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Old 06-03-2010, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus View Post
Pessimistic? Maybe. But dead on. Particularly about the level of exposition. A lot of writers grew up on movies that had too little exposition so decided that this needed to be remedied by wall to wall exposition. The origin of everything is important. If the Superman franchise is rebooted, we'll see Ma and Pa Kent's first date. If the Godzilla franchise is rebooted, the first hour will be devoted to explaining the Manhattan Project and the angsty scientist hero's father will be helping out Oppenheimer.
GOD yes, I HATE HATE HATE unnecessary exposition!
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