Originally posted by -Pr-
Flash was good imo. So were most of the Superman tv shows.DC isn't known for shitty adaptations at all.
Even the Aquaman tv pilot was pretty decent.
TV is a different medium than the movies. DC has only succeeded with Batman the past couple of decades on the big screen (putting aside a couple of out of continuity Vertigo adaptions.)
Originally posted by Hulkbuster1
btw yeah I heard about the movie. Im still kinda effy about them not using the guy from s. returns but who knows it might be great. I heard he's a great actor but I personaly can't see how his british charm will mix with an american icon?
he was fine in immortals, i thought. he's a talented enough actor that he can pull it off i think. it's not like he's going to have a british accent as superman.
Originally posted by roughrider
TV is a different medium than the movies. DC has only succeeded with Batman the past couple of decades on the big screen (putting aside a couple of out of continuity Vertigo adaptions.)
and?
Originally posted by -Pr-i think the best part of returns was superman...i think they picked a very good actor for clark/superman and I can't imagine anyone else looking the part as much
Superman Returns was shit; i don't see how anyone could disagree with that.
but lex was just horrible...i hate bryan singer with a passion
Originally posted by -Pr-and?
That there's a reason many of DC's other attempts for the big screen haven't flown. That what Mark Millar says about their appeal is right.
Unless they become more Marvel-like...
With The New 52 being the latest attempt since COIC in 1985 to move closer to Marvel's 'real world' conception.
Originally posted by Starscream M
i think the best part of returns was superman...i think they picked a very good actor for clark/superman and I can't imagine anyone else looking the part as muchbut lex was just horrible...i hate bryan singer with a passion
i don't like that he looked like chris reeve so much.
Originally posted by roughrider
That there's a reason many of DC's other attempts for the big screen haven't flown. That what Mark Millar says about their appeal is right.Unless they become more Marvel-like...
With The New 52 being the latest attempt since COIC in 1985 to move closer to Marvel's 'real world' conception.
I'm not sure I know what you mean.
Originally posted by Starscream M
i think i get what he meansmarvel is more cartoonish in a way, the characters are more colorful and a bit more child friendly (iron man, hulk, thor, spiderman)
dc is more serious, darker tone and more geared towards adults imo
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I cant tell if you are serious or not.
Superman
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Captain Marvel
all seem to sport a lot of bright colors and aside from guys like Batman and Aquaman, I would say they are all more or less kid friendly.
Originally posted by Starscream M
i think i get what he meansmarvel is more cartoonish in a way, the characters are more colorful and a bit more child friendly (iron man, hulk, thor, spiderman)
dc is more serious, darker tone and more geared towards adults imo
If DC's only property was Batman then you'd be right... but there is a reason a lot of people (although I'm not one of them) think Batman would be better suited in Marvel.
Re: Who most deserves their own movie?
Originally posted by byrdgang21
Of the characters listed, who would you most want to see on the big screen?DC:
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Flash
Dr. Fate
Green ArrowMarvel:
Namor
Black Panther
Luke Cage
Dr. Strange
NovaPlease Discuss
From DC, Wonderwoman & Flash.
From Marvel, Namor & Dr.Strange.
Strange has one in the works:
http://m.twitchfilm.com/news/2011/08/breaking-marvel-moving-ahead-with-doctor-strange.php
Originally posted by BlueFnord
Dr Strange movie only if we get Nic Cage as Strange.
No way.
Originally posted by Sundipped
Nah...let him remain Ghostrider.
I personally wouldn't mind Johnny Depp playing the role.
Alot of people are saying Johnny. I'm not sold on him doing action. I especially don't want a humorous, zany Strange. He's done serious before but not like what this character requires.
Originally posted by the ninjak
No way.Alot of people are saying Johnny. I'm not sold on him doing action. I especially don't want a humorous, zany Strange. He's done serious before but not like what this character requires.
Yeah. Unfortunately, minus a few slight tweaks, Depp is pretty much the same character in every movie. Cage seems to just sleepwalk through his roles nowadays and Robert Downey Jr is already locked in as Iron man. Those are the only three guys that I can think of that could pull the role off.
Originally posted by the ninjak
Alot of people are saying Johnny. I'm not sold on him doing action. I especially don't want a humorous, zany Strange. He's done serious before but not like what this character requires.
As far as the action goes, a lot could be covered by the special effects. I would like for Docs martial arts skills to be showcased though.
No doubt its a serious role and like you, Doc being humorous I wouldn't think quite fits. Unless he had a character like (let's say) Spiderman co starring. I have no details as to who's co starring. I think Johnny can pull it off.
The main question to ask is
If you are a producer which of these characters would you greenlight for a movie.
Luke Cage Black panther Green arrow and maybe are the only characters i would feel comfortable greenlighting for a movie.
The rest of the characters on the list are either to obscure for non comic book fans or will not translate well to the big screen.
Originally posted by Starscream M
i think i get what he meansmarvel is more cartoonish in a way, the characters are more colorful and a bit more child friendly (iron man, hulk, thor, spiderman)
dc is more serious, darker tone and more geared towards adults imo
No, that's not what I meant. Once Marvel passed DC Comics in sales starting in 1970 and kept it that way for the next couple of decades, DC in the 1980's decided it needed to start innovating more and follow Marvel's approach. Hence, there was a major import into the DC offices of major Marvel talent early that decade - Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, Frank Miller and John Byrne etc. After the major reboot after COIE in 1986 to simplify their universe to become more cohesive (Marvel had been carefully tracking their continuity since the early 1960's and had things in place so a Crisis event wasn't necessary), John Byrne's reboot of Superman became known by insiders as the 'Marvelizing' of Superman. Ever since, it's all been about trying to make their characters as easily relatable as the Marvel heroes - Marvel coming out of the 1960's, it was all about breaking the comic trends established in the 1940's and 50's by DC and Marvel's predecessor, Timely. Hence why, in film history terms, DC was likened to the old Hollywood studio system while Marvel was like the French New Wave filmmakers, coming to turns genre conventions upside down (the words of comic historian Peter Sanderson.)
DC also did something Marvel ignored at the time: import the best writers and artists from the UK to work on their titles, with great results that were almost too dark (Marvel would lampoon all the depressed drug addicted DC characters in their parody title 'What The!?'😉 Marvel would start innovating again only after their bankruptcy in the late 90's, and now they have just as many UK and international creators as DC does.