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How I felt watching the Batman v Superman trailer

Batman v Superman: He is the one who grabbed the sun! Me: Look how slick he’s fooled you, War Boy. Me: He’s a lying old man. Batman v Superman: By his hand, we’ll be lifted up! Me: That’s why we have his logo seared on our backs! “Breeding stock!” “Battle fodder!” Batman v Superman: No, I am awaited! Me: You’re an old man’s battle fodder. Killing everyone and everything. Batman v Superman: We’re not to blame! Me: Then who killed the world?!?

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Let me put it to you this way...

Imagine that Batman comes out in his glowing, metal suit and turns on the Bat Signal and we see that he's wearing a matching metal tie. 

There is no tactical advantage to wearing a tie. It's also cumbersome and gets in the way when you're doing battle. The only reason Batman is wearing a tie is because women like men in ties. 

Ridiculous, right?

Guys, this is the only reason Wonder Woman is in thigh high, heeled boots. There is no tactical advantage (and if you argue that they armor her legs, you've just made an argument for pants) and they're hard to move in. Seriously. Hard. To. Move. In. 

The only reason to put Wonder Woman in thigh high, heeled boots is because men like to see women in thigh high, heeled boots. 

And DC/WB if your company line is that your movies are more realistic than Marvel's then make it equal opportunity realistic and give Wonder Woman some sensible, non-fetishy shoes.

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you’re my girl, blue

I think Jurassic World would have been much more interesting if Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard switched roles.

Chris Pratt in a three piece suit. Refusing to take off his loafers even though they’re in the middle of the jungle. Being a savvy business man who can’t remember his nephew’s names.

Bryce Dallas Howard as the ex-Navy, motorhead. Who became Alpha of a pack of all female raptors because she knows what it takes to be Head Bitch In Charge. 

It makes so much more sense to me that it hurts.

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punishing the rude

There seems to be a general conscientious in favor of the idea that if someone is rude they deserve what is coming to them. On TV and in movies this includes everything from a grisly death to laughing at their misfortunes. In the most extreme circumstances characters who are incompetent, lazy, on their cellphone when they shouldn’t be, short tempered, hot headed, selfish, self absorbed, insensitive or impatient forfeit their lives. We accept the punishment dealt and walk away feeling both vindicated and entertained.

Because who hasn’t wished misfortune on the guy who cut you off on the freeway or the people who keep checking their cell phones during a movie? 

I’ve been thinking about this idea of “punishing the rude” more and more. Mostly because it keeps popping up in pop culture, but also because the more I think about it the more I realize that I disagree with it. Because let’s be honest, who among us has never been rude? 

Never changed lanes without checking your blind spot? Never been short with a waiter because they got your order wrong? Never lost your temper at a telemarketer for calling your home?

I think my mom has the best answer for when someone cuts her off on the road, “Well, maybe they have diarrhea.” 

“Rude” as it turns out is subjective to our own perspective. A word used to label someone as bad without knowing them or their situation.

Having a character be rude on a TV show or in a movie has become a quick and easy way to justify death and to have us as viewers be okay with it--which just might be the most depressing sentence I’ve ever written.