Unbreakable

long before Marvel Studios exist, let me introduce you Unbreakable. There is once where when no one cares about comic book, this brilliant film was released in 2000, Bruce Willis played David Dunn ( an alternate version of Superman ). 


Every shot ( tracking shots ), lighting - designed to evoke the style of comic book. In Kill Bill - Quentin Tarantino re-contextualized Superman in Kill Bill Vol 2.


As you know, l’m quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book, not particularly well-drawn, but the mythology. The mythology is not only great, it’s unique…Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there’s the superhero and there’s the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he’s Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn’t become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he’s Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red “S”, that’s the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears – the glasses, the business suit – that’s the costume. That’s the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak, he’s unsure of himself, he’s a coward. Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race.

talking about Tarantino - there are reports saying that he will join forces with JJ Abrahms to direct a Star Trek film.

imagine - an afro haired thrash talking, trigger happy Klingon, Kirk arguing about how fucked up the Federations with the logic inclined Spock.




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