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Batman Begins ... to Plan for Several Socioeconomic Changes in Gotham

You know who does get villainized in the Marvel and DC universe? The party-pooping people who whistleblow. According to this world, it's those who speak up against corruption who end up being actually evil ... or at best a blackmailing dickwad like the guy in The Dark Knight. When the Ancient One was abusing dark magic to extend life, Mordo is the only one who cares -- which ultimately turns him into the bad guy. When Justin Hammer and Congress speak out against Tony Stark's abuse of power, they end up being secretly evil for doing it. This also applies to DC, as evil folk like Lex Luthor and Harvey Two-Face are perpetually fed up with vigilante power and corrupt police. Since when was demanding accountability a villainous trait?

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The justification is always that in these specific scenarios, Superman and Iron Man are good -- even though most of the public have no evidence to believe that. And yet the films treat reasonable doubt like some kind of narratively punishable offense.

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She wants to hold Superman accountable? Clearly she needs to drink piss and explode.

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See ... In all the cases I've mentioned, the screenwriters have specifically created a situation where the naysayer turns out to either be wrong or have nefarious motivations ... therefore justifying the audience's dislike of their sourpussery. But the non-fictional version of these "villains" are the Woodwards and Bernsteins of the world. They're the people in the movie Spotlight. The congressional hearings for braggart shit-heaps like Martin Shkreli. And guess who that makes the heroes?