Kevin (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} walk_slow) wrote in hellomightydog, |
Something else I didn't mention last night about that New Yorker article I read about Star Trek was an attack on the trend to produce origin films. Instead of just throwing someone into the action and giving them enough credit to figure it out on their own, lots of films are now devoting a significant part of their story to origins that aren't all that interesting. Beyond that, now film franchises are devoting entire features to explaining characters you already know. The article laid into Batman Begins pretty hard, but Star Trek and Wolverine are more of the same- characters you already know... and here is why they are who they are... although you already know who they are... and you may even have a pretty good idea of why... but, you know... here you go...
