Superhero movies actually have some interesting deeper topics in them. Otherwise I think a lot of the interest in games, anime and what you listed is arrested development.

>>16962016
Cope for feeling powerless in the real world.

>>16962064
>interesting deeper topics in them

Like what? All I see is just capeshit and nonsense.

>>16962016
Culture is evolutionary beneficial, all intelligent animals have culture that's used to separate in groups from asocial outgroups that then allows the ingroup to succeed.

>>16962016
The movies make you happy because the good guy defeats the bad guy. The movies are also easy to consume. You wish to chase this high even more, so you start to consume all capeshit. The pleasure of an easy story where the good guy wins turns into the pleasure of having encyclopedic knowledge of a franchise.
For pokemon, it's about an alternate world where you're a kid going on grand adventures and all your challenges are fun and mystical compared to real life where you have school/work/taxes/politics/health problems.

depends how you define "obsessed", but we are social creatures so the embodiment of ideals that we attach meaning to being told in a narrative can have a large effect on us. There's a transcendent quality to it that functions in a similar way to religion. Superheroes are basically a more entertaining version of the characters you read in religious texts

>>16962236
So I guess there isn't an evolutionary purpose. Not everything needs on. Manchildren are subjected to media from an early stage in life, to them it's just normal. Media and entertainment are too recent in human history to be embedded into our genes.

>>16962016
There is no evolutionary purpose behind mass marketed consumer products. There is a cultural purpose which is to make as much money as possible and gain a devoted fanbase.

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>>16962064
Certain videogames can have a lot more insightful content while capeshit, comics and Pokémon are hollow and useless entertainment.

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>>16962089
/thread. Same energy as picrel.

It's an atavistic throwback to the kinds of government propaganda employed to mass control humans. Jesus is just the first mega-successful comic book movie franchise.

The message? No matter what you do or how justified, even if God is on your side, the government will nail you to a cross and spit on you and you'll thank us.

>>16962016
to plap your mom

Same neural pathways used by ancient people to memorize their pantheons and mythology. It's a beneficial social adaptation because it gives the individual an knowledge of archetypes and parables to reinforce their position in the social order and provides an example of how to conduct themselves in different situations.

>>16963762
No the other anon is right. Most games are dumb as fuck and this is coming from someone who loves vidya. A lot of superhero comics at least try to have a point and don't trip over their intended message like a lot of games do.

>>16963894
Dumb is ok. Gay is not

>>16962016
it is not a new phenomenon
hero worship has existed since the dawn of civilization, see the epic of gilgamesh

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>>16963894
A good game provides you problem solving, active visual reflexes, a story and artistic direction. Capeshit only provides you passive entertainment and escapism.

>>16963762
>>16965521
I forgot to add: pictures unrelated also I'm trans btw :3

>>16962016
Finding enjoyment in media that society labels childish does not actually significantly impair development.

>>16965521
The Witness is an outlier in this regard because it actually tries to a thing with its narrative, unlike most games which at most have a story in of itself and that's it.

>>16965522
Stop projecting

>>16962016
Only goyim deal in the real world

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>>16965546
Keeping things that connect to your childhood is okay, but kidulting is a real problem of millenials and new generations. An adult should not only wageslave then come back home watch capeshit and collect Pokémon cards, but should also, if not mainly, focus on politics, philosophy, science, art and music to grow as an individual.

>>16963763
they followed their dreams, and will be forever remembered for it, you won', ever

>>16965801
Elaborate?

>>16967176
>focus on politics
It's all blue vs red sportsball bullshit, a waste of time. The average anon has zero political power.

>>16962016
It’s a coping mechanism for living in a human zoo.

>>16963894
Hero comics is dumb entertainment for dumb masses

>>16962240
This. Nature is the only thing kids should be exposed to until they're at least teenagers. If I ever have kids I'll expose them to the natural world and nothing else

>>16967177
But I am following my dreams. And they don't include killing innocent people

>>16965801
Are you admitting all semites are schizophrenic?

>>16968974
Yes

>>16968754
You know politics is not only about maga vs democrats right?

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cape-movies are the Iliad and Odyssey of today people. i dont know about evolution

>>16972077
There is no literary or philosophical value in capeshit.

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>>16962016
if they didn't buy this useless garbage, our hollywood elitists would have nothing left to be elitist about. and that would make us sad, as a nation.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pov0MKuyJfg&ra=m

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>>16962016
spirit world is real and we are spiritual beings

>>16962016
To be a better person than currently, provide strength for yourself to survive, for the community, for your family, etc.

Standard stuff. That males are drawn to for virtue of providing protection to others and that females maybe drawn towards strong males