1970s Spider-Man, get off my lawn!
When I hear people say things like “I saw The Avengers today. It was ok. The effects were kind of fake, and it wasn’t that believable,” I want to go find a hose and spray them off my lawn. When I was a kid-
I hate that I say things like “When I was a kid” now. But still.
When I was a kid, our live-action superheroes were not massively budgeted event movies with top talent exploding off the screen. They were out of shape tv actors in wrinkly spandex-cotton blends posing on rooftops. They were green-airbrushed flabby weightlifters who could barely throw a car door across a street. There was once a “Justice League Comedy Hour”, which consisted of live studio audience skits and musical numbers. Adam West reprised his role as Batman. There was a barbershop quartet with Hawkman.
You people simply do not know how good you have it. This is the Nerd Golden Age. Embrace it and enjoy it. But if you insist on criticizing it, be careful you don’t find yourself “accidentally” time-shunted to 1983, with nothing to watch but Manimal and Megaforce.
1970s Spider-Man, get off my lawn!
When I hear people say things like “I saw The Avengers today. It was ok. The effects were kind of fake, and it wasn’t that believable,” I want to go find a hose and spray them off my lawn. When I was a kid-
I hate that I say things like “When I was a kid” now. But still.
When I was a kid, our live-action superheroes were not massively budgeted event movies with top talent exploding off the screen. They were out of shape tv actors in wrinkly spandex-cotton blends posing on rooftops. They were green-airbrushed flabby weightlifters who could barely throw a car door across a street. There was once a “Justice League Comedy Hour”, which consisted of live studio audience skits and musical numbers. Adam West reprised his role as Batman. There was a barbershop quartet with Hawkman.
You people simply do not know how good you have it. This is the Nerd Golden Age. Embrace it and enjoy it. But if you insist on criticizing it, be careful you don’t find yourself “accidentally” time-shunted to 1983, with nothing to watch but Manimal and Megaforce.