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Our Favorite Summers: 1989
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Has there ever been a summer that proved to be as important – not just personally, but historically - to comic book fans as 1989? Surely the last decade or so has produced its share of must-see superhero adventures, but before Tim Burton's Batman was release on June 23, 1989, the idea of wall-to-wall wallcrawlers was little more than a cobweb stuck to the bottom of discarded studio call sheets. Burton's aggressive, dark reimagining of Bob Kane's iconic character quite literally changed the face of comic book adaptations, and ushered in the era of superhero movies, even if it would take another ten or fifteen years to find the right balance between real-world grit, splash-page heroism, and tongue-in-cheek self-awareness.
Meanwhile, the rest of the summer of '89 was no less exciting, featuring sequels, comedies, dramas and plenty of fare that defied categorization – which, in all likelihood is why it defied the box office gods en route to home-video glory. And while we could no doubt devote countless column inches to recounting every film from that fateful summer, here's a decidedly more svelte list of the entries that most aroused our imaginations and inspired us to suckle at 1989's summer-movie teat.
Kevin Smith Wants 'Dicks' To Be The Next 'Road House'
Filed under: Comedy », Fandom », Newsstand »
See, this is why I'll always dig Kevin Smith -- he just says it, whatever it is. He'll admit his failures, he'll open up about his relationships with studios, he'll remain real honest about his movies -- it's almost like you're good pal hit it big in Hollywood and, from time to time, relays some pretty hysterical stories about what it's like on the inside. Smith will be the first to admit the unsuccessful Zack and Miri Make a Porno left him a bit sour, frustrated and beaten up. And who can blame him -- you work your ass off on a movie, stick one of the most popular comedic actors in lead role and barely pony up a respectable box office take.
Good news, though, is that Smith still has some fight left in him. In a new interview with Vulture, he says he wants his new film, A Couple of Dicks (which he didn't write, but will direct) to be "the next TNT classic." He adds, "... the whole movie is like cops who are practically married but not actually, and, I mean, that's right up my alley. It's like Dante and Randall [from Clerks] as cops. That's why I was attracted to it in the first place. We all feel like we're trying to make a TNT classic - that movie that will just air ad nauseam forever once it hits TNT. I want it to be Road House. [My movies] all get cut to sh*t. I could never watch them [on TV]. Jersey Girl is the only one that doesn't get hit hard, but that one's tough to watch for a number of reasons. Television version or not."
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