The whole point of comic book fandom is NOT letting stuff like that go x)Dirty Apple said:I think this whole Man of Steel fixation is becoming perverse. We get it. You didn't like it. Please stop molesting that poor dead horse.
From Bob, this would be the first (or 1.5th time, if that is possible, given the nature of his original review). He originally regarded it as "notably imperfect," but several movies down he mentioned that his opinion had soured upon further reflection and implied that he was going to do a revisit sometime down the road.Andrew Siribohdi said:Are we going to hear about flawed Man of Steel was yet again?
I think they miss the point that its not a single movie. Its part of a series. If Superman in the sequel does the same overly destructive thing in MoS2, then fine, its rubbish take on him. But if in MoS2 Superman reflects on past events, learns and makes himself better person, then thats good character building. Showing how Superman changed. Batman wasnt Batman in Batman Begins until the last 3rd of the movie - Bruce learnt a better way to achieve his goal than fighting random prisoners.Andrew Siribohdi said:Are we going to hear about flawed Man of Steel was yet again?
Actually, that's a seriously brilliant insight. If the director had given any indication that we'd see the evolution of the character, something we aren't really used to with the comic book version of Superman, then I'd have real hope this was going to happen. It may still happen, but since the director is acting like everything carrying on past this film will be a lucky coincidence, I don't have a lot of faith it will happen. If it does happen I'll be over the moon.SonOfVoorhees said:I think they miss the point that its not a single movie. Its part of a series. If Superman in the sequel does the same overly destructive thing in MoS2, then fine, its rubbish take on him. But if in MoS2 Superman reflects on past events, learns and makes himself better person, then thats good character building.
He'll almost certainly explicitly answer this next week, but my guess is Man of Steel by a long shot. Like Bob, I had really high hopes for Man of Steel, and the film, while not terrible, didn't deliver on them. Green Lantern didn't look or sound particularly good going in, and it wasn't much of a surprise that it was absolute crap. The sting of optimism unrewarded endures much longer than a negative opinion of a film everybody expected to tank, which I suspect is why Bob is hung up over Man of Steel after wanting it to be so much better than it was. It was almost certainly a vastly superior film to Green Lantern in Bob's eyes.orangeapples said:I wonder which he liked more, Man of Steel or Green Lantern?
I think he was being sarcastic. Bob absolutely hated Green Lantern, but considering how much he's harped on Man of Steel post-review, one could be fooled into thinking he hated it too.Yojoo said:Enjoyed the list, Bob. I skipped a few of these, and while I'm not a horror fan and probably won't see You're Next or The Conjuring even after your recommendation, I may have to give Pain and Gain a try. Pleased to see that my four favorite films of this summer, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Elysium, and The World's End, all made the cut.
He'll almost certainly explicitly answer this next week, but my guess is Man of Steel by a long shot. Like Bob, I had really high hopes for Man of Steel, and the film, while not terrible, didn't deliver on them. Green Lantern didn't look or sound particularly good going in, and it wasn't much of a surprise that it was absolute crap. The sting of optimism unrewarded endures much longer than a negative opinion of a film everybody expected to tank, which I suspect is why Bob is hung up over Man of Steel after wanting it to be so much better than it was. It was almost certainly a vastly superior film to Green Lantern in Bob's eyes.orangeapples said:I wonder which he liked more, Man of Steel or Green Lantern?