What next? Dame Maggie Smith as Wonder Woman?Īs this is also the age of the DVD extra, we all know how these things are done. Look what the century has brought us so far: a 14 year-old schoolboy whizzing around on a broomstick without even losing his glasses (Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter) a greying luvvie leading massed armies into battle (Ian McKellen in The Lord Of The Rings), and Hollywood's most notorious drug wreck starting a superhero franchise (Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man). As a result, anyone can be an action hero. Reality is but a plaything in their hands, human frailty can be glossed over with a mouse. In the age of green-screen and CGI, special effects departments have become drunk with processing power. Now they're an offshoot of the IT industry. Once upon a time action movies were a dangerous, macho game, on a par with firefighting or deep sea fishing.
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