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Media Assignment Details: How do the opening scenes of Spiderman 2 and X-Men 2 conform to the expectations of the superhero genre? In ancient times, the younger generation looked up to their elders and the more experienced as idols. They looked up to them with great respect and appreciation. In modern times, ordinary people have been replaced by Superheroes. The traditional superhero was created in literature and later film, he was popular, respected and loved; but in the 1960's, the Anti-Hero was introduced through medium of comics, a hero who is both loved and hated, discriminated against and respected, heroes such as Spiderman and the X-Men would fit into this description, and although they are portrayed as disliked, they both also fit into the expectations of the superhero. In 'Spiderman 2', we immediately get a feel that this film is of the superhero action genre due to the dramatic...

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