First, Cracked.com looks at the eight most cringe-worthy comic book movie moments. Making the list are scenes from The Punisher, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghost Rider and Superman. Oh, and one of the worst movies I saw this year, the second Fantastic Four film:
In comic movies, the scene where the superhero uses his powers to do everyday tasks is one of the most difficult to screw up. All you have to do is match the particular hero with the everyday task that their power would make awesomely easy. Wolverine uses Iceman’s breath to chill a drink before opening it. Spider-Man uses his Spidey sense to avoid a bully attack. And, Mr. Fantastic uses his stretching ability to … dance better? Really? If you found yourself with extraordinary stretching abilities, how far down on your list would going to a dance club be? If anything, his powers make him more gangly, so this is the exact wrong thing to have him do. They couldn’t put him in a charity pickup basketball game, or something?
Second, Jones of the Jones boys counts down 16 comics he wishes “were currently available in convenient English language editions,” which includes both books that needs to be translated and books that were never finished, like Alan Moore’s Big Numbers. I would have loved to see that finished. What’s in your dream library?
Third, Christopher Farnsworth gives his thoughts on the first six minutes of the Dark Knight. “The segment will be released as a ’stand-alone prologue’ before IMAX showings of I Am Legend starting next week, Nolan said. But right now, at this moment, I am one of a handful who’s actually seen it,” he said, as he filled in for E!’s Reel Girl.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Yeah, the dancing looked dumb. But he was at his bachelor party, so trying to impress the hot girls makes sense. That’s a situation where you can look a little dumb. It wasn’t *that* bad.