I was kinda hoping that Super 8 would be a team of teen heroes with animal robots who would use exaggerated hand motions and primary color uniforms to fight large Cloverfield like monsters.
The only retailers that got burned were the greedy ones who wanted all the promotional rings and increased their orders KNOWING that they couldn't sell them.
Those retailers are bad businessmen and deserve whatever they get.
"this model has seemed to be working out for Marvel"
Really? They only have had a hit with Iron Man using this strategy, so it remains to be seen if its working out. Hulk was a failure and I don't think they've released any other movies using this strategy.
And might I remind you of the biggest hit of the year was a DC movie.
@BrockEffnSamson: " It did set a new standard on TV for storytelling, acting and special effects. It also showed that you could hand more creative control over to the showrunners and for the most part reap the benefits."
Babylon 5 did the same thing, though, long before the BG redo and without glomming onto an old show's name and premise. That's why BG is overrated: people think it was innovative and new, when it was neither.
Didn't he say the same things about the Incredible Hulk movies, the Daredevil & Elektra movies, the Punisher movies, all three of the Siper-man movies, the three X-Men movies, the Wolverine movie, the two Fantastic Four movies, and Iron Man?
Geez, you'd think he's getting paid to do it.
@Rocketknight: While I agree with the sentiment, in the comics, John Stewart was called up when Hal slipped in the shower and knocked himself out. He was Hal's backup.
That's not to say that they haven't done wonders with him since.
Others you missed:
Rex Smith as Daredevil in the Incredible Hulk show.
David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury
And while I have a soft spot for Finola Hughes, she wasn't great as Emma Frost in Generation X.
I brined a turkey one year, using the Alton Brown method. It took me about 5 times as long to prep and I ended up with a turkey that didn't taste much different that a non-brined turkey. #thanksgiving
I worked in a place that had a "you will go to work or take a personal day" even if the roads are impassable, etc. Then they bitched when I took the personal day. #winter