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Any conqueror in human history has always been ultimately someone who exists purely for the expansion of their own ego, through amounting more.


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My superpower would be telepathy. And I would by necessity need to use it with discretion, not all the time.

My superpower would be telepathy. And I would by necessity need to use it with discretion, not all the time.



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There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema.



I root for all movies, but I especially root for good comic book movies. It's the best, most interesting genre going right now.

I root for all movies, but I especially root for good comic book movies. It's the best, most interesting genre going right now.



I do think there are always ways to create what seem like insurmountable powers, but then suddenly you find their limitations and that's the nature of comic book storytelling - always has been.

I do think there are always ways to create what seem like insurmountable powers, but then suddenly you find their limitations and that's the nature of comic book storytelling - always has been.



I think the Harry Potter movies are proof that audiences love that stuff. They love the idea of magical objects and they like learning the rules of those objects and what they do.

I think the Harry Potter movies are proof that audiences love that stuff. They love the idea of magical objects and they like learning the rules of those objects and what they do.



At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.

At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.



That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.

That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.



If we had one person who could perfectly read minds we could solve a lot of problems in the world in a very short period of time.

If we had one person who could perfectly read minds we could solve a lot of problems in the world in a very short period of time.



I don't want to be a mind rapist!

I don't want to be a mind rapist!



Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural.

Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural.





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