4 perfect takedowns of the guy who wanted Marvel to do history instead of fantasy

Oonagh Keating. Updated March 3rd, 2020

Marvel’s Black Panther is widely considered to be a groundbreaking piece of cinema in terms of black culture, with a largely black cast, including powerful roles for women and a society-wide appeal.

The film broke box-office records, was nominated for several Oscars, and won three. It is, however, very obviously a fantasy film, based on Marvel comics and aimed at the entertainment market, rather than being educational.

One man wasn’t happy with those production choices – he was after a history documentary, by the look of things, and that’s not Marvel’s bag.

There’s room for both of those things, just not from Marvel.

These four people had a point to make, and they made it well.

Spiderman with an actual arachnid sounds like something the Hammer team would have gone for in 1976 – with Peter Cushing as the only man with a big enough glass to catch him.

Here’s how Redditors reacted to the four coordinated burns.

Nebula should’ve been clouds of gas in space
MrSemiFunny

Bruh.

Did you know, the Wolf of Wall Street has nothing to do with a wolf living in a street full of walls.
TheLegendDaddy27

Not a single person named Shaw gets shanked in Shawshank Redemption.
corvettee01

Just wait until you hear about Batman
bitofafuckup

Cyclops has two eyes
KungFooGrip

The nazis misrepresented Nietzsches philosophy, there’s no need for you to do the same.
Micp

Superman – should’ve been about a man taking control of his life and actively consider his moral basis, making his own rather than blindly following one that has been laid out for him by others.

SuffolkYourself had a question.

Why didn’t Iron Man do any ironing?

That’s probably more about billionaires than superheroes.

Source r/MurderedByWords Image r/MurderedByWords, Marvel screengrab