How Weta Workshop Made Ghost In The Shell's Thermoptic Suit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCyXVEVpKk

Bad superhero movies...

With the excellent track record of the modern Marvel movies, people tend to forget how many bad superhero/comic adaptation movies and TV series have been produced e.g.:

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Iron Man 2 & 3 
3. Fantastic Four (all 3 films)
4. Batman & Robin
5. Green Lantern
6. Ghost Rider 1 & 2
7. Kick-Ass 2
8. Blade: Trinity
9. Catwoman
10. Supergirl (1984)
11. Spawn
12. Judge Dredd
13. The Crow: City of Angels
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron
15. The Incredible Hulk (2008) 
16. Batman (Tim Burton) 
17. Batman Returns (Tim Burton) 
18. Spider-man (Tobey Maguire)
19. Batman Forever
20. The Wolverine (2013)
21.  X-Men The Last Stand
22.  X-Men Apocalypse
23. Darkman
24. The Phantom
25. Mystery Men
26. Hellboy
27. V for Vendetta
28. Hancock
29. The Green Hornet

An example of bad film making is this:

In the first Wolverine movie Logan is shot in the head  with an adamantium bullet - effectively erasing his memory...
In all of the X-Men movies Wolverine's past is a mystery to him.
True?

Yet in the movie The Wolverine, Logan survives proximity to an atom bomb explosion in World War 2 and in contemporary times remembers a Japanese soldier he saved in World War 2.
How?
He had his memory wiped in the previous movie...

Starfleet Time Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=y5NH9pl6xxQ

X-men Apocalypse

The baddie in X-men Apocalypse was incredibly lame.
Not remotely convincing.
He looked dopey.

Reminded me of Young Frankenstein (1974)... 

Quicksilver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LIcOFvWqjk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NnyVc8r2SM 

Superman re-visited...

In 2013 we watched Man of Steel and really didn't like it. Since then we've re-watched the first 2 Christopher Reeve movies and Lois & Clark (season 1). Also, the 1989-1995 (?) Batman movies and the Nolan ones.

Recently, we saw Batman Versus Superman for the first time.

Superman the Movie was pretty decent despite being dated. Superman 2 was very tedious and boring. Lois & Clark (season 1) remained great fun and boasted easily the best Lex Luthor I've ever encountered.

The initial Batman versus Superman trailer looked good but the CGI monster trailer didn't so we gave it a miss. This years Wonder Woman trailers made us reconsider watching Batman versus Superman and we had very low expectations. Surprisingly it was pretty good. Not perfect but certainly good.

So, we ordered a cheap second hand Man of Steel DVD and gave it a second try... Hey, after Batman versus Superman it really made sense and worked. This darker Superman works well in our modern society. It isn't the 1950's anymore or even Reeve's 1970's.

People speak about the old Superman movies from memory. They seldom re-watch them with modern eyes. Superman 2 onwards were bad movies; each one worse than the previous one. Superman Returns was overhyped and poor. Smallville was not really worth mentioning.

So, Zack Snyder's vision gets a thumbs up from me!

Sauerkraut fermenting crock

Happy Moo Cow Tea Pot

S H Figuarts Iron Man Mark 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're saving up for Hot Toys Vision. The figure looks pretty awesome.

S H Figuarts Han Solo