Are DC and Marvel comics trying to be too much like the movies?

*Andrew NDB* · 05-06-2017, 10:20 PM

Oh look, the new Guardians of the Galaxy comic from Marvel. Wow, what a coincidence! That is exactly the same lineup as what's in the latest film, complete with Baby Groot! Who would have thought that two completely different mediums, with entirely different teams would arrive at exactly the same thing without any editorial influence! It's mind-boggling.

Whoa... Old Man Logan on the X-Men team, even though he's from another dimension? Just in time for the (Old Man) Logan movie? What are the odds!

Great minds must think alike -- that is the EXACT lineup of the Suicide Squad movie! Characters that have either never been on the same team or have not for years! Wacky coincidence!

You know what I mean?

This is one of the biggest reasons why it's difficult for me to get back into mainstream comics. Ever since Iron Man, comics on both sides of the DC and Marvel spectrum pretty blatantly reconfigure themselves to "match" what's going on in the movies, and on the fly.

It should be the other way around, the comics "leading" the movies! Otherwise if this trend continues, what will the comic book movies 10, 20 years from now look like? The comics that were forcibly made to look like the movies, movies that were adapting older comics? Talk about the snake eating its own tail.

Fairly creatively bankrupt and dead wrong. I have to imagine whole original plots and characters are being forcibly jettisoned by editorial because of the "Make it all match the movies!" agenda. I just feel like if I started getting wrapped up in Batman comics again, or Green Lantern comics, if a new Green Lantern movie came out, all of that stuff could and would probably just be swept away because... movie.

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Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,553	Are DC and Marvel comics trying to be too much like the movies? Oh look, the new Guardians of the Galaxy comic from Marvel. Wow, what a coincidence! That is exactly the same lineup as what's in the latest film, complete with Baby Groot! Who would have thought that two completely different mediums, with entirely different teams would arrive at exactly the same thing without any editorial influence! It's mind-boggling. Whoa... Old Man Logan on the X-Men team, even though he's from another dimension? Just in time for the (Old Man) Logan movie? What are the odds! Great minds must think alike -- that is the EXACT lineup of the Suicide Squad movie! Characters that have either never been on the same team or have not for years! Wacky coincidence! You know what I mean? This is one of the biggest reasons why it's difficult for me to get back into mainstream comics. Ever since Iron Man, comics on both sides of the DC and Marvel spectrum pretty blatantly reconfigure themselves to "match" what's going on in the movies, and on the fly. It should be the other way around, the comics "leading" the movies! Otherwise if this trend continues, what will the comic book movies 10, 20 years from now look like? The comics that were forcibly made to look like the movies, movies that were adapting older comics? Talk about the snake eating its own tail. Fairly creatively bankrupt and dead wrong. I have to imagine whole original plots and characters are being forcibly jettisoned by editorial because of the "Make it all match the movies!" agenda. I just feel like if I started getting wrapped up in Batman comics again, or Green Lantern comics, if a new Green Lantern movie came out, all of that stuff could and would probably just be swept away because... movie. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 05-06-2017 at 10:26 PM.