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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
D- list may be a bit harsh. I'd say it's about a C+ list, if I was to be generous.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...tor-alan-moore
I also like his quote about the horrible Watchmen TV show:
"When I saw the television industry awards that the Watchmen television show had apparently won, I thought, ‘Oh, god, perhaps a large part of the public, this is what they think Watchmen was?,’” he added. “They think that it was a dark, gritty, dystopian superhero franchise that was something to do with white supremacism. Did they not understand Watchmen?" |
Can't blame him. I'd be pissed too. That said, I watched it. And I'd like to see someone else adapt Watchmen again. Not a quasi-sequel, but another take on the graphic novel. One that matches the tone of the comic more than Snyder's film, but is maybe a little less rigid in it's devotion to the source material when it comes to general plot. I don't need to see every panel on-screen again, as neat as that was.
I can understand why someone would refer to Swamp Thing as "C-list". That's pretty much how people referred to Iron Man before he went big. I mean, Swamp Thing has had a Wes Craven film so he's probably more recognized than Iron Man was at the time but it's debatable.
As someone who has read a ton of comics, I find it objectionable, because Swamp Thing is near-unanimously touted as one of the greatest comic runs of all time....but if someone isn't clued into that or simply ignores it, I guess it wouldn't come into play.
It also depends on how you weigh these sorts of things. To me, a comic character who has one of the greatest runs in comics...simply isn't a "C+ list comic character."
But if you are just measuring by general audience public perception, I can understand that. Show Swamp Thing to your neighbor and they may not know who he is. If that's your scale, I agree.
I still can't vouch for Gunn's slate being anything near a "D" or "C" list though, because it literally has the two most popular superheroes ever on it, among others.