“I like it. But honestly, it’s like a lot of other things and not quite as good.
It’s like Sweet Tooth, but it doesn’t tug the heartstrings.
It’s like Luther Strode but less cool.
It’s like Ronin but less weird.
It’s like Mad Max but less bonkers.
It’s like The Road but less gritty.
It’s like The Walking Dead but with an enemy that’s less compelling.
I really like Justin Jordan’s stuff, and I like seeing his crazy on the page. It works for me. It makes me happy to read. As The Spread develops, I do have hopes that it’ll get deeper and more exciting and compelling. I have every reason to believe it will because Mr. Jordan hasn’t let me down thus far.
Buuuuuut I think it’s a tough time to be starting a post-apocalyptic story of any kind, really. I think the world is getting a little apocalypse-ed out. There are too many different stories about too many different apocalypses, most of which boil down to trying to solve the apocalypse.
I have to say, this is why I respect a Fury Road and enjoyed it more than a Walking Dead or other tales of the crapified world. Fury Road was not at all about trying to solve the apocalyptic crisis. I didn’t feel like I was watching a story of characters who would fix the world. It was a story of people stuck in a real bad time, and they did what they could to survive. That, to me, is a lot more exciting.
And the other thing, it all goes back to this movie. Dragon…something.
Reign of Fire!
That movie.
The premise is that dragons are real and they come to life and kick everyone’s ass. And there are like thousands of them.
But, of course, someone discovers if we kill the queen dragon, all the other dragons just magically die.
See, that defeats the whole point. It’s hard to kill 1,000 dragons all over the world. One dragon? Even if it’s a badass dragon, that’s a pretty attainable goal. More than that, it turns an apocalypse into a real bad afternoon. Stupid.
God, I really hated that part of that movie. That came out in 2002 and I saw it in the theater. I’ve never forgiven it.
Oh my god. I just discovered the guy who directed Reign of Fire also directed Elektra.
Oh my god. And Airborne.
M.A.N.T.I.S?! Parker Lewis Can’t Lose!!? This may be one of history’s greatest monsters. Screw the spread. “