Comic Book Movies

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bigdaddy2003
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Aug 10, 2011 7:25pm
So is Loki going to be the only villain in The Avengers?
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Little Danny
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Aug 10, 2011 9:16pm
bigdaddy2003;857913 wrote:So is Loki going to be the only villain in The Avengers?

My son is a huge Marvel comics fans. He tells me the villians for the movie will likely be Loki and a group called The Skrulls, a race of shape shifters from the comic books.
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Aug 10, 2011 10:32pm
Commander of Awesome;852500 wrote:i lol'd. Those were all terrible.

Agree, Superman Returns was so terrible that Singer and company were told to take a hike, no idea how anyone could have possibly liked that film. I enjoyed Spider-Man though.

The problem with comic book movies is that they cater to a group that likely already knows the history and progression of the main character, so there are shortcuts in writing the development of the protagonist. Another problem is with the finance aspect of Hollywood, once a comic book movie becomes a hit there is pressure to develop sequels ASAP without regard to quality - Iron Man 2 is an example of this. That film is terrible (critic viewpoints aside), it was a rushed sequel that had 2 action scenes - the first completely incomprehensible and the second a video game, yet because of the success of Iron Man and the fanboy contingent poor writing is acceptable.
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bigdaddy2003
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Aug 11, 2011 9:42am
Little Danny;858070 wrote:My son is a huge Marvel comics fans. He tells me the villians for the movie will likely be Loki and a group called The Skrulls, a race of shape shifters from the comic books.

Well I was hoping for a couple big villains but I suppose this will have to do.
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Commander of Awesome
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Aug 11, 2011 10:11am
bigdaddy2003;858513 wrote:Well I was hoping for a couple big villains but I suppose this will have to do.

Couple of big villians turns the movie into Batman & Robin or spiderman 3. Trust me, its better when the film is focused on one vilian.
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bigdaddy2003
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Aug 11, 2011 10:14am
Commander of Awesome;858541 wrote:Couple of big villians turns the movie into Batman & Robin or spiderman 3. Trust me, its better when the film is focused on one vilian.

Yeah, you are probably right.
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Aug 11, 2011 10:23am
Commander of Awesome;858541 wrote:Couple of big villians turns the movie into Batman & Robin or spiderman 3. Trust me, its better when the film is focused on one vilian.

Hear, hear.