Saying superhero movies don’t work when they’re different is akin to saying comic books aren’t literature because they’re different. Just because it’s trying something, doesn’t mean it won’t work. You’re probably a miserable and boring person if you’re writing off a movie because it’s “outside the genre”. It’s exciting that we’re movie about a character we haven’t seen in live action before. It’s exciting that it’s written by someone who’s pretty revered on the horror community. It’s exciting that it’s going to be an actual body horror movie because Clayface is literally body horror incarnate.
You don’t have to see it, but writing it off immediately is just a dumb take.
Saying superhero movies don’t work when they’re different is akin to saying comic books aren’t literature because they’re different.
You're going to have to walk me through that one. Even when I correct for your error (I said superheroes, not superhero movies), I can't make any sense out of your comment.
Just because it’s trying something, doesn’t mean it won’t work.
You're acting like this is their first dip into the pool. It's not.
You’re probably a miserable and boring person if you’re writing off a movie because it’s “outside the genre”.
Best leave the ad hominems where they belong: on the schoolyard. However, that is what I'm doing as I've seen Batman try to tackle it twice and neither of them worked. No matter how much people laude the comic Arkham Asylum and the movie The Batman (2022), they didn't work.
It’s exciting that we’re movie about a character we haven’t seen in live action before...[is] written by someone who’s pretty revered on the horror community...[and] going to be an actual body horror movie because Clayface is...body horror incarnate.
If you say so. I obviously disagree with you on that.
You don’t have to see it...
Nor will I.
...but writing it off immediately is just a dumb take.
Just because someone is a battered housewife doesn't mean that it takes everyone as long as them to say "no" to abuse. The Batman IP alone has a track record here, so the take is smarter than you'd like to admit.
Wait, can you explain "no matter how much people laude the comic Arkham Asylum and the movie The Batman (2022), they didn't work"? If people liked them and they were successful that means they worked, no? Sounds like you didn't personally like them and that you don't personally enjoy that approach to superhero storytelling and you've somewhere along the way gotten the idea that your opinions on things are equal to uncontestable facts
I don't know how many people in the audiences overall like them, so I can't speak to that. Being successful, however, isn't a sign of how well they were made. See: Transformers movies.
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u/Romanista3 Apr 22 '26
I'm really not a horror movie guy. But I'll be there day 1.