When Disney/Pixar's "The Incredibles" hit theaters in 2004, it offered a fun and fresh take on the superhero family. Bob and Helen Parr — also known as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl — were forced into hiding after a man Mr. Incredible saved sued, and the government forced superheroes to stop doing their good work.
The film was heartfelt and fun, and it inspired my family's Halloween costumes one year and a family photo session theme a few years later.
As with all things, however, a good idea got a sequel and while "The Incredibles 2" wasn't terrible, it started to play into the tropes required of a Hollywood that made films for the Modern Audiences. Helen was now the focal point, and Bob was relegated to the incompetent stay-at-home dad. But a fun vocal performance by Bob Odenkirk and some interesting new superheroes almost made up for that.
Now, because we can't leave well enough alone, a third installment of "The Incredibles" is on the horizon. And this time, it seems, the Parr kids — Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack — are going to learn that not all superheroes are good.
‘INCREDIBLES 3’ will follow the children in a quest to prove they can be real superheroes.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 15, 2026
The villain will focus on the idea of how not all superheroes are good. pic.twitter.com/cWRadPPBdL
Wait. What?
Superheroes are supposed to be good.
Villains are the bad guys. Or at least they used to be.
That is, until Hollywood produced a slew of movies that made the villains sympathetic characters. "Cruella," the 2021 film starring Emma Stone as the titular character, is a take on the villain from "101 Dalmatians," whose sole purpose in life was to literally skin puppies and turn them into clothing. For Democrats who back guys like Abdul El-Sayed, perhaps dead dogs don't bother them (dead babies don't, after all), but for most Americans, the woman who wants to wear Fido as a fashion statement is not "misunderstood." She's just evil.
And it's a lame excuse, too. See, dalmatians killed Cruella's mom when Cruella was a child, so Cruella is somehow justified in turning pups who had nothing to do with that death into a parka.
If that makes sense to you, you might be a leftist.
It's not just in entertainment that these lines are blurred. Right now, Lindsay Clancy is on trial for murdering her three children. Despite Clancy admitted she killed her kids, women are rallying behind her and taking to TikTok to claim she is the victim and that Clancy's husband — who divorced Clancy and later remarried — is actually the real murderer.
Over 25,000 Lindsay Clancy fans have now raised over $835,000 after she admitted to murdering her three young children.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 17, 2026
The GoFundMe account has been flooded with positive messages from her female supporters who are convinced she is the victim.
Mass psychosis. pic.twitter.com/YJfSEv8Kxq
Up is down, inside is out, etc.
But, then again, as someone pointed out, the first film was accidentally a great piece of conservatism, and Disney has been trying to make up for that ever since.
The first movie was accidentally the greatest piece of right wing propoganda ever created so there had to try to retroactively ruin it ever since. https://t.co/jxkv5crV7H
— Link🇻🇦 (@ZeldaZealot) August 15, 2026
Yes, true, people are complex and we all have a little bit of a dark side to us. But entertainment — especially children's entertainment, which is what "The Incredibles" is supposed to be — should be the one place where good and evil are clearly delineated. Superheroes should be good, and villains should be bad. There should be no gray area.
And it's an incredible shame that Disney/Pixar are going to destroy a beloved franchise to send a political message.
