(Warning some spoilers)
http://www.comics2film.com/b/index.php?blog=11&p=720&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Of course a major complaint is right there above. Akiva Goldsman. How is that man still making superhero films or even any films? Plus I am Legend was a piece of crap with one of the worst Hollywood cop out endings I’ve ever seen.

Also, I liked Unbreakable a lot. I think wouldn’t exist without all the comic books that inspired it, though, so it’s a weak example of Hollywood Superheroes Without Marvel and DC.

…. You’re going to make me look bad.

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Coat

Like HANCOCK doesn’t?

I’ll be seeing Wall-E next weekend.

That’s true. My theory was more that the fact that it was at one point seriously considered by someone was a bad sign.

“What’s that? It could have a second meaning? I don’t get it.”

I watched the first season of Heroes on DVD and couldn’t get over the fact that if this was a comic book it would be seen as fairly unremarkable. Give it to the populace at large and it’s something exciting and new.

I’d like to see Hollywood try something like Seaguy or Enigma, some of the best deconstructions of the superhero genre I can think of.

I think the title “Tonight, He Comes”, proves that ALL movie execs were 13 years old once.

As much as I like the movies above, they have nothing on the stuff based on the mean & potatoes of our cultural lives.

I’ll go see HANCOCK, but it’s just going to be a quick dose to keep my adrenaline going through the IRON MAN, HULK, WANTED, hancock, HELLBOY, BATMAN orgy that is this Summer.

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

I could see that, but it has the exact opposite effect on me.

“Tonight, He Comes” is one of those movie titles that proves that movie executives were never 13 year olds.

From what I understand, the original script was called, “Tonight, He Comes.” I’ve heard it’s a million flavors of awesome. You may want to look for it.

It had some interesting ideas, but like I Am Legend, it didn’t develop them. Why is he an alcoholic? Why is he so angry? Then one movie ends, and the next begins, and that isn’t developed very well. The second part would have been better if they had taken the Unbreakable twist ending and applied it to Charlize Theron’s character.

It will have a good opening, but I think it will drop off once people realize their preconceptions aren’t what the movie delivers.

Hancock drinking game: each person in your party reads a random review from Rotten Tomatoes. Take a shot if “Batman & Robin” or “Last Action Hero” is mentioned.

The reason Hollywood enjoys a simple, deconstructed plot is because it is easy to sell to the public, to boil down to a tagline on a poster or ad, to make the viewer remember the movie and want to go see it. But some of the best comics do that, too. (What if Superman’s rocket ship landed in Soviet Russia? What if the supervillains won, and have been secretly controlling the planet for the past forty years? A man and his pet monkey are the last males on earth. A group of humans in spaceships search for Home.)