Movies about the War On Iraq. I mean, not like "tons" of them, and none successful, but there's definitely a trend of these movies coming out. Either directly about the war, or else sort of obliquely - where you can tell that it's really about Iraq, even though it's thinly disguised by a veneer of something that people might want to pay to watch a movie about.
Okay, so there's that. Then, you know what else there seems to be a lot of, lately? Superhero movies. And these have, by comparison, been quite tidily successful.
Now I thought: why not combine the two? A spoonful of sugar, right? Why not set some superhero movies in the War On Iraq? Our American superheroes would run ROUGHSHOT over those damn cowardly insurgents! Come on. Just picture those dudes trying to square off against some real class "A" superheroes. Yeah right! Some of those guys can READ MINDS! How do you hide from that? That's right - you can't. Plus, what good are rocket launchers and kalashnikovs against Captain Ultra or whoever? Not much! Dudes like that would mop up over there. It would all be over in a couple weeks but the crying!
And then of course, I mean, you could say "what's the point?" Which is true. But to that I say, as long as you're going to set a movie in the War On Iraq, you might as well make it a satisfyingly escapist jaunt! Because who wants to pay ten bucks for what you can get on the news?
Okay, so there's that. Then, you know what else there seems to be a lot of, lately? Superhero movies. And these have, by comparison, been quite tidily successful.
Now I thought: why not combine the two? A spoonful of sugar, right? Why not set some superhero movies in the War On Iraq? Our American superheroes would run ROUGHSHOT over those damn cowardly insurgents! Come on. Just picture those dudes trying to square off against some real class "A" superheroes. Yeah right! Some of those guys can READ MINDS! How do you hide from that? That's right - you can't. Plus, what good are rocket launchers and kalashnikovs against Captain Ultra or whoever? Not much! Dudes like that would mop up over there. It would all be over in a couple weeks but the crying!
And then of course, I mean, you could say "what's the point?" Which is true. But to that I say, as long as you're going to set a movie in the War On Iraq, you might as well make it a satisfyingly escapist jaunt! Because who wants to pay ten bucks for what you can get on the news?
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