Update-ish
Added 2022-07-23 08:10:33 +0000 UTCHey guys,
Well due to some unforeseen circumstances, and me underestimating how hard it would be to do quality reactions while visiting my parents in Canada, I’m only going to be able to do LA Confidential at some point in the next week. I need to wait for Superman until I get back unfortunately. I just want to give it the best I got, and maybe with Carly! I return to Utah in 9 days and we will back to regular scheduled programming.
How bout those polls eh?! Photo finish! Should I tell you what I voted for ;) Superman won by one vote! I will watch GT too, I have too right? Just not right away in the schedule. The YT poll is tied exactly with We Were Soldiers and JoJo Rabbit with 28,000 votes, that’s crazy!!
Your investment in movies and my channel truly give me life and I will be back soon!
Love you all,
Cassie
Comments
LA Confidential is one of my favorites! Can’t wait for your reaction.
KauaiKeith
2022-07-27 00:10:23 +0000 UTC@SFS: I don't disagree with you (apart from some half-hearted pointless quibbling with the last part.) My last sentence ("incontrovertibly") was a tongue in cheek reference to, well, Batman owing a lot to Zorro. :-) https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BatmanYearOne.jpg
Happy Hanukkah
2022-07-26 20:55:15 +0000 UTC@Happy Hanukkah: I realize we're getting into muddy waters here, but I feel like there's a difference between a hero who is just a remarkable person and a superhero. When/where superheroes actually begin is, of course, debatable, but most agree it was comic books themselves that introduced them. This doesn't mean that every comic book character was a superhero (as Shawn pointed out above, Robin Hood appeared in comic form), but the initial definition of a superhero involved them actually being "super" in some way (the term really originated with Superman who had "powers and abilities far beyond mortal men") and as much as I love Robin Hood, Zorro and the Lone Ranger, there's nothing really "super" about them. They're exceptional human beings and admirable heroes, but their abilities don't really qualify as "super" (although they helped inspire the original superheroes: Batman owes a lot to Zorro, for example). Some call Popeye, who first appeared in comics, with his impossibly incredible strength the original superhero, but I personally tend to go back just a little bit further into populist serialized pulp literature to find him. Discounting all the classic Greek/Roman demi-gods and whatnot, I feel like Sherlock Holmes, with his superhuman intellect, was really the proto-superhero. I wouldn't, though, consider every Sherlock Holmes film ever made a superhero movie... although the Guy Ritchie ones, with Iron Man's RDJ himself, probably fit the bill.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-07-26 17:19:27 +0000 UTCFor a new-ish take, I would definitely recommend The Mask of Zorro (1998), but I was informed by an esteemed member of our community that Letterboxd notwithstanding, Cassie has already seen it. (It's a fun romp with Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Sir Anthony Hopkins.) (The Mark of Zorro (1940) incontrovertibly takes us into superhero territory.)
Happy Hanukkah
2022-07-26 14:54:58 +0000 UTCWhat? "Superman was shot"?! But I thought he was faster than a speeding bullet! :-P
Happy Hanukkah
2022-07-26 14:40:37 +0000 UTCCassie as an Albertan, you may be interested to know that Superman was shot in and around Calgary and Drumheller. As a resident of Utah, you may be interested to know the HS football team was recruited from the U of C LDS Institute of religion because they script required guys with 1940's style short hair
Brent harker
2022-07-26 09:54:04 +0000 UTCThe first example of what we in the U.S. consider a superhero movie is indeed the 1978 SUPERMAN. That said, the first example of a superhero as we think of them at the movies was ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, a 12-chapter Republic serial from 1941.
Jason Chirevas
2022-07-26 06:49:36 +0000 UTCHmm, maybe even Zorro or the Lone Ranger?
Shawn Kildal
2022-07-26 04:37:42 +0000 UTCRobin Hood was in the old comic book world way back in the day. He was featured with Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin, and the Justice League among others all in separate stories. Still not sure he's considered a superhero though like Green Arrow and Hawkeye are. Good call regardless. Certainly, hadn't considered it until you brought it up
Shawn Kildal
2022-07-26 04:35:12 +0000 UTCYeah, technically speaking BATMAN '66 was a theatrically released superhero feature film before SUPERMAN, but only in the same way that Barry Nelson was the first James Bond. BATMAN was essentially an extension of the popular TV series, so it just played like an extra long episode. Don't get me wrong. I love it (I grew up watching it), but It wasn't a MOVIE movie and it certainly didn't spawn a string of imitators.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-07-26 04:34:32 +0000 UTCI look at and treat Superman 78 as the first superhero movie, but actually Batman 66 with Adam West and Burt Ward was the first to hit the theaters. "Somedays you just can't get rid of a bomb" The movie was only moderately successful though and certainly doesn't compare to this
Shawn Kildal
2022-07-26 04:19:05 +0000 UTCLA Confidential is really good neo-noir. Robin Hood is excellent action adventure. It drove Basil Rathbone nuts that he had to lose his sword fights to Flynn because he thought he was a superior swordsman. Flynn didn't care. Maid Marian, Olivia de Havilland died just a couple years ago at 104 years old.
Christopher Carr
2022-07-26 04:08:37 +0000 UTCDon't know about "superhero movie," but it's grand and glorious entertainment nonetheless. A first-rate cast, colorful costumes and sets, gorgeous cinematography, majestic music, thrilling action, sweeping romance and plenty of spectacle. It's classic Hollywood studio filmmaking at it's best. I'd love to see a reaction to it.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-07-25 21:36:34 +0000 UTCErrol Flynn was the DEFINITIVE Robin Hood in the 1938 movie. Great call on this one.
Just Plain Bob
2022-07-25 20:29:10 +0000 UTCWell said!! When Christopher Reeve goes from Clark Kent to Superman and back with just body language and his voice. Brilliant Acting!! I say Christopher Reeve had the hardest acting job in history. He had to make a cartoon into a real person.
TommyJ.
2022-07-25 19:29:29 +0000 UTCI don't know if it has already been mentioned yet, but as an old movie lover, I would suggest the first superhero movie was The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). It would be a fine reaction video, with a love story and everything. And it is in color (which was a big deal in the thirties!). I know you enjoy movie music, and Eric Korngold famously said this movie saved his life (because it made it possible for him to flee Nazi Germany for a job in the United States). Anyway, you probably know most of the story!
Michael Simpson
2022-07-25 15:14:46 +0000 UTCCassie, I don't know about the original 1978 Superman movie. I like it. But, I grew up watching it. The same with the original Batman movie which you and Carly didn't like. I don't know what you will think of the original Superman. Will shall see.
Rick Williams
2022-07-25 14:50:57 +0000 UTCdont ever feel like we're more important than Family . Having said that 9 days till your return to civilization huh ? 😋 WE CAN DO IT ! I think Superman with Carly would be Great Fun . Me and my Brother saw it in theater waaaaay back when it came out 😁 Side Bar if you dont own the sound track to Star wars a new hope get it . It really lifts you up (to hear it uncut ) even if you didnt know you needed lifting up.🥰
Sam R.
2022-07-25 00:31:38 +0000 UTCA real Canadian wouldn't be shocked by the comment, we would just apologize :)
Glen Childs
2022-07-24 19:00:53 +0000 UTCSpeaking as a Canadian, we really just like to be noticed.
Ben Livingstone
2022-07-24 13:24:28 +0000 UTCLife happens, you have nothing to apologize for. Enjoy your time with your parents, any reactions that are delayed will be worth the wait. :)
Patrick Egan
2022-07-24 08:29:04 +0000 UTC*Gasp!* (Shocked Canadian is only mildly shocked. ;) )
Richard Ryan
2022-07-24 06:25:56 +0000 UTCDon't worry about it, Cassie. We understand how challenging things can be in third world countries. :-P
Happy Hanukkah
2022-07-24 02:56:48 +0000 UTCMaybe we all just sign one No Need To Apologize, Cassie, We’re All Super-Sensitive and Understanding post next time, huh? Jeez. Heh.
Jason Chirevas
2022-07-23 22:18:41 +0000 UTCI hope you have a great vacation! You deserve it, and we'll be here when you get back!!!
Alan Kobb
2022-07-23 21:13:30 +0000 UTCHey, we all deserve a break once in a while. Enjoy yours. :-) In the meantime, looking forward to L.A. CONFIDENTIAL and when you get back, really looking forward to SUPERMAN. Carly once asked at the beginning of a reaction (I forget which one) what the first superhero movie was. Like a lot of film-related trivia, there's no simple answer to that, but most would agree that the first major superhero movie (the one thst established it as a legitimate subgenre of cinema) was 1978's SUPERMAN. That was when, right on the heels of the first Star Wars movie, visual effects (though quaint by today's standards) had reached a point where the fantastic goings-on that were easy to draw on a comic book page could be brought to life on the big screen in spectacular fashion (the film's now iconic tagline was "You will believe a man can fly," something that had yet to be seen convincingly on screen). It was the movie that proved that filmmakers could take the juvenile (and fairly disreputable) source material and treat it seriously with dignity and scope; that fine actors could bring pathos and substance to the larger-than-life characters and, most important of all, that audiences would flock to the theaters in droves to see it. SUPERMAN is the GODFATHER of comic book movies (and not just because its screenplay was written by Mario Puzo and it stars Marlon Brando). Without it, we wouldn't have the MCU as we know it today. For my money, though it may have been equaled (and even that is arguable), it has never been surpassed. It is still the greatest comic book superhero movie ever made... and, honestly, just a darn good movie besides. Can't wait for your reaction. GRAN TORINO is very good too. It's not Eastwood's best, but I'm a big fan of his, so I liked it probably more than most. That should also make for a good reaction.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-07-23 20:58:34 +0000 UTC
