Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Listen

Are all Hollywood types evil robots from the future bent on the destruction of humankind's happiness? Are they vindictive artificial intelligences that power themselves on the disappointment of children? It seems that that may be so.

I was reading this little article about who Richard Donner thinks should do the next Superman movie. Now, my feelings on the Richard Donner Superman: The Movie I have made abundantly clear. I think that it's a mediocre, somewhat dated film treatment of the character that is held in far too much esteem by people today.

Unfortunately (but not surprisingly) Donner's choice for who should do the next Superman movie is one of those people -- his old assistant Geoff Johns. Now I like Geoff Johns as much as the next guy (and probably more). And he's done quite a few bang up things in his current Action run. That said, he's still far too beholden to his old boss's vision of Superman.

Back to my first point: evil movie executrons from the future. Superman may be a tricky character to get a handle on. But it should not be tricky to figure out what to do with him on the big screen. This is the era of big, blockbuster action films full of startling special effects. Look at the success of Iron Man and similar films. Why hasn't one of the executrons turned to another and said: "why don't we just make a movie that features Superman flying around and punching bad guys for an hour and a half?"

Because they are evil robots from the future. And it's not in their interest to see Braniac get his ass kicked on the silver screen. Plus, they run on the shattered dreams of children... And comic fans.

Good night.

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2 Comments:

At 2:59 AM, Blogger Derek said...

"I think that it's a mediocre, somewhat dated film treatment of the character that is held in far too much esteem by people today."

Thank you. What's worse is that those mediocre movies from thirty years ago are messing up the comics and movies of today.

With Superman Returns DC had an unparalleled opportunity to create a cohesive film universe, tied in some small way to the Batman Begins movie. Instead, they gave us a movie so slavishly devoted to the previous films as to be indistinguishable from them.

I could go on, but taking up too much or your comments section anyway, you know?

And as for the comics... Man, if I see Zod one more time, I'm gonna spit.

 
At 1:39 PM, Blogger Diamondrock said...

Hey, nobody else is taking up space in my comments section, so you might as well. :-P

And I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way. What you laid out is exactly how I see the current problems with DC's film universe. Superman Returns was a waste. A damn wasteful shame. It could have been a great opportunity.

Hopefully they'll try and pull an Incredible Hulk and get things right the second time. With no Zod. And No references to the Donner films.

 

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