Antarctic Fox: absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986).

I own both of those. Watch your mouth.

Antarctic Fox: Part of me would like to see the Honor Harrington novels made into film, while at the same time I would hate to see how Hollywood would butcher that character. "Wing Commander" comes to mind.

It wasn't Hollywood necessarily. The guy who created WC did the movie as well.

Damn it! I want a movie starring The Invaders!!!

Djimon as Thulsa Doom? Huh.

NINJA SCROLL

EFFIN EPIC

Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures, the Musical!

RoxtarRyan: Speaking of anime-to-film things, what the fark ever happened to Evengelion?

I know it will be a disaster, but I'm hoping someone along the line doesn't decide to strip out all the pseudo-religious names and origins. Because it could happen. And we'd end up with a movie that relates as much to the series as Doom did after they removed Hell.


TheGrayCat: Well, if they do it, they better have the line, "KAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.


JOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!

/sigh

Gosling: Also, I hold no hope of a Witchblade movie ending well.

Yeah, that's probably gonna end up as a T&A-fest.

Runaways (2011)



/Hollywood: where original ideas go to die

Gosling: I hold no hope of a Witchblade movie ending well.

Link (pops)

The TV series kicked lots and lots of ass. I'm sure they could make a decent movie out of it...and besides, the series was kicked off by a made-for-TV-movie-type-thing.

albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

You know, I hated the latter two Matrix movies, and Swordfish, and thought V was a middling film... but I can't shake the feeling that the Warshowskis would do an awesome job with Snow Crash.

RoxtarRyan: Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.

They didn't just kill Venom, they destroyed and ruined him. You could tell that Raimi was so offended that his nice "Spider-man learns to forgive Sand Man" story was ruined by being shoehorned in with this black Spider-Man/Venom storyline that he just obliterated the film in an impotent rage, taking out the nice Young Green Goblin storyline they'd been building up to for two movies in the process.

Spidey 3 was a deliberate attempt to kill the franchise, and I'm not looking forward to the pathetic attempts to put it back together. Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

And Last Blood sounds cool.

And Ghost in the Shell: SAC is a snooze... but the original movie was awesome. Looking forward to Spielberg's touch.

Superman can be good on two conditions:
1) Superman is not Jesus.
2) Lex Luthor is farking done. Bring in some real villains - they've the perfect set-up in "Returns" - something could've followed Superman home from Kryptonian space, like the Eradicator or Mongul or Doomsday or something.

*rtfas*

Fark, they're doing another reboot. That means that 2/3rds of the movie will be the same damned origin story we're so freaking sick of. Look, we've all seen Superman 1, Smallville, etc. We don't need Superman's origin again. Just give us a real story.


Battle Angel (aka 'Battle Angel Alita', 2011)
Yukito Kishiro's 1990 manga ... James Cameron ... 3Dfark.... Yes.

Only rules: part of what makes Alita so awesome is that she's a kid doing gruesomely violent things. If they pick some "20-something starlet pretending to be a teenager" that'll be lost. They need a quiet little 13-year-old asian girl to make it properly horrific. And blood. Lots of blood. Alita doesn't just kill her opponents, she splatters them. The whole premise is that the bounty hunters claim their rewards using the decapitated heads of their targets. They'd damned well better keep that.

Silver Surfer (2009) - sounds like they're ignoring the FF movie continuity. Good move. Silver Surfer was always one of Marvel's best works, a shame he got such a shiatty film version.

Red Sonja (2009)

Looking forward to it, even though Rose McGowan is totally freaking wrong for the role. Not that you can really blame the director - if I had an excuse to get my wife to dress up like that (and maybe bring the costume home to bed), I'd jump on it too.

Y: The Last Man (2010)
Yet another apocalypse setting, this time for Vertigo/DC Comics' tale of the last man on Earth. But this ain't I Am Legend, because the plague that decimates humanity only affects 'Y' chromosome possessors, leaving central character Yorick Brown amongst 3 billion women, who (perhaps not surprisingly) begin to create an ultrafeminist society. Disturbia's D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth are on board.

I haven't read this, but does it sound like anti-feminist flamebait to anybody else? I mean, trolling feminists is like shooting ducks in a barrel and is always good for a laugh... but a major motion picture? Seriously?

Green Lantern (2010)

This had better not be "John Stewart fights bank robbers in Coast City". I want an interplanetary crime drama.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The film that definitively proves graphic novels are the new spec script, as writer Lionel Wigram's source comic remains unpublished and was produced in lieu of a speculative script. Robert Downey Jr. has an unlikely Doctor Watson in Jude Law, and this is, it seems, the begin of a career departure for hard-knuckled Guy Ritchie.

That could go either way. Traditionally, Holmes stories were mostly about Watson trying to keep up with Holmes, but with the acting power of Downey paired against Law's doey eyes that can't act, I hope they don't go that way. Far better to just let Holmes hog the spotlight. I'm betting it will be a rip-off of Dr. House, with Watson playing the idiots he bounces ideas off of (and gets his Vicodinsnuff from). Which isn't a bad thing.

X-Men Origins: Magneto (2009)

Seriously? That'll be... interesting.

Thor (2010)

I am utterly flabbergasted that they are really going through with this one. I mean, I've got high exectations after Hulk and Iron Man... but I just can't figure out how they'll make it not suck.

Peekoo: "Last Blood (2010)
This graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic world where vampires must protect a core of humanity from zombies in order to have a reliable food supply, is available online."

I kinda wanna see that. Never heard of the comic though.

I know the guys working on that. In fact they might be reading this thread...

Say hi to the nice Fark people if you're out there Owen!

blackminded: Antarctic Fox: absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986).

I own both of those. Watch your mouth.

This
Both of those titles are regular features in my Tacky Movie parties, along with classics like Zardoz and Kentucky Fried Movie. You really can't go wrong with stellar dialog like:

"Flash Gordon approaching."
"What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching?'"

I loved comics and very few things on this list hold any interest for me now since Hollywood tends to ruin it by condensing years worth of stories into 90minutes. It seldom ends well.

Howard the Duck was the best Marvel movie to date. :-)

Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

What? No Sam and Max?

HulkHands: Will the Ninja Scroll movie include the boob-suck scene? This is what I need to know.

Or the snake crawling out of tattoo-girl's vadge. Or the sneaky ninja-claw-guy mind-controlling ninja girl by fingerbanging her. Or any of that other fscked-up shiat.

For Ninja Scroll and Akira: there was already a damned impressive movie. In case of NS, it was pretty well dubbed into English too. There really isn't anything more you can do with the film.

Feh, I'm still holding out for a Sandman movie. Jonathan-Rhys Myers as Dream, the cute chick who played Meg in Supernatural as Death... do it as a series of flashbacks or memories of the characters as they attend the death/rebirth of Dream...

Leave out the suck, and do a movie about Venom. I know, I know... he was in Spiderman 3, for a whole 10 minutes. For one of Spidey's most notorious arch-nemesis, he was as a goddamn sissy.

/This
The fact that no where in that movie did Venom refer to himself as "we" made me a sad panda too.

Pxtl: Thor (2010)

I am utterly flabbergasted that they are really going through with this one. I mean, I've got high exectations after Hulk and Iron Man... but I just can't figure out how they'll make it not suck.

Well, the Ultimate line (although I haven't read it recently) had him down pretty good. He was basically a dude with a whole lot of power that claimed to be Thor. No one in the Avengers was sure if he was bug-nuts or not. I think that could work.

I think there are some comic books that would be good as HBO series or something instead of movies. I would love to see a Strangers in Paradise series.

Subby,

I didn't see Aquaman on that list

The World is safe

Pxtl: Spidey 3 was a deliberate attempt to kill the franchise, and I'm not looking forward to the pathetic attempts to put it back together. Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

It could be remade into something kickass and different. Just because a character dies, doesn't mean they can't redo the movie. Isn't that what Hollywood has been doing the last 10 years anyways?

Seriously though, take The Dark Knight. Now, granted, Spiderman isn't a dark or cold character such as Batman in that movie, but the villains were fantastic. Imagine if the director of TDK got a hold of Venom...

No Battle Pope? C'mon Hollywood, get your act together!

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

Elfquest! Man, I used to read that all the time as a kid. Glad I'm not the only nerd who's excited about this.

Also excited about the idea of a Green Lantern film, but I question that it could be executed properly. I'm unconvinced that Ryan Gosling is the answer there.

Iron Hand: I'm unconvinced that Ryan Gosling is the answer there.

Gosling is a fine actor - I loved him in "Fracture". The real question is who're writing and directing.

I'd like to see Pixar or Dreamworks do a CGI Weasel Patrol film.

dj_bigbird: Ghost In The Shell (2010)
Earlier this year, Spielberg was angling to make the first non-CGI version of the post-cyberpunk anime series that features Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg fighting technological crimes in a future Japan (what are the odds the locale will change?). The project is being developed by Dreamworks and Marvel supremo Ari Arad.

Goddammitsomuch.


LEAVE GHOST IN THE SHELL ALONE!

I gavomited when I read that. No God. Please, no! GitS was never intended for live action, please don't ruin it and make us forget that this movie was ever made. You know it's going to happen, you're going to make it suck. Just don't do it! FARK!

/Christ that movie is going to be horrible. No names attached, and I already know they're going to fark it up but good
//Please, Hollywood execs. Just let this one go!
///I can hear it already: And starring Jessica Alba as Major Kusanagi!
//Well, time to start planning assassinations...

Leave my farkin Ninja Scroll alone. But I am willing to bet Gene Simmons would be glad to be the guy with the huge tongue.

Now Vampire Hunter D would be bad arse on teh big screen.

TheGrayCat: Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

Here's what I heard: Tetsuo will indeed be renamed Travis, but Kaneda will keep the name Kaneda. The setting will be relocated to New Manhattan, but after the nuclear event the Japanese will exert their influence in America and have a noticeable presence there, hence the Travis-Kaneda naming scheme.

/Could be wrong, could be outdated.
//Hey, it can't worse than the upcoming Dragonball film...

This is why we can't have nice things. Everyone is going to rush to cash in on this current fad and we, the consumers, are the ones who get left hurting. Hollywood can barely make a few great movies a year. Not to mention the fact that many of the books on that list suck to begin with. You can't get diamonds from horse plop.

Dammit, just looked at my tl;dr post.

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75 Comic books in the process of being made into films. Somewhere in the list is the name that will make you hate the world

CTRL+F: "michael bay"
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Nope, no problem here.

Antarctic Fox: tdyak: Two Words: Wonder Woman.

One word: microkini.

Two words: Invisible microkini

AKIRA FTW

There was already a really good Akira movie. It was called Akira, and it was a movie. Unnecessary live action remake is unnecessary.

comics2film.com has been a great resource for this kind of info, but it looks like they've changed or been gobbled up?

Doomed4Lyf: No Battle Pope? C'mon Hollywood, get your act together!

It's already an animated short on Spike's website I believe.

cranberryzero: yay finally an elfquest movie!

LOL! I never expected THAT to make Boobies :)

I love Elf Quest. Winnowill is frackin' evil. Casting that part will require some thought.

No Wonder Twins?
No Ambiguously Gay Duo?

Hollywood sucks!

And for god's sake, don't let Uwe Boll near any of these!

Gosling: albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

Well, at least Hollywood still has poor impulse control, right?

And atomic weapons attached to motorcycles. All that bike needed was more cowbell.

Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

I Like Bread: 75 Comic books in the process of being made into films. Somewhere in the list is the name that will make you hate the world

CTRL+F: "michael bay" Uwe Boll
Text not found.


Nope, no problem here.

FTFY

Gosling: albo: 75 comic book movies and nobody is making a movie of Snow Crash. sad

Well, at least Hollywood still has poor impulse control, right?

+1. and it should be tattooed on all their foreheads.

ZMDs: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2011) HOT DAMN! me lurves some zombies!

Virulents (2010) ZOMG! Hindi Zombie Vampire Terrists!!!

Still no Starstruck. (new window)

*sigh*

The luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked

Where's the love?

Ocean (2010)
Described as "an alien thriller with a fresh take on the origin of man.", Ocean is another Warren Ellis original heading screenward, this time under Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler (already involved in comic-book films from Frank Miller's Ronin and 300). Angel-like bodies are discovered in coffins in the frozen oceans of Europa, and a UN weapons inspector must fight off a powerful company looking to exploit the discovery.



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Malinki: Once again, Maus survives Hollywood!

That book, while wonderful, would IMO make a terrible film.

I think it would have to be animated, and I don't think any studio would want to take it up. It would also be quite possibly the saddest piece of film ever.

Bondidude: The fanboys screaming "We want Venom!" over and over again is what ruined Spiderman 3.

Emo Parker, the dance scene, etc. was just icing on the Fail Cake.

They should do the next one based off "Welcome Home" so we can watch Tobey get his ass kicked for 2 hours.

Arxane: TheGrayCat: Smarshmallow: TheGrayCat: They won't - they've already changed the names of the two lead characters. Tetsuo is now Travis and, I believe, Kaneda is now John. Pathetic.

You're kidding, right?

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohn!!!!!

No, I'm not. And the movie will take place in New Manhatten - not Neo-Tokyo.

They are also thinking of splitting it into two movies.

Here's what I heard: Tetsuo will indeed be renamed Travis, but Kaneda will keep the name Kaneda. The setting will be relocated to New Manhattan, but after the nuclear event the Japanese will exert their influence in America and have a noticeable presence there, hence the Travis-Kaneda naming scheme.

/Could be wrong, could be outdated.
//Hey, it can't worse than the upcoming Dragonball film...

Terrible.

Antarctic Fox: but she's come to appreciate my ability to pick out the absolute worst films such as "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Big Trouble in Little China"

SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH.

Wait, since Cowboy Bebop had a manga spinoff, does this mean that it's safe for the foreseeable future?

/Please?!

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