[TheBlueMarvel]

@Dark

Let me start by stating that I appreciate where you are coming from.

Personally, I like my fantasy to be 'fantastic.' The idea that imagination is somehow 'child-like' is terribly limiting. After all, the imagination on display in Star Trek with the tricorder and communicator likely played a role in smart-phone development - essentially, wire less-handheld devices that grant you access to immense stores of information, the ability to navigate/understand your environment, and communicate over vast distances. Our (humans) long belief in parallel realities (abundantly conceptualized within various religions throughout antiquity) has had a definite impact on the research of quantum physics, string theory, and the theoretical exploration of the existence of other dimensions. Star Trek's warp-engine, Star Wars' hyperdrive, Event Horizon's wormhole travel are either inspiring scientific discovery, or, are flat out based on theory. Many fantasy 'imaginings' are being manifested in real-life everyday. While I'm not suggesting that mutants will be springing to life, my overall point is that there's nothing infantile about the power of imagination. Dreaming, imagining, and fantasizing represent crucial aspects of the human psyche and they play a pivotal role in the development of our species.

An aside: I went on a first date with this woman and we discussed our reading habits; I ALWAYS inspect the mentals'...well, she told me she doesn't read anything that's "fictitious" (yet, she was still largely oblivious to politics - another negative lol) According to her, she only read autobiographies or crime novels (I stopped myself from informing her that crime 'novels' were 'fictions' also, by definition. It didn't matter, I knew at that moment that there wouldn't be a second outing because imagination is just that important to me.

Elements of mundane, real-world experience (nuance of language and dialogue, familiar scenarios, normative social interactions etc) can easily be woven into fantastic landscapes (prepare to witness as much with Game of Thrones). I like street level heroes as much as a the next dude, but I have said from the very beginning (Blade) of this cinematic journey, "make my super-heroes SUPER, guawtdammit!"