Comments on: Spider Jumps Shark http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen Uitti http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43720 Stephen Uitti Mon, 07 May 2007 14:23:32 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43720 'preachy' is a word. Beats the heck out of 'attrited'. ‘preachy’ is a word.
Beats the heck out of ‘attrited’.

]]> By: anon http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43547 anon Sun, 06 May 2007 21:39:54 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43547 <i>...Norrin Radd, co-created by the legendary (one of the greatest of all time) Jack Kirby, the choice to only focus on the dark sides of his character as the villain, seem disingenuous at best.</i> Seriously? We won't get the "Norrin Radd meets Alicia Masters and learns to appreciate humanity" part of the plot? I'm avoiding the new Spider-Man movie, at least for the moment; I've been pretty sure nothing good could come of turning the Venom plot into a movie. And let's hope they never try to make a movie out of the mid-90s "Clone Saga", when I quit reading the comics in disgust (even as a kid, I knew they had jumped the shark then!). …Norrin Radd, co-created by the legendary (one of the greatest of all time) Jack Kirby, the choice to only focus on the dark sides of his character as the villain, seem disingenuous at best.

Seriously? We won’t get the “Norrin Radd meets Alicia Masters and learns to appreciate humanity” part of the plot?

I’m avoiding the new Spider-Man movie, at least for the moment; I’ve been pretty sure nothing good could come of turning the Venom plot into a movie. And let’s hope they never try to make a movie out of the mid-90s “Clone Saga”, when I quit reading the comics in disgust (even as a kid, I knew they had jumped the shark then!).

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43512 spyder Sun, 06 May 2007 17:37:48 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43512 Jeez, the "books" jumped the shark about the same time Fonzi did; and the movies are mere reflections, becoming more and more distorted, of that. While i look forward to the new Fantastic Four sequel, solely because it features one of my all-time favorite Marvel characters from the 1960's Norrin Radd, co-created by the legendary (one of the greatest of all time) Jack Kirby, the choice to only focus on the dark sides of his character as the villain, seem disingenuous at best. Jeez, the “books” jumped the shark about the same time Fonzi did; and the movies are mere reflections, becoming more and more distorted, of that. While i look forward to the new Fantastic Four sequel, solely because it features one of my all-time favorite Marvel characters from the 1960’s Norrin Radd, co-created by the legendary (one of the greatest of all time) Jack Kirby, the choice to only focus on the dark sides of his character as the villain, seem disingenuous at best.

]]> By: Neil http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43409 Neil Sun, 06 May 2007 07:43:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43409 I enjoyed the original a lot. I thought the script in the second one lost a lot of humour and subtlety; it was overtly sanctimonious and preachy (is preachy a word?) So I don't have high hopes for number 3. There are very few movie series these days where the sequels have any artistic merit, as opposed to just being a franchise. I enjoyed the original a lot. I thought the script in the second one lost a lot of humour and subtlety; it was overtly sanctimonious and preachy (is preachy a word?) So I don’t have high hopes for number 3. There are very few movie series these days where the sequels have any artistic merit, as opposed to just being a franchise.

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43393 Jude Sun, 06 May 2007 06:03:51 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/05/05/spider-jumps-shark/#comment-43393 I love The New Yorker review. "There is one great scene in 'Spider-Man 3,' and you can pretty much leave the theatre once it's over, but for those three or four minutes you wouldn't want to be anywhere else." I love The New Yorker review. “There is one great scene in ‘Spider-Man 3,’ and you can pretty much leave the theatre once it’s over, but for those three or four minutes you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”

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