The only thing I’m more sick of than superhero movies are superhero spoofs. The worst ones have involved Tim Allen and while this one is mostly Allen free it’s presence in theaters a few months from now is almost certain to be wholly unwelcome. HR says Dimension Films is making an action parody flick called Superhero!.
The film uses an ensemble cast, which is code for they couldn’t find anyone very famous to be in it. So instead they have the likes of Christopher McDonald (that guy from Happy Gilmore), Leslie Nielsen (that guy from those movies), Marion Ross (Richie’s mother), Jeffrey Tambor (hey now Hank), and Brent Spiner (who always seemed like such a great actor on Star Trek but has turned out to be a big, stinking, zero) to ride herd on a cast of young whipper snappers from Nickelodeon shows.
The creatively named Superhero! movie should be in the mold of the increasingly junkie Scary Movie films which, makes sense since the two movies have not only cast members in common (Leslie Neilsen), but they’re directed and produced by the same people.
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Hollywood, often the great, faceless arbitrator of cinematic destiny, is not as straightfoward as it may seem. It doesn't cultivate only the talented, nor does it reject only goose eggs. Capitalism, whim, and the particular circumstances of a given time all have an effect on how well an actor/ess "makes it" in the movies. Also the quality of his or her performance has a lot to do with the role they are given, the other actors, the crew...all on top of their personal training. Brent Spiner has been trained much in the tradition of other theater actors: trained in method acting, and most of all, trained in flexibility...which didn't suit him well for the typical Hollywood scene. It's a little like having a jack of all trades trying to get work in a factory that only offers very specialized fields. They like to have character actors that they can easily organize and label neatly. Like most things, Hollywood is a packagable product--please understand that I'm not being critical of that...I'm merely drawing attention back to that fact.
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The only thing I’m more sick of than superhero movies are superhero spoofs. The worst ones have involved Tim Allen and while this one is mostly Allen free it’s presence in theaters a few months from now is almost certain to be wholly unwelcome. HR says Dimension Films is making an action parody flick called Superhero!.
September 24th, 2007 at 00:16
Hollywood, often the great, faceless arbitrator of cinematic destiny, is not as straightfoward as it may seem. It doesn't cultivate only the talented, nor does it reject only goose eggs. Capitalism, whim, and the particular circumstances of a given time all have an effect on how well an actor/ess "makes it" in the movies. Also the quality of his or her performance has a lot to do with the role they are given, the other actors, the crew...all on top of their personal training. Brent Spiner has been trained much in the tradition of other theater actors: trained in method acting, and most of all, trained in flexibility...which didn't suit him well for the typical Hollywood scene. It's a little like having a jack of all trades trying to get work in a factory that only offers very specialized fields. They like to have character actors that they can easily organize and label neatly. Like most things, Hollywood is a packagable product--please understand that I'm not being critical of that...I'm merely drawing attention back to that fact.