Kick-ass!!!

[PaulV15590]

Loved the last issue!
Cannot wait for the book II

The new international trailer has only got me more excited for the movie!

 

[K.B.]

This comic was friggin' insane. Such a great read and I really hope the movie is super faithful (especially after WANTED..ugh)

 

[E-Man]

I liked the series. I'm glad I picked all the issues up at once though. I couldn't imagine waiting during those delays. I think the series could have been better, but it was enjoyable. I laughed pretty hard at some of the issues.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I caught up with the first 2 issues and a few things kind of got to me about this comic. It seems like Millar doesn't want to play by the rules he created.

(Some Spoilers)



You have the premise of an ordinary kid in our real world decidng to be a superhero ok, no powers etc. But then you have him being realistically beat to a pulp and somehow right after getting out of traction he A) actually decides to be a superhero again and B) this kid who looks like he weighs 120 pounds sucessfully beats up 3 big thugs.

That's just way too fanstastical and pretty much reverts the original premise.

That just took me out of it, good premise bad execution.

 

[The Lizard]

I caught up with the first 2 issues and a few things kind of got to me about this comic. It seems like Millar doesn't want to play by the rules he created.

(Some Spoilers)



You have the premise of an ordinary kid in our real world decidng to be a superhero ok, no powers etc. But then you have him being realistically beat to a pulp and somehow right after getting out of traction he A) actually decides to be a superhero again and B) this kid who looks like he weighs 120 pounds sucessfully beats up 3 big thugs.

That's just way too fantastical and pretty much reverts the original premise.

That just took me out of it, good premise bad execution.

I have to sort of agree with this. Plus, let's not overlook another similar issue...Hit-Girl.

If this comic is supposed to be based in reality, then the whole comic book cliche of the little girl trained to kick the asses of several huge adult men (also trained killers, I might add) doesn't really fit in. It's fun to watch of course, but the whole "real world" aspect goes down the toilet when a 10-year-old (albeit a well-trained, coked-up 10-year-old) manages to take down groups of armed men. That doesn't happen in real life.

 

[AgentEnforcer]

I think the jury is still out until I see what happens when you give a 10 year old some coke and a flame-thrower.

 

[E-Man]

I caught up with the first 2 issues and a few things kind of got to me about this comic. It seems like Millar doesn't want to play by the rules he created.

(Some Spoilers)



You have the premise of an ordinary kid in our real world decidng to be a superhero ok, no powers etc. But then you have him being realistically beat to a pulp and somehow right after getting out of traction he A) actually decides to be a superhero again and B) this kid who looks like he weighs 120 pounds sucessfully beats up 3 big thugs.

That's just way too fanstastical and pretty much reverts the original premise.

That just took me out of it, good premise bad execution.

That's where I had some problems with the series. It starts off as something that is supposed to be pretty realistic, but then it turns into something that really doesn't make sense in the previous issues. That's why I hated the ending to where he gets beat up by the girl's boyfriend. So he grows enough balls to take on the mob with a 10 year old little girl that wasn't what they thought she was, but he punks out in the middle of school to one guy. I know there's the whole, "He acts different in his secret identity" but he really didn't show too much growth in his normal life.

That's usually the payoff to comics. The main character grows in their real life due to what they learned from fighting the villains. Dave stayed the same little ***** in class that he did at the beginning. At one point it seemed like he did, but at the end he pulled a 360. If there are more issues, I hope that Dave beats someone's ass at school, or at least stands up for himself against that annoying Katie chick.

The comedy is what really makes this book entertaining though. After Hit-Girl and Big Daddy shows up, I started reading it as a comedy. It is more entertaining that way.

 

[CConn]

That was one of the main points of the comic. Millar was making the statement that comic book fans often think they want things to be realistic, but ultimately, all they always revert back to general fantasy.

That, and Millar was looking for as many ways to show gore as possible. That too.

 

[iloveclones]

That was one of the main points of the comic. Millar was making the statement that comic book fans often think they want things to be realistic, but ultimately, all they always revert back to general fantasy.

That, and Millar was looking for as many ways to show gore as possible. That too.

Is that your evaluation or did Millar actually say that? Because if he did, it's the biggest cop-out ever.

Paul Verhooven used to use this same trick. Any time one of his movies was taking criticism for being too violent (Robocop, Starship Troopers) or having too graphic sex(Basic Instinct), he would say that it was a "comment on the violence/sex in the media." He couldn't just own up to making salacious films.

 

[CConn]

No, no. You misunderstand. I'm not saying that an attempt to sophisticate what he was doing. Millar obviously doesn't care about much of anything with Kick-Ass. It is what it is.

All I'm saying is, Kick-Ass is kind of obviously an encapsulation of the genre. And what supposed encapsulation, wouldn't have an air of supposed realism? It's there because it exists in comic community. Just like newsarama's in there, and myspace is in there, etc.

 

[iloveclones]

I kinda knew that's pretty much what KA would evolve into. I mean, how could it not. Especially with Millar at the helm. The dude loves big summer-movie set pieces. A whole series of someone getting his ass kicked (haha, that's what they should have called it...AssKicked) would get pretty tedious.

I was just wondering if Millar actually said that.

 

[Mike_D202]

Did anybody else do that "create a hero" thing on the website? I made "Captain Justice" LOL.

 

[Drz]

KICK-ASS 2: BALLS TO THE WALL #1 (of 6)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils and Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade--the one that spawned the number one hit movie and the worldwide phenomenon--is here! KICK-ASS is back, just as over-the-top as ever! As everybody's favorite psychotic 11-year-old HIT GIRL trains KICK-ASS to be...well, a bad-ass, RED MIST gathers a team of super-villains to take them down! It's super hero mayhem as only MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR. can bring you!
32 PGS./Mature Content …$3.99
Order using this code: JUN100640
FOC – 7/15/10, On Sale – 8/4/10

I hope the 3.99 price tag isn't real, but it would be a smart decision since this book is quarenteed to sell alot. Coming in September!