Making Fairy Tales out of....well....Fairy Tales!

Okay....so, first off, I'm not your typical, constant blogger. Sue me if I have better things to do than rant about stuff on a day to day basis. That said, would someone kindly tell me why Hollywood insists on ruining every freaking comic book I've ever been remotely fond of? Yeah, that's right. I likes to get my geek on!

Just when I thought there was hope for Hollywood...having finally adopted the Smallville mold to produce enjoyable super hero flicks....they start butchering properties like X-men and Spider-man by going WAY off the reservation.....I'm talking Richard Donner style! In less than a couple hours, they trashed twenty-five years of X-men comics, intertwining story lines and characters that shouldn't have yet met. Then they took the arguably most bad-ass Spider-man villain of all time, Venom, and make a complete mockery of him. Those Bastards!

As if Hollywood weren't already gay enough, they have to trash comics, too? Yeah, you know it.... GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK ALREADY!!!!! I just saw X-men Origins: Wolverine, a good film in it's own right for the unitiated. The problem is.....I AM initiated! (spoiler alert! spoiler alert! If you haven't seen the movie yet, and think you might want to...turn away now!) Creed and Logan...BROTHERS? Deadpool loaded with multiple powers? Dude! WTF? Lay off my cheetos! Where the hell is Avi Arad while Hollywood is raping Marvel's Ass-ets? Stan 'the Man' should jump up and drop kick his goofy, greedy ass all over Manhattan. Look what they did to Ghost Rider! Forget THAT! Look what they did...with Ang "Brokeback Mountain" Lee's help...to Hulk! I'm almost afraid to see what they did to the Iron Man sequel...Terrence Howard should have been Rhodey!

I know it may come as a shock to some of you, but I write books, too. I have to say, after seeing the way Hollywood has treated all these comics...and Star Trek! Ohhhhh...don't freaking get me started on Star Trek!, I really have doubts about letting them make celluloid versions of my intellectual properties. It would take a hell of a lot of money...and an iron-clad contract FORBIDDING artistic license...to get me to release rights for it. Ever hear someone say "Oh, the book was WAY better than the movie!"? Well....now you know why.