On comics, movies, and politics
From The Wall Street Journal:
“Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly — known for her role on the TV series “Lost” and as the Wasp in Marvel’s films — said she went to an anti-vaccine-mandate rally in D.C. last weekend to support ‘bodily sovereignty.'”
A few thoughts:
- My brother-in-law may have been right a while back when he said Hollywood had run out of ideas. I think they have overdone adaptations of comic characters to movies, even though some like the Gal Gadot first Wonder Woman and the second Christopher Nolan Batman in his three-part series were very good, in my opinion.
- I liked the movies about insect-sized super-humans like the one Lilly was in. Generally, DC comics movies seem better to me, but some of the Marvel ones are okay. I described Marvel movies like the X-Men ones as over-stuffed sandwiches: tasty but hard to fit in your mouth.
- Comic books may have become the modern mythology. I was a comic-book nerd when young but thought the early movie versions of them were not good. The 21st-century versions have got much better.
- As for Lilly’s comment on “bodily sovereignty,” While she was speaking more directly about the issue of whether or not to be vaccinated, the article says she was echoing to issue of abortion. I have expressed my opinion about abortion before, so shall hold my tongue. Let the voters and The Supreme Court decide.