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How Not To Do An Action Scene #7

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Contributed by MosHunter of

MosHunter says:

Firstly, apologies to George Lucas and Akira Kurasawa, but these two
things are just too overdone (or should I say copied) in most action scenes.

Phalanx says:

I've always thought it silly, the whole 'cut you in half and you die later' thing. It's like Coyote falling off the cliff and not realising it until too late, THEN he falls.

In a comical comic, that might be fine. But for serious action comics, you need to pull a lot of work to make that work. mcDuffies says:

Well, ok, it's something that became a standard more than tradition. In fact, this kind of films doesn't go for a realism - they're all in exageration, conciously. Well, every kick Bruce Lee makes, sounds like a thunder.
Main problem I see here, is some things from movies don't translate well into a comic. Thus I don't look at three panels of repeated scene as good, although the same effect on film would look good.
But I have to mention (being that Kurasawa is the great influence on many Hollywood directors from 60 on) that things don't often translate well from japanese setup to american. There's a lot more bad Kurasawa clones than good ones.