In Which The Hoard Potato Absolves You Of Your Guilt

[athelind]

You know, folks, everything I said the other day the roots of my excitement for this movie also means that you don't have to apologize to me if you aren't excited, if you think it's going to be lousy, or if you don't want to tag along when I hit the theater tonight.

It's okay, really. I am an unapologetic Green Lantern fan, and believe me, over

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[athelind]

Bear in mind that I've seen a bootleg of the unreleased Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie -- and while it is hilariously cheap and inane, it's not the worst.

There have been a lot of comic book adaptations that I've found mildly disappointing, but there's only one that actively pisses me off at how badly it screwed up almost everything -- especially after two previous movies that kept getting things so very right.

That would be X3: X-Men United, whose only saving grace was Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy.

That movie egregiously mishandled a storyline that should have, frankly, been both epic and dramatically engaging. Jean to Phoenix to Dark Phoenix ... for one thing, they should have spread it across at least two movies, rather than trying to cram all their ideas into one grand finale that ultimately was nothing of the kind.

I could go on. And on. And on. But I'd rather spend my time and energy talking about stuff I like.

[athelind]

The first Christopher Reeves Superman remains a high point of the genre.

I just scored the entire run of Republic's Adventures of Captain Marvel serial, which is, from all reports, one of the high points of both the comic-book superhero adaptation and the CLiffhanger Movie Serial forms.

[hinoki]

The only reason we made it through that Corman version of FF was because of Guiness. We had -FAR- more than our share of Guiness, and even then, it was a near thing if we finished it or not.

And no, I am NOT repentant for inflicting that abomination of a movie on you. I cherish those memories.

-Hinoki

[athelind]

Not Guinness.

Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout.

The Corman FF still gets a pass on this because it never actually hit the big screen. I paid money to see X3.