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Tag Archives: Realism
Get Real (or Don’t)
It’s starting to cheese me off (excuse my language) that so many writers and creators will resort to the Realism Defense when it suits their purposes and ignore it when it doesn’t. Maybe that’s just Terran nature. And most of the time, it’s harmless. But when it comes to important things, it’s generally a cop [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Video Games, Writing Also tagged Alice In Wonderland, Batman, Billionaire, Catwoman, Clowns, Cop, Creators, Criminals, Fallacy, Harsh Language, Henchmen, Heroes, Important Things, Piece Of Pie, Plot Point, Plummets, Precious Hours, Random Night, Rape, Superheroes, Video Game 3 Comments
Adaptable
Watched the animated Batman/Superman: Public Enemies. Like nearly everything done as part of the DC Animated stuff, it’s exceptional. Stuff like this tends to remind me why I used to like superheroes, before the 90′s came along and ruined it all with realism and grittiness. Really, what the hell do superheroes have to do with [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Alan Moore, Animated Batman, Animated Feature, Emotional Level, Giant Space, Graphic Novel, Jet Packs, Kick Ass, Miscalculation, Old Girl, Plot Holes, Professional Killers, Public Enemies, Realistic Elements, Squid, Strange Twists, Superhero Genre, Superpowers, Watchmen 2 Comments
Realism VS Surrealism
Realism is highly overrated. In particular, I hate realism applied to fantasy. Mostly because it seems to miss the point of fantasy in the first place. I recently started a Twitter mini-debate with a friend of mine.* Watching a preview for the new Kick-Ass movie, I remarked how the movie straddles a clumsy line between [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Backstory, Bank Robbers, Batman Begins, Bullets, Dark Knight, Deconstruction, Grown Man, Justification, Kick Ass, Killers, Mini Series, New Kick, Parody, Pistols, Premise, Superheroes, Surrealism, Technological Edge, Tongue In Cheek 1 Comment
The Event Horizon of Boring