Ironically, despite being a CW show (which means they will very likely mess it up), the new Superman from Superman & Lois is actually pretty good.
Falcon and Winter Soldier also look pretty decent and mostly about the two titular guys without much in way of a support network
However, super-hero shows or even comic books that feature only a solo hero who solved everything without any support almost always were non existent. Batman always had Alfred, at least, etc...
Of course you're right that superheroes have always had their partners and supporters.
It's a matter of degree. I had to stop watching Flash and Arrow, because both shows were making me miserable, instead of inspired. The supposed heroes are not happy, they're always doubting themselves, they're always on the verge of crossing the line, and they always need a team of people to keep them going.
Plus, today's TV superheroes all seem to live in a world where no joy exists - the best they can do is to barely, repeatedly, pull off pyrrhic victories, but the danger continues to hang over their heads. That is intentional, of course -- it's part of the propaganda. The goal is to make us feel helpless.
By contrast, in the old shows, the world was good, and, once a foe was vanquished, the world was good again.
Oh absolutely, Arrow went so downhill people started calling it "Felicity and Friends, featuring Arrow". And Flash really went downhill as well by introducing all the assorted extra Flashes.
However, sadly kinda typical for CW show. they manage to screw stuff up after season or two at best, somehow (people blame writing crunch, no idea how true that is).
I am not really sure if the lack of joy and attempt to be overly real are part of any propaganda, or just Hollywood trying to recapture the amazing success of Nolan's Batman trilogy, which affected superhero movies quite heavily, especially those based on DC comics (Marvel adaptations are more lighthearted)
Ironically, despite being a CW show (which means they will very likely mess it up), the new Superman from Superman & Lois is actually pretty good.
Falcon and Winter Soldier also look pretty decent and mostly about the two titular guys without much in way of a support network
However, super-hero shows or even comic books that feature only a solo hero who solved everything without any support almost always were non existent. Batman always had Alfred, at least, etc...
Of course you're right that superheroes have always had their partners and supporters.
It's a matter of degree. I had to stop watching Flash and Arrow, because both shows were making me miserable, instead of inspired. The supposed heroes are not happy, they're always doubting themselves, they're always on the verge of crossing the line, and they always need a team of people to keep them going.
Plus, today's TV superheroes all seem to live in a world where no joy exists - the best they can do is to barely, repeatedly, pull off pyrrhic victories, but the danger continues to hang over their heads. That is intentional, of course -- it's part of the propaganda. The goal is to make us feel helpless.
By contrast, in the old shows, the world was good, and, once a foe was vanquished, the world was good again.
Oh absolutely, Arrow went so downhill people started calling it "Felicity and Friends, featuring Arrow". And Flash really went downhill as well by introducing all the assorted extra Flashes.
However, sadly kinda typical for CW show. they manage to screw stuff up after season or two at best, somehow (people blame writing crunch, no idea how true that is).
I am not really sure if the lack of joy and attempt to be overly real are part of any propaganda, or just Hollywood trying to recapture the amazing success of Nolan's Batman trilogy, which affected superhero movies quite heavily, especially those based on DC comics (Marvel adaptations are more lighthearted)
That's my laugh for the day. Cheers.