Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut)

After the critical and box office success of Superman, Warner Bros. (WB) allowed father & son producers, Alexander & Ilya Salkind, to produce a sequel based on half of the screenplay from the first film by giving The Salkinds financial as well as creative control on the budget and script approval for the second installment. […]

Flashback Review: Fantastic Four (2005)

In The 1960’s, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby created their first Marvel Comics superhero team called, “Fantastic Four.” It’s about four people who participate in a space mission, until they get hit by a radiated cloud, causing them to gain extraordinary powers. Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic is the leader of the group, known as the smart […]

Superman

Before I go through The Pros & Cons about Superman, let’s go back in time on why The Man Of Steel became a game changer in both comics and adapted media. During The Great Depression, two friends named, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, published a short story called, “The Reign Of The Superman” about a […]

Pacific Rim

Filmmaker, Guillermo Del Toro, (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape Of Water) was hired to help out screenwriter, Travis Beacham, to polish his screenplay called, “Killing On Carnival Row.” The script is about a giant robot battling a giant monster. After Guillermo came up with a theme involving survivor’s guilt in much a realistic tone, rather […]

Flashback Review: The Iron Giant (WB’s Flops Vol. 1 #7)

In 1968, English author, Ted Hughes, published a book called, “The Iron Man.” (has nothing to do with Marvel’s Iron Man) The Premise is about a boy who encounters a massive robot from space, as he teaches him humanity & and helps him adapt to his surroundings on Earth. Two Decades Later, The Who guitarist, […]

Flashback Review: Treasure Planet (Disney’s Flops Vol. 1 #6)

In 1985, back when Disney was in the middle of a slump, former Disney boss/future CEO of DreamWorks, Jeffery Katzenberg met with producers to brainstorm on some ideas to develop their next big project. One of them pitched the idea on adapting Treasure Island as an animated sci-fi action-adventure film. Jeffery wasn’t into the idea, […]