Sentences with phrase «comic than superheroes»

Not exact matches

While some might associate Marvel with just a few prominent superheroes like Iron Man, the comic universe it represents is much larger than that.

The only thing more powerful than being an official was being a comic - book superhero — but an official didn't have to deal with kryptonite.

The Marvel superhero, first seen in a March 1963 issue of Tales of Suspense, is busier than ever with his own eponymous comic - book series.

So in the comics, the Merc with a Mouth goes to see superhero movies in his spare time — and who better to bring along on a movie date than his friendly neighborhood Spider - Man?

Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is all set to helm his first superhero movie and it is going to be none other than DC's cinematic adaptation of the comic - book character Blackhawk.

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based comic - based film.

There may have been laughs in the first two Thor movies, but they were much darker and more serious - minded than what director Taika Waititi and writers Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost have cooked up in Thor: Ragnarok, essentially a flat - out comedy disguised as a superhero comic book... Read

Although comic book superheroes have long been as mainstream as baseball and Pepsi, it's taken more than half a century for Black Panther to get his own movie.

Home - grown superheroes may rule over Hollywood, but French and Belgian comic - book adaptations are often stranger and sexier than their US counterparts

But other than the mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie (2004) and, arguably, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), there haven't been many films that are actually about superhero movies and their place in modern culture.

«For a superhero movie, the nuance with which the film presents this horrible scenario is refreshing,» wrote Sullivan, who praised the film for presenting «a villain in a more nuanced, complex (and arguably even sympathetic) way than most comic book movies do.»

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Diverse Superheroes Fans have been restless and impatient for Marvel and DC to include more than just white, male superheroes in their comic book adaptations for years, and both companies finally confirmed there's diversity in the works — with the announcements coming just two wSuperheroes Fans have been restless and impatient for Marvel and DC to include more than just white, male superheroes in their comic book adaptations for years, and both companies finally confirmed there's diversity in the works — with the announcements coming just two wsuperheroes in their comic book adaptations for years, and both companies finally confirmed there's diversity in the works — with the announcements coming just two weeks apart.

The film is less of a superhero story than it is a sci - fi epic, following the exploits of a cosmic team from the comics who could charitably be called D - list characters.

Avengers: Age of Ultron certainly doesn't have any more crashing vehicles, imploding buildings and pummeling superheroes than your average comic - book movie.

This is the first time that a comic book film has been nominated in the adapted screenplay category, giving further credence to the notion that Logan is more than just your average superhero movie.

It seems likely that she'll appear in flashbacks rather than a return from the Quantum Realm where she's still lost in sub-atomic space but the fact that Pfeiffer is returning to superhero movies at all makes a serious turn up for the (comic) books.

Yep, a somewhat obscure comic book nobody (to a general audience) made more money than the two most popular superheroes ever.

Director Ayer and cast elevate this twisted comic book adaption higher than most superhero flicks despite its run - of - the - mill plot.

Bottom line is, as perfectly as Ryan Reynolds played the Merc With A Mouth, it was going to take more than fourth wall - breaking and superhero satire to propel a comic book movie into Oscar conversation.

With a humbling visual design bereft oflacking the usual superhero accoutrement in favor of a simple but iconic chromed exterior and his surfboard, visually the Silver Surfer has more in common with Greek gods as seen in ancient sculpture than the four - color superheroes that he shares the comics shelves with.

And who better to accomplish such a task than Deadpool, Marvel's fourth wall breaking sarcastic antihero who hears voices and knows he's a comic book superhero?

Let's reiterate that Creed is a character study, much like the original Rocky (1976), rather than a superhero movie or a comic book movie like some of the middle Rocky sequels became.

In this cinematic era when no less than half a dozen tentpole superhero movies will hit theaters with the force of Thor's hammer in a single year, it takes more than cool fight scenes and colorful costumes for a comic book - based film to emerge as something special.

In a clever bit of Comic - Con - minded programming, the IFC Center will host a pair of midnight screenings of Burton's 1992 superhero blockbuster, which, in our post-Christopher-Nolan DC Comics cinema landscape, feels even more singular than ever before.

There are few ways to poke that proverbial bear with greater effectiveness than to argue that increasing the diversity of casting in superhero movies is a good thing; not to mention, necessary, to reflect the growing fanbase of superhero and comic book movies, which continues to break down the barriers of race and gender (case in point: just ask Tumblr how many women love Tony Stark and Loki).

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

Friday, 12:15 — 1PM Location: 1A14 IMAGE COMICS: I IS FOR INFINITE Comics are much bigger than superheroes.

The UK comic 2000AD has been around since 1977, and it wasn't easy to find in the U.S. until just a few years ago, but it presents a bit less of a challenge than superheroes.

By the end of it I don't know that much more about Drax than when I started; he's a tough guy who usually wins in fights, but then, in superhero comics, who isn't?

American idealism and the power of the imagination are exuberantly evoked in this epic novel of larger - than - life comic - book superheroes and their creators.

A site that focuses on indy comics rather than superheroes would probably do better, as the Diamond storefront carries comics from BOOM!

One of the reasons Faerber's recent work is so good is because while he puts in some wacky elements, you always get the sense that if superheroes exist, their lives would be like the heroes in Faerber's books rather than in the comics from the Big Two.

It's nothing more than a silly «reaction» to superhero comics that uses snarky ad hominem criticism of the genre.

Although American superhero comics were sold in more locations and read by a wider audience in the 1980's, in some ways it feels like they are far more accessible now than they were a quarter century ago.

Less than an hour after their primary competitor announced an across the board drop to a $ 2.99 price point, Marvel Comics today also announced at least a partial move away from the often criticized $ 3.99 price for new serialized superhero comics.

You can load up your iPad, iPhone or Android with more digital comics than you can possibly read, featuring Black Panther and other superheroes.