Hollywood has killed the superhero movie, and there'll only be another couple of movies before the genre dies entirely. Those aren't my thoughts, but those of X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn.
It quenched even the most insatiable thirsts for violent action – mostly through an 11-year-old assassin with thing for weaponry. It was Kick-Ass.
Last night, we posted our first (spoiler-free) Kick-Ass review – our first glance at one of the darker and more interesting superhero thrillers of recent memory. I don’t think I’ll be ruining much if I tell you it ends on an ambiguous note that leaves wide open the possibility for a sequel.
I believe it was Herzog who said that we are a culture starved for new images. I’d go even further, and say that what we’re really grasping for are new experiences. Something that skews against the routine, that mashes together familiar elements into something wholly fresh and unexpected.
Last week I got to talk to Mark Millar on the phone. Even if you haven’t heard of Millar — which you probably have — you know his work. He did major work on X-Men and Captain America. He did Marvel’s Civil War. He did Wanted. He did one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, [...]
