----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Agretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: Re: Straczynski Fan Update
>I thought the movie was fine and fun. I never read the FF comics, so >how > relevant it was to the source is immaterial to me. Also, if you're > going to > see the movie expecting some sort of existential revelation of the > human > condition... Actually, I enjoyed the movie much more than my 12 year old. He was psyched up to see it and was very disappointed. > > I think if they would have portrayed Galactus true to the comic, it > would > have bombed and failed. Lets face it: how cool would a giant purple > guy on > the big screen be??? No, I think the portrayal presented in the > movie was > perfectly fine and reasonable for a movie. You have to understand, > this > movie was not done for hard-core FF fans, just as I have to > understand that > ANY historical movie is not meant for historians (ESPECIALLY > 300...). > I'm far from what you would call a hard-core FF fan, but I do know the story and can see that they have set themselves up for either major logical inconsistencies or a film that will make Ang Lee's The Hulk look like art. (Actually I liked The Hulk too) By removing any evidence of Galactus' personality and intelligence, they completely removed the reasons why The Surfer stays on Earth. If you had the freedom to roam the universe at will would you stay? Would you not hasten to return to your beloved Shalla-bal? The problem I see is that they changed not just the events of the story, they changed almost everything that made the Silver Surfer who he was. Sure, Zenn-la and Shalla-bal are mentioned in passing, but Norrin Rad's heroism is missing and more importantly so is his angst (not to mention the Power Cosmic). The Surfer is a conflicted and complex being, but the movie had almost zero character development. I'm not telling you that you should not have enjoyed the movie, I certainly did. But I am very disappointed at the paper thin characterization and the shoehorning of the Surfer into the tired mold of the action hero. For me, it bodes ill for the coming sequel (and that is rumored to be an almost sure thing). xponent Watered Down Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
