I was very confused when I saw you lumping Morrison in with Millar and Bendis. Because Morrison is very good at understanding the impact of the violence in his comics. We3 is phenomenal in that regard.

Don't know if Darth Tigris was being sarcastic or not, but your posts have kicked ass these last couple days.

Is that "too soon" referring to the trauma of Columbine or the trauma of The Grinch?

What did you expect? If Mark Millar truly understood the disgusting crap he writes, he wouldn't write the disgusting crap he writes.

This is fiction and like Tarantino and Peckinpah, Scorcese and Eastwood, John Boorman, Oliver Stone and Chan-Wook Park, Kick-Ass avoids the usual bloodless body-count of most big summer pictures...

Between this and The Congress, the near future looks bright for trippin' balls science fiction.

To build on my previous post, and what I interpreted wax tadpole's post as saying, the problem with having men act like incompetent sexist jerks in a female superhero movie is that they ultimately have to address that sexism. And I'm not sure I trust a big Hollywood blockbuster to address the problem of sexism in a…

If a camera is going to linger on a female superhero, it should use similar poses and framing as shots of male heroes, ones that establish her power, not just her sexiness. No weirdo contorted ass shots, please.

Haha, that could be pretty funny. In one scene, you've acknowledged that sexism exists, and smacked it down as complete idiocy.

I remember Black Widow being afraid and hiding from Hulk (which is a totally appropriate reaction) but I don't remember it feeling exaggerated or unnecessary. I'll have to watch that scene carefully next time to see if there's something I missed.

I'm not against romantic interests, per se, but I am against incredibly rushed and forced romantic interests that just shove two characters together because they're "supposed" to be together. The Iron Man movies did it really well. Tony and Pepper had chemistry from the first time we see them on screen together, but…

That's not how I interpreted wax tadpole's post at all. It wasn't a suggestion that the female character shouldn't be the absolute star of her own movie, but that the male characters she inevitably interacts with shouldn't be threatened by a strong (in this case superpowered) woman. It's hoping the movie can be a…

This made me laugh. And cry.

You want Hollywood to show a realistic portrayal of hacking and technology? Good luck with that.

Abso-fucking-lutely.

The Avengers was obviously great, but let's not forget the other 2012 comic book movie that really got its female co-star right, Dredd. In many was, it was more Cassandra Anderson's movie than the title character's. Anderson's the one who provides the movie with a story arc and real dramatic tension. She's…

Bruce and Tony, duh.

He would, however, make a hell of a Rat King.

"Oh shit, here come the experts."

Kind of funny how the artists' renderings are less dazzling than the real thing. Just goes to show what an amazing and beautiful place the universe really is.