tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post112125985359480941..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Superhero Event in Williamsburg, VirginiaJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1121397647630466132005-07-14T23:20:00.000-04:002005-07-14T23:20:00.000-04:00Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2 are fantastic ... a...Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2 are fantastic ... and reflect a level of sophistication you could have easily gotten in a comic back in 1985.<BR/><BR/>But you make a good point about movies always lagging behind the printed word.<BR/><BR/>And I don't actually know what they're doing with those comics these days since I stopped reading them in the 1990's.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I probably just pulled that whole thing out of my ass, didn't I? <BR/><BR/>Fun, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1121380963396846402005-07-14T18:42:00.000-04:002005-07-14T18:42:00.000-04:00Interesting. But doesn't film narrative always tra...Interesting. But doesn't film narrative always trail the written word in terms of sophistication? I remember how so many critics complained about Star Wars in 1977 that it was 40 years behind the work of contemporary science fiction writers. Is the same true of comics? Lately, we've seen a number of fine films, including Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2. Are they less sophisticated than their comic counterparts? Or is it hard to tell, given that the media are different. (Comics have the luxury of a continuing story over multiple issues, whereas movies get 90 minutes, 2 hours tops.)John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-1121378134137917982005-07-14T17:55:00.000-04:002005-07-14T17:55:00.000-04:00Okay, here's my didactic statement for the day:The...Okay, here's my didactic statement for the day:<BR/><BR/>The narrative sophistication of superheroes in movies lags about 20 years behind the narrative sophistication of superheroes in their respective comic books.<BR/><BR/>Discuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com