It’s emerging from the darkness…the ghastly, horrible, revolting…Copyright Monster! Okay, that’s enough of that. Now: Springboard for a 22 page Superhero Story! Birdman is in torment. For over 75 years he’s been fighting crime, swinging from rooftops, crashing through windows, escaping from death traps. He has vanquished foe after foe: the list is long and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Eb89oCqOSw0 If these aren’t on sale at San Diego this year, I’m going to be very disappointed.
No, that’s not the title of the next Batman movie. Well, it might be. I suspect Warner Bros. hasn’t thought that far ahead. They’re too busy trying to make their Aquaman movie without giggling themselves to death. A couple nights ago I was watching Batman Returns – you’ll recall that was Michael Keaton’s second and…
There is a scene near the end of Birdman’s second act where Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton) delivers a brutal tirade against the idea of theater criticism. He talks about how safe the life of a critic is and how audacious it is of them to judge the work of actors. This puts me in a…
