I'm not surprised he had a decenting opinion, i'm surprised at the lack of decency. he provided a perspective, I provided a counterpoint because is perspective had things I didn't agree with, namely that character work isn't progression and it doesn't keep attention. it's a discussion forum, where people discuss things in a forum, if you don't want your thoughts discussed don't post. if you are going to post, don't be a dick. it's super easy. thinking that a stance counter to your own means you need to be a dick is childish. if I had attacked him or insulted him in some way then sure, let the dickishness fly but I chose my words carefully because there is this thing called "respectfully disagreeing" where you exchange contrasting opinions and ideas without insulting being dick for no other ground than "my view is the only view, and anyone else who disagree is a so and so". for example, me and you are more or less respectfully disagreeing; you haven't insulted me, I haven't insulted you, and the world hasn't imploded from the pressure of all the pent up snark, condescension, and narcissism that's not uncontrollably spewing from our brains into the internet. obvious hyperbole aside you see my point, right?
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
Yeah yeah keep calling me a dick and childish. Just move on and prove you're mature about it.
I eventually went back and finished it, it was a good story but at some point it wasn't keeping my interest issue to issue; it just started to feel too long. funnily enough, when I went back to read it, I dropped off not too far from the ending LOL if I had stuck it out like a couple more issues I'd have been fine. it did have some of the best art I've seen in an Aquaman book tho. when he pulled up on Corum with the Trident blazing and his eye all glowy? sheeesh that was some stellar work! I think that was from Federici (maybe Sejic, I'm not shore), their style is a must grab
ah, I can't necessarily say I agree that all movie synergy is bad or particularly harmful. sometimes it's the best incentive for the comics to do interesting things and update these characters in way they normally wouldn't. I mean, not EVERY change is productive or well thought out but i don't think the concept is inherently problematic for the characters.I agree. It's a terrible and harmful thing to do.
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THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
Currently Reading:
DC: The Flash, Challenge of the Super Sons, Nightwing
Image: Lazarus: Risen, The Old Guard, Black Magick
Boom: Mighty Morphin', Power Rangers
I think the problem is that changing characters to try and match with a movie depiction or other version that does it's own thing can sometimes feel inorganic and forced. It doesn't really strike me as "interesting" or an "update" since it's just trying to jump on or take from another depiction.
But I'm far from biased on the subject since I prefer comic Aquaman to Momoa's version. And I liked Momoa.
Ironically if they were really chasing for synergy then Arthur would be wearing the orange scalemail by now.
Yeah, the artwork was amazing.
You're entitled to your opinion of course but personally I see it as a problem. This video here explains it very eloquently-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijdwfyUBN6E
Basically the problem is that it hurts the character's iconic nature. I actually liked the "Aquaman" movie but let's be real, that's not Aquaman from the comics. Trying to turn him into Aqua-mamoa gives people the wrong idea of who and what Aquaman is.
Also that point about "updating these characters." That's the problem, they don't need to be "updated." Superheroes are mythic figures. They are not meant to be "trendy" or "hip." They're meant to be iconic and timeless. Now obviously "some" changes are necessary as society changes (for example Sherlock Homes in this day and age should not be helping track down a runaway slave), but you need to be true to the core of what that character represents.
Exactly.Originally Posted by Frontier
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We're gonna have the agree to disagree, I really want to unpack this divide but I just wrote a life-size brick of text breaking down what I found un-agreeable with that guy's video and I didn't even get to my points about intertextual relationships between adaptations being a good thing, at which point i realized it's just too much to unpack and define and articulate. however I will say this, I believe this problem will always exist, intertextuality vs adaptation exclusivity, simply due to the nature of american superhero fiction being endlessly serialized with no set author and thus no real direction; only ever the illusion of direction.
Last edited by lemonpeace; 08-25-2019 at 04:10 PM.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
That's not to say there isn't anything I would like to see adapted from the movie, like the aesthetic for Atlantis or the Atlantean armor. Everything else was pretty much lifted from the comics anyways.
They can totally keep their Murk design though .
I don't think there has to be one interpretation though. For example, I think both Adam West Batman and Kevin Conroy Batman are valid interpretations of the character and they couldn't be more different. And sometimes, adapting elements of versions of characters in other media strengthens the characters in the comics as well. Mr. Freeze being one of the best examples. I don't think there is anything wrong with taking pieces of Momoa's performance and incorporating that into the larger character (as long as it works well). And personally, I see more personality in Kelly Sue's Arthur than I've seen in either previous runs or the Momoa version. I think the is a good balance between the carefree dude nature of Momoa and the powerful quiet stoicism of the Aquaman in past runs.
Currently Reading:
DC: The Flash, Challenge of the Super Sons, Nightwing
Image: Lazarus: Risen, The Old Guard, Black Magick
Boom: Mighty Morphin', Power Rangers
I keep rereading Aquaman from Kingslayer to now and there is one thing i'm still confused about, when did Mera kill Aquaman? I know he went missing in Drowned Earth, and that's when Mera joined the Justice League, and after that, he appeared in the Village of the Old Gods with no memory. Then he had his adventure over there, he met with Mother Shark to get his memory back where we learn he met with Mera, she told him she was pregnant, it went sideways and he got killed. After getting that memory he left the Village and returned to Amnesty Bay. when could she have met with Aquaman to kill him?
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
I think after Drowned Earth, he returned to Atlantis, but was "killed" by Mera there.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."