EEVILMURRAY Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Couldn't watch all of Sin City, thing bored me half to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapedeck Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 No love for Supergirl?! (horrific 80's bollox) And Christopher Reeves was the ultimate Superman. The originals were great popcorn movies. Nothing more, nothing less. Sin City is possibly the greatest stylised (and as close as possible to the source material) comic-book adaption. I personally feel that anything else feels too "cosplay". It takes an astoundingly emotional story arc to bring a hero to life -Spiderman 1-2 did this well. (Even if it looked "silly" (ala cosplay) at times.) I like the "popcorn" movies (or ... CASUAL movies!) but I wish they would actually leave some heroes within the confines of paper and ink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 V for Vendetta is probably my favourite, but then again im a massive Hugo Weaving fan. Spiderman 1 was quite good aswell, along with the newish Batmans. Unfortunately most are cheese, I'm looking at you Fantastic Four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 No love for Supergirl?! (horrific 80's bollox) And Christopher Reeves was the ultimate Superman. The originals were great popcorn movies. Nothing more, nothing less. Sin City is possibly the greatest stylised (and as close as possible to the source material) comic-book adaption. I personally feel that anything else feels too "cosplay". It takes an astoundingly emotional story arc to bring a hero to life -Spiderman 1-2 did this well. (Even if it looked "silly" (ala cosplay) at times.) I like the "popcorn" movies (or ... CASUAL movies!) but I wish they would actually leave some heroes within the confines of paper and ink! Your cosplay references kinda make no sense. One has to suspend their disbelief to watch superhero films, you know. (And with Sin City) And I remember my dad taped Supergirl off the telly for me when I was like 3, and I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I never really thought of Sin City as a super hero movie o_o It's based on comics yes, but that doesn't mean it has Superheroes in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Superman: The Movie... I mean c'moooon. Watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I never really thought of Sin City as a super hero movie o_o It's based on comics yes, but that doesn't mean it has Superheroes in it. I thought that, but it's still pretty good to watch, although I've only watched it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Nobody mentioned Dr. Horrible yet? Though..technically it's a "Super" "Villain"..."movie"? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Nobody mentioned Dr. Horrible yet? Though..technically it's a "Super" "Villain"..."movie"? :P Dr. Horrible is Brilliant. I loved every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 And not a single mention of Blade and Blade 2 in the entire thread? Granted it's no ordinary Superhero but still he's from Marvel, that's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 good point. Blade is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 And not a single mention of Blade and Blade 2 in the entire thread? Granted it's no ordinary Superhero but still he's from Marvel, that's good enough for me. Yes, but Blade sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Blade Trinity had its moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokhed00 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Nope. Best fun without entering the realm of silliness, but doesn't come close to Dark Knight. Both as a film, and as a faithful adaptation of Batman. That's such a subjective thing, most of the Batmans for their time have been pretty faithful renditions of the comics. Even the Adam west stuff back in the day was pretty close to the comics of that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 as far as i know Burton's movies never were, though. They're great, but they're far more Burton movies than Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 as far as i know Burton's movies never were, though. They're great, but they're far more Burton movies than Batman. Yah. Considering his Joker is nothing like the one in The Killing Joke or Arkham Asylum:ASHOSE, both of which were BIG comics around the time of Burton's Batman. And Catwoman in Returns was nothing like the more grounded character they established in the late 80's/early 90's. They reinvented her as a former prostitute inspired by Batman, who had to work her way up by stealing. Sure villains can be interpreted as one will, but she's far more akin to the 60's Catwoman, but updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokhed00 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 reinvented This is something I hate about comics, sales slump so they reinvent characters, and all of a sudden everything you know about a character is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 usually it's not that extreme. Grant Morrison's New X-Men series was a tone shift that completely changed the style of the franchise, but it was consistent with established back story. It was also completely fucking amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 This is something I hate about comics, sales slump so they reinvent characters, and all of a sudden everything you know about a character is wrong. Yeah, but to be fair, the first Dc Crisis was needed, to tie everything up. However, there's that kinda cleaning up, and then theres One More Day/Brand New Day in Spider-Man. That's the thing that put the final nail in the coffin of my love for Marvel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokhed00 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Yeah, but to be fair, the first Dc Crisis was needed, to tie everything up. However, there's that kinda cleaning up, and then theres One More Day/Brand New Day in Spider-Man. That's the thing that put the final nail in the coffin of my love for Marvel. I've heard some bad things about Marvel, Spiderman in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ive stopped reading Spider-Man now because of what they did, shat all over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ive stopped reading Spider-Man now because of what they did, shat all over him The thing is though, its the best its been in years. Yes...they did absolutely rape him....like the worst anyones ever done...but...the stories are simply amazing. Its sad, but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Peter made a deal with the devil (well...close enough. Mephisto) to save Aunt Mays life (because she got shot, and Pete feels responsible) but in exchange for saving her life, Peter and Marys relationship was to be erased, and they were to be broken up etc, and neither remember they were. And this bought back Harry. So now Pete lives with a room mate guy, and the stories are just amazing....its just....how they got there. And bringing Harry back is extremely cheap. When they could have just got a divorce or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 wow that's...what? still. good concept I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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