Vela wrote:I dont know about SP, but I'd count Dredd just as much as Batman. You could equally include Unbreakable. It's a genre, not reliant on the source material format.jdanielp wrote:If Dredd and Scott Pilgrim count as superhero films then I'm adding them to my list.
RedDave2 wrote:Maybe view them as comic book movies as opposed to super hero movies?I dont know about SP, but I'd count Dredd just as much as Batman. You could equally include Unbreakable. It's a genre, not reliant on the source material format.If Dredd and Scott Pilgrim count as superhero films then I'm adding them to my list.
jdanielp wrote:Not sure why I have different perceptions of some films being of the superhero genre and others not since Batman is essentially equivalent to Dredd and Scott Pilgrim can indeed do things that normal humans can’t.
Andy wrote:Because comic book movies ≠ superhero movies. Spider-man and Wonder Woman are superhero movies and comic book movies. Chronicle and Hancock are superhero movies but not comic book movies. Road to Perdition and A History of Violence are comic book movies but not super hero movies. There’s a massive crossover, but they’re not the same thing.jdanielp wrote:Not sure why I have different perceptions of some films being of the superhero genre and others not since Batman is essentially equivalent to Dredd and Scott Pilgrim can indeed do things that normal humans can’t.
Andy wrote:Which suggests you had Batman in the supehero category. Tut tut. Scott Pilgrim is a funny one. He doesn’t have recognised superpowers, yet he and several other characters can clearly do things regular humans can’t.
Yossarian wrote:I vote for a new thread called Comic Book Films: Will They Ever Draw an Audience? We can then spend hours arguing about which thread various movies should be discussed in.
Yossarian" wrote:I ink that’s a good idea.
djchump wrote:Also:
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