15 Most Inappropriate Comic Book Movie Storylines Of All Time
Who says this stuff is for kids?
Comic books can often push the envelope in ways no other art form can. They can tackle subjects that would be impossible to render on film without getting an X-rating, can do stunts which would probably leave everybody involved dead, and can do sex scenes that would involve puppets, wire work and probably break several state laws.
Now that every movie studio and his mother is trying to muscle into the highly lucrative spate of comic book adaptations, more and more of those envelope-pushing stories are being translated to the screen. Not that Hollywood could ever have been credited with having much good taste, but things have really kicked up a notch.
The depraved minds of comic book creators had been left to their dark designs, but now they're being palmed on mainstream audiences. In fact, it's been ever so; even in the early days of comic book movies, your Superman and your Batman, producers were surprisingly game to add even more inappropriate themes and storylines.
It's certainly reached a nadir with the modern age of superhero films, but there's still plenty of room for the early (totally racist) Batman propaganda serials, violent and perverse manga adaptations, and the bestial Tank Girl. Here are the fifteen most inappropriate comic book movie storylines... at least, so far.
15. Sex As Job Interview In 300: Rise Of An Empire
Sex was a big part of the first 300 film and, to be fair, it was also a big part of Greek society during the era it was set (although the jab at their enemies being a bunch of boy lovers was a little ironic in the light of the real-life Spartans and their pederast proclivities). In its long-awaited prequel/sequel, sex was essentially a plot device.
One of the more inappropriate plotlines in the film – outside of all the blood, gore, and historical inaccuracies – was Eva Green's Artemisia, the Persian naval commander who mainly gets her way by having sex with everybody. Like, everybody. It gets a little weird. Especially when she uses it as a battle tactic.
A key scene in the film sees Artemisia trying to convince Sullivan Stapleton's Themistocles to be her second-in-command. By dragging him onto her ship and banging him. She basically has sex with him as a job interview, see if he's interested in the job, how adept he is etc. DO NOT TRY THIS IN A REAL LIFE JOB INTERVIEW. Unless you are Eva Green.