Watching folks at the local shop call every superhero movie a 'comic book movie' is starting to bug me.

It matters because it lumps adaptations in with the source material, and I know from collecting for 15 years that the stories are often totally different. How do you politely correct someone when they get the medium wrong?

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nina_thompson501mo ago

Okay but is it really that big a deal? Like finley_smith said, people mix up graphic novels and movies too. I get the stories are different, but most folks at the shop just mean they watched the movie version. Correcting them seems like overkill unless they're actually trying to talk about the comic plot.

alexpalmer1mo ago

Honestly, does it really change anything they're saying? It just seems like a quick way to sound like a know-it-all.

finley_smith1mo ago

My buddy who works at a comic shop says the real confusion starts when people call the movies "graphic novels." That's a whole other can of worms.