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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

...You'll love "Mystery Men". I just finished watching it and it was a hoot!

Plot summary: Captain Amazing, the city's premier superhero, is kidnapped by the evil "Frankenstein Cassanova". His would-be rescuers are a bunch of superhero wannabees like The Shoveler (William H. Macy -- he shovels better than anyone on earth) and Blue Raja (Hank Azaria -- he throws silverware).

If you like superhero satire, go rent/buy it (I bought my copy)!

--Baloo

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

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If you liled "The Tick"...

Drat! Drat! Drat! [Bangs head against wall.]

I need smaller fingers or one of those "Giant Button" keyboards the size of a piano.

The thread topic was supposed to be If you liked "The Tick"...

Oh well.

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I liked them both.

I hope they do a Mystery Men sequel.

Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

Shouldn't this be in General Sci-Fi?

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Picky, picky, picky.

Why? It sure wasn't science fiction -- more of a comedy or satire. Mystery Men was a live-action cartoon, not a sci-fi epic.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

This was a funny movie. I saw it in theatres. I especially loved it when they killed the guy they were supposed to be saving.. *L*

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Thanks Fabrux :P

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

I thought it was an excellent movie. My fiancee on the other hand.... well, she didn't like it at all.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I think the thread is fine where it is.

Though I think that superheroes, while a distinct subgenre, are still part of the over-arching "science fiction & fantasy" genre.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yes, well, I suppose one might think that, if one thinks sci-fi and fantasy even belong to a single genre to begin with... :-)

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

That's where the term "speculative fiction" comes from.

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Trust me. "Mystery Men" was not speculative fiction. Entertaining BS, maybe...

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I'm just saying that superheroes fall into a subgenre of science fiction, is all.

Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

So does that mean we're going to see "The Tick" On Sci-Fi instead of Comedy Central???? I think Sci-Fi is reaching too far in its classification as it is. Granted everything can be considered Sci-Fi in its own way (Including Religion)

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"Speculative fiction"? Fiction is speculative! That's why it's fiction!

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I suppose I should have expected as much from a librarian.

The current "Tick" live action series that is in pre-production is optioned by Fox as a potential midseason replacement. It has nothing to do with the cartoon being shown on Comedy Central, and even less to do with the Sci-Fi Channel.

Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Not my point, Sol. My point is if superheros fit into the science-fiction sub-genre, then does that mean all cartoons fit into the science-fiction sub-genre?

And if you consider fantasy to be sci-fi, then does that mean Cinderella is a sci-fi heroine? There should be a defining measure if you want to categorize things.

How do you categorize sci-fi? (ooh, sounds like a good subect for discussion. Sci-fi discussion, here we come! Maybe we'll even make it to the flameboard!)

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

The rest of this aside, I'll follow Baloo's advice and rent the movie, tonight if possible. I've been waiting to hear from someone I knew about this film, since it was raked so bad by the critics.

Likewise "Battlefield Earth", it got raked, but ther three people I know, who have seen it, liked it.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Well, Mystery Men was generally accused of not being funny enough, which is different from the charges being leveled at Battlefield Earth, most of which imply that the film crawled up from the extreme bowels of hell.

For the record, I enjoyed Mystery Men. I haven't seen BE, though I am sorely tempted. But I can't quite stomach even the remote possibility of any of my money going to the Hubbardites.

Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*presents everyone with the "mobbie cow" award and exits*

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