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FSogol

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3. Hollywood has a huge ego. Instead of talking the works of others and

Reply to kentauros (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:36 PM

Mar 2016

putting them on the big screen, they think they can improve on them. Then of course, they stink because they don't understand the characters. For example, they made The Thing a murderous monster when the original character only works because he is a good man transformed (unjustly) into a monster. Making him murderous ruins the intent of the character. It would be like making Sherlock Holmes unobservant and foolish.

Notice that most Marvel movies stank until Marvel started making them themselves and could control the characters.

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I just rented the last Fantastic Four video via Amazon. Got 30-40 minutes in. Bailing out. [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 OP

It seems like there are certain comics movies where kentauros Mar 2016 #1

Hollywood has a huge ego. Instead of talking the works of others and FSogol Mar 2016 #3

By the way, kentauros Mar 2016 #2