Anybody watch documentary "Chris Claremont's X-men" now on Amazon?10572
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| Interesting documentary covering the rise of the X-men franchise. Claremont takes over the failed X-men Comic, in GS1 they decide to give the book international appeal by putting together teammates from multiple countries. Claremont gives X-men an intellectual edge with complex storylines and characters who are not completely good or evil. When he started explaining X-men #150 (which came out about 4 months after I started buying comics) I realized that it was Claremonts more intellectual oriented writing that probably hooked me on comic books early on. In #150 Magneto was given a backstory explaining that he wasn't just out to do evil, just trying to make a world that was safe for mutants to live in. | ||
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| Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. | ||
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| I watched it, I found it surprisingly entertaining and interesting considering it felt a little homespun. I could have done without the cosplayers, but it really made me want to re-read those X-men issues! | ||
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 Pictures? We don't need no stinking pictures.
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| I watched it too, but feel asleep halfway through so need to watch it again. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by noahjdorsey Agreed on both points! I thought it was interesting that Claremont with his "high-brow" Shakespearian-like intelligent story and complex character development took the franchise over 20 years to never-before-seen levels of popularity. Then it got handed over to the "Bro" artists (like Lee and Leifield) who focused on Bulging muscles, large breasts, explosions, heavy violence, ridiculous characters and story lines to try to capitalize on the popularity. I understand why so many modern day creators went independent and wanted to own long-term control over their characters. |
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