I think that the superhero replaced the gun toting action hero like AHHHNald and Slyvester Stallone. Hollywood is quickly running out of well known properties to make movies out of (and I think people will get burned out soon) so just wait a little longer rave and they will have to move onto something else.
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > http://news.premiere.com/blog/2010/07/comic-con-is-killing-hollywood-.html > > Super hero movies might save the box office, but they fail fans of good > movies. > > That's because movies based on comic book super heroes are the worst of > Hollywood's modern genres. These flashy passion plays that celebrate the > redeeming powers of violence are more loathsome than torture porn, fratboy > fart operas, or mopey boomer spawn tearjerkers. The brooding, misunderstood > heroes are boring. The erotic, computer generated fisticuffs between > demigods is boring. The secret identities, costume fetishes, and the super > powers – the grappling-hook bazookas, and lightening sneezes and berserker > gorilla rages – are boring. The genre is exhausted. And this is coming from > a dude who is currently plowing through three comic book series (Ex Machina, > The Walking Dead, and Top Ten.) > > http://news.premiere.com/blog/2010/07/comic-con-is-killing-hollywood-.html > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
