Comments on: Answered: Which Studios Own Which Marvel Characters

By: Zickened

Zickened — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:33:52 +0000

I don’t find it ironic at all honestly. It’s all about their character lineup. You have to have characters that appeal to the desires of humanity, a reason for people to sit in a chair for 2 hours and invest into a character and a brand. With Batman, you have this dark, gritty character that has no super powers (other than being rich and intelligent and has a lean physique) and then you have Superman which has every f***ing cool power you could ever want. That’s it for the most part, with smaller characters that could be argued minutely about being given a title shot. However, if you’re going to produce a 200 million dollar movie, you want it to generate 200 million in ticket sales and 300 million in additional revenue. Even Superman’s reboots had a hard time doing that in a way that parallels Spiderman or Xmen unfortunately. That’s why you see the studios sitting on their hands with DC, they just don’t have the viability or versatility that the Marvel universe has to create revenue and fan base.

By: Zickened

Zickened — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:25:06 +0000

I have all 3 blade movies and I have to disagree completely. I think the first blade was amazing, the second one was lackluster and the 3rd was awesome and breathed new life into the series. Why? Each character felt like they had depth and personality and a reason to be on screen. Each character in the second one felt gimmicky and most of them were very throw away characters. After seeing the 3rd one I was truly looking forward to a 4th one because I felt like the new cast could really run with the series.

I’ll agree to the fact that Spiderman 3 felt more like a franchise milk movie than an actual sequel, especially as far as casting goes. As much as I like Topher Bell and wish we saw more on-screen time with him, I really felt that he was a total disconnect from one of the most powerful and deep characters in the Spiderman franchise. Venom is one part anti-hero and one part sadistic ruthlessness. All they did with the character was make him a vengeance seeker, aka a black and white (no pun intended) cut out villain. They could have put Madonna in the Venom suit and garnered the exact same reactions. It just felt like so many wasted opportunities in the name of shameless merchandise advertisement.

As far as Punisher goes, I think the one with Thomas Jane was the best I’ve seen. That movie made me invest into the comics and seek out other works by Jane as well. Jane really carried the movie which is surprising because stellar lifter John Travolta usually carries movies. I think given the one dimensional archetypical character John played, he did relatively well but I thought the actors that really shined were his tenants and really looked forward to this farked up kind of alley cat family they had. I was really looking forward to a sequel with all of them back in it together but alas, we got a money maker and not a franchise driver with Warzone.

By: WallyWest

WallyWest — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:23:14 +0000

@ Cobalt2525

So has Supergirl & Steel. I think DC/WB has had trouble with having the wrong directors with the wrong kind of script treatments,etc. Plus alot of the films done under DC/WB were limited due that time’s limited effects & stuff. Imo, DC/WB aren’t as willing to take big risks as Marvel Studios has. Even on Smallville’s “Absolute Justice” They worried about showing Star-Spangled Man,Sandman,Hawkman,Dr.Fate & Stargirl but the episode had a 7 point higher rating than that season’s premiere. Fans like myself enjoyed it. I was skeptical at first, especially of Dr.Fate,Stargirl but the costumes & actors pulled it off imo.

By: Cobalt2525

Cobalt2525 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:05:23 +0000

Well that sounds good but look at DC, quite a number of their characters have a appeared on the small screen both live action and animated.
To date however the few who have made it to the big screen are Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Jonah Hexx(?), in over THIRTY YEARS.
I think DC is just not that interested in bringing all their top characters to the big screen.

By: LOBO

LOBO — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:11:11 +0000

I just thought about it more and when i was growing up…I am 48now….there were tv shows known as “serials”. These shows had a cliffhanger at the end of each that made you want and hardly be able to wait for the next weeks show.
This might be the way to go for some properties that NEED to be brought to life but don’t garner enough interest to make it to the big screen.

By: LOBO

LOBO — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:04:02 +0000

First off I love your site and the informative things it has. With all the superhero movies that have come out and are coming out why can’t we just sit back and enjoy that they have been brought to the big screen. SURE some are not so good…some could have been better…but some have been great!!!!!
One of the commenters made a great suggestion of some of these stories going to HBO or SHOWTIME or another property that can make them and bring them to the TV market.
I personally would love to see as a series on TV another BATMAN series. Made much along the lines of SMALLVILLE. That was my hope that after they introduced more characters from the DC Universe that there might have been a “young Bruce Wayne” but it never happened and now that series has ended.
While the big screen is awesome seeing actually comic book stories come to life in live action TV series. Hopefully in my lifetime. There are some INCREDIBLE comic book stories out there and all those need to be is adapted to the TV screen.
On a side note some movies and characters just NEED to be “R” rated. One of which is my personal favorite would be “LOBO”

By: Slayer

Slayer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:22 +0000

Agreed, he could do the mix of action and comedy well.

By: ken foti

ken foti — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:13:44 +0000

the Hoff portrayed Nick Fury in the 90′s…Dolph Lundgren was Punisher in the 80′s

By: Mr. Day

Mr. Day — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:51:24 +0000

Another thing…why does the cameo have to be wolverine. I am wolverine-fatigued. especially since the avengers roster is vast. I would like the cameo to be Luke Cage or Ms. Marvel. If they have a cameo of anybody. i really believe it is going to be that of Black Panther.

By: Mr. Day

Mr. Day — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:30:29 +0000

well, I am glad that marvel has the rights to Luke Cage. I think Terry Crews is the man for the job to play him.

By: Mr. Day

Mr. Day — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:22:15 +0000

frankly, i never liked Jackman’s wolverine. He is too talk and thin for the roll. I have disagreed with him as wolverine since the first X film in 2000. Again, The best guy who could have had the roll was chris benoit, when he was alive. Jackman’s wolverine is not wolverine. The only roll they got right by matching actor with the character was Patrick Stuart as Professor X.

By: Mr. Day

Mr. Day — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:18:45 +0000

Hello folks. I have returned.
@nawtnt. you forgot the punisher flick with David Hasselhoff as the Punisher in the 90s. so that’s 4 takes on pun

By: DJB

DJB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:09:41 +0000

What if that did happen and DC bought the rights… kidding

By: DJB

DJB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:07:18 +0000

Thats what I’m saying… even mentioning other characters in movies gets the fans crazy. Too bad this wont really happen for a long time.

By: DJB

DJB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Well said.

By: DJB

DJB — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:51:23 +0000

My thoughts exactly!

By: WallyWest

WallyWest — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:54:23 +0000

@ nawtnt

I agree that the first two Blade films were good but the 3rd wasn’t. My choice would be Michael Jai White as Blade. I didn’t think Spider-Man 3 was terrible nor was it great. Imo, Sony kinda screwed Raimi over by having Venom in the film due to fan requests. Raimi didn’t want Venom in the film. I didn’t think the film had too many villains. It had villains shown as what we’ve seen in Nolan’s Batman films. Sandman was mostly the only villain throughout. I have to agree about peter’s dancing (shudders) Raimi should of shown more of black costume Spider-Man roughing up criminals. I would rather gone with Spider-Man 4 instead of the reboot till this day.

Outta the Punisher movies, Thomas Jane’s film is still my favorite despite Ray Stevenson looks more like the character. I hope Marvel can do the character justice.

By: WallyWest

WallyWest — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:40:35 +0000

@ happyman

I think it is.

By: Comicfan47

Comicfan47 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:20 +0000

So I guess sources have spotted Andrew Garfield suited up standing next to Downy’s Iron Man on set of The Avengers……..yea yea I know 2 different studios but I am REAAAAAALY hoping they can to a deal where Spiderman could be in the Avengers.

By: ken foti

ken foti — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:57:55 +0000

carnage should have been listed,he is referenced in the article