It really shows that we need to kick some butt in the comic scene with a good solid character that is female for the male population to drool over. Thanks for the reply
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
