tales of wild regurgitation
when i was a little guy, the only superhero movie to speak of was superman. which was campy, and over the top, but he was an A-lister. no questioning that. there was an unfortunate aspect for me that his nerdy alter ego was a guy named clark, with weird hair, and glasses. all that tied in neatly to who i was, and kids need far less encouragement to be jerks than all that. even though i lacked the ability to bend steel and fly. i still can’t. someday…..
but that was then, and this now. drought and deluge. are superhero fans spoiled now, or has the genre been watered down with return trips to the well? i don’t know, i just feel bad for my nerd brothers who have to accept ben affleck is daredevil and batman, ryan reynolds is green lantern and deadpool. though it makes sense that the people who decide what movies get greenlit, think there are a limited pool of ideas to draw from, and that there is only a few handsome men to play them. it just goes to a lack of creative thinking, and safe investing. i guess people get more scared the higher the budget. we can ill afford another ‘john carter’. 1/3 of a billion dollars, people. right down the ole’ corn chute. thank god that money didn’t go to medical research or something.
why am i bringing all this up? i don’t know. i guess sometimes the fact that disney owns star wars and marvel sticks in my craw some days. it’s kind of like having a monopoly on adult virginity. and anyone over 30 is having the bones of their childhood picked clean, while anyone younger hoping for something original is paying the price. cause there’s no real answer to all this aside from being critical of what you give your money towards, and becoming impervious to people who call you a hater just cause you had a rant over the new robocop having nothing on the original, and i do know how to enjoy myself, Randall!
i’m just kidding, there’s no Randall. i don’t have any friends. but i like to think i just blew the mind of some guy named Randall.
on that subject, here’s a film very much worth your time. it’s….
i loved this movie, partially cause i expected nothing. so, if that’s enough, don’t read on. if not….
it’s spanish, so be prepared to read a little, but you’ve got to paragraph 4 or 5 of my little blurb, so i think you have it in you. it’s dark, funny, well written, well acted and the twists don’t knock you over the head with a sign that says ‘pay attention, something interesting about to happen’. it’s a collection of short stories, which make them perfect little morsels of set up and resolution. it’s a format i appreciate.
since i was already on the subject of money, it cost 3 million to make. so, for 1 john carter, you could get roughly 100 of these films which scored 95 on rotten tomatoes. if you care about that sort of thing. it’s on netflix right now, so enjoy. unless you find the lack of comfortable characters from well worn franchises disconcerting. in which case you can watch the new fantastic 4. it got 9 on rotten tomatoes. which is a lower number. but still, just a number.
I get ragey with book to movie adapts. X( My fiance and family can give you the annoyed groans with my ranting. XD Daddy almost abandon me when we went to see The Hunger Games and I droned on, and on, and ON about little things they could’ve Easily done as shoutouts to the readers without making movie goers who’ve never touched the book feel alienated!
i saw the first hunger games, but it didn’t do much for me. i figured i just wasn’t the target audience. i resisted the urge to be like every other snob and say things like ‘i liked it better when it was called battle royale’.
i think what the hater haters don’t see is that people who get that critical aren’t doing it cause they hate, they’re just let down by something they loved.
Very true. :) I enjoyed the movies very much in their own light. But I critique everything…poorly I might add. So it doesn’t necessarily mean I hate or even dislike something. I’m just enjoying myself in a way different from others.
your tastes are your own. and while there may be `no accounting for taste, but there`s certainly reasons to not be proud of some of the schlock that gets made these days. just double down on quality when you see it. that`s what i do at least. cept when i rant.
Your comment about reading to paragraph 4 or 5 made tea attempt to escape through my nose. Thanks a pantload, Chet! Superhero movies bother me too. I haven’t bothered to watch any of the new ones because I know I will be twitching too much to enjoy them. If, however, they EVER try to make a bastardized version of my sacred cow (The Maxx), I will burn this fucking world to the ground. You’re my friend (in my head anyway), so I thought it polite to warn you of the impending Armageddon.
Also, I’d really like to watch your latest movie recommendation, but Netflix told me I’m too poor to be a member right now. Maybe Friday.
well then i hate to be the bearer of world destroying news, but there already has been a maxx adaptation. mtv animation recreated it as a short series. they used the original art for the most part, and as a whole, it was pretty faithful to the comic. which is good, but also makes you wonder, why bother?
bummer about the income issues. just ‘home invasion’ someone with netflix. preferably someone with snacks.
Yup! I actually own that because it WAS pretty much the comic with voices. There were still a few things they changed (mostly erasing Pitt and Savage Dragon), but up until the last two episodes where they ended it too abruptly and completely changed Maxx’s history I found it pretty pleasing.
I don’t recall savage dragon in the maxx…. what is with image? they shove savage dragon into everything, like they are proud of it or something. but that can’t be right…. right?
Not a fan? He has a special place in my heart because I got issue one as a gift while I was in the hospital. Image does do crossovers to death, though. Savage Dragon’s issue was completely pointless, too. He was chasing one of his baddies (a shark…don’t remember the name) through the town and Maxx just kinda got caught up fighting him.
hammerhead.
point is, crosovers are just fine, when they make sense. i was a big fan of invincible….. till savage dragon showed up. thanks again, image…. it’s just forced marketing at that point. and it weakens both franchises and stories.
also, how much time does the Coqteez clan spend at hospital? damn, take some vitamins!