Comics to Big Screen

[mclaw666]

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I'm getting annoyed at many of the comics coming to the "big screen." There are too many purists and not enough radicals, and the production companies cater to the purists while recruiting new fans by recreating the hero's back-story. Anytime a[n older]

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[jorend]

Loved the first X-Men movie.

At one point, I thought Marvel was making too many movies, too quickly. But assuming they would've sucked anyway, I guess it doesn't really matter when they suck.

There is a problem with comic books: they start out simple, and then they get complicated. Eventually they get ridiculous. They tend to accumulate unlikely crap. (Like the jet in X-Men.) To make a coherent movie out of that is really hard if you don't start at the beginning. Too much unlikely stuff in one movie makes the movie suck; the easiest way to avoid it is to start from issue #1.

LXG made no sense to me as it is, but I think if it had started from issue #100 it would have been even more baffling.

There are other reasons, too. The transition from ordinary person to superhero is automatically interesting and helps keep the protagonist off balance and the plot rolling. (shrug)

The only reason not to start at the beginning is, if you end up with a franchise, everyone will want to go see "episode one". How can you pass that up? Even if it sucks extra. (Batman Begins would be the poster child for this, if it weren't for, you know, Episode One.)

Sorry, rant...

[mclaw666]

Rant on. LXG shouldn't have been made. I understand starting at the beginning for some movies, but I think for mainstream characters like Spider-man and Aquaman, you'll be playing catch-up later on, saturating the screen with villains, if you do end up with a franchise. Imagine someone like Spongebob as a super-hero. Would you really want to see how he became Spongebob? Bad example, I know, but he's mainstream, and a story from this point on would be more interesting than his beginnings.

For a comic like Hack/Slash, you do need a bit of the background to understand why Cassie does what she does. I do get your point about the franchise, starting in the middle, then going back. Example: Hannibal Rising; ick. I have the strange (read: bad) feeling when Johnny Depp hangs up his pirate hat, Disney will pursue the beginnings of Jack Sparrow.