The Amazing Spiderman
I went to see this yesterday and thought it was pretty good. I didn't really like the Toby Maguire films so this was a pleasant surprise.
Oddly, It doesn't follow on from the other films but is a remake of the first one.
Oddly, It doesn't follow on from the other films but is a remake of the first one.
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Why the need for everything to be darker and grittier? I thought the Raimi films were spot on. I imagine they'll be giving the new Robocop the D&G (darker and grittier) treatment too? If it ain't broke, and all that...
Don't forget the reboot - Darker Grittier Man.
Indeed. And the re-reboot; Darker, Grittier Darker Grittier Man. Coming soon, all over your local theatre...
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Saw it today. Decent as far as remakes go mainly because the acting was better and Spiderman sounds less idiotic.
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
cumming all over your local porn theatre soon?
As soon as the Toby M version finished, I called out, "Re-make please!" It certainly needed it. Looking forward to seeing this new version.
Only if the porn there is of the darker, grittier kind...
I've a theory about this which is that a largely adult fanbase wants to essentially try and disguise that a lot of these franchises have their origins in childrens' media and that, in most cases, that's when their own fandom started. The "darker, grittier" thing is a way of these people making their "childish" investment in these characters and scenarios more acceptable to a mainstream audience. It's also partly about following fashion. Batman made "darker and grittier" fashionable for films about costumed heroes and there's a current mania about rebooting franchises rather than just continuing the story from earlier films (the relative failure of Superman Returns might have something to do with that).
That's one of the reasons I was so pleasantly suprised by "Avengers Assemble", it's a shameless superhero film that bypasses the "darker, grittier" stuff.
I think you might be on to something there. Superman Returns just simply didn't work, the two Batman films most definitely did though.
On that thought I might give the new Spiderman film a chance. I enjoyed the first two, the third was a spectacular mess.
I read somewhere that movie studio's regularly do this (rebooting after 3 movies) to keep the cash registers ringing from the licenses they bought. Rebooting generally works well for them, I guess, because coming up with new stories to keep the audience engaged is risky (Batman being a notable exception but even that will be rebooted once Nolan finishes his triology) and it's easier to work with the material you already have.
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
It's not something they regularly do - it's a very recent thing to reboot franchises within a few years. Batman did it, the Hulk did it, Spiderman has done it and I think it's rumoured that Superman is up for the treatment as well. I don't agree that it's about keeping the cash registers ringing - the original Batman franchise (the one started in 1989) remained successful right up until Batman & Robin (which was critically panned but performed well at the box office) and the James Bond series remained huge money spinners for decades before getting the reboot treatment in 2006.
I think it's more about Hollywood/media fashion than anything else - one studio tries it and is successful and the rest of them decide that that's what they need to do. There's also a pre-occupation with taking characters "back to their roots" (which could also be interpreted as telling the audience a story they've already heard) and writers/producers/directors looking for an excuse to take a franchise in a new "dark and gritty" direction.
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Ha! That's not what I'm saying, though, not at all. What I'm saying is that people should stop taking what they liked in childhood and then, effectively, try to alientate a new generation of child fans from it by grabbing it to their breast and saying "No! I'm an adult now and I want this to be for ME and MY GENERATION!" You can make something smart and enjoyable enough for the more jaded, mature adult tastes without alienating children: Avengers Assemble does that just fine. When The Dark Knight came out a few people said it was arguably becoming too dark for children and some even claimed it was an "adult" film with a 12A certificate. Something's gone wrong there, Batman is a comic book character most of those fans who love the "dark" and "grit" of The Dark Knight originally encountered when they were children.
Funny enough, I read today that this Spiderman re-boot will infact, be a trillogy of fims ;-)
It's already being fillmed, well, I imagine that actual filming finished a while ago and they are in post production. I must admit that I was quite puzzled about this re-boot as it's not been that long since Superman Returns and I thought that film spent most of it's time re-establishing the caracters ready for a new franchise.
I thought the 3 Toby McGuire Spideys were pretty crap tbh, but you gotta admit Spiderman 3 was worth watching for the strutting scene, that was so terrible it's what made the movie great :lol:
Wonder how many hardcore Spidey fans were seething with rage when they saw that?......Losers! :lol:
We all went to the cinema and watched Snow White and the Huntsman - talk about darker and grittier! - Walt Disney's head would be spinning in it's container!