Gunn’s Superman was a breath of fresh air in this respect. Yet it only foiled the grim anti-hero archetype (think Rusty Cohle). The Dark Knight Returns (animated, 2012) is a different, more daring inversion in its telling of the hero who is absolutely superior.
Lanterns finale was pure bullshit. Some of the most nihilistic subversive deconstructive garbage put on screen that would make even Garth Ennis roll his eyes
A show made by people who genuinely hate the medium of comic books and superheroes and want to demoralize you