{"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":"<p>For my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica319.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">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<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">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 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">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<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/images\/graphica\/1978_dr_strange_01200.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">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 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Last House on the Left<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Hills Have Eyes<\/span>, brought the cult classic Swamp Thing to the big screen. My then 14-year-old self walked away from <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Swamp Thing<\/span> (1982) with only one lasting memory: a nearly topless Adrienne Barbeau. I&#8217;ve managed to see the movie several times since and though not terrible, in terms of quality, the film lags far behind the extraordinary <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Superman<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/images\/features\/SwampThing\/Swamp5.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Tank Girl<\/span> (1995) stopped my obsession. I realized about half through this wretched movie, that I didn&#8217;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<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMy history continues up until the present day. Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica319.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">entire piece at SF Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my latest Nexus Graphica column over at SF Site, I provided a survey of live action movies\/ TV shows derived from comic books. Quote: Not that long ago, live action movies based on comics were a scarcity. 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