June 15, 2011 11:23 am Actually, now that you've said it - a 1960s period set Spider-Man would have been actually Amazing. I really hope that happens some day...
June 3, 2011 10:50 am I thought the movie completely worked at the level it aimed to. So what if it wasn't faithful to the comics - I've long said that movie makers HAVE to ignore the comics fans - they actually make up a small percentage of the movie audience.
Nope, all the producers and director have to concern themselves with is making a good movie in it's own right.
I couldn't care less about continuity - it's pretty much ruined mainstream comics anyway, so the less of it there is in movies the better.
What if I DON'T read super-hero books in general, because I've grown oh-so-weary of the conventions, and only really venture a look when a writer I have time for is working on one? Say, a Brubaker or Morrison.
Of course, Invincible doesn't count because it spits in the face of convention and is a proper, progressional story. I'm mainly talking about stuff from the BIG 2. Marvel/DC books only take up about 2.5 shelves out of my total of 18 shelves of comics hardcovers/trades, so I feel pretty justified in marginalising their output.
This pretty much describes me, and why my friends give each other looks any time it looks like one of them might mention a comics-based movie, for fear I might start trying to get them in the scary comics cult.
I'd love to be able to read other languages, simply because any time I've visited Belgium/France/Italy I've realised that there are huge comics scenes that are impenetrable to me.
That being said, if they were translated to English I'd probably have to expend less effort, so...
@ultimatehoratio Actually, both Marvelman and V for Vendetta were published in Warrior magazine, not 2000AD.
At one stage it seemed as if V was going to turn out to be Marvelman, but happily common sense prevailed there.
Both Garry Leach and David Lloyd were kind enough to sign my issue 1 of Warrior a couple of weeks ago - now all I have to do is go to Northampton and bother Moore to get his signature too!
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Me, I find it incredibly dull, and packed to the hilt with ridiculous Deus Ex Machina endings - where the Dr 'magically' has all the answers.
I actually think the more recent Dr Who series speaks more to American sensibilities than British ones...
Nope, all the producers and director have to concern themselves with is making a good movie in it's own right.
I couldn't care less about continuity - it's pretty much ruined mainstream comics anyway, so the less of it there is in movies the better.
Basically, you just mean 'same day'. 'Day and date' is just tautological nonsense.
Oh, and I think all of this DC shenanigans can only be a good thing. Wee golf claps all round.
What if I DON'T read super-hero books in general, because I've grown oh-so-weary of the conventions, and only really venture a look when a writer I have time for is working on one? Say, a Brubaker or Morrison.
Of course, Invincible doesn't count because it spits in the face of convention and is a proper, progressional story. I'm mainly talking about stuff from the BIG 2. Marvel/DC books only take up about 2.5 shelves out of my total of 18 shelves of comics hardcovers/trades, so I feel pretty justified in marginalising their output.
How about the Comics Evangelist?
This pretty much describes me, and why my friends give each other looks any time it looks like one of them might mention a comics-based movie, for fear I might start trying to get them in the scary comics cult.
I'd love to be able to read other languages, simply because any time I've visited Belgium/France/Italy I've realised that there are huge comics scenes that are impenetrable to me.
That being said, if they were translated to English I'd probably have to expend less effort, so...
@ultimatehoratio Actually, both Marvelman and V for Vendetta were published in Warrior magazine, not 2000AD.
At one stage it seemed as if V was going to turn out to be Marvelman, but happily common sense prevailed there.
Both Garry Leach and David Lloyd were kind enough to sign my issue 1 of Warrior a couple of weeks ago - now all I have to do is go to Northampton and bother Moore to get his signature too!