A 1990s comic movie that won't age well, based on the deeds of its star
Hard Drive wrote up a ranked list of comics adaptations to film from the 1990s, based on how contrived they seem. And one of the entries is The Shadow from 1994 (originally created for radio and pulp magazines in the 1930s by Walter Gibson), starring a certain actor who did something terrible in the past 2 years in New Mexico, and the state prosecution refused to indict him:
This also reminds me that even the comics adaptations of the Shadow have some unfortunate tainting as well, since the disgraced writer Gerard Jones scripted the Shadow Strikes in 1989-92, one of the first comics series he'd worked on in mainstream before regrettably getting his mitts on Green Lantern and Wonder Man during the decade. Don't be surprised if they aren't reprinted for a long, long time due to the taint of Jones' name on them.
The scandals involving these film actors and comics writers connected with the Shadow's history may end up being the reasons why it'll lapse into sad obscurity for years to come, because the seriousness of their deeds is just too much for any sensible person to bear.
Sometimes you listen to an old Foo Fighters or Green Day song and think, “Man, the ‘90s really weren’t that long ago, huh?” and then other times you’re scrolling Tubi for the weirdest movie you can find and you discover a time capsule from the era of Alec Baldwin, Comic Book Adaptation Star. It made sense if you were there, but it’s just really bizarre to think about now.Indeed, when you look back on the awful news of how Baldwin's irresponsibility cost the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of a western movie that'll probably never be completed, and who in the know with common sense will want to see it? Why, who'll want to see the Shadow adaptation either? What'll also make this adaptation unendurable is how the district attorney in NM let Baldwin off the hook with no prison time, which probably sums up a sad pattern of Hollywood performers evading justice despite the severity of their offenses. That far-left leaning Baldwin was't charged in the end for costing Hutchins her life would only make it seriously difficult to view the Shadow, or any movie on Baldwin's resume.
This also reminds me that even the comics adaptations of the Shadow have some unfortunate tainting as well, since the disgraced writer Gerard Jones scripted the Shadow Strikes in 1989-92, one of the first comics series he'd worked on in mainstream before regrettably getting his mitts on Green Lantern and Wonder Man during the decade. Don't be surprised if they aren't reprinted for a long, long time due to the taint of Jones' name on them.
The scandals involving these film actors and comics writers connected with the Shadow's history may end up being the reasons why it'll lapse into sad obscurity for years to come, because the seriousness of their deeds is just too much for any sensible person to bear.
Labels: history, misogyny and racism, violence
