Yet another Hacker News

Nicolas Cage Says the MCU 'Is Becoming a Well-Funded and Glorified WWE'

7 points Michelangelo11 1 hour ago 4 comments

Fricken 1 hour ago | parent

That's what it always was. That's what the comics were.

Pro Wrestling is a global phenom, it's enduring popularity has spread to all corners of civilization. Africa, China, India, the Middle East: they all love pro wrestling.

Tough guys in bright costumes bopping each other on the head has universal appeal, it transcends all language barriers.

g-technology 42 minutes ago | parent

Soap opera for “men”.

WorldMaker 9 minutes ago | parent

I prefer the punny term "Soup opera". (It's full of supes.) It doesn't need to be gendered, women love many of the superhero movies and TV shows, too.

Also, I say it with affection. I love my soup operas. Our culture has come to have negative connotations to the term "soap opera" and also to the term "wrestling", because of the association with lowest common denominator storytelling, but it is harder than it looks and mass appeal isn't something to scoff at.

6gvONxR4sf7o 30 minutes ago | parent

Seems like a very choosy headline, given the rest of his comments. It's a tiny 13 sentence article, and more interesting than the headline. Unsurprising which line they picked for the headline, but disappointing.