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[trinityvixen]

And this is why I hate Hollywood.

Akiva Goldsman, you've done it again. He's the reason we have nipples on the Batsuit, I bet you anything. And he wrote Batman & Robin. Not the screenplay, so he has no excuse for what he had to work with for starters. He was the starter. He started Batman & Robin.

A World's Finest movie. If there's something I've learned from the crossover titles I've enjoyed, it's that those movies work best when you don't take it seriously. Riding on the giddy fangirl high of seeing Predators take apart the previously so dangerous Aliens (okay, okay, maybe there are fanboys who enjoy seeing that, too) was fine for Alien vs Predator, but it doesn't hold up. When you take the more ridiculous cheese of Freddy vs Jason, you've got a classic for all time. I mean, how can you not love the Destiny's Child girl's death? How can you not admire the studio for their acknowledgement of the best part of horror movies with their DVD "Jump to a Death" feature that you can play on a loop, hitting all the highlights?

Superman and Batman are too big for one movie. Cinematically speaking, they also evolved so independently that to mix their genres together would either be the most brilliant thing ever or, and this is 99.9999% more likely, the worst piece of tripe since, well, Batman & Robin. Starting it with Bruce quitting the Bat-routine and marrying [token female, not any of his various, passionate obssessive loves] and Superman getting the proverbial couch? I shudder to think

::shudder::

In other news, I am wearing my Flash t-shirt. I hear David Goyer has handed in a treatment for the movie. One step closer to seeing Ryan Reynolds wrapped in something tight! And being snarky! Uh, again!

Comments

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether or not I mind Akiva, but on the new DVDs Schumacher owns up to putting those nipples on there.

[teneda.livejournal.com]

you bought that DVD? dooooood...

*hangs head*

I thought they had made too MUCH money in theatres, and you bought the DVD?!???!?

*shakes head slowly*

oy. *walks off*

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Made too much money in theaters? I thought the fourth Batman movie was like millions in the red?

[teneda.livejournal.com]

Exactly, made too much money. It made money period. That was too much.

And there was no fourth Batman movie. It goes like this:

Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Begins

There are NO other Batman movies.

Just like there was only ONE Highlander and ONE Matrix.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I like that system. La la la denial la la la la...

[teneda.livejournal.com]

*bows*

At your service.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind Batman Forever. Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman made the film alright even if Carrey and Jones sucked.

In any case, I bought the box set, which was something like $40, and since the 2-disc DVDs are $20 individually I only really paid for Batman and Batman Returns.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I heard those commentaries are hilarious. Not enough to, you know, buy that movie or anything, but hilarious just the same.

But yeah, this guy isn't megatalented, and he gets his hands on lots of stuff. He's like a slightly less harmful Uwe Boll.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Ugh...bad scripts... I still can't quite believe J.J. Abrams is responsible for such an awful script. And that Batman/Superman one seems like the Goldsman is making fun of Superman, from the first few pages I've read.

I also keep meaning to bring over Batman Dead End for you, but you can watch it online I guess.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've seen this...I think. I think I did. I'm probably going to have to watch it again to be sure. Then I'll remember why I blocked out watching it in the first place, right?

Have you seen "Robin's Big Date" or whatever that's called? With Sam Rockwell as Batman and Justin Long as Robin? Listening to them explain why it's okay they beat up the Penguin and Catwoman is hilariating.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Batman Dead End was kind of impressive, actually. Aside from the bad makeup for the Joker, it featured terrific costumes and Batman seemed to move the way he should have in the movies... up until Christopher Nolan did it better.

I haven't seen "Robin's Big Date." Link?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

http://www.redheadedleague.com/films/robin/robin.html

That's Robin's Big Date. Enjoy.