How I Became a Superhero
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Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to dismantle the traffic. But Moreau's past resurfaces, and the investigation becomes more complicated.
Our read · How I Became a Superhero (2020) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · adventure · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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The shape of How I Became a Superhero
What watching it is actually like.
“You want gritty Parisian superhero noir with cops, not capes-and-quips.”
Skip it tonight — You want polished Marvel spectacle; this is scrappy French genre TV.
The reading.
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Closeness in the twelve-axis space — how the film actually reads, not “people also liked.”
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