Billy Zane in Purple Pants.
Polish up your crystal skulls, because The Phantom is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Review in a Nutshell: Under-appreciated and generally unloved, The Phantom contains just the right blend of adventure, humor, and comic book logic. Treat Williams steals the show as the villain, Xander Drax.
Filed under: Comic Book Movies, Fantasy, Greatest Movie EVER | Tagged: Adventure Films, Billy Zane, Catherine Zeta Jones, Comic Books Movies, James Remar, The Phantom, Treat Williams |
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Ian Strope, on January 11, 2009 at 11:38 pm said:
A new one! Nice. I was thinking your podcast was becoming a thing of Legend.
Firest, on January 12, 2009 at 1:33 am said:
Treat Williams is one of my favorite actors, Deep Rising and his run in the Substitute series should definitely be on the list of movies to be reviewed.
Ian Strope, on January 12, 2009 at 1:37 am said:
I'm with you there. Go Werewovles or Wolverines or whatever those kids were called in Substitute 3: Failure is Not an Option.
Eduardo M., on January 12, 2009 at 4:44 am said:
You review in a nutshell should have shown love to Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa. That and you should tried to put up a screencap of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Steve Harrison, on January 12, 2009 at 5:31 am said:
I'm detecting what seems to be a code, from the last and this 'cast header
So far it's Mo Pu PA
Hurm.
Andrew, on January 12, 2009 at 3:19 pm said:
Oh man, I saw this movie in theaters as a kid. I also watched the Peter Chung-eriffic Phantom 2040 cartoon.
Eduardo M., on January 12, 2009 at 3:35 pm said:
You may be on to something Steve.I just hope its not some chant to release some ancient horror from before the time when time was time. I hate those things.
Dreg, on January 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm said:
Your current spider fixation demands that you do an Arachnaphobia podcast in the future.
Keith, on January 12, 2009 at 6:25 pm said:
It's a shame the "classic era" comic book movie trend failed so miserably, as I thought it was fun while it lasted. But it seems like the failure of the Phantom, the Rocketeer, and more recent stuff like Sky Captain would suggest that as much as we film nerds love the golden era pulp and comic book aesthetic, no one else does.
By the same token, my favorite episode of The Tick is the one where they hang out at the old superheroes' home, listening to stories about fighting The Terror and Joseph Stalin with his deadly Kremlin Dome missiles.
Ah yes! thank you Keith for mentioning the Tick's adventures with Captain Decency and the Decency Squad.
Andrew, on January 13, 2009 at 5:04 am said:
Speaking of movies based on old superheroes, any love for the Shadow? It does have a Baldwin.
Much love for the Shadow here, though I did think it jumped the shark a bit with the Shadow's secret organization and it's ridiculous rings.
The byplay between Baldwin and Penelope Ann Miller was a particular high point.
Hate to bring down the party but its been reported that Patrick McGoohan has died.
It's been a bad day for nerds. In addition to Number 6, we've also lost KHAAAAAAAAN, with Ricardo Montalban dying at 88.
Kidder, on January 17, 2009 at 11:15 am said:
Enough of this filler! I declare 2009, the Year of Nic (Cage)!
Jermayn, on January 30, 2009 at 1:41 am said:
I also loved the Phantom movie, had some important things missing or twisted but a good job none the less.
Hears to the rumours of a new Phantom movie…
Kimichi Tsuzuku, on April 5, 2010 at 3:30 am said:
Now out on BLU-RAY! (Insert campy villainess laugh) For a more reasonable price than the DVD's bid price.
I'm a little disappointed with the low key cover though this one just takes it to another level.
Solid MUldoon, on September 23, 2012 at 10:52 pm said:
I really love this movie. The mistake they made was going so purple with the costume. The Phantom's costume was purple in the way Superman's hair was blue. If they had toned it down and made it gray, people might have taken the movie more seriously.
Also, I swear that Hugh Laurie is one of the henchmen lurking about when Diana boards the Pan Am Clipper.