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Stephen King Criticizes Depiction of Violence in Superhero Films: “It’s Almost Pornographic”
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | September 3, 2025 | Carly Thomas

Posted on 09/03/2025 6:47:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 09/03/2025 6:47:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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What a weird way of looking at it, Mr. King.


2 posted on 09/03/2025 6:49:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Oh please...Stephen King novels are some of the most gratuitously violent that there are. He’s a good writer, but he has to be rather demented to come up with some of his stories.


3 posted on 09/03/2025 6:51:00 PM PDT by rottndog (Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
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To: nickcarraway

He does in an odd way make a point they blow up an entire city in a movie never see a single drop of blood.


4 posted on 09/03/2025 6:51:32 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: nickcarraway

Sure, Mr. Red Rum, whatever you say.


5 posted on 09/03/2025 6:51:59 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Lod881019

You mean like nuking Las Vegas?


6 posted on 09/03/2025 6:52:42 PM PDT by rottndog (Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
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He is a good writer? I don’t think so.


7 posted on 09/03/2025 6:53:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Total Recall.

They used to make movies that were fun to watcy.

8 posted on 09/03/2025 6:55:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

He comes up with good stories, is all I’m saying. His professional success speaks to that.


9 posted on 09/03/2025 6:55:33 PM PDT by rottndog (Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
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Just like in “IT” right Mr. King?


10 posted on 09/03/2025 6:56:09 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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Even the Stand was violent, in fact most of King’s books turned into movies have violence in them, how about “Needful Things”?


11 posted on 09/03/2025 6:58:53 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: BenLurkin

I can’t read Stephen King or watch the movies. Not even short stories. Graphic detail on the destruction of the human body. Varied and imaginative. I quit him more than 40 years ago.


12 posted on 09/03/2025 7:07:09 PM PDT by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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"The Long Walk" better known as "The Long Bore".

I'd rather spend my money on ice cream.

13 posted on 09/03/2025 7:07:43 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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He’s nothing but an overrated egotistical has been.


14 posted on 09/03/2025 7:10:55 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: heartwood

I never liked Mr. King to begin with.


15 posted on 09/03/2025 7:11:31 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Just what we need : more violence.

Thanks, Hollywood.
Not.

16 posted on 09/03/2025 7:13:06 PM PDT by jonatron
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"Oh please...Stephen King novels are some of the most gratuitously violent that there are."

A child being mowed down by a tractor trailer outside their home (Pet Semetery), Rabid Dog (Cujo), Blood Orgy (Carrie), The Stand, IT, The Shining, The Running Man, Christine...I could go on and on.

17 posted on 09/03/2025 7:15:32 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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I’m pretty sure if there is one thing Stephen King knows, its pornography...


18 posted on 09/03/2025 7:15:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Just write and shut up.


19 posted on 09/03/2025 7:15:58 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: rottndog

Exactly or Avengers where Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half the
Worlds population


20 posted on 09/03/2025 7:18:37 PM PDT by Lod881019
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