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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

Says the weirdo that writes books for teenaged girls.


41 posted on 09/04/2025 3:07:11 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: rottndog
His two main early success - 'Salem's Lot and The Shining are rewritten versions of Dracula and The Haunting of Hill House,

What I - as a reader - consider his three main faults as a writer.

1. A lot of his stories have no end game. He gets to a point at the conclusion of his stories where he tends to wrap them up too quickly. Some sort of McGuffin he pulls out of his arse to wrap it up.

2. His characters all have the same voice. No matter where the story is located, they all sound the same. And no one in really talks the way his characters talk.

3. He pushes his liberal politics in his stories. Especially since 2015, the main 'good' characters in his stories all hate Trump, and the 'bad' or whacky characters all like Trump. As a side note, anyone he writes as a Christian is portrayed as whacko-cracko.

42 posted on 09/04/2025 3:38:32 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: citizen

I think the days of the super hero craze is coming to an end.

It was interesting to see the comics brought to life with modern special effects initially but after 20 years the novelty is gone and the plot lines have diverged to to unwatchability.

Add in the inevitable politics and DEI and Hollywood virtue signaling and people are walking away

The same can be said for Star Wars and Jurassic Park as well as the rest of the motion picture franchise trend


43 posted on 09/04/2025 4:30:06 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if he’s for actual abortion pics being distributed....as far as porno-graphic goes - his stuff is more graphic than what he’s complaining about - gore may be his “alone time porn”...


44 posted on 09/04/2025 5:01:55 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: nickcarraway

When did Steven King become such a blathering idiot? On the subject of “almost pornographic,” Mr King, why did you insert that bizarre children’s orgy into It?


45 posted on 09/04/2025 5:49:34 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Lod881019
Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half the Worlds population

That wasn't gory. Just dusty.

46 posted on 09/04/2025 5:56:42 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: nickcarraway

I used to think so, too, but his rambling, looooong books bored me after a while.


47 posted on 09/04/2025 6:04:11 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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