We see it in such media headlines as: “No self-respecting adult should buy comics or watch superhero movies.” (Sample passage: “Can we call time on superhero films? That has always been its appeal.”"Logan" is an upcoming superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. (20th Century Fox)Are superhero films escapist? “Logan” even winks to the Mad Max films — apocalyptic Westerns that remind you that a young Mel Gibson might have made a convincingly feral Wolverine. [The ultimate ranking of all 10 X-Men films, from the original to ‘Logan’]Pierce (Boyd Holbrook) is after X-23 and not afraid to go through Wolverine to get her.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 14:46 UTC