the groundhog day project

We've been here before. day 612 - he'll save every one of us day 613 - this ming is a psycho day 614 - no one but the pure in heart Flash Gordon . Silly, stupid fun with a kickass soundtrack and score. With the unreal, murky red sky and Aquaman flying between Cyborg and the Batmobile, I wonder if someone working on Justice League didn't have some love for this film... Hell, given the likely ages of people working behind the scenes on a movie like Justice League , I wouldn't be surprised if they all had some love for Flash Gordon . But--not that I'm reviewing Justice League right now--they could have used a lot more of the sense of fun that Flash Gordon has. Seriously, even in its quietest, most serious moments, this movie can't help but be fun. From Ming's ridiculously labeled-in-English world-destroying computer to the "football" game to Aura kissing Flash while he's trying to communicate telepathically with Dale to that silly roc...

Today, I saw Justice League and Wonder on the big screen. I will not have time for one of my "childhood deconstruction" movies today, even though watching far too many movies seems to be one of my primary skills. Along with writing far too many words about them. Today, I'm going to a concert, and will be home late. So, no more movies today... even though I could almost fit one in right now. And, maybe only a few words. Regarding a recent theme here about humanizing monsters, I was reminded of Super Friends while watching Justice League , and how even the villains had a club... SPOILERS: if you stay after the credits of Justice League you'll see the villains are forming up in the cinematic DCU as well, but it probably won't be as fun. Some good Black Manta and Lex Luthor arguing while Bizarro is perplexed about the plan--the DCU could use something light like that. And, on the heroes' side, we need some Wonder Twins. I remember when DC published some la...