I had the Corgi Black Beauty back in the day--lost all the little rockets and attachments right away, in fact building houses and fake garages for the Black Beauty inspired my stellar Lego-architect career. I held on to that dam Black Beauty longer than my oldest Hot Wheels Ferrari (I collect them-am up to 22 right now, btw). I used to get in fights with my older sister, who had to watch I Love Lucy, and then I got in fights with my younger sister who had to watch The Flintstones-over watching The Green Hornet. Batman was a whimp compared to Kato, James Bond take a back seat.
Of course The Green Hornet is primarily famous for launching the career of Bruce Lee--but the character of Britt Reid is a bit more complex--Van Williams was cool and dashing (especially as Reid) but kind of bumbling and inept as The Green Hornet himself-so he was a very odd type of hero-with Kato bailing him out all time. So I can see how a movie remake could easily swing towards comedy, but Seth Rogen is probably the last actor I'd envision, so when I saw his promo during the World's Series I said, "This is some kind of a joke, right?"
Actually, if the trailer is any indication, it looks like he's lost some weight and is taking the film pretty seriously. The Black Beauty and the effects are a real tribute to the original show. So, to me (as much as a Green Hornet Head as aTOMiC is an Shell-Head (Iron Man)) this looks pretty dang promising!
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