tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993944993300859915.post1808363981847475590..comments2024-03-28T10:08:24.284-07:00Comments on Heath Lowrance: A Blur of Capes and TightsHeath Lowrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07009721666729276126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993944993300859915.post-26895421874874011302013-08-26T04:48:33.568-07:002013-08-26T04:48:33.568-07:00Blur. Yep. The best word to describe it. Hollywood...Blur. Yep. The best word to describe it. Hollywood doesn't know when to stop. It can't. Too much money. David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993944993300859915.post-12612030169314208422013-08-25T06:26:43.322-07:002013-08-25T06:26:43.322-07:00I think I am finally finished with superheroes and...I think I am finally finished with superheroes and action movies. The chances it will be any good is too small. ELYSIUM put me off one and IRON MAN 3 the other. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993944993300859915.post-42321552085902472652013-08-24T05:52:05.926-07:002013-08-24T05:52:05.926-07:00Excellent points, all. The level of saturation ha...Excellent points, all. The level of saturation has become so high, it's become harder and harder to care. <br /><br />I saw Ang Lee's HULK on opening day. We could still get excited about a superhero movie even then. <br /><br />And regardless of what one might think about that, or any specific comic book movie, it's reached the point that I only saw MAN OF STEEL because it was still playing at a second-run theater near my last week, and I had nothing better to do. <br /><br />Hollywood has wrung the magic out of even this genre. Max Cagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592406878611069986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993944993300859915.post-43635258864010175702013-08-24T05:48:53.947-07:002013-08-24T05:48:53.947-07:00Great piece, Heath, reflecting many of my same sen...Great piece, Heath, reflecting many of my same sentiments — though I got the fingers burned earlier with 'Fantastic Four', which I really, really wanted to love.<br /><br />I've been a comic book buff as we discussed since I was knee-high and barely able to read. Especially Marvel, but also DC usual suspects like Batman, the Flash and Superman.<br /><br />Some of the recent movies have knocked my mind-set out of the park in great ways (Avengers, X-Men, Captain America, Batman, Iron Man), even if they did take liberties with the four-colour fiction I remembered. There's nothing like a good change/update to suit a new medium and a new era.<br /><br />But I'm less concerned, too. When Ben Affleck was announced, I said to myself "Meh... you're kidding? He was crap as Daredevil" — and then went to wash the dishes without a second thought. Obviously, going by Twitter, a lot of other people care a great deal more.<br /><br />I don't think he'll fit into Bruce Wayne's shoes all that comfortably at all, but a lot of us said the same thing about Heath Ledger as the Joker. How wrong we were there.<br /><br />But after the the heights reached by Avengers and Iron Man... where DO we go from here?<br /><br />Personally I'd like to see a more down-to-earth approach, the kind that did filter through parts of Captain America, which I guess was helped for the 1940s/retro setting.<br /><br />But people love their grandstanding FX. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382827974781689590noreply@blogger.com