Ghost Rider: Boredom of Vengeance
Now that’s more like it. The first trailer for the incredibly unnecessary Ghost Rider sequel, the one directed by the Crank guys, was… well… Crank-like. It was insane and action-packed and, while I personally didn’t need to see Ghost Rider literally piss fire, it was a memorable, crazy fucking scene that I remembered, implying that Spirit of Vengeance might itself be memorable, if not actually good. Well, thank god this new trailer came out to return the status quo. By focusing on the story — which is basically your standard save the kid from becoming the antichrist thing — Ghost Rider 2 can focus on what it does best, which is churn through tired movie clich?s like reluctant “dark” hero, mom looking for redemption through her kid, a smarmy Satan stand-in and most offensively, dialogue like “I’m not scared.” “You should be.” Bleh. Call me when Cage starts pissing fire again.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.