On converting comic books to film.

[i_am_the_owl]

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Theory:
When converting comic books into film, filmmakers are incapable of doing a good job for the last half or last third of the film.

Disclaimer:At this moment, I would like to stymie the inevitable criticism that certain changes must be made when converting from one medium to another. Yes, duh, of course. This does not excuse a given

Comments

[fizzyland]

Origin stories tend to have a good internal momentum - I'm Joseph Campbell said something about that in his journey of the hero material. Sequels tend to founder unless there's actual room for character development.

[stars_in_return]

Yay! I've missed seeing you around here.

I've only seen a few of those movies but the same thing happens with movies that are based on books. I think you're right though, it is as if some film makers hate their audience! Or it could be that they don't care.

I am not sure why this is done. The majority of the general public usually has not read the original story and therefore it will not matter if they stick to the story. Then, if they can make it more corny, flashy, have longer sex scenes, happy endings, etc- for whatever reason certain factors seem to draw more attention, and money. That leads me to think that for many filmmakers, it is a matter of how much money your film can bring in. But for the viewers who come in counting on seeing something that pays respect to its original story, the movie is a disappointment. And the end result is that popular filmmakers get rich.

I am curious about this promotional easter egg that nobody followed through with! What's up with that?

[theyallhaveone]

I liked it. The Easter Egg is that his genitals are the same size when he becomes large.

[guynn]

There's been no blog recently. Whats brewing in that twisted mind of yours?

[i_am_the_owl]

Twisted thoughts.

[i_am_the_owl]

Also I've been fairly disgusted with what LiveJournal has become.