The All About Comic Book Movies Thread

DIrishB said:
Thanos, Jonah Hex, and Cable. This dude is going after Chris Evans' title for lost comic book roles (Captain America, Human Torch, Casey Jones voice in 2007 TMNT CGI movie, The Losers, Scott Pilgrim, and Snowpiercer). You're halfway there, Brolin!
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He's still got to pass Ryan Reynolds too.

Hannible King in Blade: Trinity, two versions of Deadpool, Hal Jordan, and one of the characters in RIPD.
 
Captain Canuck said:
He's still got to pass Ryan Reynolds too.

Hannible King in Blade: Trinity, two versions of Deadpool, Hal Jordan, and one of the characters in RIPD.
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He was also in that Sabrina the Teenage Witch movie and was the narrator for that DC Comics documentary.
 
wyokid said:
He was also in that Sabrina the Teenage Witch movie and was the narrator for that DC Comics documentary.
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With Melissa Joan Hart?

EDIT: oh wow he was. The sad part is, that was probably one of the better comicbook movies he's done. He's really been in some stinkers.
 
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Captain Canuck said:
There are now 10 Marvel and DC movies coming out next year.
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The breaking point is coming quickly...
 
E said:
The breaking point is coming quickly...
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I'm just about there. I'm already on home release/end of season wait with DC and the MCU is is still solid at best, but the amount of content. Like, I would like to have a life you know?
 
Fox has claimed seven more dates for Marvel movies between 2019 and 2021. This is on top of the three movies coming out in 2018.

I'm just hoping and praying nobe of them has anything to do with the FF. We just have to hold out to 2022 and the rights revert. If none of those dates are FF related, that's just one more year.
 
Captain Canuck said:
Doctor Doom Movie in development at Fox.

Ugh.
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Yeah, but it's written (and likely going to be directed by) Noah Hawley, whose work on Legion and Fargo has been stellar. Seriously, Fargo is one of the most thematically and symbolically dense shows I've ever watched. It's incredible.

While I'd love to see the FF stuff go back to Marvel Studios, I am admittedly very intrigued by this announcement.
 
DIrishB said:
Yeah, but it's written (and likely going to be directed by) Noah Hawley, whose work on Legion and Fargo has been stellar. Seriously, Fargo is one of the most thematically and symbolically dense shows I've ever watched. It's incredible.

While I'd love to see the FF stuff go back to Marvel Studios, I am admittedly very intrigued by this announcement.
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All this is assuming the studio doesn't interfere.

I'm just really done with Fox's Marvel stuff.
 
Captain Canuck said:
All this is assuming the studio doesn't interfere.

I'm just really done with Fox's Marvel stuff.
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Normally I'd be just as wary, but Hawley wouldn't sign any contract that doesn't grant him strict creative control. Fox could always fire him and replace him with a director so studio COULD interfere, but Fox seems to be learning from their mistakes. Deadpool and Logan indicate that at least.
 
Yeah, we'll see. Fox has figured out how to make R rated superhero movies and that's working for them. Have they learned any lessons besides that? I'm not convinced. I've never seen Fargo, but I've only heard good things. I'm sure Hawley will make a very complex Dr. Doom movie that will make the character everything he should be. But then what?


Will we ever really get a good F4 movie out of Fox? Maybe, but I haven't seen any evidence pointing in that direction. Between Deadpool and Logan, we got X-Men: Apocalypse, which was bloated, meandering, and derivative. Maybe X-Men: Dark Phoenix will course correct and be good, but maybe it won't. So at this point, I just feel like a good Dr. Doom movie will just extend the suffering for another ten years by justifying another mediocre attempt at F4.

But even if they just start rocking their Marvel movies and producing great stuff, I'd rather see them as a part of the MCU.
 
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So weird. I tried to post that 15 times, but it only posted when I took out the word 'adult' and changed it to R-rated
 
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Captain Canuck said:
Yeah, we'll see. Fox has figured out how to make R rated superhero movies and that's working for them. Have they learned any lessons besides that? I'm not convinced. I've never seen Fargo, but I've only heard good things. I'm sure Hawley will make a very complex Dr. Doom movie that will make the character everything he should be. But then what?


Will we ever really get a good F4 movie out of Fox? Maybe, but I haven't seen any evidence pointing in that direction. Between Deadpool and Logan, we got X-Men: Apocalypse, which was bloated, meandering, and derivative. Maybe X-Men: Dark Phoenix will course correct and be good, but maybe it won't. So at this point, I just feel like a good Dr. Doom movie will just extend the suffering for another ten years by justifying another mediocre attempt at F4.

But even if they just start rocking their Marvel movies and producing great stuff, I'd rather see them as a part of the MCU.
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Don't get me wrong, I'd much prefer to see the rights revert back to Marvel as well, but that just doesn't seem likely any time soon. So, I'm trying to focus on the positive, and the fact we'll probably get a Doctor Doom film by Hawley, whose work on television I respect to ridiculous degrees, will hopefully translate into a fantastic Doom film.

As for Fantastic Four, no, I don't think Fox knows how to handle that franchise. They sort of got some of it right with the first two FF films they did, besides bungling major aspects: Alba as Sue, Galactus as a cloud, misdirected focus and not enough reiteration of the family aspect of the IP, numerous other things. That said, it did some things right, namely a great Ben and Johnny, and at least was somewhat tonally accurate. The reboot was a disaster on every level.

And it seems Fox are indirectly admitting they have no clue how to approach the FF IP, hence they're focusing on spin offs they believe they can handle: this Doctor Doom solo film and the rumored Franklin Richards focused film. It's similar to what Sony is doing with their comic films based on Spider-Man that won't include Spider-Man. It's inherently stupid and NOT what the fans are looking for. Maybe someday they'll figure it out, but I won't hold my breath. That said, this Doom solo film should be great under Hawley's control.
 
DIrishB said:
Don't get me wrong, I'd much prefer to see the rights revert back to Marvel as well, but that just doesn't seem likely any time soon. So, I'm trying to focus on the positive, and the fact we'll probably get a Doctor Doom film by Hawley, whose work on television I respect to ridiculous degrees, will hopefully translate into a fantastic Doom film.

As for Fantastic Four, no, I don't think Fox knows how to handle that franchise. They sort of got some of it right with the first two FF films they did, besides bungling major aspects: Alba as Sue, Galactus as a cloud, misdirected focus and not enough reiteration of the family aspect of the IP, numerous other things. That said, it did some things right, namely a great Ben and Johnny, and at least was somewhat tonally accurate. The reboot was a disaster on every level.

And it seems Fox are indirectly admitting they have no clue how to approach the FF IP, hence they're focusing on spin offs they believe they can handle: this Doctor Doom solo film and the rumored Franklin Richards focused film. It's similar to what Sony is doing with their comic films based on Spider-Man that won't include Spider-Man. It's inherently stupid and NOT what the fans are looking for. Maybe someday they'll figure it out, but I won't hold my breath. That said, this Doom solo film should be great under Hawley's control.
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Well you enjoy your positivity. I'll be in the corner grumbling.
 
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