Monday, March 31, 2008

Batting practice

Heehee.

Why not Justice League?:

[Peter Suderman]

Jeffrey Overstreet and Peter Chattaway are both dismayed by the rumor that Hayden Christensen, otherwise known as Stephen Glass, might play Superman in George Miller's upcoming Justice League film. In fact, they're more than dismayed. Chattaway wants the project to just go away entirely.

I'm not sure the casting Christensen, if confirmed, would be particularly good news, but I don't see why this project ought to be sunk. Yes, it's low on star power, but the first X-Men film showed you could make a fine superhero picture without any A-list performers. (Hugh Jackman, an unknown at the time, was catapulted to his current status by that film's success.) And I'd rather see something made rather than nothing at all. More than that, I'm just curious what would happen if you gave the director of Mad Max and The Road Warrior $100 million and said "Go make a superhero movie!" Sure, it might be terrible; but it might not be either -- directors who start doing gonzo, low-budget genre films have a history of coming through on big-budget projects. Just look what happened when the guy behind Army of Darkness was put in charge of Spider-Man. Miller's got a great eye for action and archetypal characters (Max was essentially a comic book anti-hero). I see no reason not to give him the chance on this one.
Peter? Jeff Albertson thinks you need a life.


He'll get it. Hint: Android's Dungeon.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does the fact that I can point to 50 different things in that post that are either wrong, stupid, or absolutely beyond amateur in their conclusions mean I need a life too?

"Hayden Christensen, otherwise known as Stephen Glass" (uh...no, you mean "otherwise cast as Stephen Glass." I'm pretty sure nobody walks up to him and says "yo, Steve! Wassup!?!?") is a bit like writing "Harrison Ford, otherwise known as Bob Falfa from American Graffiti...."

Worst. Blog. About. Movies. Ever.

M. Bouffant said...

The guy reviews movies for NRO, f'r Xsakes. Therefore, he is a sort of Jonah Loadpants manqué.

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