@skywalker993: That would be Moon Knight.
@kelz: I agree Darkseid would be awesome, but for the first movie in a new continuity he carries too much of his own mythology with him. And that mythology is possibly too cosmic for Nolan's sensibility
At least with Zod (or even Bizarro) you have a greater overlap with Superman's own story.
I agree it's not the most exciting version, but if they're going to rebuild the franchise from the ground up rather than reheat the Donner version again, then they need to keep the narative strands simple.
Still, I really hope they skip over the origin ala All-Star Superman. Is there anyone in the english-speaking world who doesn't know at least the cliffnotes of theSuperman origin story?
At least with Zod (or even Bizarro) you have a greater overlap with Superman's own story.
I agree it's not the most exciting version, but if they're going to rebuild the franchise from the ground up rather than reheat the Donner version again, then they need to keep the narative strands simple.
Still, I really hope they skip over the origin ala All-Star Superman. Is there anyone in the english-speaking world who doesn't know at least the cliffnotes of theSuperman origin story?
@Honu Harry: You mean like how they used The Joker in the Dark Knight? I've never seen him in a Batman film before...
With Zod, you at least have someone who's a credible physical threat to Superman, but also possesses some of the ruthlessness and cunning of your Luthor.
And c'mon? A balls-out super battle with today's technology? What's not to like?
With Zod, you at least have someone who's a credible physical threat to Superman, but also possesses some of the ruthlessness and cunning of your Luthor.
And c'mon? A balls-out super battle with today's technology? What's not to like?
@aak7268: I'm regretting not downloading the mp3 before coming to work now.
As someone who watched the 1984 film, the two sci-fi miniseries and read the first three books, I think the film gets a bad rap.
Ok, so it's not a literal translation, but it hits the key beats: noble child survives slaughter of his family, becomes messiah to indigenous people and ends up defeating those who engineered his slaughter. On top of that looked fantastic and it had a wonderful wrongness to it.
Compared to the more literal, but less inspired SciFi Miniseries, it's made of awesome.
Sadly the movie was financed and marketed by people who thought they were getting the next Star Wars. Queue bad audience reaction and an undeserved stigma.
I only remember him from the comic Rob Liefeld made in the 90s to utilize his unused Heroes Reborn: Captain America stories.
Maybe it was the experience with Liefeld that's left Simon so unwilling to let anyone else touch his creation?
Thank f**k you're not on all fours. You'd have broken a rib when your knee jerked just then.
Wait and see the movie, or failing that a trailer before you get on it's case.
Wait and see the movie, or failing that a trailer before you get on it's case.
F**k you, Return of the Jedi was awesome! I saw it at the cinema when I was six and I was exactly the right age to enjoy it!
Admittedly it was the first film that had Lucas The Ego in full swing, as opposed to the first film (he was a rookie bending over backwards to get the film made) and Empire (he handed off to another director whilst he was busy setting up the business).
I watched this again a couple of weeks ago. Still love it!
@Ed Grabianowski: FC pretty much tried to keep itself confined to a few one-shots and mini-series rather than tie in to every comic going (a two-part tie-in in Morrison's Batman was the only exception).
I liked FC, but for better or worse, it wasn't standard "big comics crossover" fare and it sufferred from being marketed as such. I think people were expecting "Infinite Crisis II" and got a very different book.
On the other hand, I have nothing but apathy towards "Attack of the Zombie Lanterns".
Is it just me, or was the second cheerleader to get topless Kim Cattrall from Sex and the City?
Bonus question, am I sad for recognising her?
@Agent355: Zombie Harpists wouldn't keep their fingers for very long.
@ComradeLenin:
Well:
1. They obviously love their silver age goodies where possible.
2. It offers continuity. Young Robin and Old Robin are two different voice actors. Throw in two different costumes and two different identities and you spend a lot of your 20 minutes runtime explaining why these two different characters are the same guy. Remember this show's ostensibly for kids...
3. I'm probably alone, but I liked the grown-up Earth-2 Robin costume almost as much as the Nightwing one. The way they're working E2 Robin and Nightwing character elements into the story is something that really interests me.
@Molly O'Poverty: Flashbacks I guess.
@OW-Holmes:R.O.A.C.H reject: You did not just use Heroes as an example of interesting time travel, did you?
When i first saw the Red Robin costume in Kingdom Come back in 1996, I thought it was cool. It reminded me of Dr Midnite as well as the Earth-2 JSA Robin. These days it just looks kinda boring, and it seems to be being passed around pretty much every second-string bat character in order like it's the best thing ever!
That said, I'm looking forward to the Dick/Damien Dynamic Duo (Holy Aliteration Batman!), it has real potential for a new Batman & Robin dynamic.
Thanks for keeping these up. I'm giving this show until John Glover shows up next week and then I think I may have to say au revior.
@Plague: I don't think a 2 hour movie can do more damage to Wolverine than 34 years of comic book writers of varying ability...
@biffpow: Even if continuity did matter, I'm not sure that the X-Men movieverse and the Avengers movieverse are the same...
And I'm all for more Famke in tight black leather!
I'm actually cool with the "Dog as Sabretooth" angle. In The Origin comics, Paul Jenkins (or possibly Andy Kubert) clearly wanted Dog to resemble Sabretooth, but stopped deliberately short of saying "they're the same guy".
Action movies, especially one this crowded, demand a little less ambiguity. So it seems they went for the most economical way of establishing their relationship.
I'm with evilninjapinguin in that I hope this is nothing more than a kick-ass action film. I'm not expecting a deep character piece, and I'm not convinced Wolverine deserves it. He's a collection of action movie hero cliches and a movie centering on him needs to be nothing more than a couple of hours of testosterone-y fun. Anything beyond that veers into the realm of the deeply pretentious.
