You mean, the Chinese adopted Marvel's not-so-stealthy glorification of the American military complex (Capitan America, iron Man, Wolverine,....)
You mean, the Chinese adopted Marvel's not-so-stealthy glorification of the American military complex (Capitan America, iron Man, Wolverine,....)
That is, American pop culture does not challenge the foundation of the American society: individualism and the American dream. In that respect (in its support of the underpinnings of its home society) it is really similar to Chinese pop culture ...
There is nuance, that may be more apparent to Americans themselves. In these movies, Americans are never all bad. Because even if there are American villains, the answer is always the presence of American heroes.
Even though the films are great, they come pretty close to state propaganda. Only the quality is much better, because unlike other authoritarian projects from other countries, Americans actually believe their propaganda.
It's so effective that so many countries across the world are trying to copy it, my own country included. But we have a long long way to go in terms of quality.
I mean, these are American movies.
How often are the heroes in Indian movies not Indian, as opposed to American? The heroes are almost always local.
After all, he's Captain America perennially wrapped in red, white and blue. How'd you interpret a captain China wrapped in the communist party red, replete with the sickle, backed by the might of the People's army, saving the world from tyranny?
But even if you don't remember that, I can't fathom anyone seeing his origin story as somehow pro military. It's quite critical of the military.
He continues to have nightmares about what was done to him. This is why he stabs Rogue, who really should have died from it and only didn't because she is able to "borrow" his powers to heal herself. She was trying to wake him up from a nightmare.
And his ongoing hatred of the military and the people who did that to him shows up as plot points in various stories. So it isn't simply his backstory I the past. This is part of the ongoing storyline.
So how anyone can say "He was in the military once -- check his origin story" as evidence that his story is highly pro military is beyond me.