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Okay, the Today show is interviewing the cast of Spamalot. Hank Azaria, Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce. (Plus writer/creator Eric Idle)
I think if I don't get to see this cast perform this show, I might wind up considering my life completely wasted.
I think reinventing the story from its bizarro Freudian and later gooftastic 70s roots is the hard part.
They already did that, though. At least once.
I think reinventing the story from its bizarro Freudian and later gooftastic 70s roots is the hard part. Casting? Easy peasy after that.
I feel the urge to point out that, of course, this has already been done in the comics, and that Superman and Batman have both been able to overcome their roots and their period of goofy for translation into movies.
Obviously, these fans have never been, nor worked with, actual actors.
I think they're blinded by the pretty woobies and their I'm-so-sensitive interviews.
this has already been done in the comics, and that Superman and Batman have both been able to overcome their roots and their period of goofy for translation into movies.
I agree that comics have resolved their overcommeance issues, but the broad US audience still hears Wonder Woman and thinks, Lynda Carter and her bionic shiny lips! A superhero who throws like a third-grade girl! So, that's a hurdle to overcome.
Also, Superman and Batman didn't have embarrassingly ridiculous backstory -- in a lot of ways, the current versions have the same backstory (simplified and updated). But, Amazon women? I am thinking no.
Superman and Batman didn't have embarrassingly ridiculous backstory -- in a lot of ways, the current versions have the same backstory (simplified and updated). But, Amazon women? I am thinking no.
You're very kind. Alien shot to earth and borderline-psychopath rich kid?
Also, Superman and Batman didn't have embarrassingly ridiculous backstory -- in a lot of ways, the current versions have the same backstory (simplified and updated). But, Amazon women? I am thinking no.
Dude, she's still an Amazon. It's just more complex and actually related to mythology than it once was. And while Supes and Bats have fairly basic origin stories, they still had years and years of pure crack crap to overcome in terms of post-Wertham storylines. See: Bat Mite.
I agree that comics have resolved their overcommeance issues, but the broad US audience still hears Wonder Woman and thinks, Lynda Carter and her bionic shiny lips! A superhero who throws like a third-grade girl! So, that's a hurdle to overcome.
No more of a hurdle than, say, Adam West and the homoerotic camp of the Batman TV series.
Tim Burton overcame Adam West.
No more of a hurdle than, say, Adam West and the homoerotic camp of the Batman TV series.
I'd like to see the Batusi in the current comics.
Tim Burton overcame Adam West.
And Joel Schumaker quickly regressed. There's a lot of people who are still stuck in the mindset.
I don't love the Schumaker Batman, but I don't see it as being in the same spirit as Adam West, at all.