Top 10 Times Superhero Movies Were Unfaithful to the Comics 

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I actually likes the fact that Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man can shoot organic webs. At least he won't have to worry about running out of web fluid or get his shooters destroyed in the heat of battle plus he might've been bitten by a radioactive spider that gave him the ability to do whatever a Spider can (which includes shooting webs)

For me personally, it makes WAY more sense for Spider-Man to shoot organic webbing. He was bitten by a radioactive spider so it makes sense he has natural organic spider abilities (webbing, wall-crawling, agility, strength, heightened senses etc.). And no it doesn’t have to be SUPER pinpoint (Peter doesn’t have to shoot webs out his ass like a real-life spider). I was honestly surprised to learn he created his own web shooters in the comics. I feel like creating web shooters kinda defeats the purpose of him being Spider-Man. Basically, the spider bite itself gave him EVERY natural spider ability, EXCEPT the most defining one (webbing)? I know that Peter creating the webbing himself shows how smart he is, but if he couldn’t or just wasn’t able to, then he wouldn’t even be Spider-Man. Just a very agile, super strong, durable, superhero with heightened sense who could stick to walls. Basically Daredevil with super powers. The comics make it seem like the spider bite only gave him the knowledge or know how to create the shooters and web fluid himself, instead of natural organic webbing. So, I think Raimi definitely did right by the character by giving him organic webbing🕸🕷🦸🏻‍♂️. Besides, he could still be super smart AND have the organic webbing. ALSO, I know the web shooters allow him to use trick webbing, which is useful for different situations. But, who says he can’t have both organic AND web shooters? Or make devices that allow him to do tricks with his organic webbing? Not to mention he’s run out of webbing AND his web shooters have been destroyed and/or knocked , off his wrists. So, if that happens mid-swing or mid-battle, he’s in trouble. But, organic webbing never runs out🕸.

I actually always agreed with Rami on the web shooters. Peter gets spider powers, why can't that be one of his powers? Instead of him coming up with the idea on his own then having to build a device.

I always liked organic webbing better . It made more sense and makes Peter closer to a normal guy with superpowers that is smart but not Tony Stark smart.

Here's an honorable mention, or dishonorable mention: MJ the Satellite Love Interest (The Sam Raimi Spiderman movies): In the comics, MJ is very supportive of Peter, especially as Spiderman. Plus, she's quick-witted and brave. Here, she's shallow, selfish, pitiful, and always feeling sorry for herself. It doesn't help that she is treated like a damsel in distress whose screams can be heard from Pluto.

Tobey: I missed the part where thats my problem.

1:21 I can imagine the reactions of Tom Holland Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield Spider-Man and Miles Morales Spider-Man react to organic webbing.

Batman breaking his own rule against killing people, he has done that in earlier comics before DC revamped that detail But, you definitely left out how Johnny Blaze became "The Ghostrider" from this list: In the movie, Mephistopheles approached Johnny Blaze to sell his soul and become the Ghostrider, but it was to cure Johnny's father of cancer In the comicbook, Johnny's father had already died and Johnny was a part of a circus stunt team run by Crash Barton and it was his life that Johnny was attempting to save by selling his soul and he'd approached Mephistopheles, instead of Mephistopheles approaching him and then there's also his chopper being transformed into The Hellbike, in the comicbook, Ghostrider formed the Hellbike from Hellfire instead of transforming Johnny's chopper into the Hellbike The Ben Affleck movie of "Daredevil" also heavily deviated from the original comicbook backstory: Matt Murdock sees his dad working as a thug for crime boss and runs off causing a forklift to have to swerve to avoid him and piercing a barrel of toxic waste in the process, which gave Matt his abilities Season one, episode one of Netflix's adaptation of daredevil was more accurate to the comicbook origin story of how Matt got his abilities as the Daredevil

The organic webbing was all James Cameron’s idea when he was providing his own pitch for a Spider-Man movie.

I actually prefer Spider-Man had the web coming from his skin, it seems more “Spider-Man”

They do realize that Batman literally killed in his first apperance and basically until the silver age right? So to say that the movies were wrong to include it is not entirely right. It was only after comics were being marketed to kids when Batman's rule came to light. He even hangs a monster men with his batplane.

I’m pretty sure that DCEU Batman used to have the no killing rule but slowly let it go as he became older and more scarred. In fact, the end of BVS he seems to be somewhat resorting back to his original rule.

Making Batgirl Alfred's niece instead of Commissioner Gordon's daughter was a big mistake

Well, it turns out that the Hulk dogs appeared in the comics, specifically in Incredible Hulk #14 (2000), by Paul Jenkins and Ron Garney. In that issue, Hulk has to defend himself from a pack of dogs that were fed gamma irradiated meat, which caused them to Hulk out.🤕🤕🤕

It's like some people are forgetting there are some things in the comics that won't transition well in live-action movies & live action shows.

I liked the whole organic webbing idea it made much more sense for Spider-Man’s character

Forgot to include MCU Spider-Man's whole character Truly unfaithful to the comics.

I love how everyone assumes that Batman never killed in the comics, one only needs to look near the start of his run to know that's not true at all.

I hated how Black Widow massacred my boy Taskmaster

I liked Sam Raimis organic web more than the web shooters personally lol. If Miles Morales can create bio organic electricity and turn invisible it’s not much of a stretch for Peter to have organic web at this point

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I absolutely LOVE Burton's Batman films but one of my major gripes with those films has always been some of the goons that Bats had trouble fighting against. For example the big dude in the cathedral in Batman '89 and the fat dude that he blew up with dynamite in Returns. Batman has gone toe to toe with super powered beings yet has trouble with those guys? Always bugged the heck outta me.

1:07 but that’s the thing spiders don’t make a web shooter they make their own webs organically so it’s true to real life

Now this is a perfect video! Excellent job WatchMojo. 👏 ❤

And because of those Raimi movies, 2 camps were created: Pro-organic webs and Anti-organic webs. It was fun seeing who in the comic community would back which side. For example, in an issue of New Avengers, when the heroes show up in the Savage Land (which shuts off your powers), Spider-Man (who had gotten organic webbing because the movies made him have it) said something akin to “Yeah. And my creepy organic webs don’t work here, either!”

Hela is my favorite MCU villain and with the multiverse I hope they decide to bring her back. Cate Blanchett was fantastic as Hela.

I remember being disappointed as a child when I learned the comic book spider man had a web machine. His original name was sticky hand strong guy.

The organic webbing was originally an idea from James Cameron when he was picked to Direct Spider-Man. Also Batman actually killed criminals during the first few issues. He dropped someone in a vat of acid : :A fitting end to his kind!" Thanks WJ for pointing out how Disney/Marvel Studios ruined Taskmaster. So far his best media appearance was in Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

You know, I’m something of an unfaithful movie myself - Spider-Man, 2002

Spiderman did have organic webs in comics too just not at the very beginning.

Thanks to both Burton films and BvS, I got over with Batman killing. Sure, the no kill rule has always been a thing for Batman, but he has killed before in the oldest comics. Plus, Batman v Superman is one of my favorites.

They're wrong about Ben afflecks version of batman with that apocalypse scene. Batman just like captain America will only kill and use guns in time of war. Batman wasn't fighting crime in that scene

Sometimes, people prefer the unfaithful version than the more accurate version. Personally, I liked most of the changes except for Sam Wilson's lack of actual powers. I also hated how in the comics, Drax was originally a human. I loved how he was always an alien in the movies.

NOT ONE has been truly faithful to the comics. NOT A SINGLE ONE!

The scene in Batman v Superman where Batman is fighting with an actual gun, wasn’t that a dream so would that really count as him breaking his one rule?

A big one you left out was Thanos' motivation. He wanted to erase half the universe to impress Death, not because his race went extinct due to overpopulation.

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Number 1 should be “Civil War- the entire film”

I love tobey’s spiderman, but taking the gadgets away took some of Peter’s intelligence away. It also felt painful

I actually liked the organic webbing. I never did like the whole web shooter concept. He's got super spider powers and he can't spin real webbing?!

You guys should really do a part 2 to this

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Dishonorable Mentions: *How the gang got their powers - Fantastic 4 (2015) -Give the 2005 credit, it at least got that part right. *Dumbing down Bane, literally - Batman and Robin -You thought Freeze and Ivy were bad? Bane got by far the biggest downgrade in my opinion. Bane is known for being a strong mastermind, but here, he's reduced to a dumbass Neanderthal with a very dumbed down vocabulary. Thankfully, The Dark Knight Rises rectified this issue. *Judge Dredd removes his helmet and we can see his face unmasked... a lot. - Judge Dredd -In the comics, we never see Judge Dredd's face under the helmet and when we do, it's obscured or censored, adding to the mystery of the character. But the film seems to ignore this as when he removes his helmet, we can see his face!

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Well, despite how weird this sounds, I think they did not want to include Loki's shape-shifting and various children he has as both a father and mother, due to Loki being a shapeshifter. Not because of anything political, it's just that sometimes it is easier to simplify things. Plus, making Hel/Hela Odin's daughter does put a little more emphasis on her and Thor's "Rivalry". As they are siblings both in line for the throne versus Uncle and Niece

Spiderman's web coming from his skin is perfect

I feel the live action Cassandra Cain in “Birds of Prey” should have been on this list because it is nothing like she is in the comics

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Tony hacked all of Shields secret files with Banner on the helicarrier in the first Avengers. He should've just said to Bruce that when he did, he discovered the Ultron project in the "Pym Files" and it could've been a nice subtle nod to the comic book origins of Ultron

1:37 It's a surprise no one looked up or heard him scream.

Caps shield, Killmonger's character, Captain Marvel, Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, the Skrull, Hulk being super weak, Beta Ray Bill and Storm Breaker, Sakaar, Ego and Peter Quill, I can go on and on.

I don't get the spiderman web thing either. I feel it would have been better to say he uses organic webs because it makes no sense for a person who randomly became spiderman to also just so happen to be smart enough to make a gadget that shoots spider webs which making a material strong and effective like a spiderweb is something scientist have been trying to do for decades.

I think I'm the only one in the world who likes the organic webs in the Raimi trilogy.

I like the mix of organic and nonorganic that tas’s has where he built the shooters using instinct from the bite.

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I have not read any of the comics that have become famous superhero movies..!! (lol)

Honorable mentions: - STEEL: In the comics, John Henry Irons took on the Steel mantle as a tribute to the recently-fallen Superman. In this movie, Shaq dresses up as the Brave Big Toaster. - CONSTANTINE: In the comics, he's British. In this movie, he's American and pronounces his name differently. - CAPTAIN MARVEL: In the comics, Carol Danvers got part of her life-force sucked away by Rogue, got brainwashed and basically raped by a dimension-hopper, held multiple superhero identities, and was an especially massive bitch during the events of Civil War II. In this movie, she's...got none of those things. - THE PUNISHER (The one with Dolph Lungren): In the comics, Frank Castle is iconic for his skull motif on the chest. In this movie, the skull never shows up even once. - THE PUNISHER (starring Thomas Jane): In the comics, Frank and his wife and kids were gunned down by criminals during a picnic at a park, with Frank as the only survivor. In this movie, the family was at a huge family reunion with other relatives when they were all cut down by the goons of Howard Saint (an original villain with no comic counterpart). - CATWOMAN: In the comics, Catwoman's real name is Selina Kyle, and she's a non-powered thief with a romantic relationship with Batman. In this movie, her name is Patience Phillips, and she's basically The Crow with cats instead of birds (and there's no Batman). - THE CROW: In the comics, Eric and Shelly were murdered during a random roadside robbery, the main villain was T-Bird, and it was largely unclear whether the supernatural elements were real or just hallucinations Eric was having. In this movie, the couple was specifically targeted at home because Shelly was fighting illegal tenant evictions, the villain was Top Dollar (a minor villain in the comic, with T-Bird being his lackey here), and the supernatural elements were definitely there.

If I'm not wrong, organic web was actually James Cameron's idea. It was an original idea for his cancelled Spider-Man movie.

the organic web makes sense as Peter was bitten by a spider, so naturally he should have the ability, yet he made his own , so he didn't have many spider abilities to begin with... and the theme song is contradictory ''does whatever a spider can'' HOW, if he made his own web shooter?

I’m glad number 1 finally addressed the thing people wined about in u know what verse

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Now this one is one example of when it not being faithful to the comics was a bad idea. Barbara not Gordon it's basically the same thing as Catwoman

Totally amazing watch mojo

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0:10 Just realized that looked exactly like that scene from Captain America: Winter Soldier, yeah you know the scene

Some others: - Star-Lord’s father & his signature guns. In the comics, Quill’s father is J’Son, king of the planet of Spartax who gives him his elemental guns, which can not only shoot bladter shots but also various elements like ice & electricity. In the MCU, his guns are not able to shoot elements & his father was changed to Ego the Living Planet. - Rhino in Amazing Spider-Man 2. In the comics, Rhino is a massive Russian mob enforcer wearing an indestructible combat suit that makes him look like a rhino. Not what Paul Giamatti’s average gangster in a rhino-looking mech is supposed to be. - Captain Marvel’s origin. In the comics, Carol gets her powers from a device called a Psyche-Magnitron, which mixes her human DNA with Kree DNA. In the MCU, Carol gets her powers from exposure to energy from the Tesseract & was given Kree DNA from Yon-Rogg. - Pietro & Wanda Maximoff’s origin. In the MCU, Pietro & Wanda get their powers after being experimented on by Hydra with the Mind Stone. In the comics, their powers come from their mutant DNA. - Mantis’s origin. In the comics, Mantis was an ordinary human being of Vietnamese descent who was trained by a sect of the Kree in martial arts & was believed to be the Celestial Madonna, a powerful being in the universe. She also possessed a high intelligence & was incredibly confident. In the MCU, she is a servant of Ego who is the complete opposite of her comic counterpart, as she is not a skilled martial artist & is incredibly timid.

For the DCEU Batman, I heard that it's when he almost kills Superman that he doesn't feel he can kill anyone. As if he doesn't have it in him anymore to kill. I can't remember if he kills anyone in that warehouse scene right after though

0:08 literally every scene of every non MCU (licensed to other companies) marvel character's movie

I liked Toby McGwire's organic webs 😌

I actually like Sam Rami’s Spider-Man trilogy. It’s been part of my childhood. I hope Tobey Maguire does come back in #SpiderManNoWayHome.

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I like how the organic webs that would be useful for Spider-Man Trilogy rather than web shooters. And also, it has an amazing Spider sense.

I'll be honest, when I first get Batman and Robin and Barbara was revealed as Alfred's niece... I was clueless. I was Still a kid and, truth be told, not only not big into comic books, but we had VERY little Batman anything. I grew up with the first 4 live action Batman movies so was completely clueless that Barbara was supposed to be Gordon's daughter and, for years, it never even clicked. It was only after I left high school I actually stopped to think about it one night watching the movie on DVD and, by that point, I just shrugged it off as "eh, alternate timeline". As for Toby's Spider-Man's organic webbing... I actually really liked the idea and Still do. Granted, I see it as a "this is a Rarity among the spiderverse" kinda thing. I certainly prefer spidey getting his webs the more traditional way, but Toby's Spider-Man's organic webbing honestly just works. I dunno why, but I feel like that series of movies just wouldn't be the same without them. It's why I'm looking forward to the part in No Way Home when Tom Holland's Spider-Man is going to ask about it

I think the organic webbing is good 👍

12:35 Unfortunately I think that's very likely to happen lol. I always wondered why Tobey's Spider-Man didn't have web shooters like Andrew and Tom did

Honorable mentions Thanos wanted to bring balance to the universe instead of pleasing the goddess of death(Avengers Infinity War and Endgame) Galactus was a giant planet eating cloud?(Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer) Dr. Doom has electricity powers and no magic powers(Fantastic Four) Apocalypse doesn’t use any alien technology(X-men Apocalypse) Cheetah got her powers from a wishing rock(Wonder Woman 84) Bane is a dumb muscle head(Batman and Robin) Bane is on morphine not Venom( The Dark Knight Rises) Venom isn’t huge, have a sinister voice, and not a separate character(Spider-Man 3) Venom meets Eddie before meeting Peter( Venom) Now that I think about it Watchmojo should do a top ten times superhero were unfaithful to the comics, but the changes were ok.

Number one should have been Scarlet Witch and Quicksilvers backstory as in the comics there mutants and the children of Magneto

Its said that Spidey’s organic webbing was adapted from James Cameron’s script/treatment for his planned 1995 Spider-Man movie according to Mr. Raimi in his interview in Starlog Magazine # 300.

My Dad pointed that exact thing out to me last night! 4:10 to 5:15. He saw the original Batman series when he was a kid so he knows what he’s talking about.

I'm glad they went with the organic web

Could you please make a list for top 10 most angry cartoon characters?

Another time a superhero movie was unfaithful to the comics was with Bane's story in The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises shows how he was a mercenary born in a pit and how he helped Talia al Ghul escape the pit, but got badly injured afterward and had to wear a mask. In the comics, he was born in a prison, and had a teddy bear as his only friend. He got his super strength from venom that circulated through tubes in his back, and he wears a totally different type of mask in the comics as well. I don't really know the reason why Bane wore a mask in the comics, and if people say it might be because he looked ugly from that venom circulating throughout his body and wears a mask to hide his ugliness, I'm not really sure that would be the reason, because in the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, when you fight Bane as a final boss, he's not wearing his mask. His face looked rather normal before you fight him as a final boss, and his face didn't look much different when he injected himself with TN-1.

I'm glad they gave tobey's spiderman organic web 🕸 because if u gain all spider abilities from being bitten u might as well get the web too plus even though it's kinda awesome I'm not a fan of the web shooter

Batfleck was semi adapted from Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. This version is tired and frustrated and gives in and most definitely kills. That is very comic accurate to that version.

12:23 that was an apocalypse version of Batman after Darkseid got to Superman

Both Sam Raimi and other Sony Venom and Eddie Brock were complete departures from their origins.

#10 For the time I liked this change. Even in the comics I always thought it was unfair that Parker had to make his web shooters. #9 this change didn't bother me #8 this change was for the best. I'd have been laughing if they kept Falcon faithful to the source material #7 F@$# Joel Schumacher #6 another change that was for the best #5 character wise it made sense for Tony and Bruce to make Ultron in this version #4 I loved this twist. And that fact that the Shang Chi movie addressed this was icing on the cake #3 Zack Synder has made good decisions but THIS wasn't one of them #2 I hated this change to Taskmaster. HE could've been the Boba Fett of the MCU. #1 I guess it depends on which version and director.. Even in the original comics Batman had carried a gun in his belt

The problem I had with organic webbing was he couldn't do anything else with them. Take like in the animated series when Spiderman fought Hydroman he was able to use a special webbing to hold him in place for a little bit.

4 seconds in the video and I DIED laughing

I don’t know if Affleck’s Batman can be counted as him breaking his one rule, since that was a nightmare of a potential future the character had.

Drax deserves to have his own solo movie... like an origin story that stays true to the comics.

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I would add that in the 1989 Batman film, the Waynes were murdered by Jack Napier, the man who would later become the Joker, rather than by Joe Chill, a random mugger from the comics.

12:30 Of course, this was just a nightmare in his head.

The organic web thing would make sense as a build up to Raimi's Spider-man 2 ,since peter lost his abilities due to high stress with balancing his life as a superhero and as a normal civilian.

The casting for Lex Luther in the DCEU is a big mistake. It should of been Bryan Cranston, not Jesse Eisenberg.

Actually for the first Spider-Man movie, Ramie was thinking that it would've been impossible for Peter to create the webbing, even though in both the comics (and the 90's animated series), it's been stated several times, that making the webbing was actually instinctual. So he knew through the spider bite how to make the webbing, and the fans nailed him on it after that. However Marvel decided to adapt their comics to the movies for a short time and gave Peter in the comics organic webbing. It wasn't a move that the fans liked, and eventually switched it back.