Even comic-book movies must obey certain unities. In the realm of science fiction -- and c/b movies are a species, even if a low one, of science fiction -- the golden rule is: You can have one highly implausible bit of science. The rest of the science should be sound, or at least should follow logically from the central implausibility.
Maybe the Howling Curmudgeons have a more informed opinion than mine, but I don't think this guideline works for the super hero genre.
If you limit yourself to one implausibility, you have to spend it on the origin of your hero. Now how do you challenge him, given that you've imposed a mundane limit on yourself?
One way is volume, but let's face it: 200 orcs, while more of a challenge, are not more interesting than 20.
July 5, 2004 2:14 PM
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