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  • If you enjoyed the movie, the books are an absolute treat. They were able to get a lot more serious with the context and the art is spectacular (and quite a bit more graphic). The movie really strayed from the source with the ending. Kick-Ass 2 was hard to watch after reading the first book because they had to change so much to try and parallel the second book still. Pure speculation, but I don’t think they expected the movie to get a sequel based on what I got from it and scrambled to make it work.





  • I understand the sentiment here, but how are you any more capable of handling the situation than the people they’re ‘vanning’?

    I’m a white dude as well and I’m struggling like OP. Everyone is saying fight back and to be safe, but there’s really serious risk involved here that people are quick to ignore in writing.

    All I see day after day is more and more police abuse and especially in protests where it counts. The other day, someone people in the comments were suggesting the bullet/stab-proof vests were expected fair, even for civilians.

    My friends that I know are against our current state of affairs, but feel that peaceful protest has so far been ineffective. And I’ve never been a criminal before and would be terrified to start now.

    I admit it’s been engrained in me, but I couldn’t bring myself to acts of vandalism either. I’m just not that type of person. And I think if there was a way to contribute by doing art or programming, or something similarly creative in a way that feels more impactful than peaceful protest, a lot more people would be more willing to put something in.

    My entire life, I’ve focused on creative skill sets and I bet many that oppose Trump feel the same. I wish I had some sort of way to go out and actually see something directly change as a result of what I did rather than holding a sign up with some slogan that people might honk a horn at.

    It all just feels wrong when the opposition literally wants to hurt us and all we want to do is keep our distance.