Comments on: Michel Gondry Calls Critical ‘Green Hornet’ Fans “Fascists”

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

Fan responds: \”One-hit wonder\”

By: MDL

MDL — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

The Green Hornet release date is January 14th. That pretty much tells us that it is probably not a great film. January is traditionally the graveyard month for films that open in NY and LA. But maybe it will surprise us?

By: GreenY

GreenY — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

Maybe comic book fans should go to film school, get a degree, make some small movies to get started, and then they\’ll be on their way to directing their own comic book movies just like Gondry.

But then, when would they have the time to read comics, surf the net, play World of Warcraft, make their own Green Hornet costume, fight over Star Trek and get to the store before the new Barely Legal sells out.

I guess that\’s why comic book fans are not directors.

By: The Teal Hornet

The Teal Hornet — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

I am a die-hard comic book fan and love comic book movies. Some of the more militant comic fans may tend to take Gondry\’s statement as a total slight (I can see some getting disgruntled over the \”fascist\” remark), but to be honest I can see what he\’s trying to say. Some of us DO tend to think what WE say is the way it should be. Comics and comic fandom has always had this bit of exclusivity to it. A real sort of boy\’s club mentality. Almost like we tend to think: This is OUR world and if you or anyone else isn\’t hip to our jive, you don\’t get it or get in on it. Thing is, it\’s the general public (those that don\’t read the comics and such, but are interested in seeing these sort of movies as well) that makes up the majority of the ticket sales. Not just the fans, everyone in general has to be considered on all levels of making these comic book movies too. Everybody is the demographic for these films a lot of times. They want to get as many possible bootys in the seats as they can, so they create comic movies to appeal to everyone…not just the comic fans.

There are so many ranters out there already hating on this movie site-unseen due mostly to Seth Rogen being cast as opposed to a more Hugh Jackman-like actor. Also a factor is that the tone of the movie is an action-comedy on the level of say the Lethal Weapon movies (especially the sequels). Fans wanted a handsome/physically conditioned Britt Reid/Green Hornet and a more serious/noirish take on the property. But let\’s face it, The Green Hornet isn\’t as well known and iconic as Batman. They could get away with a more action-comedic telling of T.G.H. than with Batman and many other properties.

Thing for me is that I\’m one of those more than willing to let this movie have it\’s shot. I wouldn\’t have cast Rogen, but I do admire his slimming down for the role and working with it. I admire the cajones it takes to take that on in spite of the rants against him. It makes me think back to all the naysayers when Michael Keaton was cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton\’s version of that property. No, Keaton was miles and miles away from the Bruce Wayne we all know from the comics (which my favorite Batman Christian Bale matches well). But Keaton\’s casting in that role made it believable and interesting because you could see a guy like him dressing up as a human-bat crimefighter. Same goes with Rogen, for me. I can imagine a guy like him taking on the persona of a hornet-themed crimefighter rather than a Hugh Jackman-type. Although I\’d have loved a more faithful interpretation of Britt Reid/The Green Hornet, I find Rogen in the role interesting.

Also, it\’s been said that preview screenings have gone over extremely well with this movie. Aint It Cool News had glowing things to say on the movie. So I won\’t be at all surprised if Gondry and the crew make the more militant fans eat their words.

I\’m not saying I think Gondry is right in what he said either. In fact, if I were to be able to voice ANYTHING to him in having read this, I\’d say one thing: Choose your words more carefully, otherwise you\’ll run the risk of alienating the fans of the source material from you like Brett Ratner did after dissing fans because they didn\’t like his X-Men 3 film.

I\’m looking forward to seeing The Green Hornet next month. Hoping to have a good time with it. Just so long as it\’s not Jonah Hex-bad, I\’ll be cool with it. 😉

By: BradZuhl

BradZuhl — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

They should have killed the Green Hornet in the first 10 minutes and just made it a Kato movie. The Green Hornet was the least interesting part of the old TV show and will be the least interesting part of this film!

By: Jacob Black

Jacob Black — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

He does have a point because the genre DOES belong to them. Seth Rogan is a joke. No way I\’m seeing this movie. Too bad too. It couldve been legit if the leading actor wasn\’t such a fool. I would have loved to see Kaito in action.. Maybe I\’ll watch it when it goes to streaming Netflix or fable TV.

By: brou

brou — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

\”the rumored disaster\” that was just presented that way on the internet without any proof…

By: Meronym

Meronym — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:26:15 +0000

“When you step into this genre, they feel it belongs to them. They want you to conform, or they won’t like you. They want the conventional.\”

He has a point.