I’ll confess I’ve never been that big a fan of comic book movie adaptations. It always seemed kind of redundant to turn a movie based on a comic... back into a comic? And usually they’re an afterthought not really done by A-listers, anyway. For every Batman movie adaptation by Denny O’Neil, Jerry Ordway and José …
Continue reading Superman Returns- The Prequels: The Donner Movie Adaptation We Never Had
So if you hadn’t guessed it by now, I love top ten lists. This is not the first I’ve done on this site, and won’t be the last, but it might be the one that most fans can relate to, given how memorable Superman’s appearances in film have been over the years. First off, a …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KLf6pNcizk After watching Superman III for the first time in years, I was on a roll and rewatched the often lambasted Superman IV! If III has a bad rap, you’d better believe IV’s is even worse, and rightfully so. Considering the movie was done on a mere $17 million budget, it definitely shows. One YouTube …
Continue reading Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Retrospective
After reading so often about how Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace were nowhere near as good as the first two Christopher Reeve Superman movies- and this much is true- I avoided both like the plague for many years. I also avoided them, in part, because I happen to love Bryan Singer’s Superman …
There are times when two things you love just mesh together perfectly. It is attempted in entertainment all the time in the blending of art styles and storytelling devices, be it movies, TV shows, comics, you name it. When it works, it’s a treat, and it’s wonderful. In my case, if you couldn’t already …
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