New Hoosier film and the disappointing summer movie season

Terminator Salvation (Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Ent. )

Hoosier filmmaker Christopher Allen ("A Time for the Heart," "Star Trek Vs. Batman," "Quantum Leap: A Leap to Di For") has announced production on his latest fanfilm "Fall of Gotham."

Set in the world of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," Allen is mixing characters from that universe with existing DC characters, adding Harley Quinn as the villain and introducing Wonder Woman into the "Dark Knight" mythos. Filming is to commence in 2010.

And now for something completely different!

The summer movie season is winding down. So I wanna know: how was the summer movie season for you? What movies did you love? Hate? Were you surprised in a good or bad fashion by any?

Here's my take: 2009 will go down as the worst summer in movie history (at least since 1975, when "Jaws" officially began "summer movie season"). There was no legitimate monster blockbuster, the season was marred with substandard sequels, prequels and original films. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Terminator Salvation," "Transformers," and"G. I. Joe" were all crushing disappointments, and films like "Public Enemies" and "Funny People" were at best mild disappointments. The best film of the summer hit theaters the first week of May ("Star Trek"), and save for a few smaller-scale surprises like "District 9," "(500) Days of Summer," "The Hurt Locker" and "A Perfect Getaway," there wasn't much that was even good.

So post below: What's the best and worst of this year's summer movie season? What are you looking forward to in the fall?

Written by Joe Shearer
Special to Metromix