Here's my thing by postaldog

With the success of IronMan, there are rumblings that someone is going to try and make a full-length feature of WitchBlade. The usual nay-sayers are out there to point out that female character centered superhero movies don't do well at the box office -- see Catwoman and Elektra.

Here's my thing -- both of those movies suffered because the studios took criminal characters and tried to make them heroes. Another huge mistake was making both those movies PG rated to draw in young teens rather than appeal to older viewers in the theatre while capturing the younger ones when the movie comes out on dvd, a much smarter marketing approach, imho.

Not sure how casting affected those movies. Halle Berry has done quite well as Storm in the X-Men movies, so she is capable of playing the part. It just seems that they couldn't decide whether to make it campy fun or serious comic book action. In the end, it came out pretty crappy as we all know.

We all love Jen Garner from Alias, but she was woefully miscast as Elektra if for no other reason than there was no way they could get her big booty into that sexy number Elektra wears in the comics. Pity, 'cause that would have been worth the price of admission to see someone wear that outfit in person.

That is sort of where Aeon Flux went bad as well. Nevermind the problems doing a movie based on a cartoon where the protagonist dies in each episode (but how cool would it have been if they could have worked that out?!), putting lithe hotty Charlize Theron in boring body suits, yuck! And again, they took an adult toon and made it PG rated, taking all the bite that gave the toon it's edge away. dumb

TNT made a TV version of WitchBlade with Yancy Butler a few years back. Yancy, a graduate of the Sean Young school of "How to torpedo your career in the shortest time possible" (fyi, Lindsay Lohan is presently doing independent study at the same university and is showing great promise as she cannot even hold a role as a homicidal Manson groupie), did a credible job in the title role as police officer Sara Pezzini. Though the series was pretty well received, TNT naturally f**ked things up by rushing through the storylines, killing off half the characters, then making one of the worst season enders ever by having Sara go back in time and start all over again. Holy Dallas-Bobby's-not-dead-it-was-just-a-dream, Batman! sheesh

So we'll see where this goes, but I am not hopeful.

In music news, after their well received show in London a while back, Led Zep (my fav band ever) members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones along with Jason Bonham have been practicing like they'd like to tour a bit. Naturally, Robert Plant won't have anything to do with that. He abhores classic rock radio, and has said often that he doesn't like playing the old stuff over and over. His right I suppose. But rumors are out there that perhaps Plant-wanna-be David Coverdale of Whitesnake may be tagged to do vocals if the boys decide to tour. Coverdale's got enough vocal chops to handle the gig and the Plant-like hair as well.

Good idea? I'm sort of a Zep purist. I can handle Jason on drums 'cause that's kind of a cool homage. But someone else on vocals when Plant's still around? I just don't know. But I'd like the chance to see Jimmy on stage at least once. I missed them in Tampa at the infamous "riot" show that caused the stadium authorities to ban concerts for ten years. And I can't wait forever until Plant decides to grace us with his presence again.