![]() ![]() This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood’s leading genre. In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. By taking a postmodern approach, the chapter critically interrogates key issues of family and trauma, and reflects on the ideologies present in superhero texts, to examine how they function as a “barometer to measure our real-world figures and. text’s tting” with greater flexibility and complexity, exploring the hero/ villain dichotomy (Sanders, 2006, p. The Umbrella Academy (2019-Present), adapted by Netflix from the comic series of the same name, tackles the superhero narrative by depicting a family of ‘powered’ siblings who band together to prevent the apocalypse. A number of these texts have taken a postmodern approach by imbuing their characters and narratives with ambiguous value systems, while reflecting on discussions of morality, justice, and vigilantism (Kohut, 2014). ![]() Contemporary adaptations within the superhero genre have proven to be a lucrative and popular market throughout the entertainment media landscape, particularly on post-television platforms which have allowed for a “more relaxed narrative rhythm and a more cinematic style” (Pagello, 2017, p.
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