The Meteor Man
Top badass moment? Meteor Man taking time out to do some gardening. I’m not sure where he got his seed from, but I’d love to know. Not only does it take just a few hours for everything to grow to gigantic proportions, but it doesn’t really have anything much to do with the plot, it’s just a little gardening interlude and the film is all the better for it. I did wonder who was going to help fund and manage it in future though. I doubt the local authority will want to take it on as an extra, unbudgeted and ongoing expense, whilst local people may not have the time, knowledge or resources to do so. Such a shame.
I worked for many years in community development, in both inner London and Belfast (pre Good Friday Agreement). Not once did an actual superhero turn up at any of the endless evening meetings that always seem to be held in cold, dark halls, although I’m pretty sure one guy who regularly attended some in Belfast was quite high up in one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations, as he seemed very sure that the community garden we were planning wouldn’t be interfered with by the latter. So with hindsight not exactly a superhero, but probably helpful all the same.
Meteor Man had the worst-kept secret identify since Tony Stark in “Iron Man 2”. Is there anyone who didn’t work out who he was? He didn’t even try to cleverly hide himself behind a pair of glasses, like that ‘master of disguise’ Superman.
I couldn’t quite work out if this film wanted to be a riff on superheroes for kids to enjoy, or something a lot darker for adults; it was too tonally wobbly to be sure. Imagine if every episode of “Rosie and Jim” had a drive-by shooting or gangland drugs sub-plot in every episode, and you’ll get my point.
Talking of shootings, I haven’t seen as many rounds of ammunition expended without anyone being severely injured or killed since the “A-Team”. I can accept that Meteor Man was a tough dude, but I find it harder to accept that given the number of ricochets or potential ‘friendly fire” situations that must have occurred, that no one ever seem to get hurt. I’m pleased of course, after all I wouldn’t want anyone to be harmed by accident, but it was still quite surprising.
The Golden Lords are one of the film’s highlights and clearly have a shit-hot marketing and image consultant within their ranks.
Technically it’s fine for its time, the plot’s a bit silly (but hey, just roll with it), the script’s somewhat simplistic, and the acting’s a bit over the top but not so much that it spoils the vibe. I only got bored once or twice and not for long. It is pretty funny in places and a very easy watch. But it loses brownie points for having an anthropomorphised talking dog; I hate talking animals in films, especially dogs. It’s stupid. Really stupid.
Of course I watched the full uncut version, not the Nannie State UK one with its missing 14 seconds.
No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
I worked for many years in community development, in both inner London and Belfast (pre Good Friday Agreement). Not once did an actual superhero turn up at any of the endless evening meetings that always seem to be held in cold, dark halls, although I’m pretty sure one guy who regularly attended some in Belfast was quite high up in one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations, as he seemed very sure that the community garden we were planning wouldn’t be interfered with by the latter. So with hindsight not exactly a superhero, but probably helpful all the same.
Meteor Man had the worst-kept secret identify since Tony Stark in “Iron Man 2”. Is there anyone who didn’t work out who he was? He didn’t even try to cleverly hide himself behind a pair of glasses, like that ‘master of disguise’ Superman.
I couldn’t quite work out if this film wanted to be a riff on superheroes for kids to enjoy, or something a lot darker for adults; it was too tonally wobbly to be sure. Imagine if every episode of “Rosie and Jim” had a drive-by shooting or gangland drugs sub-plot in every episode, and you’ll get my point.
Talking of shootings, I haven’t seen as many rounds of ammunition expended without anyone being severely injured or killed since the “A-Team”. I can accept that Meteor Man was a tough dude, but I find it harder to accept that given the number of ricochets or potential ‘friendly fire” situations that must have occurred, that no one ever seem to get hurt. I’m pleased of course, after all I wouldn’t want anyone to be harmed by accident, but it was still quite surprising.
The Golden Lords are one of the film’s highlights and clearly have a shit-hot marketing and image consultant within their ranks.
Technically it’s fine for its time, the plot’s a bit silly (but hey, just roll with it), the script’s somewhat simplistic, and the acting’s a bit over the top but not so much that it spoils the vibe. I only got bored once or twice and not for long. It is pretty funny in places and a very easy watch. But it loses brownie points for having an anthropomorphised talking dog; I hate talking animals in films, especially dogs. It’s stupid. Really stupid.
Of course I watched the full uncut version, not the Nannie State UK one with its missing 14 seconds.
No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Mini Review: Top badass moment? Meteor Man taking time out to do some gardening. Gardening is always badass. I worked in community development for years, including in Belfast. Not once did a superhero turn up at any of my meetings, although I think one guy was quite high up in the UDA. I couldn't decide if this film wanted to be a kid's superhero one, or something darker for adults. Image if every episode of “Rosie and Jim” had a drive-by shooting and you’ll get my point. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
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