Clark Kent
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30 years.
30 years today since the release of Superman, the first major comic book movie. And what have we seen since? I'll tell ya what we've seen since.
All we've seen are Flash Gordon, Popeye, Superman II, Heavy Metal, Annie, Swamp Thing, Superman III, Sheena, Supergirl, Howard the Duck, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Return of Swamp Thing, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Punisher, Dick Tracy, Captain America, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, The Rocketeer, Brenda Starr, Batman Returns, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Crow, The Mask, Timecop, Ri¢hie Ri¢h, Tank Girl, Batman Forever, Judge Dredd, Barb Wire, The Phantom, The Crow: City of Angels, Batman & Robin, Men in Black, Spawn, Steel, Prince Valiant, Blade, Virus, Mystery Men, The Crow: Salvation, Heavy Metal 2000, X-Men, Monkeybone, Josie and the Pussycats, Ghost World, From Hell, Blade II, Spider-Man, Men in Black II, Road to Perdition, Daredevil, Bulletproof Monk, X2, Koroshiya 1 (Ichi the Killer), Hulk, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, American Splendor, Hellboy, The Punisher (again), Garfield, Spider-Man 2, Blueberry, Catwoman, Blade: Trinity, Elektra, Constantine, Son of the Mask, Oldboy, Sin City, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Batman Begins (again), Fantastic Four, A History of Violence, V for Vendetta, Art School Confidential, X-Men: The Last Stand, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Superman Returns, Zoom, Ghost Rider, 300, TMNT, Spider-Man 3, 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 30 Days of Night, Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Incredible Hulk (again), Wanted, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, and Punisher: War Zone ( ... again)
Now, I don't know about you, but, in my opinion, that's not nearly enough.
When are movie makers gonna stop snobbishly turning their noses up at comic books, and start looking at them as the cash cows they could be, if only they'd take a chance on them?
But no. What do they keep giving us? Bloody SHAKESPEARE, over and OVER again. The Two Gentlemen of This, The Merry Wives of That. If ya ask me, bringing the Prince of Denmark back from the dead for Hamlet 2 was just cynical beyond belief. And the reboots. Jesus. Enough with the bloody REBOOTS. I swear, if I see another pathetic attempt at Troilus and Cressida, I'll be forced to subject myself to repeated viewings of Four Christmases, just to wash out the foul taste of creative redundancy.
I tell ya, Hollywood better get their asses moving and start making more comic book movies. Eight a year will simply not suffice.
30 years today since the release of Superman, the first major comic book movie. And what have we seen since? I'll tell ya what we've seen since.
All we've seen are Flash Gordon, Popeye, Superman II, Heavy Metal, Annie, Swamp Thing, Superman III, Sheena, Supergirl, Howard the Duck, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Return of Swamp Thing, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Punisher, Dick Tracy, Captain America, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, The Rocketeer, Brenda Starr, Batman Returns, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Crow, The Mask, Timecop, Ri¢hie Ri¢h, Tank Girl, Batman Forever, Judge Dredd, Barb Wire, The Phantom, The Crow: City of Angels, Batman & Robin, Men in Black, Spawn, Steel, Prince Valiant, Blade, Virus, Mystery Men, The Crow: Salvation, Heavy Metal 2000, X-Men, Monkeybone, Josie and the Pussycats, Ghost World, From Hell, Blade II, Spider-Man, Men in Black II, Road to Perdition, Daredevil, Bulletproof Monk, X2, Koroshiya 1 (Ichi the Killer), Hulk, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, American Splendor, Hellboy, The Punisher (again), Garfield, Spider-Man 2, Blueberry, Catwoman, Blade: Trinity, Elektra, Constantine, Son of the Mask, Oldboy, Sin City, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Batman Begins (again), Fantastic Four, A History of Violence, V for Vendetta, Art School Confidential, X-Men: The Last Stand, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Superman Returns, Zoom, Ghost Rider, 300, TMNT, Spider-Man 3, 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 30 Days of Night, Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Incredible Hulk (again), Wanted, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, and Punisher: War Zone ( ... again)
Now, I don't know about you, but, in my opinion, that's not nearly enough.
When are movie makers gonna stop snobbishly turning their noses up at comic books, and start looking at them as the cash cows they could be, if only they'd take a chance on them?
But no. What do they keep giving us? Bloody SHAKESPEARE, over and OVER again. The Two Gentlemen of This, The Merry Wives of That. If ya ask me, bringing the Prince of Denmark back from the dead for Hamlet 2 was just cynical beyond belief. And the reboots. Jesus. Enough with the bloody REBOOTS. I swear, if I see another pathetic attempt at Troilus and Cressida, I'll be forced to subject myself to repeated viewings of Four Christmases, just to wash out the foul taste of creative redundancy.
I tell ya, Hollywood better get their asses moving and start making more comic book movies. Eight a year will simply not suffice.
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there are way more comic movies coming out now than any one other type of movie.
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