Criticature: "Darkman" - 9/22/10

I remember the first time I saw an ad for “Darkman”. I was about…oh, say 10 or 11? Granted, the comics I was reading at the time were about four or five years older than I was, but it was during this time, flipping through dog-eared copies of Alien spin-offs, that I first set my impressionable eyes on the Struzan-esque image of Peyton Westlake, in relief against a wall of industrial flame and shadow.

Soundtrack of a Script: Revived

EDIT: It seems that Youtube really has a lock on the two clips discussed in this post. While the commentary remains true, I'm afraid I cannot show you the actual parts of the movie featured here. Nonetheless we here at WTF recommend renting or purchasing the whole movies, not just for the purposes of this article, but for the enjoyment of the entire story portrayed. As for this post, well... understand what you can and/or check out other entires through the menagerie of tags.
    Long ago, when this blog first stepped into the cesspool of Internet creations, there were many dreams and ideas in terms of content. I guess real life has delayed many recurring articles and editorials, but I've never lost sight of them. Stored away in a little folder, there sits idle a dossier of everything that never was. Poll ideas, lost features like Up Top, ones without a follow-through, such as Music Musings. Then ya got never seen thoughts, including posts detailing Commercial Jingles and Movie Musicals, and finally, the forgotten periodical- the most applicable of which last appeared a tad more than eight months ago: Soundtrack of a Script (SoaS).
    Back then, we were still experimenting with the voice of the blog, but the message has remained stationary. Music, movies, and their intersection. What better crossroads could there be than SoaS, then? For those clueless, this set of articles intended to document those instances in film where the soundtrack exceptionally played into the emotions of the scene. Acrobatic expertise amplifying the impact of both song and screen. I shoot for the unconventional, but nothing says composed scores cannot peek their heads into my writings. In any case, I decided to send up a couple more examples into the mix, and hopefully we can drip some oil onto the gears of this blog for some long needed momentum.