How I learned to love schlock. |
What movies make money; comic book heroes and cartoons. I remember recruiting officers standing at the entrance of the theater. That's when they were drafting 18 year olds. Those were colorful days of protest. Here's a storyline: Superman goes fascist. The Kryptonian finally realizes that humanity is too savage to allow them to destroy his adopted planet. Batman is contracted by the United Nations to kill Superman with kryptonite. Is it possible to make a Shazam movie? This is a story about an ordinary all American kid, who stumbles into a pagan Arab temple and is possessed by the ancient wizard Shazam. The demographics are negative: Muslims will be offended by pagan Arab magic. Post 9/11 patriots will take offense to an Arab superhero. But, there are many DC story lines involving Superman and Shazam joining forces to fight some bad guy. Any story with a unhappy ending is not going to sell. Except for Titanic and Million Dollar Baby Grand Torino.... did the last two make money? Is it me or are there a lot of eye balls popping up and out in the flicks? I'd like to see more naked women. Back in my day 70-80's nudity was a PG. Violence got an R. Rent a copy of the DUELIST; that is bloody sabers and flint locks. I like the PROFESSIONAL it has a gritty perversity. Every Dirt Harry flick had a shot of naked breasts and it was PG. Can you make a movie about a despicable hero? Imagine a film about Stalin as a creative force for Russia? If Hitler had not risen to power the state of Israel would not have been necessary. Are Evil doers thinning the herd and making it stronger? ELECTRA GLIDE a story about interstate cops, who do questionable things, but are good family guys. I think it's still in print. What if God was insane and we're a nightmare? What if the planet was God, but we forgot how to talk to it? And GIA flipped her poles and erased us. Sigh. Disaster films have been done to death. Lets make a movie with clues in it and if you can figure it out you get to make a movie... sounds repetitive. A GODZILLA MOVIE! I'm ready for it. Just thinking.. ~~~ <$> |