{"id":395,"date":"2010-05-04T02:57:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T02:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/05\/04\/comic-book-realities\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:42","slug":"comic-book-realities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/05\/04\/comic-book-realities\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my latest Nexus Graphica column<\/a> over at SF Site, I provided a survey of live action movies\/ TV shows derived from comic books.<\/p>\n

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Not that long ago, live action movies based on comics were a scarcity. As a kid in the 70s, a few made-for-TV movies based on Marvel properties littered the airwaves. Spider-man, Hulk, Dr. Strange, and Captain America all enjoy varying degrees of success. Not to be outdone, DC supplied the highly popular Wonder Woman series.<\/span> Buck Rogers even staged a comeback. These films and series produced in the days before cable and digital effects, all looked inferior even to the current dismal crop of Saturday night originals airing on SyFy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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During the early 80s, horror, science fiction, and action films dominated my film existence with only one notable comic book movie. Wes Craven, best-known at that point for the schlockfests The Last House on the Left<\/span> and The Hills Have Eyes<\/span>, brought the cult classic Swamp Thing to the big screen. My then 14-year-old self walked away from Swamp Thing<\/span> (1982) with only one lasting memory: a nearly topless Adrienne Barbeau. I’ve managed to see the movie several times since and though not terrible, in terms of quality, the film lags far behind the extraordinary Superman<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Tank Girl<\/span> (1995) stopped my obsession. I realized about half through this wretched movie, that I didn’t even like the comic, so why was I there? I swore to be more judicious in my choices.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nMy history continues up until the present day. Check the entire piece at SF Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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