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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 1:05:47 GMT -5
when these movies are all in the can (the Thanos arc) there will be a stronger incentive for having all of them in your DVD library as compared to traditional stand-alone films. To some people, yeah. I think to many though, it's going to end up being a strong incentive to not buy any. Right now, the shared universe stuff is small. If you liked Iron Man 1 you might like Iron Man 2, and so on. When it gets to the point where you can't watch Hulk if you haven't seen Thor or you'll be confused, the majority of viewers will just stop watching. Super hero comic fans without the time or budget to keep up with every title Marvel and DC put out actually resort to using Wikipedia to keep up. Casual moviegoers absolutely will not put that much effort into watching a CGI action summer flick. Especially since unlike super hero comics, Marvel and DC do not own the monopoly of CGI action flicks. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 31, 2014 9:27:53 GMT -5
I'm one example dupont and I am a comic fan. I watched Iron Man 2 because 1 was good. But if I have to watch something I care less about to know what 3 is about, 3 won't get watched. If the comic movies are going to be events like comics are now then I'll stop watching them just like I stopped reading them. And Thanos in a movie is a big thing for a Starlin/Warlock fan.
If other publisher can write self contained titles and other movie makers can make self contained "serial" movies (Thomas Harris Hannibal movies come to mind. And even then you watch one or all and you loose nothing) then why must comic related movies fall prey to the same mentality as the comics have? Why can't a wide variety of fiction be offered to a wide audience and let them decide how to spend their money instead of trying to pry it all out of their pockets and purses?
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 31, 2014 10:48:06 GMT -5
The way I see it now, the Avengers is the only series that requires some knowledge of the Cap, Thor and Iron Man movies; if you're just a fan of Cap, you can watch his movies without bothering with any of the others.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2014 14:00:41 GMT -5
The way I see it now, the Avengers is the only series that requires some knowledge of the Cap, Thor and Iron Man movies; if you're just a fan of Cap, you can watch his movies without bothering with any of the others. For the moment, yeah. I don't see it staying that way. Just like the comics, back in the 1960's you didn't need an encyclopedic knowledge of decades worth of stories spanning hundreds of titles to keep up. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 31, 2014 14:04:51 GMT -5
I cared about seeing an Edgar Wright directed movie than I cared about seeing Ant-Man. Also: More than anyone in the world has ever cared about seeing Ant-Man.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2014 15:59:04 GMT -5
I watched the first two Iron Man movies because I love Robert Downey Jr. I also watched Avengers, even though I didn't really want to. Everyone swore it was the best super hero movie ever. So I watched it, and to say I was unimpressed would understate my disappointment. I admit, when RDJ is inside his suit talking to the computer I laugh, I get into it, but it's not enough for me to follow these movies. I think the Batman movies are the only Marvel/DC movies I reliably enjoy. The Tim Burton ones being movies I'll watch time and time again. I know, they're cheesy, all Tim Burton stuff is cheesy. I like it though. I've watched Spiderman and a couple X-Men movies, and the first Fantastic Four, I didn't hate all of them, but they're the kind of movies I watch once, kind of enjoy, and never watch again. I wouldn't call them classics. I'm also growing out of summer action CGI movies I think.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 1, 2014 1:02:56 GMT -5
I agree with you for the most part, Dupont. Even Avengers, which I enjoyed, isn't a classic by any stretch. I enjoyed the recent Cap movie, but it's something that could have been a made for TV film for all I care as I have little desire to watch it again. The only superhero films that I'd rate as "must have" classics are Superman: The Movie, Superman II and perhaps Batman by Burton. I never liked the Rami Spider-Man films or any of the X-Men films; none of these films have the authenticity of spirit and verisimilitude of the Superman films in my eyes.
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