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MattheoB: For some reason everytime I see an ad for one of these computer animated comic movies my stomach turns around.
Our stomachs have greater rotational inertia. They're much harder to turn. So we've developed an almost serendipitous resistance to the negative effects of our own culture. Perhaps you should stick to local folklore for a while. If you do get an urge to consume some Hollywood product, ram a cake in your face first.

Careful, though, as this will only offer one-time moderate protection. If you expect serious exposure (perhaps you're intending to watch a comedy featuring Robert DeNiro), eat at least two boxes of chocolate-dipped fishing weights.
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MattheoB: snip
The western civilization has reached the peak of its decadence.

There is filth, corruption, misery, suffering, dishonesty everywhere.

You are just feeling a natural aversion to all the mindless decadence you see around you.

It will only get worse and then in a few generations, it will all collapse just like the Roman empire did.
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Matewis: Jeff Goldblum as the main villain!
Because, uh, umm, eh, evil, uh, er....finds a way...

If they get a shot of him on his side with his shirt open, the Internet will explode...
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Matewis: Jeff Goldblum as the main villain!
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rampancy: Because, uh, umm, eh, evil, uh, er....finds a way...

If they get a shot of him on his side with his shirt open, the Internet will explode...
Uh huh, yes, hmmmmmm, because ummmmmmm, my laser.....my laser.....will uhhh uhhhh destroy the planet. Hmmm......
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tinyE: Oh since we are talking Bond, Craig says he's done. Who's next?

My pick is Eddie Izzard!
Let's just pull Sean Connery out of retirement!
Post edited December 01, 2015 by Klumpen0815
So get off your lawn, or something?

Maybe this is why not a lot of people pay attention to WWII vets anymore... hmm. I'd say it's a different generation.
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MattheoB: And then there is this superhero nonsense. Don't get me started on that. Sometimes I have the impression that American culture has sprung from the mind of a 10-year-old. Why is this even popular? Why are Americans so obsessed with it? I don't give two fucks about Superman, Batman, Assman, Captain Assmarica whatever. Just drop it, stop that nonsense. This is what makes people hate western culture. It's so full of shit that you just want to wipe it off like feces from a toilet bowl.
I recommend moving to ISIS controlled territory, fun is perfectly illegal there.
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rampancy: Because, uh, umm, eh, evil, uh, er....finds a way...

If they get a shot of him on his side with his shirt open, the Internet will explode...
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tinyE: Uh huh, yes, hmmmmmm, because ummmmmmm, my laser.....my laser.....will uhhh uhhhh destroy the planet. Hmmm......
This seriously needs to happen. Come to think of it, Eddie Izzard can play his own love interest XD .
Also:

Austin, you've been so preoccupied with whether or not you could save the world, that you never stopped to think if you should.
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MattheoB: And then there is this superhero nonsense. Don't get me started on that. Sometimes I have the impression that American culture has sprung from the mind of a 10-year-old. Why is this even popular? Why are Americans so obsessed with it? I don't give two fucks about Superman, Batman, Assman, Captain Assmarica whatever. Just drop it, stop that nonsense. This is what makes people hate western culture. It's so full of shit that you just want to wipe it off like feces from a toilet bowl.
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awalterj: I recommend moving to ISIS controlled territory, fun is perfectly illegal there.
He's hating on pretty much ALL entertainment, not just a specific territory's.

At least that's what it seems to me. If I'm wrong, correct me.
Although I would have worded it differently, I don’t get this superhero hype either. I did read comics when I was younger, sure, but even back then superheroes and superhero stories have never resonated with me. Everything that happened in there just felt too arbitrary and illogical (within the frame of suspension of disbelief, of course), so that I could never get emotionally invested in these stories and characters. I always could identify more with Donald and his lot, and their everyday problems and "mundane" adventures.

I don’t know how much all of this is a cultural thing and how much is just personal preference. Looking at Germany, I get the impression that those friends of mine that grew up in the western (American informed) part are way more into superheroes than my friends that originate from the eastern part. Would be interesting to hear the opinion from some younger German forum members that were born around or after 1990, how they relate to this whole thing. (My cousin’s kids that live next door are not into superheroes either, but they have never been great comic or movie afficionados anyway.)
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Falkenherz: I don’t know how much all of this is a cultural thing and how much is just personal preference.
It may be cultural. Look at some typical Central/Eastern European folk tales. In the majority of them the hero is a small man/woman who outwits a more menacing villain at their own game. There may be magic involved, but not of the planet-shattering kind. American superheroes are about bombastic feats of physical strength and flashy powers. I'm more likely to relate to the witty Everyman from Europe than a flying superhero from America.
Post edited December 01, 2015 by Charon121
My only problem with the super hero universe is that the justice system never execute the mass murderers that they arrest on a bimonthly basis.
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Falkenherz: I don’t know how much all of this is a cultural thing and how much is just personal preference.
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Charon121: It may be cultural. Look at some typical Central/Eastern European folk tales. In the majority of them the hero is a small man/woman who outwits a more menacing villain at their own game. There may be magic involved, but not of the planet-shattering kind. American superheroes are about bombastic feats of physical strength and flashy powers. I'm more likely to relate to the witty Everyman from Europe than a flying superhero from America.
American superheroes are just the modern equivalent of ancient gods. Hey, some of the ancient gods even made it into those ranks!

I wish they'd introduce Typhon and Zeus.
Post edited December 01, 2015 by Klumpen0815
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Klumpen0815: American superheroes are just the modern equivalent of ancient gods.
Even Spider-Babe?
Post edited December 01, 2015 by Klumpen0815