Monday, June 14, 2010

Hollywood Is Fucking Up Comic Movies

I have come to the conclusion that these Hollywood movie studios have absolutely no interest in doing comic books justice on the big screen.  This is particularly sad considering all the hype being drummed up for the inevitable "Avengers" movie that'll be releasing in a few years.  Here's how I know they don't give a damn. 

You see this picture right here?  Her name is Amber Heard.  The producers of "X-Men: The First Class" are apparently looking to cast her as a young version of Mystique.  This alone shows the writers have no fucking idea how the story of the X-Men goes.  OMG...I feel a rant coming on.  Let's make a few things clear.

Doing a "first class" X-Men movie is fine, IF they stay true to who was in the first class: Cyclops, Jean, Ice Man, Beast and Angel.  I get the feeling they're not gonna do that.  They're gonna wanna throw in the popular X-Men that mainstream moviegoers are most familiar with.  Out of the three movies, only three of the five original members showed up consistently, two of the five didn't show up until the last movie, and one of those two only got 5 minutes of screen time, total.  A complete spit in the face to the true backstory of the most important characters in the franchise.  Mystique wasn't a part of the X-Men story when the team was first built (as evidenced by the fact that she's Rogue's mother, another grossly miscast character, but that's neither here nor there).  Including her in "young" form along with all the other young (re: original) X-Men means there's NO WAY there will be any truth to ANY kind of story they're gonna try and throw in our faces.  Note to Hollywood: special effects and cool actions scenes aren't enough to hide piss poor story telling.  The books are popular for a reason, and every time you make a movie disregarding the mythology of the book, you're pissing in the face of the faithful readers who made the books popular enough for you to cash in on.  Cut that shit out, thanks.

No comments: