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Quote by: Dr.Vendetta  It seems like there has been a new fad in the film industry that has to do with comic book legends and villains. Is this simply because America has an attraction to big explosions and impressive camera angles? |
Many reasons...
Using characters that already exist is easier than actually being creative. That's why we also get movies like The Beverly Hillbillies, or great creative treasures like Underdog. (The toon was "OK," though no where near as good as Bugs, Animaniacs or the well scripted Jay Ward stuff... but did we really need a live dog-super dog big screen movie?)
From movies to TV to the music industry, far too many of those who decide what we're allowed to watch and hear have been creatively bankrupt for years. The only thing that keeps them going is stealing ideas and buying out the rights to stuff like Bullwinkle from widows. (That was a knock at Disney who wouldn't give Jay the time of day until he was dead.) Or we have the Sci Fi channel concept where they do Japanese 50s flick stuff: some big ass creature, bug or something, terrorizes everyone.
YAWN.
Big explosions? Yes, I've notice that scripting is often sacrificed for special effects... which is eventually bound to go nowhere. In drama it is called Deus ex machina, where they used to compete with machines and such that created big noises and entrances for the actors instead of decent scripting. (It eventually failed too.) Super characters are an easy fit into the trend.
I find it interesting that your screen name is that of a character that could have contributed to this trend, but the scripting was pretty damn decent there. I enjoy good social and political commentary.
It amazing what they can do with camera angles these days considering what little we could do when I was operating one many, many moons ago. (Black and white!) But, once again, this can be just fluff. When I hear people who argue about
Trek claim Gene's series was so inferior they usually are talking about effects. The scripting, however,
for the times... was often far better. That's because they used some of the best writers of the times in Sci Fi... and sometimes "abused." (Well, that's what Harlan Ellison would say, I'm sure.)
I think, sometimes, the focus on angles and bigger booms indicates just how shallow society has become. Nothing has shaken that observation yet.