re: Rapper/rock musician/bestselling comic book writer YoungRippa59, breaks down MCU problem

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The red-flag is when writers have a pre-decided, set in stone conception of a character based on nostalgic memories of reading comics as a child.

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So the red flag is writers knowing the character, knowing their motivations, knowing their weaknesses. Got it.

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He wants writers who want to find the most interesting versions of a character and most interesting stories involving the character, and work tirelessly to turn those into something that works as a movie.

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He wants writers who are willing to completely disregard important aspects of a character, even the very things that make that character unique and interesting, in order to create something he and/or the writer likes. Because Hollywood writers have such a stellar resume of making literary characters and stories more interesting by moving further and further away from the source material?

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The red flag is nostalgia and coming in knowing exactly how you want to make the movie without doing any real due-diligence.

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Which is exactly what happens when deep knowledge of a character becomes a "red flag" and instead you decide you want to make the movie about how you think the character should be as opposed to sticking with how the character actually is since that's what's made them popular in the first place.

You're quite literally arguing for more of this:



and this:



over this:



and this: