Movie adaptions of comic books

[Punching Bag]

Comic books have been adapted into movies or movie serials since almost since creation of comic books.  Even earlier if you include pulps which many comics are based upon,

 

For TV series I understand most do not have the budget which is a valid excuse but for some movies it seems they have taken little but name(s) and some abilities.

 

Superman the Movie was pretty good until in later episodes superman was throwing his shield.

 

in the first X-Men movie director makes a bad joke about comic uniforms and has mixed character from different eras like a smorgasbord and X-Men: First Class was worse.

• Wolverine: You actually go outside in these things?
• Cyclops: Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?

 

With the Avengers they choose smorgasbord roster again and have Avengers formed by SHIELD.

 

In the Green Hornet movie adaption it is worse than the comics with the primary protagonist being a joke which makes since only because primary actor wanted to make a comedy at first.

 

Recent when looking thru some pulp adaptations I found this Captain Marvel adaptation which tops the list. 

It resembles little of the comic books of the periods other than name of main character Billy Batson (who is played by a 25 year old former child actor) and the powers being given to him by wizard Shazam.  Rather than be empowered in a US City he is empowered in a mystical Thai valley and his archeologist party is ambushed by natives in basically a war picture with Billy Batson shooting a gun as both myself and in his alter ego who uses a machine gun to kill opponents.

 

 

Not really see why some use conics as basis when evidently they do not like original concepts and stories.