The man behind The Fisher King, behind Brazil, behind Time Bandits, Terry Gilliam, was making the interview rounds in September to promote his new film Zero Theorum starring Christoph Waltz. In speaking with CinemaBLEND, the Twelve Monkeys director expressed his concerns about superheroes replacing religion:
I mean the Church is a dying thing. But comics and Marvel are everything now, aren’t they? Don’t they have all the answers to our lives? Aren’ they the figures that we want to copy and be like and aspire to? Don’t they relieve us when we’re in trouble?