I'm not sure he's entirely wrong though... I don't think it has much of anything to do with the superhero genre though. For example; Peter Cullen will forever be referred to by me as "the voice of Optimus Prime" Which is an (almost) true statement. His voice is forever, in my eyes intertwined with that character. Wait, I actually read the article and I honestly didn't make it far into it but I agree with you 100% now. I thought pretty much everyone agreed that "star culture" as he put it, was generally a bad thing? No? I can't imagine someone wanting to go to a movie and thinking "Wow, These actors are great at acting, just look at them act," It seems like there should be so much more to it then that. It seems like it would be better to focus on almost anything else, from the philosophy to the mythology or just anything else really. Ok, I tried actually reading it but I couldn't make it past where he pointed out that apocalypse was a name as well as foreshadowing. I thought that was the point, I didn't think anybody thought that was surprising. I think characters are more interesting anyways, I'd much rather watch the avengers attempt to tear each other apart over a reality movie about the actors portraying those characters. It seems the author wants the opposite of what I mentioned in the first statement, which I don't agree with. It seems like a good portion of that culture is extremely destructive for everyone involved, with the constantly being watched and judged by a large body of people, I can't imagine that being healthy for anybody.