Warning, I’m about to totally geek out here.

I love the Daredevil comics. In high school, the tragic story of Daredevil and Elektra was my first taste of how great comics could be. Elektra’s life is a series of horrendous events that eventually drive her to becoming a savage ninja assassin, and the enemy of her love, Daredevil. I always imagined the two would reunite, but instead, she ultimately gets fatally stabbed, only to drag herself to his place and die in his arms. It’s absolute fromaaaahge, but to a teenage girl, it was as powerful as a story about superheroes could be.

Daredevil, the movie that came out two years ago, was craptacular, everyone knows that. The filmmakers could have made LOTR and they still wouldn’t be breaking even karmatically as far as I’m concerned. There was nothing dark, tormented or tragic about Elektra, and she was completely miscast. Jennifer Garner was cute (and this is not a good thing here), and had none of the sheer “kickassabilty” of Elektra.

So for the longest time I’ve only been vaguely aware that there’s a movie coming out about my favorite comic “villainness”, but recently pictures of Garner as the new Elektra have started popping up all over. And I have to say, something about the way they got her to look, just like in the comics, has tapped into some buried part of my 80s psyche, and I find myself guiltily looking forward to the piece of putrid crap this movie is sure to be. I’ll probably go by myself wearing shades and a scarf over my head. And I’ll do penance and cleanse my soul by seeing Hotel Rwanda right after.