In the second Godfather movie, Michael Corleone said something like, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” I have been pulled back into the comics universe, and it’s happening right in the middle of a cinematic battle between the two titans, Marvel and DC. Sure I read comics in my younger days, and I even enjoyed Blade when it came to the movies, but I had no idea this was going to happen.
I went to the movies to see Wonder Woman last night, which is a DC offering. Previously I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Doctor Strange, both Marvel productions. I don’t know if being an adrenaline junkie helps you lose weight, but I’m on a steady diet of it right now.
The best thing to happen to movies was CGI. Now anything we read about in the comics forty years ago can be brought to the big screen. On the other hand, that’s all that’s being brought to the big screen. All the trailers I saw in the theater were for action movies. Most are about other worlds or clashes between Earth and alternate universes, conflicts which need a ragtag group of outcasts to resolve, and enough one-liners to fill a guidebook. You know your world has gotten a little odd when you contact your IT guy and say, “I am Groot,” and they know you mean “I could use your help.” You also know you’re in deep when, instead of getting a sense of deja vu, you find yourself saying, “Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.”
And if you don’t know what I mean, please do look it up. You’re going to be seeing these things for a while.
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