5. The Original Already Gave A Glimpse Of A Bigger Universe
Think of the first Incredibles for a second. One of its strongest qualities was how it created a Superhero world that incorporated comic book influences while at the same time feeling unique and grounded in its own right. The world of the movie was packed with minor characters both in anecdotal reference (Edna Mode's "no-capes" montage) and empirical evidence (the victims of Syndrome) that it felt like a small but key story in a universe bursting to tell many others. In order for the plight of Mr. Incredible to be more relatable, the creative team had to conjure a whole world to surround their main plot. The end result was a film that played fast and loose with references to its own mythology, well aware that the audience wasn't in on it. That was part of the joke, and the film relished it, while still allowing times for the backstory to provide genuine catharsis.
Self-evidently a man who writes for the Internet, Robert also writes films, plays, teleplays, and short stories when he's not working on a movie set somewhere. He lives somewhere behind the Hollywood sign.
