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Comic Movie Thread The Incredible Iron Knight is watching the Watchmen.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    and you have really bad taste, the first three Marvel movies were Average at best.

    Dr. Strange is the first really good thing to come out of their animated movie line.
    Bad taste...different taste, I suppose its all the same. 90% of comic adapted movies are shit and you know it. Cuddle up with a nice copy of Blade Trinity, some anal beads and a box of whine and make a night out of it.
    Yeah because Blade Trinity is the majority of comic book movies.


    Lets take a look at the live-action movies in the last decade:
    Spider-Man 1,2 and 3.
    Hulk
    Batman Begins
    Daredevil and it's totally different Director's Cut.
    Elektra
    Blade 1, 2 and Trinity.
    Sin City
    V for Vendetta
    LXG
    300
    Superman Returns.
    X-Men 1, 2 and 3.
    Ghost Rider

    Anything in Red is bad. So, yeah. The majority of comic movies are actually, y'know, good.


    and then there's the awesome cartoons that have been made, and the oncoming slew of awesome looking animated movies.

    (Spider-Man 3 is debatable. It's not as good as the first two, but it's still a decent movie.)

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    From Hell (2001)

    horrid.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    I knew I would forget one or two.

    It's still 8 to 13 in favor of good.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Oh and American Splendor which was fantastic.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    hijinksensue I hope that your webcomic is made into a movie and every character is played by Abigail Breslin because Thor is awesome and Matthew Vaughan is a pretty rockin' director.

    Also, man, Black Panther is pretty cool.
    Black Panther never did anything for me. And I hope Jonathan Lipnicky stars opposite Abigail as the male lead.

    no.

    every character - Abby

    Also, you forgot Ghost World, Blank.

    and The Punisher was pretty rocking.

    The Fantastic Four movies were dreck, though.

    God you forgot so much.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    SHUT UP


    I WAS IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

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  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Road to Perdition and Ghost World.

    Both in white.

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Yeah because Blade Trinity is the majority of comic book movies.


    Lets take a look at the live-action movies in the last decade:
    Spider-Man 1,2 and 3.
    Hulk
    Batman Begins
    Daredevil and it's totally different Director's Cut.
    Elektra
    Blade 1, 2 and Trinity.
    Sin City
    V for Vendetta
    LXG
    300
    Superman Returns.
    X-Men 1, 2 and 3.
    Ghost Rider

    Anything in Red is bad. So, yeah. The majority of comic movies are actually, y'know, good.


    and then there's the awesome cartoons that have been made, and the oncoming slew of awesome looking animated movies.

    (Spider-Man 3 is debatable. It's not as good as the first two, but it's still a decent movie.)

    By your math, 63% are good. That is a majority but it leaves 37% of crap to sift through. Spiderman 3 was a massive disappointment for me. I know a lot of people enjoyed it but I thought it was a shallow offering at best. They negated the flow of character development from the first two and spread the villains too thin. Thats just my take on it. I agree about the animation. Batman: TAS, Batman and Robin, Batman Beyond, Superman, The Batman, Spider-Man (90's Fox version), Justice League, JLA... those were all personal favs. Most of the content produced by those series was far superior to even the 63% of good movies you've listed.

    Hollywood tends to strip comic characters of their subtlety and nuances. Overglitzed and overglammed.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    A History of Violence, too.

    Most people would say white, I wouldn't, but most people would.

    also t - Blank WELL YOU SHOULD THINK THINGS THROUGH NEXT TIME. GOD.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    That's because they have 2 and a half hours(At maximum) to fit in 30+ years of character development.

    They have to boil down the characters to their main attributes.

    Notice how the movies that are adaptations of one-shots or miniseries(Sin City, 300, American Splendor, etc.) fit most of the little flaws and unique quirks of the characters, because they don't have that vast amount of source material.

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Men in Black 2
    Fantastic 4
    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    Constantine
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    Spawn
    The Crow 3
    Barb Wire
    Timecop
    Catwoman (OH GOD FUCKING CATWOMAN!)
    The Punisher (Dolph version)
    The Phantom
    Steel
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
    Supergirl


    I ran out of red.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Well American Splendor was easy, too, because it's based on a comic that's pretty much his life, so you know.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Men in Black 2
    Fantastic 4
    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    Constantine
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    Spawn
    The Crow 3
    Barb Wire
    Timecop
    Catwoman (OH GOD FUCKING CATWOMAN!)
    The Punisher (Dolph version)
    The Phantom
    Steel
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
    Supergirl


    I ran out of red.
    Decade, man.
    Supergirl, The Punisher, Steel, Superman IV, Timecop and The Phantom were all made before 1997.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2007
    Men in Black 2

    I ran out of red.

    What the fuck's wrong with MiB2

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, both MiB movies were pretty excellent.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith, hijinksenuse just has terrible opinions.

    he probably hates both koalas and guy gardner, and the only thing that makes him angrier is koalas dressed as guy gardner

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Decade, man.
    Supergirl, The Punisher, Steel, Superman IV, Timecop and The Phantom were all made before 1997.


    The Holocaust was more than 10 years ago too. Does that mean it didn't suck? Your arbitrary cut-off point doesn't change anything.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2007
    Decade, man.
    Supergirl, The Punisher, Steel, Superman IV, Timecop and The Phantom were all made before 1997.


    The Holocaust was more than 10 years ago too. Does that mean it didn't suck? Your arbitrary cut-off point doesn't change anything.

    Well, seeing as they're superhero movies, and they still can't do special effects right today, yes the date should matter

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith, hijinksenuse just has terrible opinions.

    he probably hates both koalas and guy gardner, and the only thing that makes him angrier is koalas dressed as guy gardner
    That's a personal fetish, actually. I can't achieve arousal unless a Koala is dressed as Guy Gardner.

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    Well, seeing as they're superhero movies, and they still can't do special effects right today, yes the date should matter
    Good point. I have a rip of the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four Straight to DVD Movie from like 94 or 96. The effects are outstandingly bad. The only time Johnny Storm "flames on" they replace him with a cartoon. No shit.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Decade, man.
    Supergirl, The Punisher, Steel, Superman IV, Timecop and The Phantom were all made before 1997.


    The Holocaust was more than 10 years ago too. Does that mean it didn't suck? Your arbitrary cut-off point doesn't change anything.
    Yes it actually does.

    In the last decade comic adaptations have become big business. Studios love them, and they are making many, many more than they ever have. They now have actual budgets and get more publicity than the average Hollywood Blockbuster.

    The increased quantity of them means that there's greater chance for both really good ones and really terrible ones. Whereas in the past it was pretty much all terrible outside of the Superman/Batman franchises, and even they became terrible near the end.

    So, if you take a poll of comic based movies in this renaissance of them you'll get a more accurate result.

    Also, good job invoking Godwin's law. Everyone knows Nazis and WWII make an argument better. :^:

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Also, good job invoking Godwin's law. Everyone knows Nazis and WWII make an argument better. :^:

    he makes a webcomic about guys that play videogames

    obviously he can't think of anything but cliches

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Well played. I can't argue with that, so I acquiesce.

    Also,
    Also, good job invoking Godwin's law. Everyone knows Nazis and WWII make an argument better.

    that was the joke. Don't get so worked up. You made me think about something with a well thought out argument. Enjoy the victory.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    There was a joke?

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    he makes a webcomic about guys that play videogames

    obviously he can't think of anything but cliches
    #1 Ummm.... think about where you are posting this.
    #2 Again, thats the point. Sarcasm. Its funny.
    #3 Again, lighten up. Dont get so defensive when people dont automatically agree with you.

    Thanks for the discourse!

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  • CheetoCheeto Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    he makes a webcomic about guys that play videogames

    obviously he can't think of anything but cliches
    #1 Ummm.... think about where you are posting this.
    #2 Again, thats the point. Sarcasm. Its funny.
    #3 Again, lighten up. Dont get so defensive when people dont automatically agree with you.

    Thanks for the discourse!

    #1 that's like saying Superman is a rip-off of Captain Marvel
    #2 what was sarcasm? what was funny?
    #3 i'm not being defensive, you're just a hack

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/
    Yes.


    It was slow, but it was still a quality movie.

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  • hijinksensuehijinksensue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    #1 that's like saying Superman is a rip-off of Captain Marvel
    #2 what was sarcasm? what was funny?
    #3 i'm not being defensive, you're just a hack
    I guess you win. I feel really bad for thinking things now. Good job!

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    It's not the thinking things that is the problem.

    You just do not understand comedy.

    Like seriously.

    Just because you say something is a joke does not mean it is funny. Or even a joke. I could say a zebra is tiger because they both have stripes. But that'd be a complete lie.

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  • CheetoCheeto Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/
    Yes.


    It was slow, but it was still a quality movie.

    But Superman only fought rocks.:|

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/
    Yes.


    It was slow, but it was still a quality movie.

    But Superman only fought rocks.:|

    And didn't offer child support.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited August 2007
    It's not the thinking things that is the problem.

    You just do not understand comedy.

    Like seriously.

    Just because you say something is a joke does not mean it is funny. Or even a joke. I could say a zebra is tiger because they both have stripes. But that'd be a complete lie.

    where do you think white tigers come from

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    well, you got me there.

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  • Chrono PaladinChrono Paladin Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/
    Yes.


    It was slow, but it was still a quality movie.

    But Superman only fought rocks.:|

    To be fair, they were green rocks.

    Plus, Kevin Spacey was awesome.

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  • PantheraOncaPantheraOnca Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    It's not the thinking things that is the problem.

    You just do not understand comedy.

    Like seriously.

    Just because you say something is a joke does not mean it is funny. Or even a joke. I could say a zebra is tiger because they both have stripes. But that'd be a complete lie.

    where do you think white tigers come from

    Ha!

    ::ba dum chhhhh::

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Superman Returns was mostly good, though the parts that were bad make me FURIOUS.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Cheeto wrote: »
    Wait Superman Returns is considered good? :/
    Yes.


    It was slow, but it was still a quality movie.

    But Superman only fought rocks.:|

    To be fair, they were green rocks.

    Plus, Kevin Spacey was awesome.


    Kevin Spacey was the only good part of the movie. Also, it makes me hate X-Men in that Marsden got to be more of a badass than Cyclops ever was (especially in 3).

    I'll give anything comic-related a chance though. I actually watched Elektra, and I thought Daredevil was a good movie.

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  • AlephAleph Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sentry wrote: »
    Servo wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    Frankly, I think at this point I like the V for Vendetta movie just as a big fuck you to Alan Moore.

    That's right. Fuck Alan Moore.

    If you don't want people tampering with your shit, then find a way to maintain intellectual control over it. otherwise, quit being such a bitch about it.

    well, that's not the way the publishing world works all the time, sadly

    and fortunately, he took your advice and now he'll only work with publishers that don't try and pump you in the butt for movie rights


    aren't you happy now

    Yes, I'm very happy. Good for him.

    Part of being a commercial artist is having your work turned into movies. If you don't like it, fine, go cry yourself to sleep on your money filled pillow.

    The thing about Alan Moore is that he will always bitch about everything anyone ever does with his work, but that's his own fault for selling out. He could have just as easily drawn all these stories on the inside of discarded Big Mac containers while living under a bridge.

    So no one is going to write a rebuttal to this? Because it's all kinds of wrong. Especially that money-filled pillow part.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aleph wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    Servo wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    Frankly, I think at this point I like the V for Vendetta movie just as a big fuck you to Alan Moore.

    That's right. Fuck Alan Moore.

    If you don't want people tampering with your shit, then find a way to maintain intellectual control over it. otherwise, quit being such a bitch about it.

    well, that's not the way the publishing world works all the time, sadly

    and fortunately, he took your advice and now he'll only work with publishers that don't try and pump you in the butt for movie rights


    aren't you happy now

    Yes, I'm very happy. Good for him.

    Part of being a commercial artist is having your work turned into movies. If you don't like it, fine, go cry yourself to sleep on your money filled pillow.

    The thing about Alan Moore is that he will always bitch about everything anyone ever does with his work, but that's his own fault for selling out. He could have just as easily drawn all these stories on the inside of discarded Big Mac containers while living under a bridge.

    So no one is going to write a rebuttal to this? Because it's all kinds of wrong. Especially that money-filled pillow part.

    I was rather startled by the "selling out = making any amount of money" thing

    I am forced to believe it was sarcasm, because that shit doesn't make sense

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