‘Superman’ has sparked a viral ‘hopecore’ movement among Gen Z fans
“Kindness, maybe that’s the real punk rock,” says James Gunn’s Superman, which hit theaters this past weekend. It’s a message that seems to have resonated deeply with Gen Z. One X user said: “I haven’t felt depressed even once” since watching it.
The film brought in $125 million at the U.S. box office and is earning praise across TikTok and Reddit for returning the superhero to his “hopecore” roots, The Daily Dot reported. Hopecore—a trend that emerged on TikTok—serves as an antidote to an internet overwhelmed by ragebait, manosphere content, and AI slop.”
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THE PROMPT:
Yes, the "Kids Table" generation is attempting to establish their own "Adults Table," despite the Boomers still hanging onto a paradigm of toxic foods, environmental destruction, war as the answer, the extinct upwardly mobile office culture, and god knows what else. Many Boomers sold their houses years ago at this point for massive profits, and can rightfully claim their comfortable detachment from society as their American birthright. Isn't retirement also about retiring from any sort of mental or political responsibility? It's their American right to influence politics while having little to no idea what's actually happening in the world. Millennials have weathered several crises since 9/11, but perhaps can still acknowledge they did experience a golden era of childhood, despite being adults during a perpetual recession, while staring down something potentially more catastrophic than what Americans witnessed in 1929. Why can't this cognitive dissonance be breached? Should we stop trying? Can Millenials give their parents grandkids, heal generational traumas, and save the world at the same time? Many have stopped holding their breath.
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