Geeks of a Feather
Remember my apprehensions about the Punisher movie? Well, when I saw the new Hellboy movie website, I cried with joy. This kindled in me the sort of curiosity only intense Googling could satiate. And I set out on a quest for truth. A weekend of browsing on comic book movies gave me a lot of useless information, which I shall proceed to distribute amongst you fine, bored people. Geek alert though.
Everybody knows about Doc Ock and Spidey, so I won’t waste my breath on that. Neither that nor the Catwoman movie with Halle Berry. But here’s the good and the bad news.
Good:
Batman:Intimidation. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the guy who directed Memento, and Insomnia. Christian Bale is Batman, and I liked him in Equilibrium. Michael Caine is Alfred Pennyworth. How cool is that?
A separate Elektra movie. Not directed by the original nincompoop. And has the master Stick vs. The Hand story arch. Could be interesting.
A movie on Fantastic Four. Yay! Although still in the scripting stage, I’m excited coz its being written by Chris Columbus, and the guy who wrote Goldeneye, and Hulk. And Susan Storm is Mercedes McNab. Perfect.
Iron Man. Iron Man. Guys who wrote Smallville. Iron Man.
And as if you didn’t expect it, Bryan Singer is back with X-Men 3. I think they’re gonna concentrate on the Phoenix story, and possibly Wolverine’s origin at Weapon-X. New characters rumored to be in X3 include Gambit, Beast, Angel, Psylocke, Emma Frost, Dazzler, Juggernaut and possibly the Sentinels.
And I picked up news that Wolfgang Peterson wants to make a LOBO movie. Most intelligent piece of brain exercise from the guy.
Bad:
They’re making Daredevil 2. I hate Ben Affleck, and I hated the original movie. No Hand, no Stick.
CGI Garfield, starring Bill Murray. I like Garfield, and I like Bill, but this is something that should’ve been left alone.
There was a Superman Vs. Batman movie, and Wolfgang Peterson was supposed to direct. I even read the script review, and it could’ve rocked. Now they’ve cancelled it because it might be too dark. Even if they make it now, I’m not interested. Who wants a Batman with lively shades of yellow?
Superman 5. You know who they chose to direct it? McG. The guy who wouldn’t know cinema if it came and hit him in the ‘nads. Twice.
There you have it. Of course there’s more useless information where that came from(Rex Mundi, Wonder Woman), and you know where to find me.
