You know, I've heard it claimed, in a similar way, that Blazing Saddles killed westerns. And maybe it did, in some sense.
And yet, some of the best westerns ever made were made after Blazing Saddles. I'm thinking of Silverado, 3:10 to Yuma, and Unforgiven. Granted, they all deviated from formula in some important ways, but nobody would…
You know, I've heard it claimed, in a similar way, that Blazing Saddles killed westerns. And maybe it did, in some sense.
And yet, some of the best westerns ever made were made after Blazing Saddles. I'm thinking of Silverado, 3:10 to Yuma, and Unforgiven. Granted, they all deviated from formula in some important ways, but nobody would decline to call them westerns.
I'm a big fan of the MCU. I am unapologetic, but tolerant of those who aren't. What I am less tolerant of is an attitude of "this is beneath us".
No. No it isn't. Humans have loved this kind of story since the days of Gilgamesh. The Greek heroes are in this. The Norse tales of gods and heroes. King Arthur. Frankly, Shakespeare delved into this kind of thing. Think The Tempest, or heck, Macbeth, with its witches and ghosts.
Yes, any specific collection, such as Star Wars or the MCU or even Middle Earth is tied to the culture it sprang from in some important ways, and will lose its punch when the culture shifts. We don't watch all those Tarzan movies I used to watch as a kid any more. And for good reason.
So any particular form of the heroic story is going to age out eventually. But the heroic story itself will never age out, because its about us.
You know, I've heard it claimed, in a similar way, that Blazing Saddles killed westerns. And maybe it did, in some sense.
And yet, some of the best westerns ever made were made after Blazing Saddles. I'm thinking of Silverado, 3:10 to Yuma, and Unforgiven. Granted, they all deviated from formula in some important ways, but nobody would decline to call them westerns.
I'm a big fan of the MCU. I am unapologetic, but tolerant of those who aren't. What I am less tolerant of is an attitude of "this is beneath us".
No. No it isn't. Humans have loved this kind of story since the days of Gilgamesh. The Greek heroes are in this. The Norse tales of gods and heroes. King Arthur. Frankly, Shakespeare delved into this kind of thing. Think The Tempest, or heck, Macbeth, with its witches and ghosts.
Yes, any specific collection, such as Star Wars or the MCU or even Middle Earth is tied to the culture it sprang from in some important ways, and will lose its punch when the culture shifts. We don't watch all those Tarzan movies I used to watch as a kid any more. And for good reason.
So any particular form of the heroic story is going to age out eventually. But the heroic story itself will never age out, because its about us.