For this review, I’d like to pull back the “magic curtain” for just a moment, and ask for a little audience participation. Don’t worry, you won’t be graded on any of this. I’d like you all to close your eyes and picture your favorite comic book or literary character. Imagine that your character has just been adapted into a big budget summer blockbuster film. Sounds great, right? Now picture your character on the big screen in all its glory except… your character has been run through the “Hollywood Machine” – origins and motives changed, costumes and sets altered to a super-gritty, hyper-realistic state. Its to the point where the character has become almost unrecognizable. How does that make you feel?

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