Have you ever had one of those pointless internet arguments about the philosophical righteousness of Batman, Superman, Rorschach or Luke Skywalker? Or maybe you've spent hours arguing about how time travel works based on old Fantastic Four comic books. And I'm sure many of you have tried to defend the value of some superhero movie that everyone else hates, but you love (but not Batman v. Superman, because that's just awful and you know it). Why do we do this? Are these arguments really as dumb as they seem on the surface? Or is ruminating about these seemingly useless minutiae of fictional characters something more important. Ok, obviously it's the second one, or else how would we make an episode out of it? Superhero thought experiments are a part of...
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