Galactical said:
My troops are ready to burn all the comics and those who continue to cling to them. perhaps you will be the first to feel the heat...
*rubs chin while pondering*
I was politely reading this thread until you posted this.
Now you must be stopped...
I think, when debating the realism vs. comics, we have to remember that movies are made to make things that are unrealistic seem realistic.
Thats kind of the point in making movies.
Taking a crazy idea and making it work so the audience "buys into it".
Which is where all the debate derives from in making comic book movies.
Comic book fans want their comic book movies to be just like the comics.
Movies are made to make the completely unrealistic(comics) seem realistic.
So it is all about degrees of realism. If we, as comic book fans, cant let go a bit on the unrealistic attributes of our favorite comics we dont really want movies, we want comics.
Therefore; Who's on second What's on first....
edit:
An example of the problem with the debate over the realism middle ground is comic book fans dont need to be told why spidey is in black so we dont see why the explanation has to be
so visually obvious.
There is a huge difference between the comprehension level of a comic book fan watching a comic book movie and a movie fan watching a comic book movie.
The directors, writers and actors etc. have to make up the middle ground.
If they didnt the movie wouldnt be made because its all about money baby
