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comic-book films

  • 16-10-2008 12:58pm
    #1
    Mal-Adjusted
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    With the recent spate of this geanra(sp.) taking hold viciously in cinemas, i was just wondering what everyone thinks pf this trend, what was peoples favourite, least liked ect...


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  • #2
    Mal-Adjusted
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    right so, ill get it started.
    of the five CBM released this summer, i thought two were excellant, Iron Man & TDK
    I thought one was very good, Wanted
    ANd i thought the other two, while okay, were kinda' dissapointing Hellboy 2 & TIH


  • #3
    ThOnda
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    Sin City. Never read a comix, however the film and especially the visual impact was excellent. I still cannot believe my eyes every time I see it.


  • #4
    the flananator
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    A History of Violence. Such an underated film. The twists and turns building and building to the bloody climax are truly something to behold the first time you see it. Only found out recently that it is an adaptation of a graphic novel.


  • #5
    Dont be at yourself
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    I disagree about A History of Violence, I don't understand why it gets the praise it does.


  • #6
    Eirebear
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    NekkidBibleMan wrote: »
    I disagree about A History of Violence, I don't understand why it gets the praise it does.

    Got to agree with that, i found it run of the mill at best.

    Sin City is probably my favourite, although i have to say i enjoyed 300 a lot too.
    Honorable mentions go to Ghostworld and American Splendour

    I cant stand Spiderman movies.

    I'd like to see Dead Space get the movie treatment


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  • #7
    Mal-Adjusted
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    i might get crucified for this, but i really liked Daredevil. no, it's not the best (far from it) but it's not bad, and certainley dosen't deserve all the negative criticism geared towards it, weather this is due to the film itself or just Ben Afflec*(sp.)

    *apparently, he dropped out of the sequeal because he thought it was'nt dark enough

    I must see AHOV


  • #8
    Not The Real Scarecrow
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    Hated Daredevil when it came out at first but I saw the directors cut a while ago and went nuts about it.Its a totally different film, far superior than the original cut.The origin story is more cohesive and the film as a whole is paced much better giving more time to character development.
    I love comics and the current trend is long overdue.Not a big marvel fan as I think it can be a bit shallow, not that there is anything wrong with it at times, but I just prefer dc comics as I feel like they are more adult orientated.That is why I have nothing but praise for Chris Nolan and what he has done for comic movie adapts.As a medium comics have been misunderstood as simple adolescent based art, however I believe that the Dark Knight has gone some where to rectify this misconception.Most comics are in depth character driven pieces of art aimed at mature readers as well as the clever adolescent.From what I have read because of the Dark Knights success the studios are trying to radically reform the approach they take to making comic book adapts, by having world class directors taking the helm and adopting a more serious approach.
    All I will say is role on Watchmen.


  • #9
    Fysh
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    I'm not sure I'd call comic-book films a genre as such given the diversity of material comics can feature, but that's not too important to the discussion so it doesn't really matter :)

    Personally, I thought The Dark Knight was very good; I really enjoyed the entire thing and look forward to watching it again.

    I found Iron Man to be good as well but not up to the same standard, chiefly due to the relatively weak third act. Still the best comic film to come from a Marvel property though.

    The Incredible Hulk was reasonable, not amazing (although the opening 20 minutes were very good) but solid entertainment and far better than the Ang Lee version.

    Wanted I found to be a god-awful load of old bollocks; the interesting thing being that while I found the comic to also be an awful load of old bollocks, the film was sufficiently different to the comic for it to be a special achievement to have come up with a different version of things which was equally rubbish. Particularly disappointing considering the standard of Bekmambetov's previous work on the Night Watch/Day Watch films.

    Sin City is to date the second most faithful adaptation of a comic I've ever seen. I hope the sequels have some tricks to maintain the interest once the aesthetic approach is no longer the main focus of the film.

    Persepolis is the most faithful adaptation of a comic I've ever seen - fully animated by a team guided by Marjane Satrapi, the author of the original comic, it's every bit as brilliant as the original comic.

    (Regarding the Dead Space thing, there may be a film at some point but in the meantime someone has made animated versions of the comics which are quite impressive).


  • #10
    the flananator
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    NekkidBibleMan wrote: »
    I disagree about A History of Violence, I don't understand why it gets the praise it does.

    It's just totally unpredictable, and terrifically directed to boot. One of my favorite films.


  • #11
    Nichololas
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    Mal-Adjusted wrote: »
    right so, ill get it started.
    of the five CBM released this summer, i thought two were excellant, Iron Man & TDK
    I thought one was very good, Wanted
    ANd i thought the other two, while okay, were kinda' dissapointing Hellboy 2 & TIH

    My two favourites of those are The Dark Knight and Hellboy 2.

    Ironman was ok, ok for popcorn watching.

    Turned off Wanted halfway through because I thought it was terrible.

    Still haven't worked out what TIH is :o


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  • #12
    Ivan
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    The Incredible Hulk, I guess.

    I just watched A History of Violence. Never saw or heard a thing about it before this thread, still not entirely sure how that happened, but here we are.

    I thought it was excellent. A really great action film and an even better comic book movie. It can get predictable after a point, even to someone who didnt know what to expect, but up to that point it is some of the best action, acting and story I have ever seen from this type of movie.

    Cronenberg really needs to get his hands on a rebooted Punisher movie, with Viggo Mortensen and William Hurt along with most of the rest of the cast of this movie. Albeit, preferably without the same long, drawn out backstory.

    Oh and I just realised, Eastern Promises is directed by Cronenberg and stars Viggo Mortensen... I've been meaning to watch that film for a while now... Hmm, guess thats a little off-topic...


  • #13
    Mal-Adjusted
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    yea, it's THe Uncredible Hulk:)

    Personally, i loved Wanted. i can see how some people cant stand it. it's full of illogical plot devices and i hear it's kinda' removed from the comic (which i haven't read-though the first issue comes with the DVD:D)
    but still, i love McAvoy, Freeman and the whole feel of the film, expecially the first 40 mins.


  • #14
    Mal-Adjusted
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    anybody seen the spirit? i hear it's kinda crap?


  • #15
    Gonzo_Reporter
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    Mal-Adjusted wrote: »
    anybody seen the spirit? i hear it's kinda crap?

    It is. I didn't like it myself, thought the acting was bad and i had to wonder why it was made in the first place. But i loved the way it was filmed I really enjoy the Sin City style.

    The comic book (graphic novel if you want to get technical) film that i can't wait for is The Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder of 300 fame and originally written by Alan Moore who wrote V for Vendetta.
    I tend to like the darker stories so i liked A history of Violence and who didnt enjoy The Dark Knight.
    But when it comes to all the others like Spiderman Ironman etc I'm happy to wait till it comes out on DVD.


  • #16
    Mr. Frost
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    The Punisher(s)!

    It's a easly concept to adapt to film and yet what's been made has been pretty bad. Will there ever be a really good Punisher movie?! Probably not in the near future.


  • #17
    BlitzKrieg
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    I dislike the majority of the marval adaptations they are mostly badly made cheesy origin stories (though X men 1 and 2 were fine as was Iron man I guess)

    Outside of that mass producing mountain of shovalware it varies from film to film, some can be quite good with both DC and Dark Horse having their fair share of quality gems and absolute stinkers.


  • #18
    Mr. Frost
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    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    I dislike the majority of the marval adaptations they are mostly badly made cheesy origin stories (though X men 1 and 2 were fine as was Iron man I guess)

    Outside of that mass producing mountain of shovalware it varies from film to film, some can be quite good with both DC and Dark Horse having their fair share of quality gems and absolute stinkers.

    I really like X-Men 2. 1 was good enough and thought 3 was pretty awful.


  • #19
    Necronomicon
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    V For Vendetta is one of my favourites in recent years. I haven't read the graphic novel, and I've heard it's not particularly faithful, but I loved it. Ditto with Constantine actually.


  • #20
    BlitzKrieg
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    Mr. Frost wrote: »
    I really like X-Men 2. 1 was good enough and thought 3 was pretty awful.

    i dont think you'll find many people who will disagree with you.

    3 was muck


  • #21
    fluke
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    I would highly rate Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, & Sin City. I've always had a soft spot for the first Hellboy. They would be in my top five (a fifth has yet to earn that status).

    V for Vendetta is okay but the book does the character's more justice.

    As for the X-men movies...I watched them recently and felt they eventually went into wolverine overkill; not enough on the other characters, some even overlooked (I’m looking at you X:3!!) (Paradoxically I’m looking forward to the Wolverine movie because it will focus on him, rather than try gloss over other characters too!)

    Spiderman- 1 & 2 were great! Spiderman 3 was pure toss!

    The Incredible Hulk, not bad, decent actually, better than Spiderman 3, X3 & the fantastic four movies and the ang lee's hulk.

    A History of Violence was alright.

    Hellboy 2 was a bit of a letdown in fairness.

    Iron Man was great but I’m not looking forward to any avenger’s movie, basically just a big cash cow where marvel studios will milk their best characters.

    Wanted was alright.



    Watchmen will probably end up like V for Vendetta, ok but read the book instead!


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  • #22
    Mal-Adjusted
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    well, Watchmen is out (finally saw it) I thought it was a bit iffy, to be honest, but then again, the the was so big that it really couldn't meet expectations to be fair. so what did you all think?

    Oh, and who's going to rush out & buy the comic now?;):D ttat's what I did for Wanted!


  • #23
    Pigman II
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    Well Ghost-World was better than the material it came from. It'd be nice if this happened more often.


  • #24
    ztoical
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    I'm a giant TMNT nerd and have enjoyed all the films based on those comics. I think both Mystery Men is a very underated film and I really liked the Tank Girl flick though many didn't. Persepolis is personnal fav but given that the creator of the comic directed the film it was always going to be very close to the comic. I've a major soft spot for the 12 tasks of Asterix, I found it the only one of the Asterix films that really felt like the comic. Road to Perdition and Art School Confidential are also good takes on the source material.

    I like V for Vendetta as a film but didn't think it was a great adaption of the comic. Constantine was a truely awful take on a really good comic. Blueberry should have been a great movie but Kounen went off on this mystic shamen buzz that wasn't in the comic and ruined it. Wanted was an awful comic and an awful film.

    I'm looking forward to Whiteout later this year. Plus theres the Scott Pilgram film on the way, Agnes Quill is also meant to be in production though not sure when thats due out. And the big Spielberg Tintin movie though I'm not a big Tintin fan.


  • #25
    BlitzKrieg
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    I'm a giant TMNT nerd and have enjoyed all the films based on those comics.

    even turtles in time?


  • #26
    Galvasean
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    Eirebear wrote: »
    I'd like to see Dead Space get the movie treatment

    It did, well sort of:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267379/
    Apparently a live action adaptation is in the works for 2010
    Mr. Frost wrote: »
    The Punisher(s)!

    It's a easly concept to adapt to film and yet what's been made has been pretty bad. Will there ever be a really good Punisher movie?! Probably not in the near future.

    Strangely enough I enjoyed all 3 Punisher movies on different levels. The Dolph Lundgren one is enjoyable 80s crap. The Thomas Jane one, while not really all that Punisher-esque in many departments, is an enjoyable revenge action romp. The latest one is just balls out OTT action.


  • #27
    niallon
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    Sin City, Iron Man, The Chris Nolan Batman films and Hellboy series would definitely rate among my favourites.

    But as mentioned, I really love Constantine. I know it's not faithful in many respects to the source but having not read it it made for a good film on it's own to me. Also A History of Violence and Road to Perdition showed nicely how tights and spandex aren't always the norm.

    Enjoyed Watchmen last week but still wait for one adap: someone please grow a pair and make Preacher!!


  • #28
    humanji
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    niallon wrote: »
    Sin City, Iron Man, The Chris Nolan Batman films and Hellboy series would definitely rate among my favourites.

    But as mentioned, I really love Constantine. I know it's not faithful in many respects to the source but having not read it it made for a good film on it's own to me. Also A History of Violence and Road to Perdition showed nicely how tights and spandex aren't always the norm.

    Enjoyed Watchmen last week but still wait for one adap: someone please grow a pair and make Preacher!!
    Preacher has been in the works for quite a while. The main problem (apart from the subject matter!) is that they're not sure what part of the story they should focus on as it's fairly epic. I think the guy who played Cyclops in X-Men was the last person rumoured to play the lead. Not sure if anyone's lined up for it now.

    edit: actually, just checked it out. There's a tv series in the works for later this year and a film set for 2011. At the moment Sam Mendez is down as directing the film. Not too sure about the tv series.


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    V for Vendetta wasn't a faithful adaptation but it still was a pretty damned awesome movie.

    I saw Watchmen recently and really disliked it. Thought it too long and drawn out in parts. However they were giving out the first issues free and read over it the next day - it seemed pretty faithful.


  • #30
    niallon
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    humanji wrote: »

    edit: actually, just checked it out. There's a tv series in the works for later this year and a film set for 2011. At the moment Sam Mendez is down as directing the film. Not too sure about the tv series.

    The TV series seems to be the most likely route alright, the finish date fluctuates like hell though and almost everything related is rumour. Personally, I'd love to see it as Kevin Smith's comic book bow!


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  • #31
    humanji
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    Well the tv series will be able to fit more of the story in, but it's balanced out by the fact that a lot of it will have to be cut out in order for it to be broadcast. I mean the "go f*ck yourself" bit is unlikely to every be seen! :D


  • #32
    niallon
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    humanji wrote: »
    I mean the "go f*ck yourself" bit is unlikely to every be seen! :D

    And nobody wants that! :D


  • #33
    Fysh
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    Argh, Preacher as a film directed by Sam Mendez sounds like an exercise in futility. That, even more than Watchmen, needs to be a series of some sort. Despite the whole thing being American I think it'd be better off in the hands of the BBC, because the Beeb seem to understand how to do a TV series without automatically trying to make it go on for decades.


  • #34
    BlitzKrieg
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    it could be a hbo series, much like how they did Dexter.

    At least then, they wont have to worry as much as about censoring or sanitzing its religous elements.


    I feel like reading Preacher again. I remember not liking the last volume as much, but I was young...


  • #35
    niallon
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    BlitzKrieg wrote: »

    I feel like reading Preacher again. I remember not liking the last volume as much, but I was young...

    I guess it wraps up a little too neatly alright, but could've had any amount of worse endings!


  • #36
    Fysh
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    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    it could be a hbo series, much like how they did Dexter.

    That seems to be the suggestion everywhere, but even HBO would struggle to bring a series to the market in which a foul-mouthed violent ex-preacher, possessed by a power rival to that of the Judaeo-Christian God, goes on a road-trip with his contract-killer girlfriend and an alcoholic vampire with the ultimate plan of hunting down and killing the aforementioned God.


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  • #37
    humanji
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    Fysh wrote: »
    That seems to be the suggestion everywhere, but even HBO would struggle to bring a series to the market in which a foul-mouthed violent ex-preacher, possessed by a power rival to that of the Judaeo-Christian God, goes on a road-trip with his contract-killer girlfriend and an alcoholic vampire with the ultimate plan of hunting down and killing the aforementioned God.
    Maybe TnaG will do it?

    I just noticed that there's a new Judge Dredd film coming out in 2012. I was a huge fan of the comic and the original film was pretty terrible and a good example of a time when studios had more say than the comic writers. Now it seems that studios have little choice but to try and make a film faithful to the source.


  • #38
    BlitzKrieg
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    Fysh wrote: »
    That seems to be the suggestion everywhere, but even HBO would struggle to bring a series to the market in which a foul-mouthed violent ex-preacher, possessed by a power rival to that of the Judaeo-Christian God, goes on a road-trip with his contract-killer girlfriend and an alcoholic vampire with the ultimate plan of hunting down and killing the aforementioned God.


    I dont know, they did Dexter, there's not alot in Preacher that can outdo Dexter purely because Preacher does alot of its more graphic bits for laughs (arseface!).


  • #39
    Fysh
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    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    I dont know, they did Dexter, there's not alot in Preacher that can outdo Dexter purely because Preacher does alot of its more graphic bits for laughs (arseface!).

    There's a difference between presenting a psychopath and his violent actions in a sympathetic light, and presenting a violent, smoking, sexually active ex-preacher on a mission to kill God in a sympathetic light.

    Don't get me wrong, I think there's definitely an audience for Preacher. The problems are the sexual content and the religious aspects - the sex because while violence is thus far acceptable fare in American entertainment, sex evidently isn't; the religion because, let's face it, if HBO did put a Preacher series into production without making significant changes to the storyline, they'd be facing the biggest picket in history. A sinning ex-preacher presented as the hero, alongside an alcoholic woman-beating vampire and a sexually uninhibited contract killer? Angels indulging in all-too-grubby human sins and showing every sign of enjoyment? God as a schizophrenic nutter who gets killed by one of his own creations? The descendants of Jesus as inbred brain-damaged liabilities that throw their faeces at people? Any one of these items would be enough to upset people, but combined they'd lead to a hell of a lot of hot water for a television network at a time when those networks are struggling to get viewers and advertising money...sure, they could exploit the controversy if they were clever, but I don't see it as a safe gamble.


  • #40
    BlitzKrieg
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    The problems are the sexual content and the religious aspects - the sex because while violence is thus far acceptable fare in American entertainment, sex evidently isn'

    There's quite a bit of sex in dexter aswell.


    And I take your religion argument and present Carnival.
    The descendants of Jesus as inbred brain-damaged liabilities that throw their faeces at people?

    This and all other angels/religion organisations can be dealt with simply by using the catholic card.

    Whenever Hollywood wants to do anything involving christian myths/evils and the supernatural they use catholic priest characters and the catholic church because the vast majority of those outraged mothers are WASP's and in their mind the catholic church is as much of a ungodly evil as Islam and they can accept any load of bollocks about the church and its actions as long as they stick the word Catholic in before it. It doesnt help that catholism lends itself to the supernatural so easily.


  • #41
    shenanigans1982
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    Fysh wrote: »
    That seems to be the suggestion everywhere, but even HBO would struggle to bring a series to the market in which a foul-mouthed violent ex-preacher, possessed by a power rival to that of the Judaeo-Christian God, goes on a road-trip with his contract-killer girlfriend and an alcoholic vampire with the ultimate plan of hunting down and killing the aforementioned God.

    When you put like that it does seem a little out there.:pac:

    With a film they are going to try and fit the whole story into two hour which is just not going to work. The series is a much better option which but from the description Fysh gave it looks like even HBO wouldn't touch it.

    Personally the one thing I want to see is 100 Bullets made by HBO into a 100 episode series. Then I would die a happy man....just a shame that no director has picked up on it as their pet project yet.


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  • #42
    ztoical
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    shenanigans1982 wrote: »
    Fysh gave it looks like even HBO wouldn't touch it.

    I'm with BlitzKrieg and think given some of the content of the likes of Carnivàle HBO wouldn't have an issue with the religous content, I don't think they'd make due to cost. The reason Carnivàle wasn't renewed was due to the budget and if your going to do preacher right then it would need some money thrown at it.

    A film verison is likely to be superly edited for content. Those nut job christains in the states are quick to kick up a fuss about films and network tv but subscription channels like HBO or Showtime can get away with a hell of alot just look at Oz, Deadwood, the L Word and Dexter [which is Showtime not HBO Connla]


  • #43
    niallon
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    Ultimately it's safe to say a film version of Preacher would have to be a trilogy at least but even at that each film would be pushing 3 hours...or just make Cassidy's back story as a stand alone film, vampires and the Easter Rising, great combination! :D


  • #44
    Mal-Adjusted
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    Well, Wolverine is out today:D. Personally I thought it was a very uneven film, with some scenes done brilliantly, and some terribly, the same goes for the CGI. At the same time, I thought the acting was fantastic.

    Reviews are mixed, but make up your own mind! What does everyone think?


  • #45
    BlitzKrieg
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    i point to my original post in this thread to sum up my feelings about wolverine
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=58585189&postcount=17 wrote:
    I dislike the majority of the marval adaptations they are mostly badly made cheesy origin stories

    and what do you know, it fits perfectly.


  • #46
    taram
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    Loved Iron Man, X Men 2, Batman Begins, Watchmen, 300, Sin City, Ghost World, Tank Girl, Batman Returns, Blade

    Enjoyed as a movie but not an adaptation: Constantine, V for Vendetta, From Hell, A History of Violence,

    Waste of two hours of my life: X Men 3, Wolverine, Spiderman 3, Daredevil, Hulk (Ang Lee, haven't see newer one), Batman and Robin, Wanted.

    Really want a Transmetropoltian movie though would be terrified to see how it turns out.

    Would love a remake of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Punisher and proper a Hellblazer movie, for some mad reason I enjoyed Keanu Reeves as Constantine, but the rest of it fell flat for me.


  • #47
    Mal-Adjusted
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    Just read that Marvel has announced they're planning a Magneto film, a Deadpool film, Wolverine II, and a prequeal to X-Men with Scott, Hank, Jean and Storm starting in the school and developing their powers, (I think the working title is "X-Men: First Class") as well as a possible Gambit film.

    Five films seems like a lot. Which (if any) do you think will get made?

    and while i'm there, do we really need any more Wolverine movies? we've already had three! (yes, i'm counting X2 and X3 as wolverine films-they're certainley not about any other x-man!


  • #48
    shenanigans1982
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    Wolverine 2 will be the only one that I can see getting made. Part of me wants to see Gambit and Deadpool movies although after how they were portrayed in Wolverine a bigger part of me doesn't.

    I would much rather see Marvel/DC save their movies main characters ( Spider-man, Avengers, Iron-man, Batman, Superman) for the movies rather than put out half assed attempts to make a few bucks. The secondary characters would be better suited to dvd animated movies where they can at least keep the character true and get decent writers that are familiar with them on board rather than changing aspects of the character to appeal to a wider audience.


  • #49
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    I thought the Wolverine movie was a mess and can't hold out much hope for these. I thought Marvel starting up their own movie studio would be a good thing, but they just seem intent on churning out anything that'll sell a few tickets.


  • #50
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    humanji wrote: »
    I thought the Wolverine movie was a mess and can't hold out much hope for these. I thought Marvel starting up their own movie studio would be a good thing, but they just seem intent on churning out anything that'll sell a few tickets.

    talking aut Marvel studios, i checked out their IMDb page for the craic. they've announced some other films there.

    Iron man II. Of course this one is going to be made.
    Nick Furey. Can be intiresting, but i don't see Samuel Jackson in the role
    Luke Cage. hmmm
    Ant man. um...okay
    The First Avenger: Captain America
    The Avengers


  • #51
    tferg20
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭tferg20


    Sandman.
    Would be very hard to do but could be class.


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