Heh, I'd happily boycott Marvel for the way they handled Nordic mythology. I grumbled so much watching Thor that C suggested I turn it off before I got an aneurism. ;)
I admit I don't get bent out of shape about that sort of thing. I always view Hollywood products as based on some alternate universe where things have the same name as ours, but aren't the same thing.
This is how I can watch movie adaptations of beloved books (e.g. The Hobbit) and not throw a fit.
Oh, I can easily do that as well, provided it's done with respect to the original source material.
I just didn't feel that was the case with Thor. Some things were fine and well within artistic license, and I don't have any problems with creating new plots for existing mythological characters or tweaking a story to fit into a 1 hour 20 minute movie or giving an existing story a twist.
Other things were more difficult to get past. Overall, I feel that if they're going to deviate that much, then why not just make up something completely new?
But then I'm also slightly annoyed at the Disney version of "The Little Mermaid", she's supposed to die, damn it! ;)
Ye gods, yes, when I first heard Disney was doing Little Mermaid, I was like, "That seems an odd choice for Disney. What's next, The Little Match Girl?"
I should have guessed they would change the ending. But I was young and naive then. :)
Reminds me of my challenge to those who whined about K. Tempest Bradford's reading challenge: try also going a year without watching any film directed by or giving lead billing to a straight white cis male.
It boggles the mind that the producers think the audience isn't there, or that it's too difficult to do a movie about a superhero who's a woman.
I'm not going to go that far. :) I do like movies!
But it's also interesting that the only movie I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest of this year is Hunger Games. (Star Wars would be on the list, except we were so burned previously. I will wait for reviews. HG I trust will be as good as the previous 3.)
Other films I would see this year: Straight Outta Compton and Spectre. So...one movie centering around a white dude.
I don't know when the new Ghostbusters flick arrives, but that is the only other thing I'm salivating for.
I love comic books. I don't understand why we can have bestselling female-led comic books--from the Big Two, no less!--and they don't understand those readers also like to go to the movies.
Exactly. All the petitions and think-pieces aren't getting it through.
The only problem with this strategy, I admit, is that the Clueless Dudes Making Decisions would either see it as "see, women don't go to comic book hero movies!" or "comic book movies seem to have played out. Let's focus on a different genre now."
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This is how I can watch movie adaptations of beloved books (e.g. The Hobbit) and not throw a fit.
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I just didn't feel that was the case with Thor. Some things were fine and well within artistic license, and I don't have any problems with creating new plots for existing mythological characters or tweaking a story to fit into a 1 hour 20 minute movie or giving an existing story a twist.
Other things were more difficult to get past. Overall, I feel that if they're going to deviate that much, then why not just make up something completely new?
But then I'm also slightly annoyed at the Disney version of "The Little Mermaid", she's supposed to die, damn it! ;)
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I should have guessed they would change the ending. But I was young and naive then. :)
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It boggles the mind that the producers think the audience isn't there, or that it's too difficult to do a movie about a superhero who's a woman.
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But it's also interesting that the only movie I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest of this year is Hunger Games. (Star Wars would be on the list, except we were so burned previously. I will wait for reviews. HG I trust will be as good as the previous 3.)
Other films I would see this year: Straight Outta Compton and Spectre. So...one movie centering around a white dude.
I don't know when the new Ghostbusters flick arrives, but that is the only other thing I'm salivating for.
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I love comic books. I don't understand why we can have bestselling female-led comic books--from the Big Two, no less!--and they don't understand those readers also like to go to the movies.
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The only problem with this strategy, I admit, is that the Clueless Dudes Making Decisions would either see it as "see, women don't go to comic book hero movies!" or "comic book movies seem to have played out. Let's focus on a different genre now."
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