The 1980s would see the action film take over Hollywood to become a dominant form of summer blockbuster.

If the film is one of those big summer blockbusters, get comfortable; you're going to be there for a while.

But the summer blockbusters were not the main attraction of this outing last Monday.

This was brought home to me by a recent summer blockbuster on which I happened to be one of 14 uncredited writers.

BUT star control is only one way in which the economic infrastructure of the summer blockbuster has changed.

He: a bit bored and slightly disoriented, like a husband without a summer blockbuster.

It has been called both the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time.

And perhaps this will indeed change the economics of the summer blockbuster.

As such, the line is likely to appeal to those who take their kicks artificially, out of the sun - say, watching a summer blockbuster.

The film's cult-status led it to feature heavily in the 2012 summer blockbuster Ted.