There's a reason Marvel Comics isn't currently printing or publishing a successful Sub-Mariner comic book.
The reason: Nobody cares unless there's a movie coming out.
If the people online who proclaimed to be Namor fans were actual fans, there would be an outcry for a comic. Would you like to know why there isn't? The fan base doesn't exist until a movie is ready to go into production because without that... nobody cares.
I've been following The Green Hornet movie, watching the likes of Kevin Smith, Greg Kinnear and George Clooney all pass on the film. Once a concrete deal was announced with Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry, I
wasn't surprised to hear the many (vastly negative) opinions on the matter. It was the same knee-jerk reaction that I heard several times after Heath Ledger was cast in TDK.
With an innovative filmmaker like Michel Gondry
(Eternal Sunshine, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Be Kind Rewind) helming the film, that solidified it for me. Gondry has a knack for provoking excellent performances from... most notably, comedians so it makes sense that he and Rogen would make for a great match!
The notion that Seth Rogen won't be able to pull off an action role is ridiculous. First of all, it's Hollywood! If they can make a human torch chase a silver alien on a surboard around New York City or make Ice Cube look bad ass, they could make Seth Rogen into a hero. Not only that, but he co-wrote the script and worked out to get into shape so you know he's taking it seriously. Not to mention, they picked the laziest hero for him to portray. Brit Reid rarely gets his hands dirty while Kato does most of the heavy-lifting and Green Hornet recieves the glory. That dynamic alone has comedic value that I don't think was ever explored in the past.
I don't understand.
Nobody gave a crap about the Green Hornet for the better part of the last fifty years, now everyone and their pets have opinions all because of this movie. I would like to know those of you who hear about a movie coming out, read up everything you can about the character on Wikipedia and then walk around, talking like you've been a fan forever.
Guess what? You're annoying!
Usually when people are passionate, it's because they have some sort of nostalgic feeling they've been harboring for the character since childhood. The Green Hornet fell out of popular culture a long time ago and for the most part, it has stayed out so really, what's the liklihood that anyone under forty really gives a crap who plays the role? Nobody, really. The people complaining are only complaining to hear themselves complain.
Hear that? You're all a bunch of [frick]in' whiners!
I am aware of the irony, myself calling you whiners after I spent whole article whining.
I'll believe you if you say you're a '
huge X-Men fan!'. I'll believe you if you say you're a '
huge Terminator fan!' because they've had consistant relevance within the stratosphere over the last few decades. So forgive me if I call bullsh*t when I hear 'Oh, I'm a
huge Green Hornet fan!' I probably won't believe you... that is, until after the movie's out.
P.S. Judging from the trailers, The Green Hornet looks ten times better than Green Lantern.