Ridley:Fantasy as Shumacher:Batman (Destiny)

by Robot Chickens, Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 11:49 (2775 days ago) @ Harmanimus
edited by Robot Chickens, Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 12:41

And if you don’t think a powerful fae creature whose existence is literally based on darkness would be melodramatic. Scratch that, if you don’t think a fae creature would be melodramatic, I guess the fairytale oriented fantasy might just not be your flavor.

We're veering dangerously close to no-true-Scotsman territory here. I've enjoyed a fairytale or two and have opinions and stuff... :-)

But, you're right, the lines fit for the character who is part of this bat-s*** crazy world. I just don't find that world well-written or compelling. Here's where I may get myself in trouble. I don't think the 80's knew what to do with the fantasy genre in general. It was like Joel Schumacher directing Batman and Robin. He wasn't a fan, but he was pretty sure he knew what fans liked about the genre so he went over-the-top and created a massive dumpster fire. He put stuff in that stereotypes of the fans would like, but not real humans. That's what I think happened with Legend.

Okay, perhaps that's unfair. Ridley clearly likes the genre and wanted to tell some sort of morality tale in it. But, I'm not sure there's anything worth exploring in there. Plus, TOM CRUISE'S ARMOR HAS NO PANTS.