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Daredevil.
I hated the movie. I don't know whether or not it's the director, the story or Affleck... or even all of them, but it downright sucks.
So how to make it work? I think if they went a bit from the source material, and made the blindness occur somewhere in the second act, and have him deal with it, then maybe it could be done.
There are moments of Daredevil that work, but I agree that it needs a reboot. I'd also like to see Fantastic Four get remade by the new Marvel Studios.
I had a discussion with the gf yesterday about comic book movies, why they work/don't work, and Fantastic four was listed as one that doesn't.
I think the main problem with F4, Hulk, Thor and Green Lantern, is that the premise works as a comic book, where the story doesn't need to wrap within a set time frame, but can easily span over several years. A movie always needs to deal with the origin story, an obstacle, and a resolution.
F4 made no sense at all, unless you've read the comic book, hulk COULD work, but I don't see how, to be honest. Thor raped Norse mythology. As for Green Lantern... Well, that shit is just weird any way you look at it. A guardian of the universe that uses a ring that replicates any object in green glass-esque material? WTF.
The main problem with those movies, especially Daredevil and FF: Product Placement, is they're not telling good, human stories.
Daredevil frustrates me to no end. You have a lawyer who KNOWS he's right (a secondary power of his is essentially being a lie detector), and when he loses a case, it's a reminder of what a failure he is. If a killer gets away, its all on him. So then he dresses up, steps outside the legal system he swore to, and beats the shit out bad guys.
I've always seen Daredevil as someone who hates himself for his own inadequacy and failures - be it in the courtroom or his blindness or his father's death.
The movie we got didn't come close to any of that. It was a tonal mess, and everything felt tacked on in post production. Not just scenes. The whole movie seemed like an after thought.
Let's not forget the supernatural wire-work etc 
I've always said that they should do a remake of The Running Man. I realize we've kind of had that happen with things like The Condemned and The Hunger Games, but I mean specifically taking advantage of the future society in Running Man. That always felt to me like a movie full of awesome concepts that just didn't have the budget to deliver on everything it wanted (and I say that as someone who really likes that movie). The game show aspect could be played up even more nowadays, introduce stuff like people worldwide texting who they want to die next, what villain they want to drop into the arena next, a la American Idol.
Bump for funsies.
I should say; I'm more than happy with Netflix's Daredevil. It's pretty damn good.
As for remakes?
Prequels.
Tbh at this point I just want to let the prequels fucking go. Yes, they're terrible, but relegislating them is a good way to make no one happy. The fans who like I, II, and III will be pissed that they're being "disrespected," and the fans who hate them will just have all their bitter memories dredged up again, and EVERYONE would have endless debates over what's canon now. One of the joys of this new SW era has been the newfound ability to basically just forget about the prequels if you want to. It's really liberating.
It's melodramatic to say, but the prequels and special editions are legitimately unhealthy for me to think about. I absolutely love the DiF commentaries on the prequel trilogy, but they were also what spawned a several-year period of me being fucking miserable around Star Wars because of how tarnished it had gotten for me. The Disney era represented a clean slate for me, and I really don't want to let that go because I don't want to be the sort of person who gets genuinely, viscerally upset by a fucking movie trilogy anymore.
Not sure if this follows but I'll try, with Star Wars and pop culture in general.
Because, I'm kind of over it. I still enjoy Star Wars, to be sure, and I still discuss the PT and find positives and negatives in them. I've become less biter towards them on the hold as I have aged. I won't call it "maturity" because-no. But, I've hit a point in my life were I like what I like, and appreciating things for just how they are.
But, I don't go out and try to consume pop culture any more. Even Star Wars, which I has a bin of figures to testify to my geekiness and still want to make a fan film some day, has lost a little glimmer. I just don't find it as engaging as I did.
I think my biggest frustration and the point were it crossed was with Star Trek and the constant emotional beatings on about "Not real Star Trek!" and fan films and the like. It's just draining because the culture has hit the point of constant outrage over small details and not enjoying things for anything.
So, I'd rather spend time enjoying things that I enjoy and sharing those experiences with others who also want to share them. I'm just kind of over the toxicity-it's too exhausting.
Not entirely spawned by your posts, guys, but some of my ramblings from an impromptu walk yesterday too.
Why do I...
What did I...
When will I...
*sigh*
+1
...and of course, I grew up with it. (Cloe too, I think.)
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