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ROLAND EMMERICH, whose disaster movie 2012 erupts on to the big screen on November 13, has revealed he finds superhero movies boring and has rejected every offer to direct a comic book adaptation.

Emmerich, whose other credits include Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day and Stargate, admitted he was "a little worried" about the culture of remakes and adaptations.

He said: "I don't know how many more superheroes they can pull out of their hat. I hate superheroes.

"I always say no to every one that I get offered because I feel that it's boring. But they seem to be successful for some of the people.

"Some of them do [make money], some don't. But they make more money than they lose so they keep making them, and when one works then they have a franchise."

Speaking in Sci Fi Now magazine, he continued: "It's very unimaginative. I'm a total fan of people like James Cameron who just does what he wants. I just like people who have their own voice."


i enjoy his films but i got to admit, there is something wrong with him. superheroes are boring?!? theyre unimaginative?!? what about godzilla? that was imagined about 20 times before he got a holed of it.


my movies for 2009

1. Terminator Salvation
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Star Trek
5. Fast and Furious
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
7. Taken
8. the International
9. Knowing
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Yeah thats pretty sad...


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I got a feeling he's just one bad to mediocre movie away from challenging someone to a boxing match


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He thinks superheroes are boring and unimaginative and he thinks his type of movies like disaster movies are actually good, better, and exciting? That is so arrogant, ignorant, bias, and naive. Apparently he never has pick up a comic book in his life.




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The_Star_Treker said:

He thinks superheroes are boring and unimaginative and he thinks his type of movies like disaster movies are actually good, better, and exciting? That is so arrogant, ignorant, bias, and naive. Apparently he never has pick up a comic book in his life.



not that I agree with him, I dont, I love superheroes but I do have to say, I love Disaster movies :P
They actually do go well together, Superheroes and Disasters?

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The_Star_Treker said:

He thinks superheroes are boring and unimaginative and he thinks his type of movies like disaster movies are actually good, better, and exciting? That is so arrogant, ignorant, bias, and naive. Apparently he never has pick up a comic book in his life.


ive never picked up a comic book and even i love the movies.


my movies for 2009

1. Terminator Salvation
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Star Trek
5. Fast and Furious
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
7. Taken
8. the International
9. Knowing
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wow what a moron.... disaster movies have long past outlived their usefulness


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Wait, the guy who made 2012 is criticizing the superhero genre? Yeah, okay.


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I can see if he doesn't like superheroes, not everyone does.

Some people hate them for being too campy, but no excitement or imagination? That's not even a critique.

I've never touched a comic in my life, but I learned a lot from the shows and films I've seen.


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That is strange. His films have nothing to say, and nothing to offer as a solution to anything.

Even the dumbest of the superhero genre action flicks showcase some kind of virtues, or at least they try to problem solve.


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