I’m sitting in my car and I hear an advertisement for the new movie Battleship. I’m only half paying attention; action movie, battle scenes.. blah, blah, blah. Although I do love me some Liam Neeson. Then a few things suddenly click in my head.
“Brought to you from Hasbro.”
Mmmmmm…….. Where do I know that name……?
“From the makers of G.I. Joe & Transformers.”
Oh! My! GOD! Hasbro!! The toy maker. These are movies based on 30 year old TOYS!
Movies from comic books, I get. Cuz its been done successfully for soooo many years. (And oh my, Avengers just rocks that genre to a whole new level!) But blockbuster movies from toys? And all the same toy manufacturer!?! Imagine THAT board room decision… “Hey, we got too much money… lets try our hand at a movie!”
Sheesh… whatever happened to books as material for movies. Although we’ve seen that in Harry Potter, Twilight and One For The Money. But what about… gasp… an original screenplay? I guess they are regulated to the independent film.
But Luke, me, Sex God, his brother, Nancy & her daughter are COMPLETELY excited about THIS movie! Made from a book, I might add 🙂 Wonder if the Regency theater has group rates! lmao