The Green Hornet

[ggiese]

The television show back in the 1960s was stupid, poorly written and corny even by the standards back then.

I don't see where this movie has any potential to be worth watching.

Five thumbs down

So I was a HUGE Batman fan in my youth - would not miss a single episode. I suppose some of the appeal with the "silliness" of the show, although there was a fair amount of hormone driven intrigue when you had the likes of Julie Newmar, Yvonne Craig, Eartha Kit, et. al routinely in skin tight outfits with masks.

I don't recall the Green Hornet series being nearly as appealing to me at that time. I do recall watching some of the episodes, but did not seem to find myself looking forward to the next episode. In retrospect - I don't really remember what didn't click for me...

That was until I saw the recent Green Hornet marathon on the SciFi channel. It all came flooding back...

To Bill's point - the show was absolutely stupid beyond stupid. It was not even FUNNY stupid. The only attraction and saving grace I could see was Bruce Lee's involvement. He seemed to be the ONLY one that had a clue...

I've wanted to see the remake. From what I've seen in the previews the connection to the long dead series only seems to be related in the costumes and the car. Otherwise - it seems to have a better story line and certainly much better action (I hear they destroyed 19 Green Hornet cars in the making of the movie). I'm more inclined to wait until it makes its way to my free On-Demand movie list (I'm not even tempted to buy the DVD).