So ... uhh ... I don't know what to think about this. Thoughts?
1- who the heck is Seth Rogen?
2- who the heck is Green Hornet?
And maybe the most important question:
Why a film on Green Hornet to begin with?
oh and I can't wait for an Atomic Ant movie.
Will Kato (AKA Bruce Lee back in the 60es's show) be in the movie?
Jay Chou supposedly will play him. He's some sort of Taiwanese actor. I only know that because on a Yahoo article talking about it, I thought a link said "who will be play Kratos" (instead of Kato). I was pretty confused why a Taiwanese actor would play a Spartan, but realized that I can't read.
Along the lines of what Scypio said I am hesitating on two questions:
1- who the heck is Seth Rogen?
2- who the heck is Green Hornet?
And maybe the most important question:
Why a film on Green Hornet to begin with?
oh and I can't wait for an Atomic Ant movie.
1- He was in The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. He co-wrote Knocked Up and Pineapple Express (IIRC).
2- The Green Hornet is a superhero of sorts. His method was to infiltrate the bad guys by pretending to be one in order to expose them and take them down. It was a TV show at a time and featured Bruce Lee playing the sidekick role as Kato. Interesting tidbit: There was a crossover ep or so with the Batman show (Adam West - Blammo!) and it eventually called for Robin to defeat Kato in a fight. Bruce Lee absolutely refused and threatened to make the fight scene a real one if it was to go on as planned. This, understandably, terrified the actor playing the Boy Wonder. It was re-written to be a draw.
3- All of this information - aside from the trivia - was provided in the linked article. Which is why, you know, I linked it. So ... uhh ... lrn2reed or something. Jeebus.
Yeah, I don't want this to be a movie.
Hollywood, your lack of talent is showing again. Please stop with the superhero movies.
That's where I recognized the name Green Hornet! Courtesy of Bruce Lee.
Yeah, I don't want this to be a movie.
Hollywood, your lack of talent is showing again. Please stop with the superhero movies.
But I like superhero movies! They're entertaining! Then again, I'm one of three people that liked Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (one of the other people is my sister).
I liked "Batman Forever", but I disliked "Batman and Robin".
Do you also like Adam West?
Escher. I don't think there are words to describe my beffudlement. What was good in those two movies?
George Clooney and Matt Damon in tight rubber suits.
More seriously, Batman isn't always serious. Yeah, there's the grim & gritty version of Batman. But before he went through his darker and edgier transformation, he was ridiculous. I mean really, Batman was once tied to the strings of a giant piano as an elaborate death trap. The plot of one comic was that some women were protesting Batman being single and tried to force him to marry, with Batman and Robin ending up fleeing the scene in the "just married" car. Batman was camp before he was serious.
And, to me, those two movies were like a love letter to what Batman used to be. Sure, they were absolutely ridiculous (Alicia Silverstone did her stunts in heels for crying out loud) but they knew it. Terrible lines, inappropriate quips, over-the-top chase scenes, predictable plot "twists"... they were a perfect send up to the most ridiculous and hilarious parts of what Batman was.
Sure, Batman Begins may be closer to the Batman of today, but Batman was once funny and camp before it was oh so serious.
Do you also like Adam West?
Yep. I even have the Batman movie that Adam West did in my DVD collection. It's hilarious.
Escher. I don't think there are words to describe my beffudlement. What was good in those two movies?
George Clooney and Matt Damon in tight rubber suits.
More seriously, Batman isn't always serious. Yeah, there's the grim & gritty version of Batman. But before he went through his darker and edgier transformation, he was ridiculous. I mean really, Batman was once tied to the strings of a giant piano as an elaborate death trap. The plot of one comic was that some women were protesting Batman being single and tried to force him to marry, with Batman and Robin ending up fleeing the scene in the "just married" car. Batman was camp before he was serious.
And, to me, those two movies were like a love letter to what Batman used to be. Sure, they were absolutely ridiculous (Alicia Silverstone did her stunts in heels for crying out loud) but they knew it. Terrible lines, inappropriate quips, over-the-top chase scenes, predictable plot "twists"... they were a perfect send up to the most ridiculous and hilarious parts of what Batman was.
Sure, Batman Begins may be closer to the Batman of today, but Batman was once funny and camp before it was oh so serious.
Actually according to a documentary I saw (not that I believe everything I see on TV), the first couple of issues of Detective Comics starring Batman were pretty dark but DC decided to make the comic more campy to avoid criticism during the 50's that comics were ruining children (or some such stuff).
Batman today is closer to what the original idea of Batman was supposed to be. I think.
Heck Superman use to throw wife beaters into walls! Try surviving that.
Hmm, a challenge, eh? *goes off to find a wife*
George Clooney and Matt Damon in tight rubber suits.
Matt Damon wasn't in them.
(Alicia Silverstone did her stunts in heels for crying out loud)
For what its worth, I recently saw a drag queen successfully perform multiple front and back flips while wearing 4-inch stiletto heels during a pretty elaborate dance routine... though I would say that this particular lady was in much better shape than Alicia... And was probably a better actress...
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and definitely was more attractive as a lady...
Adam west and the 50s were a butchery as a direct result of the demonising of comics at the time.
To me those horrid travesties are nothing more than a reminder of how Censorship can pretty much destroy a medium.
Actually batman and robin weren't camp.
Adam west and the 50s were a butchery as a direct result of the demonising of comics at the time.
So if you ignore the decades where Batman was camp, Batman was never camp... got it!
Snark aside, you can't deny that for many people Batman was Adam West before he got serious. Whether you like that part of the character's history or not, it's a part of it just as much as Superman's "super basketweaving" powers are part of his. Comics were incredibly dorky for years before they started taking themselves seriously again. Wonder Woman not being able to remove duct tape from here eyes because her feminine vanity wouldn't let her rip out her own eye lashes, anyone?
Matt Damon wasn't in them.
Ah, you're right. It was Chris O'Donnel. My mistake.
They started out gritty. Then got Cracked down by a bunch of demonising Senators, and Ministers, and Proto Soccermoms.
And then Adam West happened during the height of the Camp Years.
Look up the history of the Comic Code Authority sometime.
As for the campy batman, it was a blessing wrapped in a curse. It helped reinforce the notion that superheroes were for kids, but it also kept them front and center (and profitable) in mainstream media. In short, the campy batman is to the Batman franchise what the D&D cartoon is to Dungeons and Dragons.