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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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To: nickcarraway
What a weird way of looking at it, Mr. King.
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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.)
To: nickcarraway
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.
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posted on
09/03/2025 6:51:00 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
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.
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posted on
09/03/2025 6:51:32 PM PDT
by
Lod881019
To: nickcarraway
Sure, Mr. Red Rum, whatever you say.
To: Lod881019
You mean like nuking Las Vegas?
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posted on
09/03/2025 6:52:42 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
To: rottndog
He is a good writer? I don’t think so.
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
He comes up with good stories, is all I’m saying. His professional success speaks to that.
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posted on
09/03/2025 6:55:33 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Posse Comitatus does not Trump the Constitution. )
To: nickcarraway
Just like in “IT” right Mr. King?
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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. )
To: Organic Panic
Even the Stand was violent, in fact most of King’s books turned into movies have violence in them, how about “Needful Things”?
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.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:07:09 PM PDT
by
heartwood
(Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
To: nickcarraway
"The Long Walk" better known as "The Long Bore".
I'd rather spend my money on ice cream.
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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)
To: nickcarraway
He’s nothing but an overrated egotistical has been.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:10:55 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: heartwood
I never liked Mr. King to begin with.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:11:31 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: nickcarraway
Just what we need : more violence.
Thanks, Hollywood.
Not.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:13:06 PM PDT
by
jonatron
To: rottndog
"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.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:15:32 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: nickcarraway
I’m pretty sure if there is one thing Stephen King knows, its pornography...
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:15:51 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:15:58 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
To: rottndog
Exactly or Avengers where Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half the
Worlds population
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