What "Marvel Studios" is attempting to do with this Avengers movie is kind of ballsy. It's also a one-man assault, as DC/Warner Bros. probably won't follow suit until Marvel has got off this train (just like in comics).
It's cool because it has the potential to take this Superhero movie boom of the last decade out of the "Hollywood fad" category and force itselfs into becoming the first new film genre in years (not to mention Marvel is doing this without the aid of any of the big studios...kind of reminds me of Lucas'when he screwed Fox on Star Wars).
For comic fans that's an exciting notion because comics have alot to offer (even just the category of superheroes). For better or worse, this may be the best way to ensure the existence of the comic book medium for another generation 'cause (I hate to say it but) comic books weren't really doing it sucessfully on their own.
And as I was writing this I just found out Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Predator) has died. Winston was the effects master for, well, everything! Seriously, you name an FX movie since the 80s then Winston probably worked on it! I don't get bothered by celebrities dying (I don't know them personally) but when someone as creative and prolific as Stan Winston passes, well, it sucks. Because you know they are an irreplacable talent.
It's cool because it has the potential to take this Superhero movie boom of the last decade out of the "Hollywood fad" category and force itselfs into becoming the first new film genre in years (not to mention Marvel is doing this without the aid of any of the big studios...kind of reminds me of Lucas'when he screwed Fox on Star Wars).
For comic fans that's an exciting notion because comics have alot to offer (even just the category of superheroes). For better or worse, this may be the best way to ensure the existence of the comic book medium for another generation 'cause (I hate to say it but) comic books weren't really doing it sucessfully on their own.
And as I was writing this I just found out Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Predator) has died. Winston was the effects master for, well, everything! Seriously, you name an FX movie since the 80s then Winston probably worked on it! I don't get bothered by celebrities dying (I don't know them personally) but when someone as creative and prolific as Stan Winston passes, well, it sucks. Because you know they are an irreplacable talent.
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