got me. no, not a comic book reader. nerd for sure, still play DnD, Conan my favorite movie, followed by Blade Runner and Dune (not the David Lynch cut, the made for TV 3 hour cut...) but I kind of guessed from your avy that you had me on the comic book front. which of the modern superhero movies do you like best, I wonder?
I'm in a toss up between The Winter Soldier and The Avengers right now, but have super-high hopes for Guardians of the Galaxy. Rocket Raccoon and Groot are...well, awesome.
Why are some people of the opinion that film versions of comics have to follow the comic down to every little detail?
The Avengers films didn't meet every detail, Spider-Man didn't, and Amazing Spider-Man got closer but not perfect. Those were fine, because the changes made modern upgrades for half century old characters. You could note that I am not screaming for Wolverine's blue and yellow (or his other combinations) spandex. In fact, the joke about it in X-Men was perfect. Nor is Sabertooth's look on my list of issues. Casting, yes, but not making him hairy doesn't bother me.
If they had used a villain of the mentality of the one in the comic above (i.e finding it highly amusing to use little yellow boxes) don't you think the massive Hollywood blockbuster which is meant to appeal to all audiences would be a bit childish and infantile?
Deadpool, aka 'The Merc with a Mouth,' was "insane" and believed he was in a comic book. The breaking down the 4th wall was merely a side effect of his origin.
Deadpool's origin is far too complex to tell as a side character. It involves cancer, desperation, mental illness, and tragedy. If you want to see Deadpool as he should be watch the animated Hulk vs. In the Hulk vs Wolverine story the Weapon X crew shows up.
These films were never made to follow the comics to the letter, they were based on the comics and adapted to provide a better experience on the big screen and appeal to a wide audience as opposed to just comic fanatics.
Is it too much to ask that the characters, at a minimum, at least have a hint of a similarity to their comic version? Deadpool in the film had about 50 powers more than the comic version. It was like the writers said, "Healing powers are cool, swords are cool, retractable claws are cool, energy beams from your eyes are cool, in fact every Marvel mutant is cool. It can only be awesome to have one guy with every power."
True. I guess they thought it better to have a menacing, evil and scary villain that makes people feel "nauseous" rather than a wise-cracker running around in blue and red lycra telling some jokes.
Despite the success of two versions of Spider-Man.
As someone who hasn't even read the comics on the face of it I would prefer the non-speaking scarier Deadpool, it makes the film darker and adds a sense of peril and danger.
If Wolverine was done properly it would be darker, the way Batman was darker, not by stunt-casting fanboy favorites and turning them into...something else. Want a scary villain? Wendigo would work.
I can't speak for everyone but seeing as though a large percentage of the films audience (I should think anyway) haven't read the comics I can see why they did that.
Thank God Marvel chose to keep their characters almost exactly like their comic versions. Weird how well it did that with an even larger audience. Every argument for making major changes for non-comic fans feels hollow in light of The Avengers.
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