It's a shame that the past few attempts at reviving the character not only failed but seem to have soured people on the character himself. It's one of the things that frustrates me about DC-they have 70 years worth of great material gathering dust, but can't wait to reprint deathless classics like The Haunted Tank or Elongated Man. I really don't get it. Nor do I get why DC can make such great cartoons but can't seem to get their act together when it comes to films. Hollywood is desperate for concepts yet most of DC's enormous catalog of intellectual property- which, technically, is the reason the company even exists- is languishing.
TimeWarner itself puzzles me. For all I know, Philip Pullman's
Golden Compass has a dismal rating of 43% at Rotten Tomatoes, not exactly a hotbed of Fundamentalist enthusiasm. I'm not big into fantasy and my kids have expressed no interest in it, but I must say Pullman's attitude colors me against the film. Surely, there are other ways to protest the myriad excesses of organized religion than becoming a dogmatic scold yourself. Pullman's rhetoric, like that of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, may embolden some atheists but more often than not it gives Evangelicals an excuse to portray themselves as poor, downtrodden martyrs. It may be good for business in the book trade, but it's box office poison. My question is will whoever signed off on a 200 million budget for this project still have a job come springtime?
Origin: http://candle-magic.blogspot.com
