Alan Moore slams superhero films, says they contributed to rise of Trump & Brexit

In a rare interview with entertainment news outlet Deline, Watchmen creator and acclaimed British author Alan Moore said that he isn’t happy with popularity of superhero movies, ding, it led to Donald Trump’s acquisition of power and Britain’s exit from EU. In an online talk for promotion for his new Hollywood flick Show, 66-year-old launched a scathing attack on US President, who he said was a result of an “infantilized population” and “blighted culture” evolved out of superhero movies. 

Moore is a leing contributor to revival of 80s comic book industry with his masterpieces such as V for Vendetta, Batman: killing of Joke, Ball of Halo Jones, and eventually became a part of DC Comics. His work has inspired movies such as Avengers and Justice League, Dark Knight Rises, Voice of Fire, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, all based on superheroes. Moore, however, refuses his name to be linked with any such projects that distracted new generation from 'complexities of modern world.

Moore claimed that, personally, he hn’t watched any superhero movies since Tim Burton’s Batman, calling character dangerous, and that it was misleing population. While he appreciated work of art, Moore believed that popularity of genre spiralled far beyond its intended “original means”, ding, genre was created to entertain working-class people and children.

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Era of 'Captain America'

According to Moore, Donald Trump was elected in 2016 when superheroes movies were a hit and dominated global box office and audience. Some of movies released about that time were Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squ, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, X-Men: Apocalypse among a series of ors. In a 2016 interview with a Brazilian writer for his book, Folha de São Paulo, Moore called superheroes as “white supremacist dreams” of master race, as was reported by NYTimes in an Op-Ed.

Moore's stance came after director Martin Scorsese compared superhero movies to me parks. Moore criticized marvel heroes as a smattering of n-white characters and creating a bizarre modern culture. Internet seemingly stood divided at Moore’s ory of modern appetite for superhero movies leing to a limited perspective. 

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