the Venom movies, But it is essentially about a non-superpowered character and we wouldn’t even know it’s superhero adjacent if he had a different name
The two Joaquin Phoenix Joker movies, maybe kinda sorta? No flying or capes or utility belts, but they’re about Batman characters, and presumably set in a Batman universe, or at least a precursor/adjacent universe.
Well, I wasn’t counting that because it’s about a traditional supervillain, much like the Venom movies,
But it is essentially about a non-superpowered character and we wouldn’t even know it’s superhero adjacent if he had a different name