Are Superhero movies good for the comic book industry?
When superhero movies first started, the source material was the comics. The films never quite lived up to the ideals of the fans that loved the comics and were seldom successful until Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. Now things are changing.
“We see a warping, a moving away and a pampering to” the movies, says Gorg Mallia. The films are becoming the source material for the comics, and it’s not a good thing.
Chris Thompson says that what the films learned (and fanboys decried) was that movies and comics were different media. They can’t tell the same story in the same way. They have to be different from each other if they want to be engaging. Unfortunately, comics haven’t learned that and are becoming their worst selves by trying to cater to the movie crowd.
“It’s an age old problem,” says Ramona Depares. The movies are never as good as the books to those who love the characters in the books.
Teodor Reljic sees the conglomerates and the capitalist desire to make money as a large part of the problem with the relationship between movies and comics.
Audience member Fabio Agius finds part of the problem is that “movies have created a subculture of people who love the comics scene” but don’t necessarily love the comics. Another audience member echoed the same idea and said that he spent so much time with the characters that it was troubling to have people who only watch the movies think they were experts on the characters.
Mallia says that the movie group is a pop culture rather than a literary culture.
Thompson approached the problem pragmatically. Let the movie people enjoy the movies, let the gaming people enjoy the games and the comic people enjoy the comics. Don’t let it bother you as a comics reader.
“The comics are always there for you,” says Thompson. The old stories don’t disappear. You can go back and read them. Realize people who have read about Jane Foster becoming Thor have a connection to Thor now. “They feel empowered.”
“A female Thor is not forever,” says Mallia.
“It’s always going to cycle back. They always put the toys back into the box,” says Thompson.
“We see a warping, a moving away and a pampering to” the movies, says Gorg Mallia. The films are becoming the source material for the comics, and it’s not a good thing.
Chris Thompson says that what the films learned (and fanboys decried) was that movies and comics were different media. They can’t tell the same story in the same way. They have to be different from each other if they want to be engaging. Unfortunately, comics haven’t learned that and are becoming their worst selves by trying to cater to the movie crowd.
“It’s an age old problem,” says Ramona Depares. The movies are never as good as the books to those who love the characters in the books.
Teodor Reljic sees the conglomerates and the capitalist desire to make money as a large part of the problem with the relationship between movies and comics.
Audience member Fabio Agius finds part of the problem is that “movies have created a subculture of people who love the comics scene” but don’t necessarily love the comics. Another audience member echoed the same idea and said that he spent so much time with the characters that it was troubling to have people who only watch the movies think they were experts on the characters.
Mallia says that the movie group is a pop culture rather than a literary culture.
Thompson approached the problem pragmatically. Let the movie people enjoy the movies, let the gaming people enjoy the games and the comic people enjoy the comics. Don’t let it bother you as a comics reader.
“The comics are always there for you,” says Thompson. The old stories don’t disappear. You can go back and read them. Realize people who have read about Jane Foster becoming Thor have a connection to Thor now. “They feel empowered.”
“A female Thor is not forever,” says Mallia.
“It’s always going to cycle back. They always put the toys back into the box,” says Thompson.