Why?

Why do we as comic book fans get so annoyed when a character is portrayed incorrectly in a comic book movies? Are we really that picky about these things?

I'm a very big movie and comic lover so if a comic movie isn't done right I get pissed becoz.....It's just kinda the way i am

We get so upset, because in our minds we see these characters as "behaving" a certain way. the writers and the creators of those characters gave them certain personality traits that we've come to identify them with. IE.. Wolverine's edginess. Tony Stark's arrogance. Captain America's patriotism. Spider-Man's humor and humility. To have these potentially removed or changed by Hollywood's "creative ideal" takes away from the impact the character makes both on-screen and in the books written after the movie's debut. If we see them one way on the big screen then go pick up a comic book and they're inherantly or uniquely different, we're left feeling disappointed by the efforts Hollywood has made.

In the case of one of the more obvious blunders on Hollywood's part, Spider-Man III was meant to showcase one of Peter's ULTIMATE foes, Venom. Everyone who has ever picked up a Spidey comic knows that when we see Venom, we know exactly what to expect. We know how Venom acts. We know how he speaks. We even know his motives. When Edward Brock and the Symboite spoke in that movie, when they opened their mouths and "I am Venom" came out, it shattered everything unique about the character. It completely destroyed what that character is about. A symboite is a living creature that feeds off the energy or life essence of its host. It does contain its own distinct personalty, hence why in the comics Venom always speaks in the third person. To miss that so completely, blunder it so badly, it ruined an otherwise halfway decent movie.

We come to have certain expectations when watching comic books come to life. We grew up reading about these character's exploits, their lives, their struggles, and their victories. To have them so horribly brought to life just strikes at our hearts. It leaves us feeling like our idols let us down.. That somehow, they wern't as "cool" as we hoped they'd be IF they were real. That's why we take it so personally.

zero edge says:

" only 2 more weeks for MGS4!!!!!!!!"

I KNOW!!!!!!!! I'm SO excited for it!

Ella Waldorf says:

"...........Cos you guys are so nerdy! lol"

Cute.

Forever Young says:

"'Cause if we go to see a Spider-Man movie, we probably want to see Spider-Man, not someone who just looks like him and have his powers."

You basically boiled down what Lexi said into one very accurate sentence.

There's a part of me that nitpicks comic movies, and is annoyed when they screw it up. I remember getting a throbbing headache while watching X-Men 3 because of the dumbest things...Juggernaut being a mutant; Leech looking normal; Beast having his "powers" removed by Leech and becoming human; Multiple Man being a villain; Callisto and Caliban being rolled into one character...it went on and on.

But, then I remembered what Stephen King said after directing "Maximum Overdrive". He said, "The book is the book, and the movie is the movie." meaning that you almost have to take them separately. How do you describe Juggernaut's origins in a 2 hour movie, without the movie being about him? If you get the blue, furry Beast, do you describe his whole chemical past of tampering with his own DNA? How do you describe Leech being green and speaking in broken English? These are things that years of comics knowledge helps with, but a movie doesn't have time to do.

I think that, since we all bitch so much when all we get in a movie is the origin story, Hollywood almost has to adopt a short-hand approach. Otherwise, the only people who would see the movie are comic fans, and that's not enough to offset the huge cost of making these movies.

They did a good mix with Iron Man, but even that movie screwed with their continuity. It had to. So did Batman Begins. They were little changes, but they were necessary, for the story to appeal to as many people as possible.

But they better not screw up the Iron Fist movie, or I will be pissed.

In main, 616 continuity, Sue was just Reed's girlfriend who snuck aboard with her annoying brother. She wasn't a scientist of Reed's caliber, as she is in Ultimate FF, and the movie. In fact, Stan Lee wrote her, for the most part, as someone who panics and needed to be rescued by the rest of the team.

But then again, it is an old comic book.

zee crusher says:

"Kain Echnida says:

"Why do we as comic book fans get so annoyed when a character is portrayed incorrectly in a comic book movies? Are we really that picky about these things?"

They usually tend to mess up big time. From now on everybody thinks galactus is a big cosmic storm cloud."

Yeah, I got the impression that the FF movies were a mix between regular FF and Ultimate...that explains Johnny being a pilot too, and Sue being more than a fainting female, as she was in the main FF origin. And in Ultimate FF, Galactus is a big cloud of machines.

Dreadnaught = Up-tight, man-hating giant who needs to lighten up and stop complaining because people don't share the same tastes as her.

Queen Kong says:

"Dreadnaught says:

"Pixelized's avatars have just got to go, they are pushing it. "

Pixilized is a man and furthermore..as long as the avatar is appropriate for the website then I don't see anything wrong with it.I don't know who you were referring to when you said porn avatars..you must be thinking of King Saturn or Vance,but either way nobody asked for you opinion on avatars and obviously nobody agrees."

Could've just said "I agree with Kain" LoL.

Vance Astro says:

"Ya'll didn't have to do that to her LMFAO!"

Yes we did. She had it coming. Her and her ridiculous "anti-man" feminist rants were driving me crazy. Not to mention the fact that she was attacking people's avatars for no good reason just because she disliked them. Almost none of the women here have as she put them "pornographic" or "dirty" avatars, they use comic book characters. If she doesn't like it, then she should put her D&D foot, in her D&D mouth, and stop talking out her D&D ass.

Vance Astro says:

"Kain Echnida says:

"Vance Astro says:

"Ya'll didn't have to do that to her LMFAO!"

Yes we did. She had it coming. Her and her ridiculous "anti-man" feminist rants were driving me crazy. Not to mention the fact that she was attacking people's avatars for no good reason just because she disliked them. Almost none of the women here have as she put them "pornographic" or "dirty" avatars, they use comic book characters. If she doesn't like it, then she should put her D&D foot, in her D&D mouth, and stop talking out her D&D ass."

Damn Kain.blockquote>

I'm having a bad day.

Dreadnaught says:

"Taking cheap shots while I was at french tutoring? Wow you people are lower than I thought. And I don't care about feminism, I stopped caring a good deal ago, for a good reason, why should I give a flying F*** about females who haven't directly aided me? Or males for that matter? If they haven't aided my survival I don't have to care for them. Especially those people who say I have Multiple personality disorder, they can all go burn in hell. "

No, we weren't taking shots, we were responding to you. There's a BIG difference.