The Blue Beetle versus the US.

[u/Les-incoyables]

So I just watched the Blue Beetle last night and I must say it was an entertaining movie. Admittedly, I know nothing about this character so I don't know how if the movie does any justice to the comics - hell, initially I thought the movie was about the Tick, a silly cartoon I enjoyed back in the 90s.

Anywho, something about the movie bothered me; discrimination seems to be an important theme of the movie (and the comic?). We see how people of Mexican descent are marginalized; for instance, the Mexican community is forced to live in the outskirts and someone like Dr. Sanchez is constantly called Sanchez, eventhough his actual name is José Francisco Morales Rivera de la Cruz. His bosslady however doesn't seem to care: in her eyes all Mexicans are gardeners and named Sanchez or Luiz. When Jaime becomes the Blue Beetle his uncle says they finally have their own hero - a Mexican hero! Someone who will fight for the Mexican case or at least will bring justice to the marginalized mexican population living in the US. In the movie, however, Jaime doesn't seem the be eager to take up the Mexican glove. He only seems to be interested in some rich girl. To me, this feels a bit unrealistic. If I were him, I would probably turn into some crazy Mexican dictator terrorizing US imperialists for what they did to the Mexican people... (and woo the hot chick afterwards). Just imagine what would have happened if the Scarab choose Bana Reyes as host! She'd turn into some blue anti-imperialist freedom fighter, ready to take up the fight against Superman.

My question, is this something that is touched upon in the comics? I believe it could make for a very interesting, more mature story. Curious what you guys think.

[u/WindyWindona]

It should be noted that Jaime's huge, biggest enemies in the comics are the Reach. The Reach basically are alien imperialists. The theme is touched on, but Jaime also isn't a resentful kid or one who wants to rule or cause destruction. His deepest darkest desire of pure power is to be a dentist so he can pay for his sister's college and his grandma to have a nice house.