I love musicals! When they're well done. It's a hard genre to master, but I love musicals in general
Same! Back when we lived on the East Coast, my mom and I did annual trips to NYC to see a couple Broadway shows. I miss it so much. Movie adaptations of those musicals always make me nervous because they so rarely hit the mark. But Wicked is really...up there for me, like it might be The One I care most about...so I'm trying not to be too judgy about its adaptation, because so far people seem to think it's one of the better stage-to-screen adaptations. But it's hard.
It's honestly amazing how much better that 80+ year old animation still looks than 80% of animation today.
Gotham thought it was high art and thus could not embrace it's madness in a fun, creative way. Instead it did it the fake, "look, I'm crazy" way that defined their "Joker".
I sadly never got to see Wicked on stage. I am familiar with the show, though. So far the trailers and the good buzz have me pretty excited for it. I am honestly more excited for Wicked than I am Gladiator II. Gladiator II I think looks pretty good, but Gladiator is one of my favorite movies, and it's fighting the fact that I don't see this as at all necessary cause Gladiator is perfectly self contained. But I at least like the set pieces they're showcasing. But yeah, I am walking in much more interested in WickedSame! Back when we lived on the East Coast, my mom and I did annual trips to NYC to see a couple Broadway shows. I miss it so much. Movie adaptations of those musicals always make me nervous because they so rarely hit the mark. But Wicked is really...up there for me, like it might be The One I care most about...so I'm trying not to be too judgy about its adaptation, because so far people seem to think it's one of the better stage-to-screen adaptations. But it's hard.
Feels more like an indictment.
Yeah I adore Gladiator but I never needed a 2nd one in my life, and the buzz for this one seems to be more tepid than Wicked's, like it pretty much seems to be "it's good, but not as good as the first one." Which is fine, kinda what I expected from Ridley at this point in his career. I'm sure it'll be entertaining and I look forward to watching it, but I'm not finding myself particularly hyped.
The Lion King is indeed magnificent, I've seen it on stage twice.
Where’s Smallville?!
Nowhere near the top 10. Probably somewhere between the other Reeve films and the Snyderverse movies. Tom Welling was the worst Clark Kent of all-time until Henry showed up imo. But I still watched all 10 seasons like a masochist! Thank god for Erica Durance, is all I'll say.
The thing about Smallvile, is I could forgive it having The Worst Clark (up to that point) if it only had the BEST....anything else:I love Smallville. It's also straight up trash outside of three aspects, one of which you cannot talk about because of the real life implications. But Clark sucked, Lex sucked, and the Kents sucked.
When it comes to Supes adaptations, it's MAWS and S&L,
Though I have an eternal soft spot for Superman II. Zod is my boy and Clark's battle with the trio is my favorite on screen Superman fight. I also really dig Superman vs. the Elite. I've been disenchanted with the 90s DC animated series for a while now, though I do think JLU is peak.
1. My Adventures With SupermanThis conversation got me thinking. What are everyone's top 5 animated DC shows?
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Both of us failing to mention Lana says so much.
LMAO. For the record,Both of us failing to mention Lana says so much.
What I liked the about the show was Chloe, Lois, and Lionel. But I also had a ridiculous crush on Chloe, so I'm sure that clouds my judgement. But even then, she's basically his Jimmy there and she's not the best Jimmy around.
I think Smallville's biggest sin is that it doesn't feel like it would result in a Superman I would like. At least the first 6ish seasons. By the time it's just him and Lois, I could see her influence maybe bringing out a Clark I could root for. And even while I think Clark is inherently good, he still needs that seasoning of is family. And I don't know where he'd get it on that show.
Green Lantern and Brave and the Bold were the ones that just miss the cut for me. GL is so underrated. You know how fun you have to be for me to look past that damn animation?
