super-nope

[davemerrill]

Wow, just read Mark Waid's review of MAN OF STEEL and it's got a spoiler in it and I'm glad I read the spoiler because it saved me spending $12.50 on the movie.

You can go read it for yourself, I won't discuss it here.

http://thrillbent.com/blog/man-of-steel-since-you-asked/

I'm not a big super hero fan by any means, but there are fundamental things that super-heroes should be, bottom-line reasons they exist, and it looks like the people handling those characters now definitely don't get it.

I was on the fence anyways; not a fan of Zack Snyder, am iffy on the whole ethics of how Warners acquired the character, and am not happy with the failure of both Warners and Marvel/Disney to adequately address their responsibilities to the creative legacy of their cash-cow intellectual properties.

So yeah, this was pretty much the third strike here. I may not ever see another super-hero movie in the theater ever again. Not that that is a problem, really. I'm a guy in my 40s; I also don't spend a lot of money on Charms Blo-Pops, baseball cards, Slurpees, or Snap 'n' Pops.

EDITED TO ADD:
There's no Jimmy Olsen? To hell with you, movie.

Comments

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

I think the property is in the hands of people who are embarrassed by the idea that CHILDREN might like their super-characters who bend steel in their bare hands etc. They have no idea how excited kids get when they hear the "Batman" TV theme song, bringing joy and wonder to kids is anathema to their dark hearts. It's the day the Grinch stole EVERYTHING.

And then they wonder why kids are so negative all the time. Well, jesus, look what you're feeding them! You can't even have a guy in a blue suit and a red cape rescuing cats from trees and lying down on the train tracks so the train can roll over him, it's got to be city-destroying brick-breaking smashing all day long. All dark hateful vengeance revenge fantasies given to us by people who have never suffered a day in their lives, except that Wednesday that the Diamond delivery was delayed and they had to wait until Thursday for their comic books.

Seriously, we're dealing with characters who were created by men who lived through the Depression and WWII. They had REAL TRAGEDY in their lives, they knew what injustice and starvation and bullets did to people, and did they want that in their super-hero comics? No sir. No reason for it. Enough darkness and hate in real life without having to drag children's super people through it.

Enough with this super serious joyless pomposity already. Your guy wears a blue suit with a big S on it. GET OVER YOURSELVES.