I kind of see Bill Maher's point about comics fans.

did you forget the shitstorm before the 2016 elections?

They are the worst, man.

For real? :|

Well, first thing’s first... do you honestly believe everyone/most people on here read comics? There are many (more opened minded) fans of these movies that don’t read comics to begin with. And I guarantee you a large number of these trolls attracting all this unwelcome attention, for example, couldn’t care less about these types of films and the characters in general. However, if there is a new target for the anti-social justice crowd a la The Last Jedi, you’ll see numerous non-fans join the party and continually troll places like this. Yes, there are also conflicted CBM/Marvel fans who can’t stand Brie - and most celebrities these days who preach basic human decency- and they want to keep things the way they were just like the trolls do, and thus they keep all these silly discussions going.

Now, sure, SOME of the things Maher said can apply to certain comic fans. But, the guy is a hypocrite. He singled out comic fans for their immaturity and what not, yet... last I checked sports fans are known to be some of the most crazily obsessed and juvenile bunch (Maher is a sports bro himself, so surprise!). How about Star Wars fans? We know how everyone from true fans to propagandists take their galaxy from far, far away so seriously. The truth is every fanbase has their immature bunch, period.

But the fans aside, it’s apparent he simply sees comics as lesser literature/art. [Wow, how I would love for Elijah “Mr. Glass” Price himself - Sam Jackson is a comic fan in real life - to give ol’ Bill a lesson or two! Hehe.] It’s all just kids stuff! When it comes to Football tho? Nah, that is a real big boy thing... now let’s go riot and cause mayhem out in the streets when our team actually wins! And since Bill loves the Playboy mansion so much, I guess you can’t call him out for being a horny nerd because to him that must still be better than a superhero nerd! Lol.

Here’s the main issue with Maher’s criticism... the whole reason he called out comic fans in the first place was because he was dumbfounded by all the love Stan Lee was receiving after he passed. He unapologetically downplayed the undeniable and long-lasting impact of Stan and all he stood for. In fact, Maher sounded very (prepare anti-SJW crowd!) *conservative* with his criticism. And this wasn’t the 1st time, either! Though he says a lot of good things, several times he has said and done things that have made him look like the grumpy “get off my lawn!” right winger he himself calls out.

So no, he didnt make a good point. He was coming from a place of jealously and pure smugness. And to reiterate, a lot of the activity going on here is troll activity. It’s well known the incelites are responsible for this toxicity infesting everything from video game culture to movies, and whenever a property they feel has always belonged to them dares to “suddenly” make social commentary and inclusion a thing (like the great social justice-loving Stan Lee always did), they lose it. They lose indeed.

Internet obsessives represent a very small percentage of people who see these movies. Most people are much more casual about it. They don't get all excited if Captain Marvel grosses more domestically than Aquaman.

Maher hates Black Panther and Captain Marvel. Ergo, he's a racist AND a sexist. He can shove his pseudo-liberal politics and his pompous Milo rhapsodising, Playboy Mansion frequenting, Islamophobic BS up his a-hole.

Just so everyone knows what we're talking about, here are some of Bill's comments:

“no way an attack on Mr. Lee but took the occasion of his death to express my dismay at people who think comic books are literature and superhero movies are great cinema and who in general are stuck in an everlasting childhood.”

“Bragging that you’re all about the Marvel universe is like boasting that your mother still pins your mittens to your sleeve,”

“Can we stop pretending like the writing in comic books is so good? Oh please, every superhero movie is the same thing: a person who doesn’t have powers gets them, has to figure out how they work, and then has to find a glowy thing.”

“And, again, there is nothing wrong with a man writing comic books,” he said. “There is something wrong with adults thinking they’re profound.”


gotta say i agree with him

I can't blame some people I know for not voting. Cause although I vote I do sort of agree with them that most politicians don't really care about the people they're representing that much. Take here in Illinois. So many people hated on Rauner but I voted for him because unlike Quinn, he stated in his campaign that he wanted to push focus on the state's debt. But when he tried to convince the democrats who run the state and have been for the last 20+ years to focus on the debt, they instead wasted tax payer money on stupid ads to say that Rauner was wrong for doing so. But frankly as far as I'm concerned, the democrats running my state are in the wrong and instead of focusing on the billins of dollars of debt that we're in they instead just act like it's not there. And this isn't a new thing. It's been going on for 20+ years. I can understand not voting cause very few of the politicians in my state are even willing to admit the state of Illinois is even in debt.

Maher is a piece of garbage. Let's see him debate anyone outside the confines of his studio and his paid off audience.