The Superhero Genre Has Come A Long Way

I’ve been re-watching the X-Men movies this week in anticipation of finally going to see X-Men: Day of Future Past. It’s hard to believe that 14 years have gone by since the original X-Men first hit theaters, and a lot has changed in the genre since then. Prior to X-Men, few superhero films experienced very much critical or box-office success. And especially thanks to the campiness of the Joel Schumacher Batman films, few thought that anyone would take superhero movies very seriously. And only the die-hard fans questioned 20^th Century Fox’s decision to tone-down some of the comic elements in X-Men, most notably forgoing colorful spandex suits in favor of black-leather costumes – a fact that Cyclops even jokes about just before the movie’s climax.

But I think X-Men’s attempt to appeal to a more mainstream audience ultimately succeeded and paved the way for a slew of superhero movies in the years to follow. And as the genre grew, it seems that the general public’s acceptance of all aspects of superheroes did as well. We now have two Spider-Man franchises where his blue and red suit is no issue at all. And the masses flocked to see The Avengers without batting an eye at watching a massive battle against an alien army. If only we hadn’t rolled our eyes to such things back in 2000!

But now that it’s acceptable for superheroes to exist on screen just as they do in the comics, isn’t it time that we saw Wolverine in his iconic yellow and blue (or brown and tan) costume? Oh wait – maybe that does pop up in X-Men: Day of Future Past! Don’t spoil it for me!

Until next time,

-Steve

X-Men: Days of Future Past!

Greetings All,

 

Went out to Denver two weeks ago for my Daughter's graduation and that weekend she and i saw "X-Men: Days of Future Past".  We really enjoyed this outing into the X-Men Universe and as the credits were rolling the first thing out of my mouth  was "Welcome back Bryan Singer!"  After the X-3 debacle, it was good to finally see some semblance of normalcy (as much as You can have with a movie adaptation) returned to the world of Our favorite mutants...plot holes not withstanding.  It was nice to care about these characters again after the mess that Brett "The Rat" Rattner made of X3 and the disappointment that was "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."  The healing process that began with "The Wolverine" came into full fruition (IMHO) with DOFP, and I for one am ecstatic about it!  If You haven't seen it, invest a warm Saturday afternoon in a cool movie theater, a $15.00 bag of popcorn, and remember why You first fell in love with Charles Xavier's School of Gifted Youngsters and The rest of the Mutanfold.  Here's to hoping You will be delighted as I was.

 

~Steven

Summer Blockbusters

Hey it's that time again. Time for your friendly neighborhood blogger to post and time for Summer Blockbusters. I stole that line from Spiderman, but you probably knew that already. All the excitement of summer blockbusters, The Amazing Spiderman 2, X-Men-Days of Future Past, Transformers-Age of Extinction. What a cornucopia of choices. The best part is that the excitement doesn't end there...

Later this year 3twins will be introducing our new Nintendo WiiU game to the market. I for one can't wait. Stay tuned to this blog and our website for more information as we get closer and closer, and if you pay really close attention, you may even get a sneak peek into some of the character designs.

~Tom