What once seemed lazy now almost vibes like Outsider Art, from the days when superheroes were still outsiders.
Bear witness to modernitys primordial ooze!
Besotted with options, wine-drunk on cinematic universes, do the SnyderBros remember when things werent gritty?
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This year there are two Flashes, at least.
Its a shame ifJustice League of Americais forgotten.
(Hes the teams noble cad, and he gets the most comic strip lines.
Elisa Donovan, of theCluelessCinematic Universe, has a couple scenes as Green Lanterns regular-person girlfriend.
John Kassir plays incredible shrinking super-scientist Ray Palmer, alias the Atom.
Kassirs the kind of great character performer with a face for voice-acting.
He cackled as the Cryptkeeper onTales From The Cryptandworked on every TV cartoon you might think of.
You could argue thats an actors choice, or even some High Nerd referential storytelling.
The scripts by J.M.
DeMatteis and Keith Giffen trended humane, anddroll.
And inJustice League International, its firmly established that Martian Manhunter hasa taste for generic-brand oreos.
Then again, probably best not to assume the comics were important.
in flagrant violation of the comic characters my-kryptonite-is-fire weakness.
And for many, the primal sin committed byJustice League of Americais the disinterest in the source material.
But New Metro is also more specific: Its Los Angeles, by way of Vancouver.
Hurds deadpan delight in the confessionals.
She confidently states that she loves acting because of these unbelievable parts, and characters, and costumes.
Without even thinking about it, the Christmas tree just went up in flames, she says.
And I thought, Wow, I think this is something I need todealwith.'
Its the funniest line in the whole film yathink?
The everpresent score sounds like a workout video, the effects shrug-worthy.
Most of the heroes live together, in a sitcom apartment built for the urban striving friend-family.
A key subplot involves Atom shrinking down to try (and fail) to fix their television set.
Fighting for truth, justice, and the American way just isnt helping my bank account, you know?
The villainous Weatherman (Miguel Ferrer!)
isnt a madman seeking power; hes a bureaucrat scientist who needs money.
They were gonna cut our funding!
Then he uses a cheap-looking machine to create cheap-looking clouds and a cheap-looking tidal wave.
(Consider that funding cut!)
Viewed today, the blithe indifference ofJustice League of Americais oddly appealing.
Circa 2017, the narrative has changed.
Superhero movies are arguably the most expensive genre in movie history.
They honor comic book lore like gospel, Dark Phoenix and Doomsday,The Dark Knight ReturnsandOld Man Logan.
Stories do not end in one movie; stories do not end intenmovies.
Andstill, sometimes, these new superhero movies are terrible.
To quote Fire, I think this is something we need to deal with.
