Justice League: why the only thing dying in blockbusters is our sense of excitement

How the lucrative superhero franchise has killed off the concept of killing off

If Superman miraculously returns from the dead in the new Justice League movie, it won’t be a surprise. In fact, it’ll be more of a surprise if he doesn’t. For one thing, 2016’s Batman v Superman ended with a hint the Man of Steel would return, thus undercutting the pathos of his mournful funeral scene (which wasn’t all that moving, as we knew it would happen). A Justice League movie without Superman would be like a pantomime without the dame. But the principal reason is that, in the age of the never-ending franchise, no one ever really dies.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2y7wP3W