Pop Culture for Fun

Remakes were something normal until a couple of years ago when people started using the term reboot. The reason was probably the increasing number of franchises available and the fact that the studio heads started thinking in terms of those rather than individual movies. If a franchise shows signs of fatigue in its current incarnation, [...]

Posted on November 20th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies | 2 Comments »

Comic books excel at giving geeks fantasies. Mostly involving superpowers. And almost as often involving hot chicks with superpowers. The cinema industry has been using attraction for ages when it comes to movies, so, when comic book movies started becoming mainstream, it was only natural they’d tap into that fantasy pool when it comes to [...]

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Literature, Movies | 20 Comments »

With Marvel Studios self-financing, and getting a couple of big hits (looking at you, Iron Man), DC trying to join the bandwagon and get more of their characters out, as well as any number of comics being turned into movies, superhero movies have become a thing of the present. With Chris Evans taking the role [...]

Posted on April 21st, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies | 3 Comments »