Comments on: Marvel Studios Movie Update

By: Creative Buzz

Creative Buzz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:45:35 +0000

Nkeg… Cap = John Cena…. no… No….. NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I understand your thinking. Cena did an ok job for the Marine, but it’s just a bad movie with bad acting. Marvel is thinking Block Buster for each and every movie. RDJ and Ed Norton have now set the bar higher for Marvel heros. What most people are thinking is that they need to cast this big buff WWE dude to pull off the hero role. That is not how they are going to cast this. Look at RDJ and Ed Norton. Small, meek guys… but Excellent actors. The hero role is played by computers. So all of you thinking HHH is going to play Thor… it is NOT going to happen. You are going to get A-list actors WANTING the roles of Thor and Cap. Brad Pitt, Marc Walhberg, Matt Damon, Clive Owen. Josh Hartnett and Paul Walker are some of the suggestions I have heard or come up with. These roles need to be cast based on the hero’s alter ego. That’s why HHH will not work for Dr. Donald Blake, or John Cena will not work for Steve Rogers.
My pick for Dr. Blake is Paul Walker
My Pick for Steve Rogers is Brad Pitt or Marc Walhberg
only time will tell, but my guess is they will not go with any wrestling actor wanna-bees.

By: Jim Carey

Jim Carey — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:28:23 +0000

Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket, were all the same man, Henry (Hank) Pym.

By: Surma

Surma — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:22:08 +0000

Ant-Man was only Ant-Man, He may have been Giant-Man, but that guy died then the yellowjacket guy has used his formula and all that jazz to make several identities.

By: Jim Carey

Jim Carey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:10:05 +0000

snowdog wrote:
{{outside of faithful fans of the comic books, no one knows of Antman and Thor.}}

Look at the issue number counts of Thor and Avengers compared with Deathlok, Luke Cage, and Morbius. The first two are for sure major characters (Although Ant-Man also showed up as Giant-Man and Yellowjacket…)

I will give you this–Deathlok & Luke Cage would be great movies.

By: Nkeg

Nkeg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:29:40 +0000

Cap = John Cena.

Before you go nuts saying ‘No.’ check out ‘The Marine’ on DVD… THEN come back and give you’re thoughts. The guy could pull it off and already looks the part! (Glad he doesn’t fit in the War Machine Armor…) -Stark

By: Braveheart

Braveheart — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:34:24 +0000

I don’t know who was the bigger let down after so much hope/hype, Venom in Spidey 4 or Galactus from FF2!?
At least they left Galactus a bit of a mystery and so we can hope he’ll get a better show next time where-ever that may be.
Shame about Venom too, hated how Eddie Brocks face kept coming back to say some crappy dialogue.
As good as some parts of spidey 3 were,they did come very close to ruinning the whole spidey series.

By: Surma

Surma — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:06:58 +0000

Not Marvel or Dc, but I think if anything deserves a reboot and would sell tickets like crazy I think it would be a new Spawn movie. As a huge fan of Spawn despite the sick and twisted things in the comics, I still am a big fan.

By: KEL

KEL — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:47:32 +0000

Alba? Bland? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Thanks, 790.

I, obviously, REALLY dislike their takes on Galactus and Dr. Doom, being a big comix fan and all.

I thought the Thing in ROTSS looked pretty good, MUCH better than in the first one.

And yeah, Evans was great.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:40:22 +0000

Good one KEL, I’m sure Vic got a good laugh on that one too.

For my tastes Fantastic 4 films were very average fare. They upset the comic fans with that horrible version of Galactus. And I thought the Thing never quite looked right.
Best part of F4 was the Human Torch he was perfectly cast and executed.
Alba was bland and the guy that played Mr Fantastic was a crappy actor. (IMO).
Its clobbering time never sounded so shallow.

By: Braveheart

Braveheart — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:06:35 +0000

Shame no more FF. Although it was a bit light weight it was still good fun and surely Chris Evans made a perfect Human Torch, pity he could not carry the character on in someway.
At least we got to see the Silver Surfer too. I remember reading in Marvels Foom Fan mag 30 years ago about hoping to get a Surfer movie going. I never thought that in time we’d have movies of most of these amazing creations flying out of our cinema screens.
So just a reminder that at least we have these movies now to chew the fat over.

By: KEL

KEL — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:17:13 +0000

Yup, 790, I was definitely expecting Citizen Kane. THAT’s why I was dissapointed. :-p

I’d like to see another F4, the films were OK, kinda dissapointing but not even half as bad as GR, Daredevil, and Electra were, IMO. If they aren’t doing a new F4 anytime soon I say wait a few year and then…..REBOOT!! Do it RIGHT this time, close to the Stan and Jack comix.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:16:07 +0000

Why ‘Ghost Rider’ sucked.

Vic

By: 790

790 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:05:29 +0000

I’m with ya on F4 but why did Ghost Rider suck? Can anyone be more specific?

By: Surma

Surma — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:58:21 +0000

Ghost Rider was Bad.
“…there will be no sequel to Fantastic Four…”
And who cares I hated how they defiled the F4 in those movies.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:38:04 +0000

Ghost Rider was a film about a guy with a flaming skull for a head.
What did you expect?

Citizen Kane…:-)

By: 790

790 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:07:27 +0000

I’m hearing some strong rumors that there will be no sequel to Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer….

By: KEL

KEL — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:53:50 +0000

Yeah, the cut scenes in MA are great, but they aren’t cinematic (IMO). I’d love to see a regular series like that or even a direct to DVD type thing, but not a major motion picture. Nothing beats live action, IMO. I like to see my fave comix characters look REAL.

By: Braveheart

Braveheart — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:01:15 +0000

There’s a CGI cartoon that’s in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance video game that really looks amazing.
Dr Doom is creepy in it, compared to the camp one that was in the FF movies.
I think a Pixar/CGI type movie isn’t such a bad idea if done right.
I think Marvel should just go straight for an Avengers movie. Both Hulk & Iron-Man is enough to prepare the world for it.
If they make a Capt. America or Thor movie and it bombs, then they might not make Avengers at all.

By: KEL

KEL — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:59:48 +0000

GR was not a good movie (sorry, 790). I’m with ya, Vic.

A CG/PIXAR JLA film is a HORRIBLE IDEA. I HATE it. It sucks. Maybe for a TV series but NOT as a movie. I detest the idea. I want to see my fave comic book characters come to LIFE, in live action flesh and blood, not another cartoon. Sorry, guys.

Also, ALL the people who have commented on how much they think a Captain America movie is kind of a dumb idea probably don’t know enough about Cap to determine that. Seriously, people, how much do any of you naysayers even know about Cap? Obviously, if you were familiar with Cap then you’d most likely agree that a Cap movie is a GREAT idea. Origin and everything.

Also, I can’t wait for Green Lantern (yes, I know he’s DC). I’m extremely excited that the film will be based on Hal Jordan, the fan fave, original, and BEST GL of all time. He’s one of the comic book characters, along with the Flash, (Barry Allen) who should definitely get a movie. Before secondtier characters like Antman get films anyway….

And, Andy, a Captain Atom movie isn’t a bad idea. He’s got a pretty cool origin, IMO. I liked the JLU version of him best, personally. It would also be neat if the Atom got a movie or an appearance in one. He’s another shrinking character and is, IMO, MUCH more interesting than Antman (no offense meant).

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:47:10 +0000

“Ghostrider was fantastic.”

Holy cow… we finally diverge WILDLY on our opinions of a movie. I thought GR was AWFUL.

Vic