Comments on: Top Ten Superhero Films Part 2 http://www.mgharris.net/2007/06/27/top-ten-superhero-films-part-2/ Website of MG Harris, author of 'The Joshua Files' children's adventure book series Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: R1X http://www.mgharris.net/2007/06/27/top-ten-superhero-films-part-2/#comment-50 R1X Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=93#comment-50 I've dabbled. In and out over the years... er... in a comic book sense mind! I don't agree with your choices MG, but that's the point isn't it? Spidey 3 is better than rise of the surfer by a lot, yes... but it wouldn't be in my top 10. And I wouldn't have remembered to put the Incredibles in there - and I love that film. I’ve dabbled. In and out over the years… er… in a comic book sense mind! I don’t agree with your choices MG, but that’s the point isn’t it? Spidey 3 is better than rise of the surfer by a lot, yes… but it wouldn’t be in my top 10. And I wouldn’t have remembered to put the Incredibles in there – and I love that film.

]]> By: esruel http://www.mgharris.net/2007/06/27/top-ten-superhero-films-part-2/#comment-49 esruel Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=93#comment-49 Nope, I've always known them as comics or mags. DC Comics, or Marvel. Perhaps comic books, but not books. Then again, I'm not a comic geek. I use 'mags' because there always seemed to be a lot more than just the comic strip inside. Some of the adverts and stuff were more interesting than some of the 'heroes'. Nope, I’ve always known them as comics or mags. DC Comics, or Marvel. Perhaps comic books, but not books. Then again, I’m not a comic geek. I use ‘mags’ because there always seemed to be a lot more than just the comic strip inside. Some of the adverts and stuff were more interesting than some of the ‘heroes’.

]]> By: MG http://www.mgharris.net/2007/06/27/top-ten-superhero-films-part-2/#comment-48 MG Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=93#comment-48 I think Peter is capable of being a true underdog whereas Superman isn't without silly interventions like Kryptonite (it's a good flaw to have but it is the only one and therefore overused). I've always felt Super was too turbo-charged to be as sympathetic as PP or Brucey. My Uncle Johny reckons that PP introduced the angsty superhero. That why I love Matt Murdock; there are so many great Daredevil-suffers-horribly stories.<br/><br/>I watched 4:Rise of the Silver Surfer without having read Fantastic Four OR Silver Surfer. I was probably less furious than I would have been if I was a fan of the books. (not mags...proper comic geeks call them 'books'...!) But it stunk, BIG time. The books cannot be that bad! I think Peter is capable of being a true underdog whereas Superman isn’t without silly interventions like Kryptonite (it’s a good flaw to have but it is the only one and therefore overused). I’ve always felt Super was too turbo-charged to be as sympathetic as PP or Brucey. My Uncle Johny reckons that PP introduced the angsty superhero. That why I love Matt Murdock; there are so many great Daredevil-suffers-horribly stories.

I watched 4:Rise of the Silver Surfer without having read Fantastic Four OR Silver Surfer. I was probably less furious than I would have been if I was a fan of the books. (not mags…proper comic geeks call them ‘books’…!) But it stunk, BIG time. The books cannot be that bad!

]]> By: esruel http://www.mgharris.net/2007/06/27/top-ten-superhero-films-part-2/#comment-47 esruel Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.mgharris.net/?p=93#comment-47 I wonder if I preferred Spidey 'cos my name is Peter - even my mates called me Petey for a while! And they never seemed to buy the mag, 'cos they knew I'd be getting it anyway. Made me feel like a superhero.<br/>An amazing merge of characters, for me, as Superman and Clark Kent or Spiderman and Peter Parker never felt separate. They were never separate inside my head. The underdog got to win... and he had superpowers! Wow, some underdog!<br/>I wonder what it feels like to watch these superhero movies without having read the mags. Something I'll never know... I wonder if I preferred Spidey ‘cos my name is Peter – even my mates called me Petey for a while! And they never seemed to buy the mag, ‘cos they knew I’d be getting it anyway. Made me feel like a superhero.
An amazing merge of characters, for me, as Superman and Clark Kent or Spiderman and Peter Parker never felt separate. They were never separate inside my head. The underdog got to win… and he had superpowers! Wow, some underdog!
I wonder what it feels like to watch these superhero movies without having read the mags. Something I’ll never know…

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