The heroes and the villains are too earnest, in contrast to the cartoonish baddies in “The Fifth Element.” Ironically, a new movie based on a comic-book classic isn’t comic-bookish enough.

ComicBook.com: Tell me about that feeling that you got from reading the comic books when you were a kid ... do you get calls about The Fifth Element, which is now considered a classic?

Unlike "The Fifth Element," which was merely inspired by French comic books, "Valerian" is actually based off of one. This is that follow-up that Besson was hinting about in those Reddit AMAs and ...

“And,” he said, “you had ‘The Fifth Element ... who played flamboyant TV personality Ruby Rhod, and enlisted comic-book artists to render a future New York City and designer ...

Twenty years after the release of "The Fifth Element" (on May 9 ... Besson enlisted influential French comic book artists Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières to design his ...

A lot has changed in the 25 years since The Fifth Element entered the world ... costume designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, comic artists Jean Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières and a huge crew, the ...

But the notes on the 1997 DVD edition say 2257, and Besson says 2259 in his book The Story of The Fifth Element. 9. The cast didn't know what the Diva looked like until they saw her onstage.