What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Argoman the Fantastic Superman - 1967

I was hunting for a new superhero to add to our universe, so I turned on Tubi and searched for superheroes. This movie popped up, and I felt like it might be a candidate.

 A man has "superpowers" and uses them to do things. I spent an hour and a half watching this, and I'm not entirely sure what I saw. I'll try to explain the plot. The Queen of the World steals the Royal Crown as a show of her power. Scotland Yard tries to hire our guy to hunt down the woman. Little do they know, he's already "seen" her. Eventually, he tracks her down and defeats her. 

This movie is wild. At first, I was a bit worried. He has the strangest house where a good chunk of the furniture is hanging from the ceiling. While that looks fun, it's just weird. He also wanders around in his robe. I understood why when he put on his "I'm at home" clothes. He had on a really awful ascot. It was just a hint of his taste in clothes, however.

Argoman has questionable morals. He steals things, crashes people's cars and is kind of a putz. He's sleazy to women, and he has a dude just hanging out next to a car behind a door in his house. When he changes into Argoman, his "superpowers" are not amazing. He wears a cape, but he can only leap about so I'm not sure what the point of it is. He also moves around in just a strange way, and sometimes he'll just laugh, "ha HA!"

The costumes in this movie are insane, and after the first half hour, it was pretty good. Up to that point, it was still interesting, but I'm not sure it would meet our high standards. The other thing is, this man definitely doesn't meet the qualifications for our heroes. At best he's an antihero, but I'm leaning toward villain. I need more input on that. But regarding the movie itself, I think it was pretty fun. I mean, when you start out with the knowledge that when this guy has sex he loses his superpowers for six hours, I immediately have questions. I think he'll be in the universe - we just have to find the right place for him. Good Movie!



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