Ghost Rider Shmost Rider
I’ve pretty much been dead set against the Ghost Rider movie from the very beginning. Something about a superhero who rides a flaming motorcycle just doesn’t appeal to me. Which I guess is a little odd, since I do like the Silver Surfer, the shiny silver guy who rides an atomic surfboard around the universe. And who, by the way, will be in the next Fantastic Four movie. But that’s neither here nor there. What is “here” is Nicholas Cage playing a man who has been possessed by a demon and now fights crime with his magic chain and flaming motorcycle. Also his head is a burning skull. It doesn’t take years of movie critic experience to realize this is going to be another lackluster comic book adaptation, and I was going to ignore it until I realized this: Peter Fonda plays Mephistopheles. That in itself has sparked enough interest in me to see the movie. Not in the theaters of course, but I’m pretty sure it’ll head to DVD soon enough.
Comments
Yeah, I'm right with you. And lets face it. If you're really hot to go see a flaming guy on a motorcycle, next time you're in town, I'll take you to "The Red Lantern", the leather bar here in Fresno. Lots of flamers on Harleys there. And for the price you'd pay for the movie tickets and grub, you could imbibe a good amount of swill :-)
Posted by: sonicfrog | February 12, 2007 07:47 PM
Plus there's the added bonus that the CG skull face will be 100 times more expressive than Nicholas Cage's actual face.
Posted by: G | February 13, 2007 07:43 PM