Why comics are better than movies

When not focused on those things, I play video games and watch movies. First entry should be Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I personally loved the movie and then decided to check the coimc out — I was baffled by the hipster pretentiousness and mindless relationship drivel conveyed by walls of text a-la Tim Buckley.

Honestly, every worth while moment in the comic was in the movie and done times better. I call fail. I recall her being rather unpleasant and insulting towards most of the other characters and the strong leader of the team besides. Because she eventually got together with one of the other members of the team? Nuggs, very well put. If it was standalone, I would have loved the film, but knowing that Keanu was supposed to be John, who was in fact, visually based on Sting, was just too much.

Great call, man. Steve, Anyone can make that argument about Moore, but I think Trashcanman has you pinned here. Also, regarding the Wanted statement. I appreciate your thoughts on it, but even if the references are as subtle as a nut punch, they are still references.

And yes, Alan Moore makes them, too. Well played on the Moore comment, for sure. Not Deadpool. A better example would be from the first few pages of issue 1 of the original series with him narrating out loud what he is doing.

She is awful. She gets movie roles because she is pretty, not because she is talented. Hell, even P-Diddy did a better job in that movie than she did. While I may not have thought Wanted was as good as it could have been, it was a million times better than anything that would have featured Halle Berry in a lead role. Thank you for reading. Albatraouse: I thought that pic did the best job at conveying the character, i.

Google images did not have a better one available, but damn, that is pretty impressive to pick up on, and I agree with you. My personal fave Deapool moment from recent memory is when he fought Wolverine and saw his claws as spoons. Something so insanely wonderful about that.

I loved Punisher War Zone. Spawn is terrible whether it is the movie OR the comic. The latter is just less terrible than the former. She is involved in several activities including choir. Her hobbies include drawing and knowing What is Your Biggest Fear? Fashion: A Means of Expression. Caramelized Upside Down Apple Cake. See you out on the Road. The Rise and Fall of Monster High.

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Submit Search. Search this site Submit Search. The seeling point of the comic is that it has quite a few bonuses clearly meant for fans, like song lyrics and an audience participation guide. There's even information on the creator and how the story behind Rocky Horror came about. Two official versions of the comic are known to exist, one deluxe and one slim. Much of the artwork directly takes after the movie, especially in the design of the characters, with Frank-N-Furter looking just like Tim Curry.

This famous family started out in cartoons, but when it's live-action movie came out in , a comic book adaptation came out from Harvey Comics.

Instead of choosing between recasting the characters in their classic cartoon style or basing the characters off their live-action characters, the publisher actually decided to do both.

With The Flintstones Double Vision , readers were given a pair of glasses with a red or blue lens. Depending on which you were looking through, the story would appear in a realistic style or a cartoonish style. Buffy The Vampire Slayer might be better known as a television show but it started with a movie, whose story would eventually be adapted into a comic mini-series called "The Origin.

It also based the character designs off some of the characters from the television show's actors instead of the movie's. The story was further explored in another comic mini-series "Viva Las Buffy! Though they have the time to make the Skrulls into the great villains they are, it is still something the comics have done better. While not every Marvel movie has received great praise, the studio is known for being relatively consistent in quality. Though not every film is as good as the last, they have managed to find a great balance among most of them, leading to generally pleased audiences everywhere.

While the comics are arguably better than the films themselves, there have definitely been some comics that are far worse than even the worst Marvel movie. In general, comic quality is much more fluid, especially with writers constantly rotating titles and relaunches almost every year.

Though there are many comics out there that are far better than the actual films, the MCU still deserves recognition for maintaining its overall quality. As mentioned previously, the MCU has received a lot of high praise for its general consistency in the quality of its films. However, with a big studio like Disney at the helm and an overall plan constantly in the works, there is much less room for creative freedoms.

The comics, on the other hand, have generally have the ability to do whatever the creators want with the characters. For better or worse, this has allowed for a lot of interesting character exploration and growth.

While some creative have easily strayed too far from the norm at times, others have managed to use their creative freedoms to elevate characters to whole new heights. Though it is clear that Directors in the MCU still have a lot of creative control, the comic writers definitely have far more. Jack is an avid reader and writer with a plethora of works in all genres.