DISQUS

Bedlam · 1 year ago

I didn't read the whole interview, but I did read a few of the questions he answered. The only thing that I think he needs to realize is that there is a difference in making a graphic novel that you can sit down a read in 20 to 30 minutes into a movie and making a comic book series that's been in print for over40 years into a movie. And I know that he understands that the movies have to make money, and fanboys, as loyal as they are, aren't going to be able to support big budget pictures on their own. I think that his comments are tailored to appeal to fanboys to get them to be interested in reading his book. This comes off as a marketing interview and not an interview of someone who genuinely has a passion for comics.

Sweet_Christmas · 1 year ago

I think he gets it. If you walk into a Borders right now you can find dozens of tradepaperbacks which basically contain one complete story line. His main complaint is similar to one I have made in the past. Pick any of the popular stoory lines and make it into a film. I disagree with you on him panderign ot fanboys. The specific complaints he mentioned refelect the way a large number of fan boy about the filsm like spidey 3 X-men 3 and both FF films. If he is pandering he did his research

Bedlam · 1 year ago

Spidey 3 had too many villains, not enough focus, that's what I remember the complaint was. FF films were just poorly written and directed, that's just a movie problem, not just fanboy. X-Men 3 I will give you had issues that fanboys could legitimately complain about. But I think that giving this kind of interview, in that medium, and how he said certain things, he seems to be trying to appeal to the fanboys, that's just my opinion.

Sweet_Christmas · 1 year ago

My point was that he is saying the same things that "fanboys" are saying about the films. How are you making the distinction between what a genuine response vs pandering. To me someone whose pandering would say how much they loved the films and leave it at that.