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 (posted to the board of one of the adaptations that got it right).

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