although it's not MARVEL... i'd really like to see a movie based on the [Vertigo Comics] SANDMAN character of DEATH. that was a cool mini series that i kinda dug back in the day and would make a decent movie. i imagine it being done in a richard linklater style (laid back with lot of converstaion & such).
Oh yes...is it about the one Death trying to convince a Kurt Cobain lookalike teenager not to kill himself?
The one comics I would like to see on film is Deathblow. It has an interesting premise but nothing else: the visual's biting Frank Miller Sin City Big time, the brooding monologues' way too Spawn-like, and the armageddon theme is a bit outdated. Possibly the only thing I like about it is its theme about a terminally ill soldier trying to make peace with himself. The ending is not a good look (the deux ex machina at the end kinda reminds me of Stephen Chau's God of Cookery). Despite all that, I think it would make a good movie, I mean, why adapt a well-written comics when one can improve a mediocre one on the silver screen???
dollar_binI heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
there's been a script for this for at least 12 years.....
THE WATCHMEN
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice. I don't care who the director and stars are, the only way something halfway decent could come out of that is if they make an arthouse downer that no one will want to see. Plus, Regan era insecurity is so quaint in this era of Bush insecurity, they would probably update the themes which will screw it up, big time.
there's been a script for this for at least 12 years.....
THE WATCHMEN
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice. I don't care who the director and stars are, the only way something halfway decent could come out of that is if they make an arthouse downer that no one will want to see. Plus, Regan era insecurity is so quaint in this era of Bush insecurity, they would probably update the themes which will screw it up, big time.
You're not a pessimist and no, there's no way a film version of this could possibly live up to the greatness of the graphic novel. I think that's one reason it hasn't seen the light of day.
Some books/comics/whatever do not need to become movies.
I think Nic Cage will make for a great Johnny Blaze. He's certainly got that whole tortured-soul thing down. Not to mention he's someone who obviously takes the comic book medium seriously. Just look at money's name for starters. AND did anyone notice the ORIGINAL horse-riding Ghost Rider in the trailer??! Nice touch. + Sam Elliot is
I think Nic Cage will make for a great Johnny Blaze. He's certainly got that whole tortured-soul thing down. Not to mention he's someone who obviously takes the comic book medium seriously. Just look at money's name for starters. AND did anyone notice the ORIGINAL horse-riding Ghost Rider in the trailer??! Nice touch. + Sam Elliot is
cosign. i don't know why everyone hates on nic cage so badly. the dude is in fact a comic book superfan and will do this movie justice...hopefully the script will do the comic the same.
I just watched it. The movie looks like a CGI-orgy and none of it seems too impressive. It actually looks kind of shitty. Maybe "Ghost Rider" can duke it out with "Constantine" to see which is the worse adapatation.
there's been a script for this for at least 12 years.....
THE WATCHMEN
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice. I don't care who the director and stars are, the only way something halfway decent could come out of that is if they make an arthouse downer that no one will want to see. Plus, Regan era insecurity is so quaint in this era of Bush insecurity, they would probably update the themes which will screw it up, big time.
i agree with this wholeheatedly, but i still like to play 'who would you cast'.
Whilst Spacey would be good, i have to agree on Norton, dude is
but yeah, lets pray those fuckers never ruin what has to be one of the greatest graphic novels ever.
From what I read (on the marvel website), many of those smaller marvel character movies (ant-man, etc) are going to be done by "independant" film makers.
As for Watchmen, the only way they could do it any justice is with Gilliam directing a 12-part mini-series. End of discussion.
As for Death, yes, that would make an interesting movie. And it is the comic with Death convincing the kurdt-cobain-look-alike not to kill him/herself (been a while since I read it). There were 2 mini-series involving the death character, as well as one manga not written by Neil Gaiman.
I want a spiderman movie featuring the best villian of all time... MYSTERIO[/b]. Harnessing the power of Hollywood's most precious asset... SPECIAL EFFECTS[/b]
"World Trade Center" looks so maudlin it's unbearable, besides the actual tragedy being dealt with.
"Superman Returns" looks pretty solid - it's amazing comparing how far special efx have come since the original "modern" Superman movies. I imagine this will kill the weekend it opens. That said, my spidey-sense (yeah, I know, diff comic book companies) says that Kate Bosworth could pull a Katie Holmes here.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" - Johnny Deep is still the draw but the trailer is way too overloaded to diff scenes. I got a headache just trying to keep track.
"Cars" - so necessary. I was initially skeptical but I think this could be pretty good, especially for car nerds. I have an acquaintance who's an artist at Pixar who spent an entire year on the film, just painting clouds. Seriously.
dollar_binI heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
there's been a script for this for at least 12 years.....
THE WATCHMEN
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice. I don't care who the director and stars are, the only way something halfway decent could come out of that is if they make an arthouse downer that no one will want to see. Plus, Regan era insecurity is so quaint in this era of Bush insecurity, they would probably update the themes which will screw it up, big time.
i agree with this wholeheatedly, but i still like to play 'who would you cast'.
Fair enough, plus it's so easy to play the part of the surly nerd on the internet. So I'll play the game
The Comedian: Gary Busey Dr. Manhattan: Ben Kingsley
Rorschach: Ed Norton Dr. Manhattan: Ben Kingsley (good choice dollar) Nite Owl: Jeff Bridges Silouhette: Sigourney Weaver Comedian: Gary Oldman Ozy: Tom Cruise
dollar_binI heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
Ozy: Tom Cruise
holy shit, I was thinking the exact same thing! That character requires someone with an over the top ego/sense of invincibility. Oldman is a good choice too.
Re: The Dolph Lundgren "Punisher" effort, I actually liked it. It was done at comic book pace, and I thought the bit where he's fighting the Yakuza chick at the end, with the red lighting and music-box soundtrack was pretty well done. Esp. the bit where the music stops when he breaks her neck.
Hmm... Is that what Jeffrey Dahlmer would have said?
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice.
No doubt but I was cringing about walking into the theatre to see Sin City and that shit way better than I thought it would be.
Rorschach - Kevin Spacey The Comedian - Havey Kietel Dr. Manhattan - Jonathon Frakes Moloch - William H. Macy Dr. Malcolm Long - Delroy Lindo Night Owl - Vicent D'onofrio Ozymadias - Jude Law Silk Spectre - Holly Hunter
Hard to tell. Zack Snyder did the pretty good Dawn of the Dead remake and is also working on Frank Miller's 300, which was ill. That Sam Hamm script....I hope it got a rewrite.
I think a Power Man & Iron Fist movie would be cool. Neither character warrants their own feature. Their solo titles couldn't sustain themselves. But a buddy flick with the two of them could be fun.
Comments
Oh yes...is it about the one Death trying to convince a Kurt Cobain lookalike teenager not to kill himself?
The one comics I would like to see on film is Deathblow. It has an interesting premise but nothing else: the visual's biting Frank Miller Sin City Big time, the brooding monologues' way too Spawn-like, and the armageddon theme is a bit outdated. Possibly the only thing I like about it is its theme about a terminally ill soldier trying to make peace with himself. The ending is not a good look (the deux ex machina at the end kinda reminds me of Stephen Chau's God of Cookery). Despite all that, I think it would make a good movie, I mean, why adapt a well-written comics when one can improve a mediocre one on the silver screen???
Call me a pessimist, but there is nooooo waaaay that they could make a movie that will do this novel justice. I don't care who the director and stars are, the only way something halfway decent could come out of that is if they make an arthouse downer that no one will want to see. Plus, Regan era insecurity is so quaint in this era of Bush insecurity, they would probably update the themes which will screw it up, big time.
'89 Dolph version is crap, but amazingly it was outcrapped by the '04 Punisher debacle.
You're not a pessimist and no, there's no way a film version of this could possibly live up to the greatness of the graphic novel. I think that's one reason it hasn't seen the light of day.
Some books/comics/whatever do not need to become movies.
He's certainly got that whole tortured-soul thing down.
Not to mention he's someone who obviously takes the comic book medium seriously.
Just look at money's name for starters.
AND did anyone notice the ORIGINAL horse-riding Ghost Rider in the trailer??!
Nice touch.
+ Sam Elliot is
cosign. i don't know why everyone hates on nic cage so badly. the dude is in fact a comic book superfan and will do this movie justice...hopefully the script will do the comic the same.
I just watched it. The movie looks like a CGI-orgy and none of it seems too impressive. It actually looks kind of shitty. Maybe "Ghost Rider" can duke it out with "Constantine" to see which is the worse adapatation.
i agree with this wholeheatedly, but i still like to play 'who would you cast'.
Whilst Spacey would be good, i have to agree on Norton, dude is
but yeah, lets pray those fuckers never ruin what has to be one of the greatest graphic novels ever.
As for Watchmen, the only way they could do it any justice is with Gilliam directing a 12-part mini-series. End of discussion.
As for Death, yes, that would make an interesting movie. And it is the comic with Death convincing the kurdt-cobain-look-alike not to kill him/herself (been a while since I read it). There were 2 mini-series involving the death character, as well as one manga not written by Neil Gaiman.
I want a spiderman movie featuring the best villian of all time... MYSTERIO[/b]. Harnessing the power of Hollywood's most precious asset... SPECIAL EFFECTS[/b]
b/w
"World Trade Center" looks so maudlin it's unbearable, besides the actual tragedy being dealt with.
"Superman Returns" looks pretty solid - it's amazing comparing how far special efx have come since the original "modern" Superman movies. I imagine this will kill the weekend it opens. That said, my spidey-sense (yeah, I know, diff comic book companies) says that Kate Bosworth could pull a Katie Holmes here.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" - Johnny Deep is still the draw but the trailer is way too overloaded to diff scenes. I got a headache just trying to keep track.
"Cars" - so necessary. I was initially skeptical but I think this could be pretty good, especially for car nerds. I have an acquaintance who's an artist at Pixar who spent an entire year on the film, just painting clouds. Seriously.
Fair enough, plus it's so easy to play the part of the surly nerd on the internet. So I'll play the game
The Comedian: Gary Busey
Dr. Manhattan: Ben Kingsley
Dr. Manhattan: Ben Kingsley (good choice dollar)
Nite Owl: Jeff Bridges
Silouhette: Sigourney Weaver
Comedian: Gary Oldman
Ozy: Tom Cruise
holy shit, I was thinking the exact same thing! That character requires someone with an over the top ego/sense of invincibility. Oldman is a good choice too.
Hmm... Is that what Jeffrey Dahlmer would have said?
I'll bet he did....
This of course begs the question of what they mean by "to do Iron Man"....
Fantastic Four 2 will feature THE SILVER SURFER
Thor
Iron Man
Hulk 2
Nick Fury
WTF????????
How can Marvel be overlooking this cat.....
It's a crime.
No doubt but I was cringing about walking into the theatre to see Sin City and that shit way better than I thought it would be.
Rorschach - Kevin Spacey
The Comedian - Havey Kietel
Dr. Manhattan - Jonathon Frakes
Moloch - William H. Macy
Dr. Malcolm Long - Delroy Lindo
Night Owl - Vicent D'onofrio
Ozymadias - Jude Law
Silk Spectre - Holly Hunter
this better not be wack juice
Hard to tell. Zack Snyder did the pretty good Dawn of the Dead remake and is also
working on Frank Miller's 300, which was ill. That Sam Hamm script....I hope it got a rewrite.
Iron Fist...okay.
But what's up with:
What I really wanna see is:
Tyrese stars and John Singleton directs............
I think a Power Man & Iron Fist movie would be cool. Neither character warrants their own feature. Their solo titles couldn't sustain themselves. But a buddy flick with the two of them could be fun.
That first Luke Cage solo series is fuckin' rugged!!