Why Watch? What happens when a superhero gets old? What happens if the world needs him again? I know, I know. Superhero movies are so boring that even explorations and deconstructions of superheroes movies are yesterday’s news, but this Austin-shot short film has a charm that outweighs all of staleness that’s come with capes. First of all, it’s silly and owns it. Secondly, its cinematography is sleek, interesting, and aids the actors at every turn. Thirdly, it’s fun. Sometimes that’s all it takes to overcome a genre that’s been beaten like a dead horse. And, yes, it gets bonus points for being made in 48 hours. What does it cost? Just 8 minutes of your time. Check out The Walker for yourself:

Ron Howard has been a busy man lately as far as juggling potential film projects goes. He’s had a ridiculously lengthy will he/won’t he relationship with adapting Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” series of novels, he’s turned down directing the next Da Vinci Code sequel, he’s got possible projects in the works like Rush and Spy vs. Spy, and now, according to those enterprising young reporters over at the trade mag Deadline Waukesha, he’s been attached to a new superhero project called 364. You’re probably wondering which comic book this came from. You may be asking whether this one is DC or Marvel. Well, it turns out neither. This script is an original from Safe House writer David Guggenheim, and it has its own original twist on the traditional superhero tale. The hero of this film only has super powers for one day a year, and he spends the other 364 thinking about what he’s going to do on that day; heroic stuff and whatnot. I’m certainly sick of the usual retread of the super hero origin story we’ve been getting, and a story about a hero that barely ever has any powers sounds like it could be an interesting idea, but it also sounds like it could be really boring if handled wrong. The whole point of watching superhero movies is all the big special effects sequences where stuff blows up. So, if you’re going to make a movie that is mostly just a guy sitting around thinking, why make [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we take on the cinematic emotional roller coaster by speaking with comedian Bill Bailey about getting him hired for the next Star Trek movie and by dissecting Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle with psychologist, Dr. Jeff Greenberg. Plus, Landon Palmer joins me for a long-form discussion about the terrorist attacks of 9/11, their effects on movie culture, and on audiences. Download This Episode

The Green Lantern movie has an uphill battle from the start. Why? Because it’s not starring Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, the X-Men, or anyone remotely near that level of recognition to the average viewer. The first question many may ask when hearing there is a Green Lantern movie is “Why?” The second is probably “What?” or possibly “Who?” I’m willing to give The Green Lantern the benefit of the doubt and not just because I have a huge man-crush on Ryan Reynolds. Well okay, yeah, mostly because of that. And so far, much of what we’ve seen looks pretty good. The trailer was fun. And the costume is… Well… Uh…

In all fairness, Daredevil is not a bad movie to take a mulligan on. Plus, if the rumor is true, they’ve got a solid talent at the wheel. According to Variety, David Slade will be directing a new entry into the Daredevil world for Fox. Call it a reboot, a sequel, a redo, a second shot or whatever you want, but the film won’t feature Ben Affleck or make mention of the previous film. So, it’s a reboot. Just for fun, if we consider the Spider-Man retooling going on and this new announcement, the timeline for when we’ll see other reboots becomes clear. The 2002 Spider-Man is now a 2012 version. The 2003 Daredevil will now probably be 2012 as well, meaning that we might see reboots of 2004′s Hellboy at some point, followed next by 2005′s Sin City, and 2006′s V For Vendetta. The new Superman puts a dent in that imaginary timeline, but the point is clear: the cycle must start over. We’ve run out of comic books to make. That’s just a best guess as to what order they’ll come around again in. Hopefully we’ll hear word of the Batman rebooting no more than ten minutes after The Dark Knight Rises premieres.

This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr welcomes the summer movie season by handing out a grade to Iron Man 2.

The ass-kicking superhero sequel Iron Man 2 opens and gives the Fat Guys a chance to talk about the kick-off of the summer movie season. They also lay down a Fat Guy Five about awesome superhero sequels… which was a lot harder than they thought it would be.

With the hiring of Bill Birch, should we be celebrating taking chances on new talent or still lamenting the loss of John August? Either way, Captain Marvel still has a long way to go.

Watchmen took another 62% drop in its third weekend. IESB reports that Warner Bros. is no longer interested in making superhero/tentpole movies with an R-rating anymore. Have we seen the end of the days when an R-rated movie could dominate the box office?

We know the director, the story, and how realistic they want to make it. Now to whom should Martin Cambell and company give their ring of power?

After reading Audrey Anton’s The Nietzschean Influence in The Incredibles and the Sidekick Revolt, it has become incredibly clear that being super in a Hollywood blockbuster certainly does not entail possessing super powers.

Normally, it would be pretty ridiculous to be excited about a film not due out until 2011, but since it’s still in the planning stage, we have some things we’d like to see make it into the script.

For those who are still mourning over the last couple of failed Marvel comic book adaptations (the disappointing Spider-man 3, the mediocre Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and the atrocious Ghost Rider), fear not.