This article containsX-Men: Apocalypsespoilers, as well as some forBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
This was acocmplished by canonizing virtues of the weak while promising a better world after death.
This translation carried over to the second English language version ofZarathustraby Thomas Common in 1909.
But of course, for millions of the most fervent fans, worship followed nonetheless.
Its a dense, cynical, and fairly depressing work.
Zack Snyder adapted it to film in 2009 as literally, and turgidly, as possible.
But its influence on our current superhero movie craze is more explicit in what Snyder did next.
Some would argue blending all of this together was a bad idea.
And most blurring of all, the movie is not convinced of Supermans own godlike altruism.
And they fell facedown.
The Oscar Isaac Apocalypse has a similar way of dealing with people.
And like the Old Testament God, Apocalypse is depicted as a vengeful, jealous deity.
After all, the First Commandment is Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
I imagine that Nietzsche would approve.
