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Ha! Beatcha, P-C!
Batman and Iron Man and Hulk and Hellboy and Speed Racer and Wall-E and Indiana Jones and X-Files.
I don't know how I feel about Hulk, and I can take or leave Speed Racer, and I'm kind of MEH on Wall-E, and X-Files is sorta....over, for me.
But Iron Man! And Hellboy! And Dark Knight! And INDY!!!!
Dark Knight isn't until December, I think.
I wanna see Iron Man right now!
I'm not sure I've ever had cause to say this, but: MM, get outta my brain!
Heh. Maybe not. But I think you and I are one with the "WTF?! He's a skeevy disco guy? THIS is 'evil Pete'? THIS?!"
Also: "PICK A FUCKING VILLAIN! Has the first Batman movie franchise taught you NOTHING?! One villain: Awesome. Two villains: Can still be awesome. THREE VILLAINS: Constructed Entirely of SUCK!"
They WASTED all three villains! Sandman...well, that wasn't so great a story-line, so I don't mind that they wasted it. I DO mind that they wasted my time by including it at all.
New Goblin: Could have been awesome. Not enough time. Wasted.
Venom: WAY TO BRING HIM IN TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING, RAIMI! Jesus! If Venom had been the only villain, maybe you'd have had enough time to do some decent "power corrupts", "Parker goes back to his roots, triumphs over evil in self" "Fights Venom as Embodiment of Corruption, triumphs over evil in general." But NOOOOOOOO!!
Hmph. Still mad about that.
Tony Stark makes you feel,
He's a cool exec with a heart of steel.
And IRON MAN all jets ablaze,
He fights and smites with repulsor rays!
Amazing armor, it's IRON MAN!
A blazing bomber, it's IRON MAN!!
t loves on Scola
My fave comic book movies:
Didn't like Spiderman 1, Batman Begins, or Superman.
I adore "V for Vendetta" Unholy love for that movie have I. It's probably #1 for me.
Dark Knight isn't until December, I think.
No, it's summer. July 18.
No, it's summer. July 18.
Huh. Why did I think it was winter?
I'm going senile or something.
Dark Knight isn't until December, I think.
July, I thought. (Pleasepleaseplease.) t edit Thanks to the x-post, I can say: yay!!!!
But I think you and I are one with the "WTF?! He's a skeevy disco guy? THIS is 'evil Pete'? THIS?!"
Freaking Little Nicky, is what he was.
Also: "PICK A FUCKING VILLAIN! Has the first Batman movie franchise taught you NOTHING?! One villain: Awesome. Two villains: Can still be awesome. THREE VILLAINS: Constructed Entirely of SUCK!"
Well, I do get WHY they needed all 3 -- Goblin!Harry had to be evil so that he could have his Big Redemptive Death. If (in addition to Goblin!Harry) the movie had only Sandman or only Venom, Pete could have dispatched the Big Bad pretty plausibly. But having BOTH made it necessary for newly-good!asspull!Harry to team up with Pete.
But I agree -- I'm not sure that any director could have made it work, which means they should have changed the plot.
Sandman...well, that wasn't so great a story-line, so I don't mind that they wasted it. I DO mind that they wasted my time by including it at all.
The CGI was nifty, and I liked that Sandman wasn't just a one-dimensional baddie. And that's about all I can say about him.
Venom: WAY TO BRING HIM IN TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING, RAIMI!
Not to mention that the symbiote was never named in the movie. Plus -- IT DOESN'T TURN PETE INTO TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!!!! Okay? It's EVIL, not douchey!
Hmph. Still mad about that.
Right there with you.
And the dance scene? And deus ex butler? No no no no no, a thousand times no.
Wasn't the backstory there that Raimi hated Venom and didn't want him in the movie AT ALL, so he made sure that he (a) was in the movie as little as possible and (b) couldn't come back for Spidey 4?
Not that it matters - whatever the meta reasoning, it was still a pretty sucktastic storyline.