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hubiestubert [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 5:45:05 AM  
Hey, Roger Corman's Fantastic Four didn't make the list. Then again, Corman was hired to make the movie, not see it released. Then again, it was never meant to be released, just produced, so that the license could remain in the right hands.
 
Alphax
2023-02-02 5:59:17 AM  
Daredevil was okay... well, at least the Director's Cut is.  I never have seen the theatrical release.

Spawn was underwhelming, after seeing the animated version.

The rest I have not seen, mostly by choice.
 
FatherChaos [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:12:10 AM  
Ghost Rider?
Man of Steel?
Suicide Squad (the 1st one)?
The Punisher (2004)?
 
Jesus McSordid [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:16:46 AM  
Why no love for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? It was far from perfect, but a bit of a fun romp.
 
centrifugal bumblepuppy
2023-02-02 6:18:40 AM  
Those meddlesome prescient studio heads who gave the greenlights?2
 
Gleeman [BareFark]
2023-02-02 6:20:52 AM  

Jesus McSordid: Why no love for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? It was far from perfect, but a bit of a fun romp.


I finally got around to reading the comic its named after. Has about as much in common with the comic as Starship Troopers does with the book.
 
Alphax
2023-02-02 6:25:17 AM  

FatherChaos: Man of Steel?


I think that one's pretty good, aside from the nearly complete lack of humor, and getting Pa Kent so wrong.  And I guess Lois Lane didn't look the part, but she did good investigative journalism.
 
blackminded
2023-02-02 6:26:43 AM  

Alphax: Spawn was underwhelming, after seeing the animated version.


Why have we committed this to the dustbin of history? It was excellent! Is McFarlane that much of a douche?

/I know the answer
 
resident dystopian
2023-02-02 6:32:05 AM  
I think the author has "comic book" movies mixed up with "superhero" movies.

I don't know if "Dick Tracy", "The Mask" or "The League of ExGen" would count as
cape and spandex moovies.
 
Great_Milenko
2023-02-02 6:41:45 AM  
No Green Lantern?
 
Stantz
2023-02-02 6:43:53 AM  
List fails for not including these three

Best of the Worst: Supergirl, Captain America (1990), and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
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lilplatinum
2023-02-02 6:44:07 AM  
Justice League should be #1-8
 
aimtastic [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:13:04 AM  

Alphax: Daredevil was okay... well, at least the Director's Cut is.  I never have seen the theatrical release.


Agreed. I've seen both and the theatrical version just doesn't make sense. The directors cut answers all the "what the hell is going on" questions I had. And it has like 10x more Coolio than the theatrical version.
 
labman [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:14:56 AM  

Alphax: Daredevil was okay... well, at least the Director's Cut is.  I never have seen the theatrical release.

Spawn was underwhelming, after seeing the animated version.

The rest I have not seen, mostly by choice.


The theatrical release is awful. I tried to watch it when I finished the daredevil Netflix show and couldn't make it 20 minutes before I turned it off.
 
buntz
2023-02-02 7:20:34 AM  
Oh, come on, Dick Tracy was a really enjoyable and at the time such a new and novel film!
The primary colors thing was really cool to see.
And it was probably Madonna's best work..... dramatically AND musically!

And Daredevil wasn't bad if you knew nothing about the character or the comic, which I didn't at the time.
 
enry [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:20:46 AM  

labman: Alphax: Daredevil was okay... well, at least the Director's Cut is.  I never have seen the theatrical release.

Spawn was underwhelming, after seeing the animated version.

The rest I have not seen, mostly by choice.

The theatrical release is awful. I tried to watch it when I finished the daredevil Netflix show and couldn't make it 20 minutes before I turned it off.


That was a movie where the soundtrack was great but the movie was terrible.
 
EdgeRunner [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:47:16 AM  
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Chief Superintendent Lookout
2023-02-02 7:58:47 AM  

FatherChaos: Ghost Rider?
Man of Steel?
Suicide Squad (the 1st one)?
The Punisher (2004)?


Ghost Rider - C.  It wasn't bad, but it could have been better without Cage's campiness and Mendes's wooden acting.  The sequal straight up sucked balls.

Man of Steel - B.  Superman is an overall boring character as it stands with too many special powers.

Suicide Squad - B-.  Leto's Joker takes away from whatever good the movie had in it.

Punisher (2004) - Never saw it, but it doesnlt look watchable.  Face it, the Netflix version of Punisher finally got that character right.
 
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2023-02-02 7:59:48 AM  
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Gleeman [BareFark]
2023-02-02 8:23:40 AM  

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I wish that was a photoshop contest entry or something.
 
moothemagiccow
2023-02-02 8:35:28 AM  
How the fark is Dick Tracy a superhero movie.
The worst superhero movie is X-Men 3, because it was such a farking letdown. Like the drop from Thor 3 to Thor 4, but into the farkin sewer. Like a Wonder-Woman 2 drop. Speaking of which, Wonder Woman 2, and not for your stupid trending internet commenter reasons.
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 8:41:35 AM  
Fantastic Four might not have been too bad if it was just a sci-fi movie without any ties to any comics.

League was fun and had a lot cool moments.

The rest are pretty awful.

Is Green Lantern in the Bad Movie Hall of Fame and exempt from consideration?  It was unwatchable.
 
clkeagle [BareFark]
2023-02-02 8:42:14 AM  

Alphax: FatherChaos: Man of Steel?

I think that one's pretty good, aside from the nearly complete lack of humor, and getting Pa Kent so wrong.  And I guess Lois Lane didn't look the part, but she did good investigative journalism.


I thought the Krypton parts were alright. Kind of a nice space opera vibe. They actually left me thinking that a Masters of the Universe film could work.

Everything after Krypton was bad. Clark's entire story was bleak, Pa Kent didn't work as  a total dickweed, Amy Adams wasn't a good fit as Lois, and Zod was three degrees cheesier than worked within the tone of the film.
 
Magnus Eisengrim
2023-02-02 8:50:23 AM  
Daredevil was better than people give it credit for. It's the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" of superhero movies.

And any list of worst superhero movies that doesn't contain "The Eternals" is not worth reading.
 
SirDigbyChickenCaesar
2023-02-02 8:50:42 AM  
Take off Dick Tracy and League, replace them with Electra and Superman 4
 
Muta
2023-02-02 8:57:32 AM  

buntz: Oh, come on, Dick Tracy was a really enjoyable and at the time such a new and novel film!
The primary colors thing was really cool to see.
And it was probably Madonna's best work..... dramatically AND musically!

And Daredevil wasn't bad if you knew nothing about the character or the comic, which I didn't at the time.


I liked Dick Tracy when it came out.  I doubt I would today.

I though Madonna was pretty good in The Susan movie.

I chuckle when she was excluded from the list of stars in the movie:

A stacked cast including Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, James Caan, and loads more

Madonna got the, 'and the rest', treatment the Professor and Mary Ann got in opening credits of the first season of 'Gilligan's Island'.
 
Russell_Secord
2023-02-02 9:03:42 AM  
There ought to be an honorable mention at least for Swamp Thing (1982). You got the title character's costume falling apart in the acidic swamp water. You got plot points going nowhere due to budget cuts. Last but not least, you got director Wes Craven before he made the Elm Street and Scream movies.
 
t3knomanser
2023-02-02 9:26:38 AM  

hubiestubert: Hey, Roger Corman's Fantastic Four didn't make the list. Then again, Corman was hired to make the movie, not see it released. Then again, it was never meant to be released, just produced, so that the license could remain in the right hands.


And it's still better than pretty much everything on that list. Like, I've watched it, I'd watch it again, it's not great and the effects are cheap as hell, but it's clear that while Corman might have been treating it like a paycheck movie, nobody else on set was. They worked their asses off like it was going to be their big break.
 
cartersdad
2023-02-02 9:46:03 AM  
Live in Tampa Bay and was chatting with the film commissioner here right after The Punisher came out.  it made me re-watch the film with a whole new respect.  That thing had a budget of an indie film.
 
hubiestubert [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 10:18:20 AM  

t3knomanser: hubiestubert: Hey, Roger Corman's Fantastic Four didn't make the list. Then again, Corman was hired to make the movie, not see it released. Then again, it was never meant to be released, just produced, so that the license could remain in the right hands.

And it's still better than pretty much everything on that list. Like, I've watched it, I'd watch it again, it's not great and the effects are cheap as hell, but it's clear that while Corman might have been treating it like a paycheck movie, nobody else on set was. They worked their asses off like it was going to be their big break.


I remember Film Threat doing multiple articles building the film up too. Mercedes McNab, from the Addams Family/Buffy fame did the role of a young Sue Richards, and while she's not a great actress, she gave it her all. And hopefully got the check for the dang thing.
 
shabu
2023-02-02 10:28:46 AM  
Some films, superhero films in particular, are developed to be big. It gets in the way of being good far too often.

By the time the rights/distribution/toy deals, script by committee, and big-time action star who will commit to franchise obligations before the first movie begins production accommodations are completed, there isn't much room for vision.

Marvel had a strong idea of the story they wanted to tell and didn't let everything else get in the way too much.
 
AnotherBluesStringer [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 10:49:31 AM  
Take off Dick Tracy. Replace with Howard the Duck.
 
hubiestubert [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 10:56:24 AM  

AnotherBluesStringer: Take off Dick Tracy. Replace with Howard the Duck.


You shut your wh*re mouth. That film was a classic. A CLASSIC! And for more than just Lea Thompson.
 
Tyrone Slothrop [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 10:59:52 AM  

Chief Superintendent Lookout: FatherChaos: Ghost Rider?
Man of Steel?
Suicide Squad (the 1st one)?
The Punisher (2004)?

Ghost Rider - C.  It wasn't bad, but it could have been better without Cage's campiness and Mendes's wooden acting.  The sequal straight up sucked balls.

Man of Steel - B.  Superman is an overall boring character as it stands with too many special powers.

Suicide Squad - B-.  Leto's Joker takes away from whatever good the movie had in it.

Punisher (2004) - Never saw it, but it doesnlt look watchable.  Face it, the Netflix version of Punisher finally got that character right.


Jared Leto isn't why Suicide Squad failed, although he certainly didn't help.
 
t3knomanser
2023-02-02 11:01:41 AM  

hubiestubert: I remember Film Threat doing multiple articles building the film up too.


It's right in the sweet spot of "good bad movie", where it's not good but it's charming and you want to enjoy it. Like Miami Connection, but competent and not insane. Their dreams exceeded their budget, but everyone showed up and put in 110%. The cast really didn't know that it was just a rights-grab and that it was never going to see the light of day- they believed this was going to be their big break and it shows. It leans hard into comic book cheese, and ends with the worst CGI climax imaginable.
 
Chief Superintendent Lookout
2023-02-02 11:03:48 AM  

Tyrone Slothrop: Chief Superintendent Lookout: FatherChaos: Ghost Rider?
Man of Steel?
Suicide Squad (the 1st one)?
The Punisher (2004)?

Ghost Rider - C.  It wasn't bad, but it could have been better without Cage's campiness and Mendes's wooden acting.  The sequal straight up sucked balls.

Man of Steel - B.  Superman is an overall boring character as it stands with too many special powers.

Suicide Squad - B-.  Leto's Joker takes away from whatever good the movie had in it.

Punisher (2004) - Never saw it, but it doesnlt look watchable.  Face it, the Netflix version of Punisher finally got that character right.

Jared Leto isn't why Suicide Squad failed, although he certainly didn't help.


Oh, I agree.  His Joker was a serious scab, though.  I certainly don't hate him as an actor.  He's done some great stuff regardless what his critics say.
 
WilderKWight
2023-02-02 11:04:30 AM  

Tyrone Slothrop: Jared Leto isn't why Suicide Squad failed, although he certainly didn't help.



He was the diarrhea drizzle on top of a feces sundae.
 
redmid17
2023-02-02 11:11:41 AM  
1) Dick Tracy isn't a super hero movie
2) The best rated super hero movies list below this article puts the Black Panther and The Dark Knight at 5th and 2nd respectively, which is just insane to me.
 
Myk-House of El [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 11:20:41 AM  
I know Affleck's Daredevil pales in comparison to the TV series that came later, but it wasn't a bad movie.  Better than most of the Snyderverse DC stuff.
 
buntz
2023-02-02 11:38:42 AM  

Magnus Eisengrim: Daredevil was better than people give it credit for. It's the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" of superhero movies.


So what you're saying is, it's probably one of the best superhero movies ever, and it was just the lead actor who wasn't perfect?

Because OHMSS is one of the best Bond films (and the BEST Bond book)
And Lazenby wasn't bad, he was just doing a poor-mans Connery impression
 
BeansNfranks
2023-02-02 11:56:39 AM  

Magnus Eisengrim: Daredevil was better than people give it credit for. It's the "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" of superhero movies.

And any list of worst superhero movies that doesn't contain "The Eternals" is not worth reading.


I seriously don't understand the hate for this movie. I mean... i *really* don't get it. Sure, i wouldn't label it a super awesome movie, but it's not bad at all, and i think everyone owes Ben Aflfeck an apology. I will agree that the playground fight scene thing was a bit cringy though.

Since the author mentions nickelback in the description (in a negative light), then i'm guessing he/she is one of the million people that seen a meme about nickelback being bad, jumped right on that wagon with everyone else even though their personal taste in music is total epic shiat, and then later seen someone on the net say the daredevil movie was bad and proceeded to jump on that bandwagon like a good little cuck they are.

Honestly, anymore if you're complaining that nickelback makes shiat music, then i assume you stand alone at parties.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 12:09:02 PM  
Did anyone get down to the Best movies article? I'm going to thread Jack and talk about that.

They put the Incredibles on the list! That was a mild thrill; I still love that movie (and quote Frozone on the regular).
Two Spidermans, which is pretty cool too. I think the Fan Service that was done with No Way Home was nigh perfect, so a bit disappointed that it didn't make the list.

Oh, and Wakanda Forever just dropped on Disney+ for those who missed the theater release. That's probably this weekend for me.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 12:14:32 PM  

BeansNfranks: Since the author mentions nickelback in the description (in a negative light), then i'm guessing he/she is one of the million people that seen a meme about nickelback being bad, jumped right on that wagon with everyone else even though their personal taste in music is total epic shiat, and then later seen someone on the net say the daredevil movie was bad and proceeded to jump on that bandwagon like a good little cuck they are.

Honestly, anymore if you're complaining that nickelback makes shiat music, then i assume you stand alone at parties.


They're not bad, but very, almost uncannily formulaic. I listened to an entire album a several years back, and it's the same song over and over again. That's the definition of a one trick pony.

People much better versed in music than me have done real homework on this.
 
BeansNfranks
2023-02-02 12:19:15 PM  

ajgeek: BeansNfranks: Since the author mentions nickelback in the description (in a negative light), then i'm guessing he/she is one of the million people that seen a meme about nickelback being bad, jumped right on that wagon with everyone else even though their personal taste in music is total epic shiat, and then later seen someone on the net say the daredevil movie was bad and proceeded to jump on that bandwagon like a good little cuck they are.

Honestly, anymore if you're complaining that nickelback makes shiat music, then i assume you stand alone at parties.

They're not bad, but very, almost uncannily formulaic. I listened to an entire album a several years back, and it's the same song over and over again. That's the definition of a one trick pony.

People much better versed in music than me have done real homework on this.


And that point is fine to me. I don't see it as 'musical art' in the traditional sense... it's dumb party music with a solid beat and rhythm... and i don't think they're trying to sell it as anything more than that either. Biatching that it isn't achieving anything more just shows how snobbish some people are. Some of us just wanna get drunk and naked.
 
BeansNfranks
2023-02-02 12:22:32 PM  

ajgeek: Did anyone get down to the Best movies article? I'm going to thread Jack and talk about that.

They put the Incredibles on the list! That was a mild thrill; I still love that movie (and quote Frozone on the regular).
Two Spidermans, which is pretty cool too. I think the Fan Service that was done with No Way Home was nigh perfect, so a bit disappointed that it didn't make the list.

Oh, and Wakanda Forever just dropped on Disney+ for those who missed the theater release. That's probably this weekend for me.


I think i'm the only one that dislikes that movie. I'm not giving it points for changing aunt may or mary jane, but i'm not taking points away either. I just think it was poorly written, with a garbage plot, and shiat acting AND directing.
 
drewogatory
2023-02-02 12:50:09 PM  
Marvel fan "arc", went from super invested geeks, to huge mainstream acceptance, now I imagine it will trend back to super invested geek fairly soon.
 
Alphax
2023-02-02 1:01:35 PM  

ajgeek: Oh, and Wakanda Forever just dropped on Disney+ for those who missed the theater release. That's probably this weekend for me.


I just finished watching that now.  Not much short of 3 hours, I hadn't realized that when I hit Play.

Beautiful movie.  A little less pride from Namor could have saved a lot of lives, of course.  Great performance from Angela Bassett, I see where the Oscar nomination came from.
 
bluenote13
2023-02-02 1:08:09 PM  

Jesus McSordid: Why no love for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? It was far from perfect, but a bit of a fun romp.


No sarcasm intended, but did you ever read the comic?  The tone of the comic was much different and, if I recall the story, the studio forced the producers to include the Tow Sawyer character to try and get younger people in to the movie.  It was an overly long, convoluted mess that was tonally weird.  There are comedic parts that seem out of place, but then there are some serious beats that end up being funnier than the intended jokes.  I don't begrudge those who enjoy it, it is just not something I can sit through again.
 
bluenote13
2023-02-02 1:11:20 PM  

ajgeek: BeansNfranks: Since the author mentions nickelback in the description (in a negative light), then i'm guessing he/she is one of the million people that seen a meme about nickelback being bad, jumped right on that wagon with everyone else even though their personal taste in music is total epic shiat, and then later seen someone on the net say the daredevil movie was bad and proceeded to jump on that bandwagon like a good little cuck they are.

Honestly, anymore if you're complaining that nickelback makes shiat music, then i assume you stand alone at parties.

They're not bad, but very, almost uncannily formulaic. I listened to an entire album a several years back, and it's the same song over and over again. That's the definition of a one trick pony.

People much better versed in music than me have done real homework on this.


You could play a Nickleback song from any album and they all sound the same.  But AC/DC made a pretty long career out of the same thing (and no, I am not saying Nickleback is as good as AC/DC).  What is the thing Angus Young said when someone accused the band of making the same album 11 times - "I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
 
drewogatory
2023-02-02 1:26:00 PM  

bluenote13: ajgeek: BeansNfranks: Since the author mentions nickelback in the description (in a negative light), then i'm guessing he/she is one of the million people that seen a meme about nickelback being bad, jumped right on that wagon with everyone else even though their personal taste in music is total epic shiat, and then later seen someone on the net say the daredevil movie was bad and proceeded to jump on that bandwagon like a good little cuck they are.

Honestly, anymore if you're complaining that nickelback makes shiat music, then i assume you stand alone at parties.

They're not bad, but very, almost uncannily formulaic. I listened to an entire album a several years back, and it's the same song over and over again. That's the definition of a one trick pony.

People much better versed in music than me have done real homework on this.

You could play a Nickleback song from any album and they all sound the same.  But AC/DC made a pretty long career out of the same thing (and no, I am not saying Nickleback is as good as AC/DC).  What is the thing Angus Young said when someone accused the band of making the same album 11 times - "I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."


AC/DC's song is a lot better than Nickleback's. Hell, Airbourne's song is better than Nickleback's and they are the samiest same same band outside of Mötorhead.
 
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