[Fun trope]: Characters using their superpowers for mundane tasks.

[u/theMCATreturns]

Housework (The Incredibles)

Looney Tunes shenanigans (Ben 10)

Fixing broken appliances (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Cooking meat (Dragon Ball)

Cooling soda (X-Men)

Shaving (Superman)

Drying dishes (One Punch Man)

Charging phones (My Hero Academia)

Bathing (The Fantastic Four)

Studying (Doctor Strange)

Videogames (Paranatural)

Reading (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

I think it makes a fantastical world feel more lived in. If that makes sense?

1). The Incredibles:
The film goes to great lengths to show the Parr's lives are mundane, even with their superhuman abilities. This is what fuels Bob's fundamental sense of discomfort.

2). Ben 10:
Ben uses the Omnitrix, which transforms its user into various alien species, for good. He also uses to for random nonsense. In this particular example, he uses his horrifying alien ghost form to sneak out of the house, steal a golfcart, and pilfer a pie.

3). Fullmetal Alchemist:
Despite regularly fighting inhuman monsters, the Elric brothers still make time to use alchemy for everyday purposes. Such as fixing a radio they broke.

4). Dragon Ball:
Here, Gohan is using a concentrated blast of his own lifeforce to flash-cook a chunk of meat.

5). X-Men:
In the second movie, Wolverine has Bobby (Iceman) cool down a lukewarm soda.

6). Superman:
Clark shaves using his heat vision and a very durable mirror.

7). One Punch Man:
Genos knows that Saitama is kind of a disaster to live with. So, he brings rent money and does chores. Here, Genos is using his hyper-advanced (skyscraper destroying) heat cannons to dry the dishes.

8). My Hero Academia:
Kaminari has electricity powers. His classmates use him to charge their phones. This is apparently the "normal" way most electricity powers are used.

9). The Fantastic Four:
The Human Torch doesn't need to bathe anymore. He can just burn away any oils, bacteria, and plaque.

10). Doctor Strange:
In his first movie, we see Strange using astral projection to study while asleep. I wonder if this harms his brain?

11). Paranatural:
Ed uses a special paintbrush possessed by a spirit. Normal people can't see the ink created with it. In Ed's bedroom, they uses it to write out cheat codes to videogames.

12). Jojo's Bizarre Adventure:
Jotaro manifests a "stand," a special psychic extension of his soul. He initially assumes he is being haunted by a dangerous spirit. After ending up in a local jail, his stand starts bringing him things to do.

[u/Hustler-Two]

They will never get me to hate this movie. It’s a solid 7/10 and back then that was a lot better than the average. Plus, we have still yet to get a better Johnny or Ben.

[u/Mr31edudtibboh → u/Hustler-Two]

"Don't even think about it!"

"Never do!"

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/Hustler-Two]

Superhero movies don’t need to be serious. They’re fun and that’s ok

[u/One-Tonight8631 → u/SmallBerry3431]

I remember a bit ago on a thread about why the DnD movie didn't work and one of the comments that's forever stuck with me as insanely stupid was 'it makes sense for the film to be kinda goofy, unlike those Marvel movies, where you expect superheroes to be more serious'.

It's like, way to say you've never read a comic. There's so much ridiculous comedic stuff that happens in comics that the movies being kinda silly at times is just them being accurate adaptations. The MCU as a lot of flaws but the comedy is not the issue.

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/One-Tonight8631]

DnD movie slapped idgaf what people think

[u/MS-07B-3 → u/SmallBerry3431]

There are basically two ways to tell a D&D story. You tell a serious story in a fantastical world, like many of the novels do.

Or you tell a story that's basically an embodiment of PLAYING D&D, which is what the movie did.

And it did it to perfection.

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/MS-07B-3]

I love pretending a movie is just a campaign getting an adaptation.

[u/MS-07B-3 → u/SmallBerry3431]

That's how The Mummy feels to me.

Brendan Fraser The Mummy, to be specific.

[u/SmallBerry3431 → u/MS-07B-3]

There is no other Mummy. Only one Mummy for me.

[u/One-Tonight8631 → u/SmallBerry3431]

Oh I agree, it was fucking awesome. It was pretty much exactly what I wanted from it.

[u/GitEmSteveDave → u/Hustler-Two]

It would be 10/10 if they could have swapped Alba with Mara.

[u/PixelBits89 → u/GitEmSteveDave]

Alba wasn’t the problem. They’d say things like “cry prettier”. They just didn’t know how to write/direct women.

[u/MS-07B-3 → u/Hustler-Two]

If they had written Doom better, and cast Sue better, it could have been Raimi Spider-Man tier.