I definitely agree with this... but I think people might not want to watch too many movies that have sad endings because we use them as an escape and to get a feeling of hope
But it would be a lovely change of pace to have the villains win
I believe a proper solution would be to make Half the population Infertile, i.e.not letting them reproduce... Hence eventually killing them but not increasing the offspring population... They even get to live their life's too
I always thought it would be an interesting subversion to show that the typical heroes of a superhero movie don't truly have the best interest of humanity at heart and just want to show off their glamour muscles and hit things. One reason I really like Legion is that it goes beyond the idea of punching your problems away and portrays David Haller as a broken man who just happens to be the most powerful mutant to ever exist.
The villain usually wins in real life, that’s why movies are escapist fantasies. Very few movies set in a modern setting wouldn’t end with a hero who wasn’t in jail, or lost everything. Pretty much any movie involving or corrupt corporation or massive conspiracy reallly ends with the whistleblower hero in jail for treason or something similar, dead, or buried in a drawn out legal battle that everyone guilty walks away from but destroys their career, marriage, finances, and life. If you want to see a movie where the bad guy wins- start watching documentaries. Although there are lots of more mainstream movies where we can argue the bad guys win or they actually do win- or where the hero really IS the bad guy if we think about it- but largely movies are fantasies people use to escape reality and to project the problems they have or see in the world into a fantasy world where good deeds and intentions triumph over all, without the tedious red tape and consequences or boring slog.
But it would be a lovely change of pace to have the villains win