Bruce Campbell, known for his portrayal of Ash Williams in the Evil Dead franchise, does not have high opinions of the current trend of superhero films.
Speaking with io9, Campbell discussed the dichotomy between a character like Ash and superheroes like Batman and Superman.
"But these guys who have this special superhero power, to me that’s Snoresville," he said. "If you don’t have kryptonite, then—Batman v Superman. Stupid, stupid, stupid concept. Never should’ve been made. Superman who can like, make the world go backwards with centrifugal force."
"Batman can’t do that," Campbell continued. "Superman can frickin’ fly. He’s the man of steel. All he has—one hand on Batman’s esophagus, the story is over. So they spent a lot of money kidding themselves."
Campbell then lamented the loss of originality within superhero films.
"Stop rinsing these superheroes!" he exclaimed. "By the time we get through, they’re all going to have the same color hair, they’re all going to do the same stuff. What’s unusual about them? 'Okay, Scarlett Johansson. Here’s your mark on the floor. We already filmed all the other people. We already put them here. So you have to be here because that’s where your places on storyboard two eighty-six dash nine that we’re shooting you in Iceland in the Saturday afternoon.'"
"I’m good," he conceded. "I’m going back to low budget movies for the SyFy channel."