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    Sproing: A great video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz, about Eastwood movies, touches on a lot of these points. And since Eastwood's heroes are the proto-Wolverine... more »
    bookwench: I shall believe it when I get goods and services from it. more »
    Jack_Burton: Julia Alison has become Bernie Madoff? more »
    SJ_Edwards: All these have one thing in common. They're written by writers working in the movies. They're flat-out revenge fantasies. Kill the director, kill t... more »
    Canoehead: You conflate killing with murder. more »
    shoroko: I imagine you're probably right, though I haven't seen enough of these movies to comment on them in particular. I guess that regardless of the circums... more »
    EdificeComplex: " Try increasing your reputation by doing or saying things that matter to others." Screw thinking for yourself. You must conform to what other people... more »
    Ruthless, If you let me: No go for me until they start paying me for my io9 (and sister site) comments. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Oh boy a famewhore bank! It's just a bullshit metric for the self involved (who luvs them metrics) to masturbate over. more »
    MIster_C: Wolverine is the Classic Catholic He's a monster, he knows he's a Monster, and he hates he's a monster, Murder is Easy for him. but he uses the Guilt ... more »
    Bill-Lee: Could you imagine if this same article were posted on SciFi Wire? The rabid fanboys would eat Charlie Jane alive. more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Fun fact: "It was all part of my journey of self discovery" is not a valid defense in court. more »
    Hamslicer: I think part of it (beyond being desensitized) is laziness in writing. Take "First Blood", the first Rambo movie. The only people killed were in the... more »
    Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: Oh, how could I have forgotten - If you want the culmination of this trend, watch Ninja Assassin. Raizo reclaims his humanity through buckets of ninj... more »
    Cory Gross: I think your last paragraph pretty much nails it, and is a combination of the oldest mythic tropes going all the way back to Gilgamesh... The one is ... more »
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