You know, you guys, you don’t have to explain everyone’;s origin in the story. When the Green Gobklin first showed up in Spider Man, he was a complete blank – no identity (heck, the guy who was his other identitu hadn’t even been intrduced yet). Doom first showed up without much background at all – his full origin didn’t come out until after more than half a dozen comic book appearances, in FF Annual #2.
Trying to shoehorn too much into a story can ruin it. I think they would’ve been better without trying to do Doom at the same time.
Psst: Lex and Clark and the hair loss are actually 1960s comics canon… part of comics as of the 70s Superman movie, which Smallville is sort of a prequel to.
I disagree about this: you may not like the character of Reed Richards, but he’s supposed to be a very likable guy. His only two character flaws are that he can get obsessive/workaholic binges and that he can be absent minded. Otherwise, he’s been shown as generous, self-sacrificing, caring, loving, dedicated, etc. Again, I’m not disputing your dislike, but that’s not how the characters in the Marvel universe see him.
I know he’s “likable” in the comics. But the two flaws you listed are really the major CHARACTER traits that he has. I can’t even count that number of FF plots that were either driven by those flaws or those flaws played heavily into the story. He’s flawed but he’s a genuine hero, that’s why he liked.
Nope. Ultimate Spidey has mechanical webshooters, based on a formula Peter’s dad had been working on when he died. Peter finishes his dad’s work and incorporates them into the costume after he captures Uncle Ben’s killer.
If you’re referring to the Ultimate version, yeah he’s right, they’re mechanical. And incorporated really clumsily too. The redone origin was really well done, it took its time to build up and was done alot more subtly than the movies’ overnight transformation, but he dropped the ball on swinging by introducing the webshooters in just a few pages.
Seems to me that if they need to go through that much trouble to adapt the comic book, they might as well forego the licensing and make the Terrific Three or something.
I can appreciate adaptations for the sake of storytelling, but there’s a point where it crosses the line between movie adaptation and a complete re-write. When that line is crossed, all production should stop and the movie makers should decide which side of the line they want to be on.
Bad acting or not, the best part of the movie was Jessica Alba.
The movie is much more believable under the fictional constraints of that universe.
It makes more sense for it to be like it was in the movie. The Marvel Universe is one in which weird things can happen and people can get various forms of superpowers.
However, there is little in the Marvel universe that would explain Peter Parker, a young man with no advanced degrees in chemistry being able to created what would amount to probably one of the most complex and amazing inventions that one human being has ever produced.
Parker isn’t even beyond human “super smart” like Dr. Doom (in one comic Dr. Doom is able to do a calculation faster than a supercomputer) he’s just a brainy teenager at the beginning. Smart, but no smarter than many other bright kids with an interest in science just starting their college careers.
If you’re referring to the comic-book version, this isn’t true. The early issues pretty consistently show him as being a very gifted chemist. Even The Lizard, when he’s not all scaly, praises Spidey’;s abilities in the lab. He’d have to be, after all, if he ame up with his own webbing.
I just watched the DVD of the movie, never read the comic books. What is Latervia? Dr. Doom has an association with this place/country, but it isn’t really explained.
I was pleasantly surprised by the movie, it wasn’t as bad as suggested by some of the reviews. Although every time I see Stan Lee, I can’t help thinking of Roger “The Stan Lee Experience”.
Nope. First rule of movies: show, don’t tell. “As you are all no doubt aware, we are fighting Viktor Von Doom, whom, as I don’t need to remind you, hates us because blah blah blah.” Kills a movie dead. Don’t forget, comic book movies aren’t aimed at the fanboys who can nitpick every detail of a character’s origin: they’d never make any money if they did. They’re aimed at Joe Soap and his girlfriend, who want to plop down ten bucks to see Jessica Alba in a body suit and a bunch of people throwing cars at each other.
They can be done well - Hellboy - or they can be done badly - The Hulk - but movies based on comics, especially the less well-known ones {ie not Batman, Spiderman or Superman} simply wouldn’t get made if they were aimed only at the fans. Hell, half the fun is complaining about what a travesty the last offering was, while secretly hoping against hope that the next one will get it right. Please, someone, make a good Judge Dredd movie…
