Comic books have become a valuable source material for Hollywood to mine over the last decade. We've seen adaptations of our favorite superhero characters, storylines, and also movie version of obscure titles like A History Of Violence and Road To Perdition. Not all of these comic properties are adapted well to the big screen, with a good percentage failing to please fans and movie-goers. Some adaptations strike it big and manage to properly convey the key elements of the source on the big screen, but have that one controversial moment that just grinds our gears. Sometimes controversial moments can happen before the film is even released, as we've seen with the fan reaction to recent casting announcements from Fox's Fantastic Four reboot, not to mention the backlash received when Ben Affleck was announced as Batman in the Man of Steel sequel. While these moments have certainly caused the ire of a few fandoms, we are going to focus today on those moments on the screen that had us shaking our heads as fans of both comics and film. While some of these are good films, and some are bad, we will focus on the one moment of the film that is controversial to the comic geeks and the movie nerds, and not just a look at the failed comic book movies. Starting with...
Sent to Earth from a dying planet, young Scott Fraser grew to adulthood in Alberta, Canada with a love for comics, film, games, and all things deep fried. He has dedicated his life to pedantic ramblings about continuity, superhero superiority, and Han shooting first. He also writes for Geek Magazine.
