I don’t have much to talk about this week, so, I thought I would give some thoughts on…
The Commando of Steel
Or
What I didn’t waste my money on this weekend
So, I went to see a movie this week last. It might be the best film I’ll see this year. Yes, there were a lot of options at the googolplex right now and to make a decision as to my quarterly torture at the hands of Whoreywood is something I don’t take lightly. So, I decided to see Raiders of the Lost Ark and, I was not disappointed.
That is unlike my good friend Kyle (not my business partner) who saw what he would call – his words, not mine – “seriously… the worst movie of any genre I’ve ever seen. I have never been less engaged by any movie or TV show I’ve ever seen.” But don’t take his word for it, his wife hated it too. “My wife generally likes all of the superhero movies even the ones I don’t, and she f@#$ing hated it. She asked me half way through if we could leave because it was so bad. She said she would have fallen asleep if the movie wasn’t so loud.”
“Who is this Kyle person,” you might ask. Well, I consider his opinion on comics impeccable and if he says it is sucked I believe him. He was so angered by it he wrote up a full review, with some fantastic points to start and then the meat of road kill that was Man of Steel. It is lengthy, but a GREAT read. You need to understand, this comes from someone who is a huge Superman fan and understands what makes him the greatest hero our generation has ever seen… well, until now. Find Kyle’s great review here.
Oh, but you need more proof, fine. If you have read comics for any amount of time you know who Mark Waid is. Maybe the greatest comic writer of our generation and he is easily the smartest man in comics. Currently he writes Indestructible Hulk and the near perfect comic that is Daredevil. The man knows his superheroes and is a HUGE fan of Superman. What does he have to say about this movie? You can find his full review here, but most of it can be summed up in his opening couple lines: “At its emotional climax, at the moment of Superman’s ultimate “victory,” MAN OF STEEL broke my heart. I mean, absolutely snapped it clean in half. I went in ready to forgive a lot. I knew we wouldn’t get much, if any, of the secret identity–“Clark Kent” as we know him, as a reporter in glasses, as in “disguised as…”, appears only in a cute nod, and I’ve said all my adult life that a Superman story without Clark Kent in it never really feels like a Superman story.”
Both reviews echo oddly a statement from the writer David Goyer, that this is NOT the comic book character Superman. Than who is it? Can we say the same for whatever the character is who currently flies under the banner of Superman in the comics too? I think we have seen/found our overarching problem with DC. (If you’ve seen the film and know of what lies in wait at the end, then you know that this is NOT my SUPERman, but some kind of villain masquerading as a super man. I can’t explain without giving away the ending, though really, if I did would it keep you from seeing it? Well, then maybe I should.)
“But what do you really think of this pile of sh!t? Don’t hold back. Tell us.” Ah, someone else already did it for me. See Stephen Colbert’s take on the Commando of Steel and tell me that isn’t absolutely, perfectly, dead on accurate.
….and does anyone else think the new stupidman costume looks like Earth 2 Ultraman’s? Just wondering.
Liked the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys – Becky Cloonan’s art was really, really good – and Ronnie loved Six Gun Gorilla.
Sorry, that is all I’ve got this week.