2007’s theatrical release Grindhouse was the co-opted brain child of filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The concept was simple, make a double feature that hearkened back to the days of the old 1970s “grindhouse” films (although these type of films have been around since the 1930s), which were usually low budget exploitation films about bizarre subjects, monsters, violence, sadism, sex, and fast cars. Characteristically, these films had poor production value, abysmal film quality and were usually shown in theaters as a double or triple bill. In tribute to the…
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Doom and Gloom and Wrong, Just Wrong – Nerd Trailer Analysis
There’s a concept that is being bandied about in the Film Industry that is not only tone deaf to reality, but also damaging to the intellectual properties that they apply them to. I’m of course talking about the need for Directors and Studios to take light hearted comic book properties and needlessly turn them dark and gritty. 2 movie trailers were released over the weekend for prominent comic book franchises, Batman vs. Superman and the Fantastic Four (a reboot of the reboot of the Roger Corman film, yup, I went…