… and I kept thinking, “This is Batman!”
Seriously, the detective skills are the obvious similarities in general, but with this incarnation of Sherlock, there was more. The utility pouch with all sorts of tools for detective work reminded me of the investigative tools in Batman’s utility belt. The guy’s ability to anticipate and plan all the way through any fight, and fighting skills in general, were reminiscent of, if somewhat inferior to, Batman’s capabilities. The ability to come up with sparkling, disarming banter… okay, maybe that bit wasn’t good ol’ Bruce. So he mixed a little Tony Stark nonchalance and a little Green Lantern (most of them) cockiness- that’s still the goddamn drunk Batman in there.
It’s not going to be a Captain America that you expect. It’s something different. It is influenced by the comic book, but it goes off in a completely different direction. It’s the origin story of Captain America. It’s mostly period—there are modern, present-day bookends on it—but it’s basically the story of how Steve Rogers becomes Captain America. The great thing about Captain America is he’s a super hero without any super powers. Which is why this story, among the hundreds of super hero stories, appealed to me the most. He can’t fly, he can’t see through walls, he can’t do any of that stuff. He’s an every man who’s been given this amazing gift of transformation into the perfect specimen—the pinnacle of human perfection. How does that affect him? What does that mean for him emotionally and psychologically? He was this 98-pound weakling, he was this wimp, and he’s transformed instantly into this Adonis. You’d think he got everything he wanted. Well, he didn’t get everything he wanted. The rules change at that point and his life gets even more complicated and dire.
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“Sherlock Holmes” actor Mark Strong is in talks to play Sinestro in the “Green Lantern” movie, according to director Martin Campbell.
Hmmm… I had been so captivated by that photoshopped Hugo Weaving image I completely forgot about this possibility. This could be interesting, indeed… he could actually be quite believable as someone similar to the First Flight Sinestro, who I believe to be the best on screen Sinestro thus far. Plus, he could induce fear better than some others while coming across as earnestly striving for something better but misguided in the direction he takes.
