Comments on: Norton smash! http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Tag http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1763404 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:01:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1763404 I think it's fair to say that the only real reason THE INCREDIBLE HULK was PG-13 was that cigar and Liv Tyler calling a cabbie an asshole. Seriously, was there something else I've forgotten that warranted that rating? Non sequitur: TIH might not have technically been a sequel, but come on. The Ang Lee version was, what, five years ago? INDY 4 comes 18 years after 3 and it counts. And SUPERMAN RETURNS, despite a completely different cast and crew 16 years after the last one, was considered more or less a sequel. Nice try. I think it’s fair to say that the only real reason THE INCREDIBLE HULK was PG-13 was that cigar and Liv Tyler calling a cabbie an asshole. Seriously, was there something else I’ve forgotten that warranted that rating?

Non sequitur: TIH might not have technically been a sequel, but come on. The Ang Lee version was, what, five years ago? INDY 4 comes 18 years after 3 and it counts. And SUPERMAN RETURNS, despite a completely different cast and crew 16 years after the last one, was considered more or less a sequel. Nice try.

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1758592 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:34:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1758592 the lesson here, anger control issues are nothing compared to the horror of smoking! Go ahead, beat someone up, but don't smoke while you do it! ;) the lesson here, anger control issues are nothing compared to the horror of smoking! Go ahead, beat someone up, but don’t smoke while you do it! ;)

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1758512 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:17:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1758512 Perhaps I never took up smoking because the least likable characters -- Mr. Jameson, General Ross, The Kingpin -- were its biggest advocates. Perhaps I never took up smoking because the least likable characters — Mr. Jameson, General Ross, The Kingpin — were its biggest advocates.

]]> by: Franklin Harris http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1757790 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1757790 A disclaimer? Somewhere there's a wimp who needs a kick to the groin. A disclaimer? Somewhere there’s a wimp who needs a kick to the groin.

]]> by: James Van Hise http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1757652 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:39:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1757652 If you stick around for the last of the end credits there's actually a disclaimer about smoking at the end claiming that the film in no way endorses smoking just because a character in the film smokes. If you stick around for the last of the end credits there’s actually a disclaimer about smoking at the end claiming that the film in no way endorses smoking just because a character in the film smokes.

]]> by: Jonathan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1756838 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:25:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/16/norton-smash/#comment-1756838 So apparently by Ms. Fenyk's logic the moviemakers were also promoting gamma radiation exposure, violence against innocent cars, and the wearing of purple pants. I'm so tired of the anti-smoking crusade. So apparently by Ms. Fenyk’s logic the moviemakers were also promoting gamma radiation exposure, violence against innocent cars, and the wearing of purple pants. I’m so tired of the anti-smoking crusade.

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