Batman Original Alfred
Why do most Superhero movies not follow the original comic stories?
Watch the original Batman movie. At the end of that film, the Joker dies from a fall. But in the comics, the Joker stays alive after being in instances where he should die. In Batman: Forever it was revealed that Batgirl (can’t remember the character’s name) was Alfred’s niece. But in the comics, Batgirl is Commissioner Gordon’s daughter. In the last X-Men movie, Professor Xavier, Cyclops and Jean Grey (Phoenix) all die. But in the comics, they all stay alive. What gives? I know the directors can make whatever movie they want, but changing the original story around makes no sense. Can anyone help me with this? Thanx.
First off, the cinema is a different medium, with its own syle of storytelling. This explains why they sometimes have to change or adapt ideas to fit into film.
Secondly, your examples all have examples in the very comics that show these to “follow the original comic stories”. In the Joker’s first appearance in Batman#1, he also fell to his death, and has appeared to die, only to return, many times in the almost 70 years of Batman’s history.
While Batgirl has never been shown as being Alfred’s daughter, there have been at least 2 other “Batgirl’s” in Batman comics, the first was the sidekick of Batwoman and was not Barbra Gordon. This establishes that there are and could be many different Batgirl’s.
And in the X-men comics, all three characters you mentioned have died, sometimes multiple times. This is totally in line with the general soap opera feel of the X-Men storylines.
There is no “true” version of any of these characters anyways. There are and have been multiple versions of the X-men (Ultimate, Astonishing, New ,Uncanny, etc) , Batman (Beyond, Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Silver or Golden Age, etc) Superman (Superboy, Earth One, Earth Two, Kingdom Come, Post Crisis etc) and Spiderman (Ultimate, 2099, Mangaverse, 616, etc) to name a few. None of these characters have quite the same origins or back stories
In short, the filmakers are trying to take the inspiration of comics, read by thousands, and make it appeal to millions. sometimes it works like Spiderman, which changed many minor details but still remained true to the character. Sometimes it flops like Hulk, where they tried to put the character in a middle ground between the show and comics, but finally just managed to alienate fans of both.
diet coke commercial from batman 1989
|
|
100 Greatest TV Themes $18.96 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
|
|
Spider-Man: The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 3) [Blu-ray] $47.99 Spider-Man 3 How does Spider-Man 3 follow on the heels of its predecessor, which was widely considered the best superhero movie ever? For starters, you pick up the loose threads from that movie, then add some key elements of the Spidey comic-book mythos (including fan-favorite villain Venom), the black costume, and the characters of Gwen Stacy and her police-captain father. In the beginning, thing… |
|
|
Here Be Monsters / Broken Nose $0.99 … |
|
|
Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season (Special Edition with Steel Packaging) $35.19 Special limited edition features steel packaging! There’s a new reporter at the Daily Planet: Clark Kent, who shares a workspace with Lois Lane. There’s a new hero in Metropolis, too. No one knows who he is. But Jimmy Olsen was on the scene of one of the do-gooder’s exploits, and he snapped a blurred photo of the hero in superspeed action – a hero everyone now calls the Red-Blue Blur. Red-jacketed… |
|
|
Robin – LEGO Batman Figure $33.99 the robin in this ad is now retired and has became one of the main icons from the first wave of batman lego. this robin waqs only in one set – 7885 penguin’s scuba,… |
|
|
LEGO Batman – The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze’s Invasion $89.99 Holy penguin popsicle, Batman! Two of Batman’s most cold-hearted enemies, The Penguin and Mr. Freeze, have joined forces to stop the Dark Knight’s crime-fighting ways once and for all. What they seem to have forgotten (again and again) is that Batman is nothing if not well equipped. His secret base features a high-tech two-level control center with spiral staircase and storage locker for weapons, … |
|
|
Batman (Grey) – LEGO Batman 2 Figure $54.99 A great addition to your Batman LEGO Figure Collection. This two inch figure was only produced in 2006 and has been retired by LEGO…. |
|
|
The Batman Theme (from the Original Motion Picture Batman) $4.94 … |
|
|
Batman Day of Judgment #1 (Original Gangsters) $2.25 Batman Day of Judgement issue #1. 48 pages. Original Gangsters…. |
|
|
Batman Theme: From the Original TV Series (Beginning Band) $27.09 … |
Tags: alfred.pennyworth, author:syl.francis, batman, complete, original alfred from batman, rip
This entry was posted on Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at 5:50 pm and is filed under Batman. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.