“There are enough comic book movies where you just know what you’re gonna get. Reading the script for The Batman, you knew it was a real film"
He thinks our current superhero malaise is the product of an erratic film industry
“It’s an interesting moment where everybody has to go like, ‘OK – what now?’ Hopefully from that, somebody either breathes new life into [comic book movies], or something else blossoms which is not superheroes. I’m sure there will still be some good ones yet to come, but I think it’s kind of a welcome moment. It’s a larger thing, too. As soon as the word ‘content’ came into what we do – meaning making movies or TV – it meant quantity over quality, which I think was a big misstep. And I certainly don’t need that as a viewer or as an artist"
Skip Bayless is never wrong and when he is — he will tell you he wasn’t. Merril Hoge took Skippy to school 9 years ago about Johnny Manziel and pulled his receipt. Skip spirals.
Enjoy Merril destroy Skip!