yes, yes, and I can fiddle with my penis

Reality exists outside of the mind. Got it.

Whoa!

No offence to Tig or Tom Cruise but...

But would the cop be fat and stupid? Would the Principle be totally disrespected and terrible at his job (which he stole!)? The next door neighbour is already being made fun of for his religion so that’s out.

Isn’t he Dr H’s long lost brother?

What a charming interview. And, boy, am I glad that I’m a middle aged man who can (pretty much) control his drinking and is barely aware of social media.

What’s up hotBEEEEP

I’ve read a couple of his books and, while I remember feelings they gave me, I couldn’t tell you what the plots were in any detail. Very immersive, very strange, made me nervous around mushrooms for a bit.

Fair enough. I guess he says it a lot then. I’ll have to re-watch it.

I’ve been thinking about that “bitch”. I wonder if, in this case anyway, he’s more insensitive than being actively misogynist. I’m old but I hear “bitch” used quite a lot in ways that I wouldn’t have 10 or 15 years ago.

That’s Mister Doctor Manhattan to you!

Oh, no worries, I didn’t think you were calling me a bigot. I agree with all your points... I think really my only point is that I don’t read very much into stupid oily action movies. To me it’s just meant to look cool (which I think is probably where Snyder is coming from as well) but of course I wouldn’t bother to…

I don’t hear very many good things about that Frank Miller round here! I will avoid him where possible.

Yeah, I think we’re pretty much agreeing aren’t we? I only saw it the once but I didn’t get the idea that the director was making something homophobic. Just that the characters (who, as noted, were unlikable chumps) were homophobic. Which, as you say, is not historically accurate, and serves to make us dislike them…

I realise that everyone is now clamouring for the other 3 films from The Top Five.

Excellent points, well made. It’s (obviously) not something I’ve thought very hard about and if it’s an action movie I don’t even really look for a message or morals. I like the Marvel stuff because it looks cool (especially that purple colour they use) and some of the fights are impressively staged. But I suppose if…

Right ho, Gussie, old fellow. I knew I shouldn’t be bothering but this chap does seem a few gallons short in his supply of the milk of human kindness. For some reason I thought he might read my reply and consider at least some small part of it. Like the fucking idiot I am*.

What a weird and pleasant flashback to the old AV Club.

Hang on... homophobia in 300? The characters were maybe homophobic but they were also complete arseholes. Were we supposed to be on their side? I thought it was just about some dickheads fighting some other dickheads (in a fairly cool way, although I only watched it once).