Posted by ScottMan at 4.5.65.241 on December 08, 2003 at 18:21:17:
In Reply to: Indeed posted by PantherModern on December 08, 2003 at 08:00:47:
Someone on another message board I frequent, hit the nail on the head. Attributed to "Ogrek" of the wilwheaton.net crowd:
"I would tend to agree it did have that feel.
Although there was a beginning, middle and end you alse had the leftovers of previous plot and the introduction of forthcomming plot; an aspect shared by soap operas and comic books.
You also had in each x-men movie different key characters, Rogue was a mainstay of the first but an also-ran in the second; Jean Gray and Mystique were given considerably more prominance in movie two than the first. This is a feature often seen in comic books and TV shows with large casts but not so often seen in movie series.
In general the comic book genre has frequently been described as soap opera and a good superhero movie may well reflect that."
Now pardon me while I duck for cover as everyone flames me for hanging out on wilwheaton.net. *RunsLikeHell!*