My unpopular opinion- The Dark Knight Rises

Greetings fans and believers alike!

First of all, I hope everyone is having a safe and happy start to their new year. I also hope Christmas and any other holiday you celebrate was safe and memorable.

Well, let's start some controversy, shall we?

I have been itching to write this post since I first saw The Dark Knight Rises back in July 2012 (yes, now that is 2013 I have to reference the year.)

Now, a lot of people have said things along these lines upon viewing TDKR: (quotes taken from various message boards at superherohype.com and joblo.com)

"Memorable"

"A true masterpiece, and epic way to end Nolan's Batman trilogy"

"Brilliant film making and by far the best of the trilogy"

Etc, Etc.

This makes me sick. I am going to be blunt and put this out there- The Dark Knight Rises was by far the biggest let down of 2012. There was so much hype and anticipation surrounding TDKR only to disappoint fans and movie goers alike. In my humble opinion, TDKR joins movies like X:Men: The Final Stand and Spider-Man 3 as being terrible movies and a disgraceful way in ending great trilogies. I actually hold Spider-Man 3 in higher regard because at least Sam Raimi listened to fans and put Venom in the movie. He may have messed up Venom, but at least he tried to cater to the fans. Nolan approached TDKR and only listened to what he and his brother, Jonathan wanted to put in the movie.

But Dan, the movie was received well by moviegoers and critics! In fact the critic website rottentomatoes.com gives TDKR an 87% "certified fresh rating", how can you say this movie was terrible? Well, I never said that TDKR is a terrible movie, I said it was a big let down. I will admit that, yes, the film making was very well done. Those IMAX scenes were very intense and I know it must have been very tough to film those scenes. That being said, this movie catered to movie critics and not comic book fans. Why do I say that? Well, sit back, grab a cold beverage or curl up next to the fire, we're going to figure out just how TDKR became a huge let down.

(Before I go on, I understand a lot of you might not be as well versed in the Batman mythos so I will be doing a lot of explaining and citing sources. This might be a longer article but I promise it is worth the read.)

Let me start with The Dark Knight. That movie was truly a movie for critics and comic book fans alike. The Joker was portrayed brilliantly as a man who kills simply because he thinks it is funny. He has no motive, he just wants to see society fall. TDK is one of those movies that just can't be duplicated and does Batman true justice on the big screen.

But Nolan tries to duplicate TDK. Nolan basically did what John Hughes did to Home Alone 2 and made a sequel using the exact same formula as the original. I will illustrate this with the following-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYBEquZ_j0

Now watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNUSDu-Tehg

Do they seem familiar? The villain blends in with the other guys, someone takes off the villain's mask and the villain says something bone chilling. Personally I favor "crashing the plane-with no survivors" over 'what doesn't kill you makes you stranger" but that's neither here nor there. The point is that the first 6 minutes of both movies are basically identical. Is that a bad thing? no, but I favor TDK's opening sequence over TDKR. It just seems more... awesome.

There were so many things that just didn't add up with TDKR. As I continue please don't make me out to be a douchebag fan boy, but rather a fan, upset, at how my favorite superhero was made to look like an idiot onscreen.

First of all- how long does it really take a broken heart to heal? 8 years? Did Bruce Wayne really feel that strongly over Rachel Dawes? There really wasn't anything between them the entire trilogy. They were never a steady couple and Rachel was dating and going to marry Harvey Dent in TDK. It's not like she and Bruce were on again off again and really wanted to be together. They were just a casual relationship. I mean, Bruce takes Rachel's death worse than his own parents! At least his parents' death inspired him to do something with his life. Rachel's death turned him into a pathetic hermit.

Second- Why 8 years? That's a little too long. I understand Nolan was trying to weaken Bruce Wayne physically so he'd be unprepared for Bane, but that's what the story arc Knightfall did. This is the story arc that actually introduced Bane in the comics. In Knightfall, Bane breaks all the prisoners out of Arkham Asylum and it takes weeks for a very sick, weak, but still young Batman to round up all the prisoners only to be confronted by Bane in his own home, at his weakest point. On top of that, why did a major villain wait 8 years to attack Gotham? In Batman Begins, it was around the same time Batman showed up that both Scarecrow and the Joker came around. Certainly in 8 years the Penguin, Mad Hatter, the Riddler, Deadshot, or others could have showed up. Even Bane! How the heck did it take Bane 10 years after Batman first foiled the League of Shadow's plans to destroy Gotham to try again?

Moving on, what is up with Bane? This is what I am most upset about as Bane is one of my top 5 favorite villains right after the Joker. Bane is an intellectual and brutal BAMF. Of which, Nolan decided to not give any back story to him. Now, I understand why this worked so well for the Joker. Keeping the Joker's back story from the audience only added to the mysteriousness of his character. He had no fingerprints, no known aliases, and all his clothes were custom made. This concept does not work for Bane, there are so many questions that even I as a person so well versed in the Batman comics was confused by, and by all means, keeping Bane mysterious only takes away from his character. Here are my questions that I am sure are shared by all of you-

#1 Where did he come from? In the comics, Bane was raised from a boy in a prison in Santa Prisca serving his father's life sentence. He was Spanish. He taught himself math and science and became a brilliant scientist. In prison. In the film, he was German? British? who knows?

#2 What injury could he have sustained that made him rely on morphine to survive? In the comics there was no injury. He was selected to be an experiment for the Venom program which made him addicted to the drug that gives him such strength and brute force.

#3. How does eat? Or is the gas so powerful that it gives him all the protein and nourishment he needs to stay in that great of shape. What is that gas anyway?

#4 Where does the gas even come from? Certainly, he would need tanks and refills as he has to have a constant supply of gas to keep himself alive, as illustrated in the scene where Batman knocks off only one valve from his mask and subdues him.

#5 How the heck does he know Bruce Wayne is Batman? How can he even recite lines said IN PRIVATE between Ras-Al-Ghul and Bruce? Perhaps he was training in the League while Bruce was in there? I say impossible as Bane sustained his injury when Talia (Miranda Tate) and most likely Bruce were children. We would have noticed him being there in Batman Begins is what I am trying to say. Or perhaps he is just that great a ninja?

All these questions do not work for Bane. It worked for the Joker who was just an insane person who wanted to watch the world burn. But did not knowing Bane's background make me suspicious when he started talking about nuclear half life? Yes.

Now, lets get to Talia Al-Ghul.. I mean Miranda Tate. Most pointless villain cover up ever. Everyone knew she was the bad guy all along and her big reveal just made me say- It's about damn time! Her presence in the story is pointless. She is only there because she kept the nuclear reactor funded while Bruce Wayne was wallowing in his pathetic state. Anyone else could have done that. In the comics, Talia is a ninja. She leads a group of female freaking ninjas. She is actually hot. Her being in the movie is about as impressive as her death scene which was honestly the worst death scene I have scene ever. I know I wasn't the only one that laughed when she died in the movie.

 John Blake as "Robin" is the worst insult to comic book fans since Emo Peter Parker. I was so pissed when that lady called John Blake Robin that I almost walked out of the movie. Everyone in the movie theater cheered and gasped when they heard the name "Robin", but I was flat out insulted. I believe that no one would watch Batman if Batman's alter ego was not named Bruce Wayne (Exception Batman Beyond), and the same should be said for Robin. Robin has only been one of three men: Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Jason Todd. Changing around Superhero's names is like changing their origin story- you just don't do it.

Finally lets talk about the implications of the ending of TDKR. First of all, Batman is on holiday with Selena Kyle in Europe. Like that will last forever. Selena Kyle, for one thing, is a gold digging temptress. She seduces powerful men only to steal from them. (Although the formula was backward in this movie). No doubt Selena will leave Bruce Wayne the first moment she gets bored with him. Second, Bane is not the last super villain that will come to Gotham. Bruce Wayne will come back to Gotham the second a new villain is in town. Think about it- Bruce Wayne came out of an 8 year retirement even though Alfred urged Bruce not to do it just to fight Bane. Bruce can't stay away from the cape and cowl. This is bad news for John Blake who might be upset when the original Batman will be back for more. Speaking of John Blake, let's talk about him as the new "Batman". Simply put- Blake will die within the first few months of his vigilante second job- if not for his lack of fighting skills, for his lack of detective work. Bruce Wayne is a master of every form of martial arts. He freaking left Gotham for 7 years just to train. Blake has self defense training through Gotham PD at best. He relied on guns to provide protection and now that he won't use them, he's as good as dead at the hands of a henchman or Killer Croc. Additionally, he is not a detective and he will be sloppy. He will leave clues behind, interfere with evidence at the scene and ultimately help his villains find out who he is and where his base of operations is. Blake does not have the training to become the next Batman.

So that's it. This is how Nolan killed the Batman franchise. Now we can wait for the next interpretation of Batman that may or may not be better than this trilogy. A note to Warner Bros from fans everywhere- DO NOT RETELL HIS ORIGIN STORY! I can't emphasize that enough. We all know who he is and why he does what he does. Pick up where the Dark Knight left off and forget that TDKR happened at all.

So, how many of you reading are mad at me for my opinion? If so, do me a favor and comment on my blog for me. I respect everyone's opinion. Sadly, every time I voice my opinion about this movie I get scoffs and scorns. What, I didn't like it! This was a great movie for the average movie goer. I guess as a die hard comic book fan, I should stop expecting so much out of Hollywood.

Why are Humans so tasty?

Greetings, friends! Welcome to another edition of my blog! I do hope you enjoyed my last post and that you will get a kick out of today's entry- I am sure you are aching to see what we will be discussing today, so let's get into it!

Let's start some controversy, shall we?

Today, I will be discussing the age old question we see in movies everywhere- Why are humans so tasty?

Since the dawn of cinematic entertainment, movie studios have been very creative in imagining ways humans can be killed and different creatures that stalk them. Now, in this post I won't be discussing movies like Alien or The Thing or any other movie where some half-wit explore team hell bent on world wide fame, recognition, and never ending attention from the ladies invades the territory of a highly trained kill machine and wonder why they all die.

I will be focusing on two movies today, namely King Kong (2005) and the entire Jurassic Park trilogy. These movies are about two men so obsessed with wealth and fame that they not only jeopordize the welfare of their crew, but also any suburban family addicted to adrenaline not satisfied by their local museum.

Let's look at King Kong (2005) first. Peter Jackson's version of this classic film stars Jack Black as a struggling movie producer named Carl Denham. Denham is down on his luck and can't find any movie studio to fund his films. After showing his latest movie to the studio execs, he finds out they are going to can him. Naturally he runs away with his entire movie crew on the S.S Venture to find Skull Island before the authorities catch him.

Denham tricks his crew into thinking that this would actually be a safe trip and his crew trust him. That was their first mistake. They crash into skull island, losing some of their crew in the process and meet the less than friendly island natives. These natives kidnap the star of Denham's picture, Ann Darrow, and offer her as a sacrifice to Kong. Rather than cut their losses and find a way off the island, they fall for the old "save the girl" trick that never works in these types of movies.

                                                             She's not that pretty, lads.

While on their adventure to find and rescue Ann, and shoot more footage for Denham's picture, they stumble upon actual dinosaurs that apparently didn't get the memo that they were supposed to die with the rest of their dinosaur brothers and sisters 65 million years ago. Luckily for them, the dinosaurs they find are herbivores. Unlucky for them, it was feeding time for the raptors.

This is where things get confusing- the raptors scare the dinosaurs so much they cause a stampede over the film crew who manage to time their movements and avoid becoming pancakes. Now, let's assume these dinosaurs have been carrying on the circle of life on Skull Island for the past, oh since the dawn of time. They have been continually dining on these huge pieces of prime rib and tri-tip and suddenly the raptors see humans and actually stop chasing the other dinosaurs and go out of their way to pursue the humans because apparently thin and crunchy is better than large and meaty (Please, no "that's what she said" jokes, you pervs.) Even though these raptors are genetically engineered to be superior killing machines, the humans somehow out run them and out smart them and are able to regroup to formulate a plan shortly before falling into a pit of giant insects.

Okay, some of you are maybe thinking that perhaps the human being sacrificied (The island natives offered sacrifices so Kong wouldn't destroy them) was found by the dinosaurs before Kong got there. If you remember, Ann was tied 30 feet in the air on two giant trees and actually raised over a cliff a quarter mile away from the part of the island inhabited by humans in order so Kong could have access to her. At that point, raptors would never bother with her seeing is how they have the Sizzler whenever they want- for free. On top of that, the smaller dinosaurs probably knew that any human on the island was property of Kong and in order to stay alive they probably left them alone. Kong is an animal capable of all kinds of ass whooping, as evidenced in the fight between he and two freaking T-Rex. This fight baffles me to this day. Why would two T-Rex be willing to fight to the death over a snack at best?  That would be like me having a knife fight with a UNC fan (my mortal enemy) over a 6 piece box of chicken mcnuggets. These T-Rex obviously are not starving, and its not like they are limited to competing with Kong over food- T-Rex eat meat and Kong, as we see him in the movie, eats leaves and twigs like any other gorilla does. We have no idea why he wants humans anyway. Grind their bones to make his bread maybe? Beats me. And, unlike how dinosaurs are portrayed in the movies, they are probably not hungry all the time. While my wife and I were on our honeymoon we stopped at a crocodile lagoon where we could safely observe crocs. We saw a crocodile relaxing in the water with all sorts of fish swimming by his mouth, and he didn't once take a snap at them. My wife and I even cheered him on to eat one. He wouldn't do that. These ancient reptiles probably had feeding periods throughout the day and just like my dog loves eating the same dog food day in and day out, I am sure these dinos wanted their usual hearty selection of meats.

                                                    "But I want the toy that comes with the meal!"

This takes us to the Jurassic Park Trilogy. What is the message of all three movies, besides never come back to the island?- Don't be around meat-eaters. I am not going to address the issue of how frog DNA mixed with fossilized dinosaur blood didn't create giant leaping lizards with an appetite for flies. In this case, Dinosaurs, who have never seen humans before in their lives suddenly have a craving for them. It's natural right? When the Brachiosaurus escape, they hunt trees. When the raptors escape, they hunt the Brachiosaurus. When the T-rex escapes, he hunts- humans? Now, I understand that if the humans weren't in any sort of danger, no one would want to watch Jurassic Park. But I honestly believe that if this were to happen in real life, the humans could walk out of the park, hands in their pockets whistling dixie and the dinosaurs wouldn't care less. We see that the dinosaurs are territorial, so when they escape, the first thing they will do is create a territory. As long as the humans stay away from those territories, they should be fine. Jurassic Parks creates the T-rex like a blood thirsty slasher no different than Jason or Freddie. Once he eats the goat, it's on for rexy. He breaks out on a thirst for blood and starts killing the less important characters of stories one by one, even going so far as breaking into the men's bathroom and sniffing out and eating Wayne Knight. At this point even the T-rex had to be sure he had gone too far. T-Rex went on for two movies slaughtering minor characters and not giving a crap. Even by Jurassic Park 3 the raptors are only pissed at the humans for taking their eggs. Its not like they killed humans just because they could.

                                                             "HERE'S REXY!!!!!"

In Jurassic Park 3 we see that its not only the T-Rex who have cravings for humans, but the bigger and much more BAMF Spinosaurus. I can understand the death of the first character in JP3 because he actually thought he could kill a dinosaur with his gun making the Spinosaurus mad at him and ultimately paying the price with his life. Later in the movie, we see the Spinosaurus and T-Rex battle over the corpse of a dead dinosaur, and then after killing the T-Rex, the Spinosaurus goes after the humans because obviously the Spinosaurus didn't want the meal after all. For the rest of the movie, its the Spinosaurus disregarding every other reptile on the island to go after the humans, the raptors ticked that humans took their eggs going after the humans and the Pterodactyls dying to feed their younglings tasty human flesh. All in all, it sucked to be a human on that island in JP3.

Rumor has it Steven Spielberg is working on Jurassic Park 4 and I wonder how that will even play out? Let me guess- Some hunter sick of hunting safaris in Africa goes to Isla Sur with his friends to hunt dinosaurs and gets even more than they bargained for. If I were to make this movie, I would follow the same plot device they used in JP3 of making the raptors 10 times smarter than they were in the last two films, evolve the raptors into such intelligent beings that they can talk and use science, and have the raptors explain to us why humans make such tasty treats for dinosaurs.

                                                          ".... I'll tell you everything."

One extra tidbit of information before I wrap up this blog. Apparently the desire for human flesh extends beyond our planet. Take a look at the new Star Trek film. After Kirk gets his trash kicked by Spock, Spock maroons Kirk on Delta Vega, a planet similar to Hoth, with promises that Starfleet might go looking for him. As soon as Kirk gets out of the shuttle that put him there, he is pursued by some snow werewolf thing that apparently is in for the meal of a lifetime. As this snow wolf almost gets Kirk's tasty flesh (no homo), the wolf is snatched up by some African man eating plant crossed with a dragon called the Hengrauggi. Upon taking a first "look" (this thing has no eyes) at Kirk, the plant-dragon actually throws the now dead snow wolf aside, and I can't emphasize this enough, goes after Kirk almost eating him until Spock from the future saves his life and before breaking the one rule of the universe that would make Doc Brown mad.

                                               
                                                                     WHAT AM I??!?!?!

So, what's the deal Hollywood? What do you know that we don't? Why are humans so tasty? If humans are so tasty, why are we not a race of cannibals? 7 billion people on this planet would stop world hunger in its tracks. Sadly, this question is like asking how many licks it takes to get to the tootsie center of a tootsie pop- the world may never know.

The Death of the Comic Book Movie

Hello! And Welcome to what I hope will be the first of many entries from the insights of me, Dan Brixius. The aim of this blog is to spark thought, inspire laughter, and question reality. This is my first time blogging, so please, once you read this, tell your friends, neighbors, and anyone else to read this as it will enlighten their day. Don't believe me? Lets keep reading!

Still here? Alright then, lets start some controversy!

I hope the title of this blog is what sparked your curiosity to pay me a visit today. I am certain that many if not all of you reading this have seen a comic book movie in your lifetime. X-men, Spider-man, The Dark Knight, The Avengers, and Blade are just a few examples of some movie you may have seen. Recently, Hollywood has blown up with comic book movies and it almost seems that if a studio wants to make some money, they need to put out superhero film. Think about it! Name the movies you saw in theaters this summer. I bet you they include The Avengers, Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spider-man, and The Dark Knight Rises. Now you are thinking, "Wow Dan, you read my mind! That is so amazing!" Yes, yes I am amazing.

For those of you who do not know me, I am a true comic book fan. I have hundreds of comic books at home ranging from Ant-Man to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I grew up watching all the cartoons, and to this day I still collect comic books. I am the kind of person you need to take with you when watching a comic book movie so that I can fill you in on any unknown characters or unexplained plot-holes, but I am not the douchebag that picks apart every comic book movie and says why it's wrong. (Exceptions: X-men 3, Superman Returns, Spider-man 3, The Dark Knight Rises). All in all, I love watching comic book films. Why? Because they are the epitome of everything I wanted to be growing up. My brother and I used to dress up like X-men and play around. My mom got mad when I put knives between my knuckles so I could pretend to be Wolverine. Its not my fault, she wouldn't buy me the costume! I literally shed a tear when I watched the trailer for The Avengers because I knew it would be epic. (I actually teared up and got goosebumps during the whole "Battle for New York" scene. No comic book movie has ever reached that scale of epicness). Comic book movies are awesome and now that we have amazing special effects, Hollywood can make a serious movie without laughing at the cheesy special effects. (See the original Fantastic Four and Captain America).

                                                          Or in this case, a comic book collector.
                                                       
This is the problem- Hollywood has milked the comic book genre so much they have dried up the cow. There will never be another amazing super hero movie. Maybe the Justice League, but that is still up in the air if it will ever be made. This makes me sad, but I am the one to blame as are you, fearless reader, for why Hollywood has forever killed the comic book movie.

See, Hollywood does not make quality movies anymore (No dip, Sherlock!) They are a business no more different than a 7 Eleven. They need to make money and will only make movies that will make them money. Before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, it was unheard of for movies to reach $100 million plus for a movie. Sure, some movies did, but they were few and far between. Now, thanks to rising ticket costs and 3D surcharges, some movies will not even get a sequel unless they make over $300 million. As long as moviegoers will pay to see a movie, Hollywood will continue to make them. Think about the Transformers franchise- probably the most hated franchise ever. Michael Bay even said Transformers 3 would be his final entry in the series. Well guess who is coming back to direct Transformers 4? If you guessed Michael Bay, you are correct! Moviegoers desire to see more Inception like films but tell Hollywood, "It's okay, keep making more Dude, Where's My Car? (But Dude, Where's My Car? is still funny)

                                                      You better not make this, Mr. Bay

For those of you not familiar with comic books, there are three time periods known as the Golden Age of Comics (1940s- early 1950s), The Silver Age (mid 1950s-1970s) and the Bronze Age (1970s-1985) These  40 plus years of comics deal with issues from World War 2 to drugs, gangs, and peer pressure. And each age is great within their own right. There were 40 plus years of great comics (50 plus if you count the Modern Age). For movie goers, the gold, silver, and bronze age of movies has come and gone.

I will start with what I feel are the golden years of comic book movies. I won't count the original Captain America, Flash, Punisher, and Fantastic Four movies because they wouldn't help my defense. The golden years of comic book book movies happened from 1978-1992 and included Superman and Batman. (I will nod to the Wonder Woman and Hulk TV shows, they were excellent as well). The original Superman movie was so great that it made people actually believe a man could fly. Batman was spectacular and dark, and just like Heath Ledger did in The Dark Knight, Jack Nicholson stole the spotlight as The Joker. After Batman Returns, Hollywood gave us the more campy and family oriented superhero films Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin. This is what brought us into the silver age of comic book films. Hollywood started to care less about source material and more about what brought in the money. The Silver Age almost died off until the year 2000 when Bryan Singer's X-men revived the comic book movie. The Batman franchise crashed so hard after Batman and Robin that Warner Bros. scrapped plans to make a fifth Batman movie entitled Batman Triumphant where Scarecrow would be the main villain and Harley Quinn would appear- as Joker's daughter. Thank goodness that was avoided. When X-men came about in 2000 it rebooted the comic book movie franchise so that people would actually take it seriously. Films like X-men, Spider-man, and The Punisher showed that you can make a good movie and still care about the fans. Towards 2003-2004 the Silver Age of comic book movies ended and almost died off again with failed films like Elektra, Catwoman, X-men 3, Superman Returns, etc, but was revived in 2008 by The Dark Knight and Iron Man.

Think about it for a minute- before The Dark Knight, comic book movies could do just about whatever they wanted, now thanks to The Dark Knight everything has to be grounded in realism, no matter what. That is why I think a lot of people hated the Green Lantern movie with Ryan Reynolds, because they were expecting a realistic green lantern and you just can't combine Nolan's Batman with Reynold's Green Lantern. I myself was very confused when I first saw The Dark Knight and Joker appeared on screen for the first time. I asked myself- is this a man that likes to put makeup on his face? How many films now take Christopher Nolan's formula and use it? The new Spider-man franchise now has to be grounded in realism. What have we done?

2008-2012 is the Bronze Age of Comic book movies. Think about how hyped you were when you watched all the marvel movies leading up to the release of The Avengers. I can't put in words how pumped I was to actually see a studio take such a perfect approach to the greatest superhero movie ever. Every time I saw a post-credit sequence teasing the next Marvel movie I grew more impatient for it to come out. I was like a kid on Christmas morning. The Avengers was so great that it not only broke box office records, but it said, "Hey Batman! Looks like you don't have to be dark, realistic, and gritty to be a great movie!" No movie ever will be able to duplicate the recipe or the hype for success like Marvel did with Avengers: Phase one. Ever.

That takes us to today. 2012 is fading out fast and all the great Superhero franchises have ended. Now that Marvel has had such success with their films, they will dominate the box office over the next two years until The Avengers 2 comes out in 2015. Guess how many movies marvel has lined up over the next 3 years? 9. 9 films. That is overkill, especially now that everyone will hold the next Marvel film to the caliber of The Avengers. Iron Man 3 already has 3 villains and 3 'Iron Men' including War Machine and Iron Patriot. It is going to be very tough for Marvel to top what they have done. Nowadays, everyone is bombarded with comic book movies and now that the two best franchises are done with, the popularity of comic book movies will fade out. Don't believe me? Dredd 3D was released this past weekend surrounded by nothing but hype and good reviews. It made only $6 million. It received better reviews than House at the End of the Street and Trouble with the Curve but performed worse than they did. From what my comic book loving pals say about Dredd 3D is that it is one of the best movies adapted from a comic book to date. Yes, it's R-rated but sometimes you just can't do a good comic book justice with a PG-13 rating. Would The Punisher have been so great if it was PG-13? It would have been cheesy. No one, besides true comic book fans, will remain loyal to these franchises. Its time that Hollywood brings back original ideas like The Matrix, Inception, Star Wars, etc.

Epilogue

Well that was kind of a downer, wasn't it? Sometimes, the truth hurts. I may have sounded cynical and pessimistic at some points but its just because I love comic books so much and I can see they are being destroyed nowadays. Lets end this on a jovial note!

Two atoms are walking down the street. One atom says to his friend, "Oh no! I've lost one of my electrons!" "Are you sure?" the other atom asks. Says the first atom, "I'm positive."

See you next time, friends!