Alright, so here is the movie review I promised for Iron Man 2, cut for spoileriffic text. I watched Iron Man 2 last Wednesday, so there may be fogginess about some of the details.

( Iron Man 2: The Attack of That Really Annoying Villain Guy. Meanwhile, Awesome Agents are Awesome. )

Had a disagreement with Sexist Friend about the body shapes of Marvel superheroes. He claims that they're the perfect human bodies for male and female, and I disagreed, saying that they're idealized male and female bodies from the male perspective, designed to cater to male interest: uber-testosterone, muscle-built men, women with giant breasts, ( Read more... )

Caught sight of this bit of enraging comic book sexism on several people's LJs. Seems that Joe Quesada from Marvel answered a reader complaint about sexism in Marvel Comics on his blog, with this bit of douchebaggery:

I’m going to go on a limb here and assume you’re a Marvel reader. It’s an assumption I’m making based upon the fact that you’re ( Read more... )