I had an interesting experience tonight, when I went to watch the sequel, "Wrath of the Titans" at the movie theater. My son had been talking to my wife about going to see the new Avengers movie, and she agreed, thinking that "American Reunion" was the subtitle for the Avengers movie! (go figure!)
Anyway, we agreed to see "Wrath of the Titans" instead and settled back in the seats as the lights went down.
Some of the very first images are company logos and opening credits in the form of under-lighted volcanic rock that turns, revealing various pictograms or hyroglyphic images of heroes in battles and mythology.
I flashed on some of the early Avengers adventures, and thought that maybe the early Silver Age Marvels in a way represented our modern myth-making process to tell our youth stories of inspirations, heroics and sacrifice, as well as action and adventure.
But the images that popped into my mind were not of Rama Tut and the Fantastic Four #19, surprisingly... but instead... of Avengers #5 and #305-306-307 with the return of the Lava Men. (original appearance in JIM #97)
Follow the link to see the covers of some of these adventures, and you'll get the idea.
The move has great imagery of a giant volcanic man, slinging lava, smoke and fire bombs... and it really made me think of the various lava men and depictions of them in the Avengers books.
Has anyone else had experiences where early silver age images pop into your head when watching modern movie animations or special effects?
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Didn't anyone else go see this movie?
Am I really the only one who noticed this?
Kirk G said: