A radical director has been branded ‘nuts’ for making a film that contains no superhero adventures whatsoever.
Jean-Luc Trufaut, a revolutionary film-maker best known for his epic nine-hour meditation on cheese as a metaphor for human existence, announced that his new film – ‘Two People’ will be about two people, neither of which will have super powers.
Industry insiders were baffled.
“Okay, I get that it’s about two normal people who just have normal lives and don’t have superpowers, but they’ve got to have superpowers, right?” Asked Leonardo Keitel, a film blogger who genuinely believes his opinion is relevant.
It was then reiterated that the film contained no superheroes or superpowers, just two normal people.
“Right, right, I get that. But one of them must have superpowers, right?”
Again, it was made clear that there would be no superpowers.
“Yeah, right. I understand now. So, it’s the other one that has the superpowers.”
After a swift slap to the head was administered, Mr Keitel appeared to accept the premise.
“Right, well I mean this guy is clearly nuts. Making a movie in 2017 that hasn’t got a superhero in it? Who’s going to go and see that? I mean there are, what, six or seven superhero movies coming out every week, so you’ve got to be a really great superhero movie to stand out against them.”
“If you’ve got no superheroes in your film at all, then you’ve got no chance.”
Mr Keitel then identified the biggest problem of all.
“Hang on, it doesn’t make sense. If you’ve got no superheroes in it at all, then who’s going to save the planet from the giant space robots that invade at the end of films?”
“Crazy.”
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