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Do you read Comic Books?
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02-05-2016 12:10am#1
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I was thinking of this also reading the last thread especially seeing the likes of Mystique and Doom going out , there characters have been ****ed royally when it comes to the big screen but as someone pointed out in the comics Doom is amazing one of the best villians in the universe
Mystique too is alot better as she is actually a villain not the faux leader of the X-Men which is a joke now in the movies
But i digress my 1st time finding these characters was the animated shows that were on in the mid 90's Iron Man, Spiderman, Hulk, Silver Surfer (only had 1 season
) and the not so great F4 one then i moved onto the comics , Comics are so broad though and as others said there's so much there its really a case of picking and choosing and hoping for the best , I think it was plain to see alot of people don't read comics and thats fine , would explain how Punisher got so far in the superhero competition
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Good thread idea and certainly got me thinking! I've pretty much engorged superheroes stories, from an early age & from every conceivable medium - EXCEPT the actual comic-books themselves. Sure, I've read a few of the classics and more noteworthy editions, not to mention the odd non-superhero comic (big, belated fan of Judge Dredd for instance, and I've picked up the occasional Dr. Who compendium of all things). So generally, if superheroes are involved, I'm probably going to watch & enjoy it - despite what any complaints about the MCU in the Film Forum might suggest
Heck, to really gaze at my navel, I think the entire concept of the superhero is something of a universal narrative that has existed for centuries: we have always told tales of heroes with powers beyond the human; it was just that until the 20th century, we weren't dressing them in spandex.
As to the why of my allergy towards the comicbook, I think superhero comics have tended to come across as an unappealing fustercluck of convoluted mythologies, retconns, reboots and plain garbled narratives all trying to coalesce into one overwhelming continuity (eg, iirc Hawkgirl has a backstory and continuity that could be charitably described as 'byzantine'). Add to that is the sheer bulk of narrative across decades, revolving around some characters, plus the necessity to keep those stories churned out from the Marvel/DC sweatshops - it culminates in something that holds no sway for me.
Adaptations, be they in the cinema or on TV, tend to feel fresher and like a clean broom - less beholden to the precedent and continuity clogging up the comicbook timelines . They exist within their own sphere and can nod towards what came before without having to work around it somehow. You also often end up with something like Batman: The Animated Series, which to my mind is one of the greatest animated ever produced.
Probably makes no sense to anyone else, and may even be borderline heretical, but is certainly how it feels to me
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Good thread idea and certainly got me thinking! I've pretty much engorged superheroes stories, from an early age & from every conceivable medium - EXCEPT the actual comic-books themselves. Sure, I've read a few of the classics and more noteworthy editions, not to mention the odd non-superhero comic (big, belated fan of Judge Dredd for instance, and I've picked up the occasional Dr. Who compendium of all things). So generally, if superheroes are involved, I'm probably going to watch & enjoy it - despite what any complaints about the MCU in the Film Forum might suggest
Heck, to really gaze at my navel, I think the entire concept of the superhero is something of a universal narrative that has existed for centuries: we have always told tales of heroes with powers beyond the human; it was just that until the 20th century, we weren't dressing them in spandex.
As to the why of my allergy towards the comicbook, I think superhero comics have tended to come across as an unappealing fustercluck of convoluted mythologies, retconns, reboots and plain garbled narratives all trying to coalesce into one overwhelming continuity (eg, iirc Hawkgirl has a backstory and continuity that could be charitably described as 'byzantine'). Add to that is the sheer bulk of narrative across decades, revolving around some characters, plus the necessity to keep those stories churned out from the Marvel/DC sweatshops - it culminates in something that holds no sway for me.
Adaptations, be they in the cinema or on TV, tend to feel fresher and like a clean broom - less beholden to the precedent and continuity clogging up the comicbook timelines . They exist within their own sphere and can nod towards what came before without having to work around it somehow. You also often end up with something like Batman: The Animated Series, which to my mind is one of the greatest animated ever produced.
Probably makes no sense to anyone else, and may even be borderline heretical, but is certainly how it feels to me
Makes perfect sense to me anyway and I tend to agree with you.0
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