Why do people enjoy the idea of superheroes?

As a person who loves X-Men comics, I've thought about this myself. The easiest answer is a question: Why do people like anything? Why do people like to climb mountains, or watch cooking shows, or do calculus, or have lots of sex? read more

An obvious point to start with, but different people have different reasons to enjoy the idea of superheroes. There could be few broad reasons which can account for a large chunk of population but I am not sure if there has been a proper study done on it. But I sure can explain why I enjoy watching superheroes. read more

Every idea, every living thing, every culture, every language, every thought is in a continuous, non-stop march towards an inevitable change and an inevitable death. Nothing gold can stay, but nothing bad can stay either. read more

But the genius is also the genius of the lowest-common-denominator panderer. read more