This fan-casting piece was taking agonizingly long to finish, and I realized why: I was trying so hard to do write-ups for each entry, and realized that there’s really not too much to say about why you want a certain actor to play a comic book character. They just feel right in your gut. And so, with the news that Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill are out as Batty and Supey, and DC is moving in another direction, I present MY choices for who should play each, and their respective supporting casts, in live-action reboots! One note- I have actually had (most of) these choices in the back of my mind since roughly 2010 or so, so many picks are dated. Some actors, indeed, are dead. But everyone actually could pretty much STILL play the roles a decade later, so I’m just presenting my cast as is, since some actors were selected to go with others. Here, then, without comment, are the brand new definitive Superman and Batman movie casts! Oh admit it, most of them are the spitting image of the drawings! Even the dead guys! Continue reading “Casting the rebooted Superman and Batman movies!”
The Return of ‘Batman Returns’
Much like it was on the tenth anniversary of The Dark Knight, it’s also the 25th anniversary of Batman Returns! Give or take a year that is. It’s a movie I’ve definitely seen enough to know by heart, but not one that I really have ever given great thought to, at least enough to analyze in-depth in an article or essay. It’s just kind of always been about Tim Burton’s gothic wankery, to my mind. But I found a really cool analysis on that made me look at it from another angle. I don’t think Tim gave it one iota of this level of thought, and mainly just made choices out of instinct or from the hip based on whatever felt right to him at the time; but nonetheless, check it out here, then come back for my thoughts! Continue reading “The Return of ‘Batman Returns’”
The Dark Knight at 10 Years
The Dark Knight turns 10 years old this week, and it’s time to get out the old rose colored lenses. It really was a monumental film that came at the exact right time to help shape popular culture for the next decade, and it really did help redefine the comic genre. Don’t get me wrong, it definitely has its flaws- such as “No Moah Dead Cops!!”- but the film itself, and Heath Ledger’s iconic Joker in particular, may never be topped as both a watershed comic book movie and a cultural moment that encapsulated an entire era. Continue reading “The Dark Knight at 10 Years”
Batman #50: “The Wedding”- NOT
So Batman #50 hit this week, and boy there were some unhappy people. I don’t care enough about whatever nonsense Tom King is doing to get worked up in the first place, but if I was invested in reading it, I’m sure I’d be pissed. Everyone on the face of the planet knows what happens by now, but just in case, “spoiler alert.” I say, much like a peeping tom, look at your own peril!
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