[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
I’m more worried about the direction they’re going in. Man of Steel was supposed to be Nolan and Goyer’s ‘grounding’ of one of the most powerful characters in comics.
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The thing is, they did that. I understand the criticism, but seriously, they did manage to recreate an image for a hero that had truly died off in movies. Superman Returns was a freaking coffin for that character.
Man of Steel explained fully WHY Superman is stronger than even other Kryptonians…and they managed to give much more significance to him being alive at all by embodying genetic blue print for his entire race.
They did ground it…about as well as they could do after so many half ass attempts at it.[/quote]
My criticisms of Man of Steel are pretty minor compared to most. There were some amazing ideas especially Superman as a literal illegal alien which were rushed to make room for executive meddling. I didn’t realize it at the time but the evil mwahaha master plan of recreating one world on another was lifted straight from Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The good ideas are so good that they highlight the cynical sell tickets shit that Bay has made a fortune with. Yes, Bay didn’t direct this but his style is the template for high budget popcorn flicks.
I just don’t see the need to introduce Batman into what was supposed to be a solo franchise when the first movie was generally well received. The grounding of Batman worked because the idea of a superhero is never addressed. The concept of a superhero isn’t evident in Man of Steel, either.
Cliffs: A Superman movie shouldn’t/ doesn’t need Batman. It’s no longer a Superman movie.
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I agree with you. It comes across as if they are just playing a numbers game with Marvel…which truly took off because people quit doing it just for the money and it had some heart in it.
Blade is still one of the first “Marvel” movies that grounded a comic character in a believable world…and it wasn’t “popcorn”.
They did well in bringing Superman back to life…and yeah, he needs his own shit…just like Iron man.
Leave it to Hollywood to destroy what works.
I do believe in cross over movies…but I think this will either make or break DC in the movies arena.
I also believe they can end up making something worth watching…if they grab this shit out of the hands of the average movie exec and hand it to a Whedon or Nolan who can think deeper about it.
DareDevil sucked…and it was Marvel. I could not see him as an action hero at all. He just wasn’t built for it…and his voice is, well, irritating.
I would not cower in fear if I heard Affleck say, “I am Batman”.
I would laugh. Hard. And then bake cookies