Comments on: More on Heroes and the Superpowered Surge http://poliblogger.com/scifi/?p=54 Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Oct 2024 22:52:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Steven L. Taylor http://poliblogger.com/scifi/?p=54#comment-81 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 20:09:22 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/scifi/?p=54#comment-81 You're right--the basic premise of the (forgettable) New Universe titles was similar to Wild Cards. Of course, they came out at almost the same time (86 for NU and 87 for WC), so it is more difficult to say that the latter was derivative of the former. Still, your basic point stands: there are multiple examples of the basic metastory. You’re right–the basic premise of the (forgettable) New Universe titles was similar to Wild Cards. Of course, they came out at almost the same time (86 for NU and 87 for WC), so it is more difficult to say that the latter was derivative of the former.

Still, your basic point stands: there are multiple examples of the basic metastory.

]]> by: Eric J http://poliblogger.com/scifi/?p=54#comment-79 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 02:00:46 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/scifi/?p=54#comment-79 Well, if you're going to trace Heroes' DNA to both Rising Stars and Wild Cards, you have to throw the New Universe in there too. Same story. I think what The Incredibles showed is that the audience is familiar enough with the basic tropes of Superheroes that you don't have to spend half the movie on an origin story, and people will accept a world with lots of heroes as readily as they will a world with just one. So when do we get a true Marvel Universe movie? And similarly, someone needs to write a Doctor Strange movie right now, because there's a perfect pitch line: "It's House meets Harry Potter." Well, if you’re going to trace Heroes’ DNA to both Rising Stars and Wild Cards, you have to throw the New Universe in there too. Same story.

I think what The Incredibles showed is that the audience is familiar enough with the basic tropes of Superheroes that you don’t have to spend half the movie on an origin story, and people will accept a world with lots of heroes as readily as they will a world with just one. So when do we get a true Marvel Universe movie?

And similarly, someone needs to write a Doctor Strange movie right now, because there’s a perfect pitch line: “It’s House meets Harry Potter.”

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