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wabbitseason

X-men and DC birthdays

Feb 03, 2009 19:14

Mutant Cinema: The X-men Trilogy from Comics to Screen: While I don't quite agree with the apologists' view on X3 ("Oh, it's not the directors or writers or XYZ fault it was bad..."), I do think the X-men movies provide a good view of how superhero movies can be done and appeal to both longtime comics fans and bring in new people. My mother saw the ( Read more... )

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madripoor_rose February 4 2009, 00:40:45 UTC

Interesting. I'd still argue that the problem with X3 was trying to do the Cure and Dark Phoenix plots and not having time to give either one the proper attention.

The DC calendar is very cool.

wabbitseason February 4 2009, 00:59:26 UTC

Oh I completely agree with you. They really tried to smush too much into one movie. (And deleted a lot of what was fun for me about the previous two movies.) I had similar issues with "Superman Returns" -- the Luthor & Superman returning/Lois/ conflict felt like two different stories that just didn't meld very well.

likeadeuce February 4 2009, 00:46:42 UTC

God, I'm pretty sure that guy's book would make me stabbity. The guy doesn't seem to know much about comics OR film (not surprised he's a Variety writer.

Ahh, well.