Anyway, I think ultimately that Raq's problem with this movie is that it doesn't have the brainpower of comics like The Watchmen or Powers, both of which do examine (with wild succes in the former and varied success in the latter) the ethical issues of having a Nietzschean superman walking among us. Personally, I think that's ok because it's just not that movie - it's a play on the goofy tropes of superheroes, mostly Marvel superheroes like the Fantastic Four or the X-Men (and how do I know that? Sometimes I wonder), both of which mostly ignore the implications of superherodom for society at large in favor of inner turmoil and implications for immediate family.
Yep, Corwood, you're right. I would also add that it doesn't have the brainpower of BtVS. Joss has clearly wondered a lot about the issues surrounding being special by birth, and whether that makes one better, and if so what that means.
I do think that The Incredibles crossed the line of being a goofy play on the tropes with the repeated hammering of the point, but that's my read. Your (and Aimee's) points about the offending lines being in the mouths of non-protagonists are good ones, but I'm not convinced. The line from Dash resonated as a "truth from the mouths of babes" statement with me, and Syndrome's goal of making everyone super so no one would be was the genesis of the whole conflict. Having his goal be prefigured by Dash served to underscore that the writer felt that was a very important point.
Speaking of Dash, did they get in utero testing to know what his and Violet's superpowers would be before they named them? Even if Dash's manifested at birth, how would you tell? 5-second labor? Or do super families name the first boy "Jack" until he gets his powers, then the second boy "Jack-Jack," and so on?
I tell you, this movie raises a lot of questions.