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Title: Best Comic book into Film(s) :yabbse-geek:
Post by: NEON MERCURY on April 10, 2004, 09:08:04 PM
i would have to say the x-men.


why?:

- bryan singer
-famkee
-mckellen
-cumming
-hugh underrated as hell jackman
-p. stweart
-uncle jesse's wife
more characters that are badass..and not just focusing one one(i.e. blade, punisher, hulk)
-no stupid pop songs..by pseudo-rock-angst bands(i.e. spider man"hero")
-other

what could possibly be a better comic book series turned into films than this..?.....
if there is already a topic/thread on this..please insult me then redirect me
thanks...
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Post by: Kal on April 10, 2004, 09:21:34 PM
I was actually watching X2 yesterday again because I bought the DVD and was thinking the same thing... they did a great job not only adapting the comic but also making a sequel... and I think they'll do a good job again on the 3rd one...

SpiderMan was very good also...

Hulk sucked
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Post by: El Duderino on April 10, 2004, 09:34:53 PM
does American Splendor count? if so, then that.

if not, then X-Men.
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Post by: Banky on April 10, 2004, 09:44:11 PM
x2 is the best film and most seem to agree

spiderman was entertaining but did not match x2 in quality

Hulk had potential but the 3rd act completley blew donkey balls

I really want to see Hellboy though

x3 better have gambit


Wizard's Top 50 Comic book movies

50. Batman and Robin
49. Steel
48. Red Sonja
47. Virus
46. Fantastic Four
45. Superman 4
44. Conan the Destroyer
43. Captain America
42. Tank Girl.
41. Supergirl
40. The Crow 2
39. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
38. The Crow 3
37. Superman 3
36. Batman 3 (Hey, three third movies in a row!)
35. Barb Wire
34. Judge Dredd
33. Return of Swamp Thing
32. Bulletproof Monk
31. Men in Black 2
30. Spawn
29. The Punisher
28. Howard the Duck
27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3
26. Mystery Men
25. Batman 2
24. Swamp Thing
23. Batman (1966)
22. Daredevil
21. Timecop
20. Conan The Barbarian
19. The Mask
18. Blade 2
17. From Hell
16. American Splendor
15. The Crow
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
13. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
12. Men in black
11. Akira

Wizard's Top 10
10. Blade
9. Batman
8. The Rocketeer
7. Ghost World
6. X-men
5. Road to Perdition
4. Superman
3. Superman 2
2. Spider-man
1. X-2
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Post by: Raikus on April 10, 2004, 09:45:17 PM
So far I'd say:

1) X2
2) Ghost World
3) X-Men
4) Hellboy

I've yet to see American Splendor. It's on my Que.
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Post by: Kal on April 10, 2004, 10:50:05 PM
I didnt like American Splendor  :oops:
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Post by: pete on April 10, 2004, 11:19:53 PM
ping pong and blue spring.
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Post by: El Duderino on April 10, 2004, 11:54:28 PM
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:

WHAT?! :shock:
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Post by: pete on April 10, 2004, 11:59:55 PM
American Splendor was too cute; it played down the guy's anger and just made him neurotic in a Woody Allen-esque way.  It even gave him a struggle against cancer and an adopted daughter to cap it all off.  It watered him down the same way Letterman or MTV did, just to a lesser extent.
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Post by: Pubrick on April 11, 2004, 02:00:55 AM
anyway, Ghost World and HULK.

and in the future.. RanXerox.
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Post by: Kal on April 11, 2004, 02:35:06 AM
Quote from: El Duderino
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:

WHAT?! :shock:

I didnt like American Splendor
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Post by: cine on April 11, 2004, 03:17:13 AM
Quote from: andyk
Quote from: El Duderino
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:
WHAT?! :shock:
I didnt like American Splendor
Right, he's surprised because it's a really good movie.

Anyway, the WORST film from a comic book is Howard the Duck.
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Post by: cron on April 11, 2004, 05:53:29 AM
You all should check Blueberry
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Post by: Kal on April 11, 2004, 12:40:21 PM
Quote from: Cinebunny
Quote from: andyk
Quote from: El Duderino
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:
WHAT?! :shock:
I didnt like American Splendor
Right, he's surprised because it's a really good movie.

Anyway, the WORST film from a comic book is Howard the Duck.

I didnt say it was a bad movie, I said I didnt like it  :-D

Judge Dredd was terrible...
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Post by: Raikus on April 11, 2004, 12:54:16 PM
Quote from: Cinebunny
Quote from: andyk
Quote from: El Duderino
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:
WHAT?! :shock:
I didnt like American Splendor
Right, he's surprised because it's a really good movie.

Anyway, the WORST film from a comic book is Howard the Duck.
Have you ever seen Dolph Lungren's 'The Punisher' or 'Captain America?'

They not only take the cake, they run off and marry it.
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Post by: El Duderino on April 11, 2004, 01:26:39 PM
i wanna add ghost world to my list.

and maybe, just maybe Hellboy is somewhere in between best and worst.
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Post by: nix on April 11, 2004, 02:15:09 PM
I've had the pleasure of seeing the 1994 film,  Fantastic Four. Cinematic brilliance. Plain and simple.
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Post by: modage on April 11, 2004, 03:20:09 PM
Quote from: RaikusHave you ever seen Dolph Lungren's 'The Punisher' or 'Captain America?'

They not only take the cake, they run off and marry it.
i have, and you're right.
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Post by: Weak2ndAct on April 11, 2004, 03:27:45 PM
I gotta agree w/ Wizard magazine (man, that used to be my bible back in the day) and the others who say 'X2'.  It quite possibly could be the most spectacularly geeky movie ever made-- in all the right ways.  I really need to see that again (NIGHTCRAWLER!).

It's shame Singer wasn't given more support on the first 'X-Men' movie, who knows what could have been done there (Fox dicks around with Singer on the first X-Men, dicks around with Mark Steven Johnson on Daredevil... see a pattern forming here?).
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Post by: Raikus on April 11, 2004, 05:46:27 PM
Quote from: Weak2ndAct(Fox dicks around with Singer on the first X-Men, dicks around with Mark Steven Johnson on Daredevil... see a pattern forming here?).
Uh, Fox likes dick?
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Post by: A Matter Of Chance on April 11, 2004, 06:47:27 PM
Quote from: Cinebunny
Quote from: andyk
Quote from: El Duderino
Quote from: andykI didnt like American Splendor  :oops:
WHAT?! :shock:
I didnt like American Splendor
Right, he's surprised because it's a really good movie.

Anyway, the WORST film from a comic book is Howard the Duck.

Howard the duck is an amazing film, it's why Lucas is my favorite director by far.

...kidding...
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Post by: cine on April 11, 2004, 07:10:19 PM
Quote from: A Matter Of ChanceHoward the duck is an amazing film, it's why Lucas is my favorite director by far.

...kidding...
No you're NOT.
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Post by: grand theft sparrow on April 12, 2004, 01:00:14 PM
Howard the Duck doesn't hold a candle to Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
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Post by: RegularKarate on April 12, 2004, 09:37:39 PM
X2 is fun, but it's hardly the BEST

Superman wins
followed by Ghostworld
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Post by: Jeremy Blackman on April 12, 2004, 09:48:34 PM
Quote from: BankyHulk had potential but the 3rd act completley blew donkey balls
The third "act" was the best part. Have anything against sensational helicopter smashing?

American Splendor was too cute. The opposite of Hulk... I expected a lot and pretty much hated it.
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Post by: modage on April 12, 2004, 10:20:08 PM
i dont know if its the best adapting or most faithful, but my personal favorites are Batman and Batman Returns.  followed by Superman.
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Post by: Just Withnail on April 14, 2004, 05:10:48 PM
"Best Comic book into Film(s) :yabbse-geek:" will hopefully be:

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Batman Begins (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=534)
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Post by: Chest Rockwell on April 14, 2004, 05:43:49 PM
American Splendor
Ghost World
Batman
Batman Returns
Superman
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Post by: Just Withnail on April 16, 2004, 08:31:58 AM
Quote from: I"Best Comic book into Film(s) :yabbse-geek:" will hopefully be:

[Batman Begins logo]

Batman Begins (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=534)

...But for now, The Crow reigns.
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Post by: molly on April 16, 2004, 02:55:11 PM
Has anyone of you seen Monkeybone? If yes, what did you think of it?
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Post by: mogwai on April 16, 2004, 03:01:04 PM
Quote from: mollyIf yes, what did you think of it?
shite.
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Post by: Raikus on April 16, 2004, 04:33:33 PM
Quote from: mollyHas anyone of you seen Monkeybone? If yes, what did you think of it?
Definitely one of, if not the worst movie made in the last ten years. I'm finding it very hard to remember a movie I hated more than that one.
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Post by: modage on April 16, 2004, 06:43:39 PM
monkeybone is very terrible.  i feel bad for henry selick.
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Post by: Dottie_Hinkle on April 19, 2004, 09:07:59 AM
Ghost World.  I wanted to see American Splendor because Crumb does the drawing in the film.  Is it out on DVD yet?
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Post by: cine on April 19, 2004, 09:09:44 AM
Quote from: Dottie_HinkleIs it out on DVD yet?
Of course.
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Post by: pete on December 22, 2004, 12:55:40 PM
Quote from: peteping pong
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Post by: bonanzataz on December 23, 2004, 12:12:18 AM
i'm not seeing any more comic book films. i'm getting damn tired of them. and sin city doesn't count, that's a graphic novel.