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Posted by Milton the Momzer on May 4, 2008, 8:52:15, in reply to "Origins in movies"
Link: Cracked
The funny website, Cracked.com, has a great list called "8 (Pointless)Laws All Comic Book Movies Must Follow." Number 8 is "The First Film Requires a Tedious Origin Story." A quote: For some unknown reason, tradition states that the first movie must consist largely of something no one in the audience paid to see: The superhero as he lived before he could do any cool superhero stuff.
Other genres don't feel the need to do this; Die Hard didn't spend the first half of the movie with John McClane taking target practice, Rambo didn't spend an hour showing Rambo in basic training. Why can't we just jump in?
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