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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
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Marvel has at least tried over the past few years [with varying levels of success] to bring other of their characters to the big screen. A few that I can think of:
Spider-Man
The Hulk
Daredevil
Elektra
The Punisher
DC/Warner seems intent on just rehashing old territory over and over again. You'd think they'd at least try to bring some of the other classics to the big screen. (I don't count Constantine because that was just a total mess) How about The Flash? Green Lantern? A Green Arrow movie could be great if done right.
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DC popped out V for Vendetta and Constantine. And Constantine was a hell of a lot better put together than Daredevil, Elektra, and the Punisher.
Outside of Spidey and X-Men, I don't see Marvel having a lot of success. FF did OK business. I wouldn't scream to my shareholders about it.
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
i think goyer needs a partner to 'edit' him. his work on blade trinity and the tv series really sucked. blade 1&2 worked cause the directors' visions were really strong. batman begins worked because of nolan. i hope goyer doesn't work on flash all by himself! =).
flash would make an interesting movie, the themes about time, speed and what it means for a person's life in relation to others. very interesting themes.
but the problem with DC comics is... the name itself... DC=detective comics. have you noticed that nearly all of the superheroes of DC are basically detectives? superman/clark kent centers around a mystery that he solves. same with batman/bruce wayne. that's why batman the animated series works brilliantly. look at each of the best episodes, there's a mystery that he must solve. and it also illustrates how smart he really is as a dectective. that's his REAL superpower. in fact, that is THE best superpower most of the DC superheroes have, is the smarts to solve a mystery. anytime a medium that is trying to recreate a dc hero away from the detective element... they loose it.
in another words, all these "mythologies" and other story/theme elements should be developed as a RESULT of the detective element. it's like in batman the animated series. it's in the mystery of trying to solve Commishioner Gordon's frameup that Batgirl is born. the story isn't about Batgirl's birth, the story is about the mystery but it causes the other elements to gel together.
hopefully, whomever works on the next DC property realizes this =).
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
Isn't Captain America A DC hero? Or am I just revealing my vast ignorance of which hero belongs to which company? Captain America seems like he'd make for a great cinematic hero.
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No, Captain America belong to Marvel. He was one of their first heroes along with Sub Mariner back in 1940s when they were still Timely Comics, IIRC.
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FF did well enough to be the 13th highest-grossing film of 2005, with receipts in excess of $150 million. Besides the films you have mentioned, other successful Marvel films include Blade & Daredevil. Blade continues to profit for Marvel with the successful launch of the TV series which had the highest ratings ever for Spike and beat the number of viewers watching a rerun on Lost.
Vertigo characters such as V & Constantine shouldn't really count towards DC since they come from a sister line that doesn't maintain a lot of continuity with the DC universe.
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
I don't see any chance of Captain America being made anytime soon.
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writers of Superman changed the iconic line, not just to court international viewers, but to "make a point" and not step on toes. How would a Captain America movie fare? He's probably Marvel's second best character (behind Spidey), and their best for great storylines, but Hollywood doesn't have that skill. Too much external baggage around.
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ain't moore's material released under Vertigo... which is related to dc/spinoff? somn like that. very vague.
PS V4V&Watchmen both have mystery/detective elements as well =).
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Hey, I was going to mention V for Vendetta but it doesn't apply, sort of the way of the way Moore's other earlier works like Watchmen don't apply either.
Ooh, let us not forget that total crap-fest Swamp Thing 1 (and 2) as well. 
Green Lantern could make a very good movie (Hal Jordon, not Kyle), GL Corps and all.
I do like the idea of Green Arrow, basically because he could be played as almost as dark as Batman (and I know most of you just want to see the boxing glove arrow, at least once).  |
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
As far as DC-owned characters go, I'd personally like to see Warner release a well-done PLASTIC MAN movie, provided it was done in the wild, cartoony spirit of the character's creator, Jack Cole, and set in the 1940s. If it were done as a live-action film, it'd be perfect material for either Sam Raimi or the Coen Bros to have fun with. If done as an animated film, Brad Bird's the man for the job.
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Re: Doesn't DC have any "Movie" quality heroes than just Batman & Superman?
Aqauman seems like a no-brainer.
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