Comic Book Movies & What Ails 'Em 3: Better, Not Bigger

Well, the current comic-book movie boom just passed the quarter-century mark, so here's the latest installment of my series on what these comic-to-screen adaptations get wrong, some of what they get right and how they can do better, and must, if they're to continue.

Issues addressed: the negative impact of Hollywood's tentpole mentality on these projects, the problem of Stupid in comic-book movies, my long-delayed review of SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW, the need for smaller projects that let these characters live and breath, the problems that arise when screen projects depart from the source material in an ill-advised way, Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel, my pitch for a Defenders franchise. Sort of a mondo article.

The article:
https://jriddle.medium.com/comic-book-movies-what-ails-em-3-better-not-bigger-6635078ef70a