{"id":42256,"date":"2014-05-28T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T01:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/on-ant-man-and-creative-control.html"},"modified":"2014-05-29T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T12:55:28","slug":"on-ant-man-and-creative-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/on-ant-man-and-creative-control.html","title":{"rendered":"On "Ant-Man" and creative control"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bottom line: Marvel's movies are like Marvel's comics, which means you're not creating in your own sandbox but in somebody else's, and it's editorial's job to make sure what's being put out there fits the overall tone and mode of the rest of the creative line.<\/p>\n

That may mean the product is not as good or unique or stylish or memorable or quirky as a true indie creation (in comics or on the silver screen), but it also means that Marvel will be doing just what the fans have been asking for:<\/i> creating a coherent universe of cross-overs and interlinking plots and stories and characters\u00a0that feel like they more or less fit with each other.\u00a0\ufeff<\/div>\n

\n

\n \n <\/div>\n

Why Marvel Studios is (Kind Of) Right About Ant-Man – CraveOnline<\/a>
\n Fans and critics have been quick to leap to Edgar Wright’s defense after he quit Ant-Man. But Marvel Studios has a point whether we like it or not.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bottom line: Marvel's movies are like Marvel's comics, which means you're not creating in your own sandbox but in somebody else's, and it's editorial's job to make sure what's being put out there fits the overall tone and mode of the rest of the creative line. That may mean the product is not as good … Continue reading “On "Ant-Man" and creative control”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11,79,525,28,41],"tags":[586],"class_list":["post-42256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics","category-media-intellectual-property","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-moguls","category-media-movies","tag-pluspost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133534,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/24\/marvel-comics-woes.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":0},"title":"Marvel Comics woes","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-May-17 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems ironic, given that Marvel's Cinematic Universe is basically printing money for Marvel\/Disney (and Fox and Sony, in a more hit-or-miss fashion). But Marvel the comics company is struggling with diminishing sales.This article recaps a lot of what's been said elsewhere (and echoed by me), but it's still worth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43394,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-pushes-out-from-the-familiar.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":1},"title":"The Marvel Cinematic Universe pushes out from the familiar","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 8-Jul-14 8:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"Honestly, I'd not really considered the unfamiliarity factor regarding Guardians of the Galaxy. Doubtless that's because I'm a comics wonk and naturally I know how the GotG (in various versions) fit into the Marvel Universe, and of course I have informed speculations about the various Marvel Cinematic Universe-related bits and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136909,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/waiting-for-captain-marvel-2019.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":2},"title":"Waiting for “Captain Marvel” (2019)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-18 2:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"(And, just to be clear, I'm talking about the Marvel movie by that name, not the Shazam movie coming from DC, starring a character who used to be called \"Captain Marvel\" but now is called \"Shazam.\" Got it? Though I'm looking forward to that one, too.) The pix make it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/captain-marvel-brie-larson.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44303,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/11\/no-more-mutants.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":3},"title":""No more mutants!"","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 11-Aug-14 9:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An article about (and feeding into) the paranoia of some of the X-title fans about how Marvel is neglecting the franchise in favor of comic books around properties which they own full movie rights to.Because, of course, if you were doing that, you would put one of your most popular\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43580,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/thor-will-now-be-a-woman-at-least-for-a-while.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":4},"title":"Thor will now be a woman. At least for a while","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Jul-14 10:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"Though the lead-in confirms (as if it needed confirmation) my decision to never, ever watch \"The View,\" the meat of the article (Marvel's own press release) further down is worth some thought.1. Someone \"more worthy\" taking up the role of Thor is hardly new, but, then, not a lot in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132039,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/15\/so-were-getting-an-inhumans-movie-kind-of-and-a-tv-show.html","url_meta":{"origin":42256,"position":5},"title":"So we're getting an "Inhumans" movie (kind of) AND a TV show","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Nov-16 3:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Marvel Comics has announced that, in conjunction with IMAX, it will be creating a new, big budget Inhumans TV show -- and the first two episodes will first be premiered in IMAX theaters for two weeks.Presumably this will all tie in with the Agents of SHIELD TV show, but will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42259,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256\/revisions\/42259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}