tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post3358929475859180397..comments2024-02-28T12:23:49.991-08:00Comments on Less Hat, Moorhead: THIS MAY STING A LITTLEM.V. MOORHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-49114308273674788362011-01-25T11:42:03.667-08:002011-01-25T11:42:03.667-08:00I love the idea of Grumpy Man, but I for the movie...I love the idea of Grumpy Man, but I for the movie version--I think we can get Jim Carrey for it!--we need to come up with the ORIGIN OF GRUMPY MAN. Let's see...maybe he could have been a little boy who was always cheerful, but when he was exposed to radioactive popcorn while watching a crappy comic-book-movie remake, he turned super-grumpy. & his supervillain can be WeeklyGross, an evil secret studio head. Don't worry, we can hire a few different writers to flesh it out...<br />Just remember, with great grumpiness comes...great responsibility!M.V. MOORHEADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-67720815183899514382011-01-24T07:57:01.243-08:002011-01-24T07:57:01.243-08:00I am curious...bland.
My question is this. The dy...I am curious...bland.<br /><br />My question is this. The dynamics of the Green Hornet's world were established by its original authors, and nothing was found wanting. It resembled others of the superhero genre with its own slight modifications.<br /><br />So why pick on this character to offer some "approach?" Is it that nobody younger than my generation really remembers this character, so the industry can cash in on an old name with "the new twist." Or is it that the writers aren't able to tell the old dynamics in an interesting way? Are they lazy, or incompetent? <br /><br />"Let's make Reid and Kato like the Odd Couple!" Except that they weren't.<br /><br />What's wrong with the old boring relationship set in an interesting matrix of events? Would that be too difficult? Leave the hero's relationships unexplored while we, the audience, just get to enjoy the fact that 'here they are' and 'this is what they do.' <br /><br />Maybe this is what made the Dr. Who series so popular. You could come in at any time and still be confused as to who he is/was/will be.<br /><br />But not in the USA. Why not some mystery left to these characters instead of some hacks boring the piss of us with their exposition and social examinations and grade-school psychologies? This isn't Ibsen or Harold Pinter...it is a fantasy with characters that aren't real. Let them be "not real." Can't Hollywood ever just hint at a character's history?<br /><br />For Chrissakes, can't we just have a simple good versus evil film once in a while where somebody's inept handling doesn't ruin favorite comic characters from my youth?<br /><br />Even the Spider-man movies managed to look at the comic books the wrong way, and focused too much on the character shading than what was being shaded. <br /><br />Oh my, look at me rambling...I must get back to my job which merely occupies me while I wait for night to become... GrumpyMan! protector of the author's intent and savior of childhood memories everywhere!triztanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596435180897624786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-54878704140604016832011-01-17T00:01:03.155-08:002011-01-17T00:01:03.155-08:00I know what you mean about being worn down by audi...I know what you mean about being worn down by audience enthusiasm, even with a film that you critically think is lame or even terrible. Happens to me all the time, which is no doubt why the studios insists on critics seeing some films with a big audience. How old is your son? Hope he likes the film. I actually enjoyed big chunks of it, & I bet you will too, but it just couldn't settle on a tone, plus it's full of crappy action scenes it doesn't need.<br />No, haven't seen Somewhere yet. Post again when you catch up with it.M.V. MOORHEADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-66317570711459508852011-01-14T09:02:18.515-08:002011-01-14T09:02:18.515-08:00When it was announced that Gondry was taking over ...When it was announced that Gondry was taking over from Stephen Chow as director of this I got a little excited for the project. I thought at the very least there would be some visual flare. It's disappointing that the consensus is movie falls apart in the second half. I wonder what the Kevin Smith verison would have been? Regardless, my son wants to see it, so I'll still check it out. Sometimes his excitement over a movie, even though I objectively know it's not that good, is so infectious that it's hard not to join in on the fun he is having. This is exactly what happened with TRON. <br /><br />Have you seen SOMEWHERE yet? I'm hoping to catch that one this weekend as well. I've been looking forward to it for a while. It seems as if people either hate it or love, which I suppose is better than being in between.Philhttp://www.touchofevilproductions.com/noreply@blogger.com