Characters don't have to have big existing fan base to make a successful movie; they just need to be well written and directed with good actors - preferably pretty ones. Case in point, a norm girl in my office loved Iron Man - didn't even know he was a comic book character. Hancock made over $600M, and he wasn't even a comicbook superhero. Few people outside of comicbook devotees knew of Hellboy or The Crow before they became movies. Some say they aren't that many 'good' comicbook heroines - which, is valid, but, fine; instead of the Green Lantern being Hal Jordan, make it Jordan Hal. This may sound weird, but a lot of characters aren't totally contingent on their gender. Sure, Hulk - dude, Batman - dude, Captain America - dude, but I'm sure there arr lots of male characters that could be 'Starbucked' - granted, I can't think of any, but I'm sure they exist ;) ~Ron
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > From: James Peluso <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: MARVEL COMICS > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 1:38 PM > Personally I think the biggest pitfall > with heroine's in movies is there has not been one > that's fully developed with the appropriate cult > following. Look at all the hit movies that have come out > recently, Dark Knight, Iron Man, etc. All of them had very > strong character development and very strong plot lines. > Look at the heroin based movies that have come out; the best > example I can think of recently is Elektra. The character > was worked up in DD a little but, the character could not > support a movie on her own. There wasn't much interest > in the movie but, what can you expect from a comic book > character who was usually always a supporting role. (except > for the new Dark Reign Elektra series which is awesome). > > > Now if there was an actress with a strong enough screen > presence that could hold the role of Wonder Woman that would > be an unbeliavable movie with a huge cult following. They > would just a great screenplay and a origin story. This way > the first movie is a hit and she can be involved with what > seems like the status quo trilogy in hit comic based > movies. > > > I think a JL movie would be excellent. > > I'm interested to see what Marvel does with Janet Van > Dyne in the Avengers movie or if they even include her at > all. I mean she is a founding member but, again she's > one of those characters that hasn't had her own run in > comics and was always supporting in the Avengers. > > > I wonder if Ms. Marvel would work as it's own seperate > movie. > > > -- > JP > > "He is able who thinks he is able" Buddha > "Keep moving Forward" > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:44 AM, > Lorrie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Just enjoyed the posts on Captain America. I wonder what > next will > > come out of the closet of marvel comics to be brought to > life on the > > screen. Are the rumors of a justice league still out > there? Or is > > Australia still playing catch-up with the movie scene? > Loved > > spiderman, batman, etc but I reckon some other characters > need a work > > out. I would love to see wonderwoman make a come back. > Most of the > > heroic characters I have seen so far are blokes. > > Would be interested to see what other sci-fi geeks out > there think. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
