Man-Thing (Comic Book)/YMMV

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The comic:

  • Accidental Innuendo: 'Giant Size Man-Thing'
  • Crazy Awesome: The mere concept of Man-Thing as a member of a superhero team... and their transportation. To the point that he lives in a chunk of his swamp in the bottom of The Raft prison.
  • Moral Event Horizon: The Mad Viking killing his own granddaughter because she disagrees with his beliefs.
  • My Real Daddy: Len Wein had a hand in both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing, but the former is best remembered for Moore's run, and the latter for Gerber's.
  • Ugly Cute: Especially in Thunderbolts, Man-Thing has very expressive eyes which, combined with the tendrils of his face, just sort of make him look adorable.

The film:

  • Fridge Logic: Why everyone involved didn't do anything before Kyle arrived? To elaborate:
    • Pete Horn could have tried to stop the creature any time. He knew what it was, so what kept him?
    • Why didn't LaRoqe blow up the oil plant in the Darkwater that seemed to be the root (ha!) of all problems earlier?
    • Schists and brothers Thibadeux could have gone after LaRoque at any time, why did they wait so long?
  • Special Effect Failure: When we're shown Steve's corpse, his actor is clearly breathing.
    • The CG on Man-Thing itself is mostly good, except for the red firefly-things in its eyes.
  • They Just Didn't Care: Other than the title, it's just an typical monster movie; almost none of the characters or ideas of the comics made it into the film. In particular, they replaced Man-Thing's "touch that burns whatever feels fear" power with... tentacles.