Matthew Vaughn's The Golden Age in development

[Broccoli]

His comments were civil

Well, yeah, he wasn't attacking anyone, but:

It’s been mined to death

People are just going to get bored

we’ve kind of crossed the Rubicon

only going to be there two or three more times.

the genre is going to be dead

the audience has just been pummeled too much.

That's some hard-ass language right there.

Hard-ass language? Hardly. His comments are not vicious attacks as you imply them to be.

Okay, you're right, I wasn't merely mirroring his language, I was mirroring his language while making a point in a humorous manner, for the purposes of which I drew a caricature in order to maximize said humor, the goal being a laugh or soft chuckle, which is a physiological response to amusement (a human emotion which involves a contrast between comfort and its opposite).

Clearly if failed (as most humor does here). However, considering that it has taken you this long to say that this was a joke, it seems like you are trying to backpedal.

Jokes are still allowed on the BBS, right? Or will the mods have to regulate on my ass here?

Probably depends on the mod.
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If Kick-Ass had ended with the gangster arrested for income tax evasion, Hit-Girl seeing a child shrink and what's-her-name arranging man dates for her gay best friend in between shtupping the drug dealer, then maybe it would be a sendup.

stj, you don't know what a send-up (or a parody, or a spoof, or even a comedy) is, do you?

Exactly. It's like people saying the movie Starship Troopers is a scathing anti-war satire, when that's only true of the first half, before the heroes, in pulp-hero fashion, seem to actually achieve a heroic victory. If it'd ended at the beginning of the final mission with everyone getting blown up by a defective human-made bomb, that'd have been a satire full-through. It would probably have killed any chance for box office success, granted, and one might say the same for your take on Kick-Ass, but the fact that genuine and pungent action satires aren't financially viable doesn't mean we should call halfway efforts the real deal.

I can't speak for others, but I don't find the film version of Kick-Ass to be a satire. The book it is based on, definitely. The film, not so much. I know others will disagree with me on that.

 

[Gaith]

My intention in writing that brief snippet was to make a substantive point (enough with the self-conscious twists on the superhero hero genre) in a crudely humorous manner. Apologies if that wasn't clear.

 

[scnj]

If Kick-Ass had ended with the gangster arrested for income tax evasion, Hit-Girl seeing a child shrink and what's-her-name arranging man dates for her gay best friend in between shtupping the drug dealer, then maybe it would be a sendup.

Well, to be fair,

Spoiler: In the comic

when he comes out as straight, she basically tells him to fuck off and sends him a photo of herself having sex with some guy, which he then jerks off to whilst crying.