Let’s check the list:
- Pouty lips (is it Blue steel, or Magnum?)
- Mouth Breathers.
- Elongated stares more torturous than a Hostel movie.
- Abs that send washboards back to the gym in shame.
- Teen Wolf’s extended family (P.S. – we forgive you too, Jason Bateman)
- Sparkly vampires that make Count Chocula cry in his milk.
These are just a few of the ideas that come to mind when thinking about the overextended Twilight series that adds “Breaking Dawn – Part 1” to it’s cinematic entries in Potter-mimicking fashion.
Joss Whedon has a heavy cross to bear… namely the bulk expectations of not just comics fans, but the increased fan base the recent years of interconnected Marvel movies has accrued. Those who’ve enjoyed the amazing solo entries of the upcoming Avengers surely have big, bombastic hopes and dreams for what the assembled film will provide, in sheer spectacle as well as character advancement for their favorite among the heroes. (I’m praying for you, Joss!)
Along that Marvel mindset, I bumped into another writer for comics, theater and cinema, Jim Krueger, last week in Florida and shared engaging conversation over dinner regarding his own work with these superheroes.
Revisiting a well-worn graphic novel of his in my possession, Earth X, I discovered the forward was by none other than Whedon himself. If Joss’ words of high praise hold true I hope stories like Earth X inspire the Avengers director to go big and thought-provoking as he weaves these larger-than-life characters together.
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