Sunday, November 26, 2006
Week #14 Reader Response
Only 2 more classes left! This semester has certainly flown by...
For this week's class, remember to read:
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
rest of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
...both of which are available at the Circulation/Reserve desk in Milne Library
So many comic books have been made into feature films. Thinking about a movie version you have watched in the past, what are some elements you think are essential to a good movie adaptation from a comic book or comic book series? This is purely your own opinion, but give examples.
Do comic books translate well to screen? Why or why not?
In class on Wednesday, we will view clips from some different movie adaptations of comics and graphic novels. In particular, we will talk about Ghost World, the graphic novel, as opposed to "Ghost World" the movie. As you read the novel, think about what works in this book. What scenes/panels would make a good transition to film?
If you have a suggestion for a clip we should view on Wednesday, let me know by Tuesday afternoon. I'll try to work it into the "program".
For this week's class, remember to read:
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
rest of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
...both of which are available at the Circulation/Reserve desk in Milne Library
So many comic books have been made into feature films. Thinking about a movie version you have watched in the past, what are some elements you think are essential to a good movie adaptation from a comic book or comic book series? This is purely your own opinion, but give examples.
Do comic books translate well to screen? Why or why not?
In class on Wednesday, we will view clips from some different movie adaptations of comics and graphic novels. In particular, we will talk about Ghost World, the graphic novel, as opposed to "Ghost World" the movie. As you read the novel, think about what works in this book. What scenes/panels would make a good transition to film?
If you have a suggestion for a clip we should view on Wednesday, let me know by Tuesday afternoon. I'll try to work it into the "program".
// posted by Kate @ 4:55 PM 
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I think some comic books can translate well into movies but some don't. V for Vendetta did. As to why it did and the Hulk didn't I don't know. But since I've never read the Hulk it's possible it could have sucked in comic book originally and the suckiness translated well into movie form. V for Vendetta in movie form left out many of the more interesting portions of the comic such as the theme of betrayal, in which all the bad guys end up killing each other, or when the police guy starts tripping on LSD or something. You know what really sucked about that movie? For some reason V got shot at a billion times in the novel he ran and evaded bullets, eventually allowing himself to get shot once and die. In the movie he was like some kind of undead guy or something, not even remotely human and its hard to see whether he let himself get killed or not. I think comics can translate well into movies because the directors can set up their shots in a similar way to how the original author draws the scenes.
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