Late last week, fans of “Batman v Superman” went off on critics for taking shots at the film in their reviews of “Captain America: Civil War,” claiming the reviewers had an agenda — perhaps even a coordinated one — to take down “BvS.”
It’s a bizarre accusation to make, and yet they made it with a straight face. A bona fide flame war between diehard fans of DC and Marvel superheroes had spilled out into the mainstream.
A flame war, in case you don’t know about these things, is when an argument gets heated to the point at which everybody just starts making personal insults instead of actually arguing.