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you are right about comic. Ghost World, Black Hole. Those would apply. But the question is Sci Fi fund which is not defined by whats

Posted by: Moviesnob on Aug 03, 17:29 in response to Jay_Beezy's post But the COMIC fund isn't just about superheroes.

eligible by what doesn't qualifiy for Comic. Its defined by whats not "superhero" which isnt guardians.

So Batman, Superman, Iron Man, Thor, Spidey are all "superheroes". Guardians is defined by its creator as not a superhero film.

Just by going by wiki - A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of hero or saviour possessing extraordinary talents, supernatural phenomena, or superhuman powers^[1] and dedicated to protecting the public. A female superhero is sometimes called asuperheroine (also rendered super-heroine or super heroine).

Sci fi - Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

Yes, I totally feel like Roto

Sci Fi Fund Spawn Aug 03, 16:20

Fund Description "...To differentiate from COMIC, the fund will not invest in superhero films. " {nm} RazorHawk Aug 03, 16:24

There is no COMIC. And this was more SciFi than comic, anyway. {nm} Spawn Aug 03, 16:28

Comic can be anything. If it's based on a comic, then it's comic. {nm} Jay_Beezy Aug 03, 16:30

Okay. Why does SciFi hold Frank Miller's Ronin? Or Micronauts? {nm} Spawn Aug 03, 16:35

star wars was a comic. Star Trek has a comic. {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:42

alien, predator, terminator all have comics {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:43

None of those franchises you mentioned started out as comics so those aren't good bases for argument. {nm} Jay_Beezy Aug 03, 16:49

the comics heavily influenced other films in the franchise or were the major influence. {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:50

besides the argument here is "superhero films". there's a clear distinction between based on a comic or a superhero film Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:54

But the COMIC fund isn't just about superheroes. Jay_Beezy Aug 03, 17:15

you are right about comic. Ghost World, Black Hole. Those would apply. But the question is Sci Fi fund which is not defined by whats Moviesnob Aug 03, 17:29

Then the fund managers didn't phrase things properly. It shouldn't be differentiating from superheroes, but comic based material instead. Jay_Beezy Aug 03, 17:56

completely agree, but I also think guardians fits in Sci Fi based on the the distribution landscape (its impressive what marvel pulled off) {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 18:01

This is a pointless argument of semantics. Guardians is based on a comic therefore it's COMIC. Jay_Beezy Aug 03, 18:11

ok. if its semantics, then i'm off {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 18:25

The question of why SciFi would hold Frank Miller's Ronin or Micronauts is still valid, though. Spawn Aug 03, 18:42

The long and the short of it... RazorHawk Aug 03, 19:07

semantics, and all due respect, but your argument "extraordinary talents" would define most movies {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 19:31

Sorry, I was on holiday and couldn't take part in this thread srrichardson Aug 04, 04:07

The purpose of the criteria aren't to make the funds mutually exclusive, but to minimise the overlap {nm} srrichardson Aug 04, 04:11

exactly, this was not a superhero film. Its a sci-fi space opera {nm} Moviesnob Aug 03, 16:41

alter egos, costumes, and villians, smells like a superhero film to me. (yes, sure its scifi, and maybe the fund manager could have islander Aug 03, 17:31

thats how I am looking at it, but from the perspective that marvel deviated from their norm and made something insanely different. Moviesnob Aug 03, 17:44