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Much as I love how the Iron Man footage looked...much as I'm looking forward to The Dark Knight...there are tons of cinematic comics that don't currently have a film adaptation lined up.
Here's what I would pick:
Agents of Atlas
Jeff Parker's recent revival of Marvel's all-but-forgotten late 1940s-50s super-heroes. A secret agent, a talking ape, a robot, a spaceman, and a mermaid save the world.
And things like evil telepathic children and magical Broadway theater puppets are just throwaway bits.
Bone
Jeff Smith's fantasy epic...sort Lord of the Rings by way of Walt Kelly's Pogo. Nickelodeon almost did an animated version back in the late 90s...of which Smith has no shortage of horror stories about.
Done right, this could be a classic.
Space Usagi
Because a noble rabbit samurai who fights cyborg ninja and alien dinosaurs would completely kick butt onscreen.
Fables
Bill Willingham's fan and critic favorite for "best post-Sandman Vertigo fantasy comic".
The immortal characters of old fairy tale stories are hiding in New York, and the reason they're hiding has dire consequences for the mortal, mundane world.
Green Lantern
This could be the next 'Star Wars', if it was done right. Controlling the budget would be a huge problem.
The Courageous Princess
The comic already reads like the greatest Miyazaki movie Miyazaki never made. Hey, I should email the author about getting in touch with Miyzaki.
American Born Chinese
Combine epic thrills of the Monkey King, painful growing experiences for a shy young boy, and a hideously offensive sitcom for...well, one weird movie. Still, I think it could work.
Hellboy
Done right.
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What didn't you like about Hellboy? (I never read the comics, so I don't really know what 'right' would be, from that point of view.)
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While I feel the Hellboy makeup was incredible, I feel the rest of the film was boring, uninvolving, and changed things not to make a better movie, but just for the sake of change.
(Why make Hellboy and Liz lovers? It really added nothing to the story. If there had been a point to it, I wouldn't have minded. But...it's just there. No reason.)
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Hollywood movies have to have a love interest, even if it makes no sense and adds nothing to the story. It's a rule.
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(One reason I was highly impressed with the last Bourne movie. He steadfastly refused - or was oblivious to - a potential love interest because it was not in his nature and he was still too attached to his previous love. Bond would have been all over her in nothing flat. I prefer Bourne.)
Hellboy had the lamest, most boring ending monster fight ever. When the climax of your movie is an anticlimax, it's time to reshoot and re-edit.
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I'll also add on Warren Ellis' Orbiter...the very rare non-angry Ellis comic, about how cool and wonderful space exploration is.
I'd love a film where aliens are not THE EVIL OTHERS for the umpteenth time nor THE POLITICAL/SOCIAL MESSENGERS. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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I'm going to guess you haven't read Orbiter.
And you've forgotten that Quark was used several times in DS9 to push a MESSAGE. My favorite was "Ferengi are better than humans because we've never kept slaves!"
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The aliens on TV are people with weird ears, bumpy foreheads, and their personalities ordained by species.
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quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: I still want to see Transmetropolitan starring Patrick Stewart...
As much as I love Transmetropolitan and Patrick Stewart, I don't think it would work. Stewart is definitely bald, and I know he likes the series, but I just can't imagine him pulling off the manic physical side of the character.
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If you want to read about some really alien aliens, I recommend Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series.
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It's not as much of a problem finding them in print. I think Mega was specifically referring to TV and films.
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*shrugs* I liked Hellboy. They are supposed to be shooting a sequel. Maybe you'll like it better?
And Green Lantern: I totally agree. One of the coolest super heroes ever.
Sure, but who? Hal? Kyle? John? Guy? Personally, I'd vote for Katma Tui, but I think Ron Leibman (based on his Hellboy work, at least) could pull off a creditable Kilowog.
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After seeing his performance in "Jeffrey" I think Patrick Stewart can do just about anything he cares to.
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I'm going to hope it was ironic. If not, go rent "Jeffrey."
Patrick, playing "Sterling," has just mentioned Martha Stewart and Ann Miller in front of his boyfriend.
Darius: Who's Martha Stewart? Sterling: She writes picture books about gracious living. Martha says that nothing else matters if you can do a nice dried floral arrangement. I worship her. Darius: And, um, who's Ann Miller? Sterling: Leave this house.
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Start it just with Hal, the test pilot. Maybe show him as a kid when his dad dies in the plane crash, whatever. Bring him up to be the test pilot, frustrated because he's doing so many simulators, when what he really wants is to fly planes, but nobody will let him because he tends to push them too hard.
Do the Abin Sur stuff.
Have him play with the ring. Have him get instructions through the lantern, the way he did in the older comics before he met the guardians. That way, we get one movie of Hal on his own. Maybe just a hint of the fact that Guy Gardner is out there, something to suggest the ring might have shown him another.
Have him go all the way through the final scene and the climax using the ring on his own. It's just Hal and the Ring.
Then, final scene, he's standing on a hilltop at night, recharges his battery, says the oath, great scene. You think it's over. Then the voice in the power battery tells he's done well, passed the test, whatever.
As he looks up, he sees that a bunch of stars are glowing green. He realizes they're not stars, but hundreds of Green Lanterns, all flying down to greet him. They fill the sky--Kilowog, Tamar Re, even Sinestro. Freaking G'nort is up there.
In the middle is a single guardian. He says, "Hal Jordan, Welcome to the Green Lantern Corp."
Fade to black. Crowds are crazy for a sequel.
Sequel is, more or less, Emerald Dawn. Training with Sinestro, learning the ropes, Sinestro goes bad, the Corp fights him. Maybe introduce Gardner in that one.
Third movie, bring in John Stewart, but only so that somebody can go film Cosmic Oddessy somewhere else. Third movie is the corp saving the Galaxy from a cosmic threat--Lord of the Rings on an intergalactic scale.
There's my idea for a Green Lantern trilogy.
No Kyle. I like Kyle, but he represents the end of all this great stuff. The movies need to be the start of it.
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You had me until you mentioned Emerald Dawn.
I would think Darwyn Cooke's brilliant The New Frontier proved that Hal Jordan doesn't -need- to go through an "angry drunk" phase in order to seem more human and interesting. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: I'm going to hope it was ironic. If not, go rent "Jeffrey."
Patrick, playing "Sterling," has just mentioned Martha Stewart and Ann Miller in front of his boyfriend.
Darius: Who's Martha Stewart? Sterling: She writes picture books about gracious living. Martha says that nothing else matters if you can do a nice dried floral arrangement. I worship her. Darius: And, um, who's Ann Miller? Sterling: Leave this house.
quote:Originally posted by docmagik: As he looks up, he sees that a bunch of stars are glowing green. He realizes they're not stars, but hundreds of Green Lanterns, all flying down to greet him. They fill the sky--Kilowog, Tamar Re, even Sinestro. Freaking G'nort is up there.
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