“Because it was like a comedy, not gritty like Sin City or realistic like The Dark Knight, I just really wanted to embrace the pop art nature of the comics,” Wright told Collider. “The look nods a lot more to the Adam West Batman, Danger: Diabolik and Flash Gordon. There’s a sense of fun in those.” Kick-Ass’ Big Daddy won’t be the only big movie reference to West and his tight-wearing superhero legacy this year then. Pilgrim’s world is chock-full of visual cues ripped straight from the pages of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s book, but given an OTT spin thanks to some visual effects additions. And they get to mix with video game royalty: the K.O. in several of the fight scenes is straight from Street Fighter. Talk about yer genre crossover goodness…