Realism is highly overrated.  In particular, I hate realism applied to fantasy.  Mostly because it seems to miss the point of fantasy in the first place.

I recently started a Twitter mini-debate with a friend of mine.*   Watching a preview for the new Kick-Ass movie, I remarked how the movie straddles a clumsy line between superheroes and realism.  This has always been a tricky prospect.  Some elements of fantasy are closer to reality than others, and superheroes are about as far from reality ...