Marvel Comics

svo347 · 19-01-2005, 07:22 PM

It seems times are good for Marvel Comic fans.
With the releases or Spiderman, The Punisher , Blade, The Hulk and more recently Batman Begins with Christian Bale (excellent Movie btw) and the recently released Electra ( which was ok i guess).
I find myself wondering what is next as i anxiously await for more Fictional/Fantasy movies...
Bring it on I say

Jsmilie:

Thornie · 19-01-2005, 07:49 PM

does anyone still read comics these days?

svo347 · 19-01-2005, 07:55 PM

Prolly not but do u get what I mean... Whats next

Racecraft · 19-01-2005, 08:07 PM

I collect Xmen comics and trading cards :o)

I'd love to see another X-Men movie with some of the more menacing characters

Twisted · 19-01-2005, 08:53 PM

Well im waiting for the r rated version of Alien V Predator to come out on DVD and im also eagerly awaiting Episode III. Im also proud to be the guy with his name and phone number down for the super size banner at Sunshine

champsky · 19-01-2005, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by svo347

It seems times are good for Marvel Comic fans.
With the releases or Spiderman, The Punisher , Blade, The Hulk and more recently Batman Begins with Christian Bale (excellent Movie btw) and the recently released Electra ( which was ok i guess).
I find myself wondering what is next as i anxiously await for more Fictional/Fantasy movies...
Bring it on I say

Jsmilie:

im wanting a movie about Thor, would be a good excuse to break things hehehehe

and speaking of fantasy, has anyone ehard of David and leigh Eddings: The Belgairad and Malorean series of books????

would make a far better movie series than LoTR imo :P

DivHunter · 20-01-2005, 10:49 AM

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and speaking of fantasy, has anyone ehard of David and leigh Eddings: The Belgairad and Malorean series of books????

would make a far better movie series than LoTR imo :P

Agree totally, isn't there a third one? I just can't think of it right now or am confused with something else?

champsky · 20-01-2005, 12:23 PM

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Agree totally, isn't there a third one? I just can't think of it right now or am confused with something else?

It started off with Belgarath the sorcerer, then it went into the belgariad, then into the Malorean, then there was a side story based on one of the characters called Polgara the scorceress. all up ther was about 12 books

i think you mightve been thinking about their other series they did call the tamuli and the elemium (read them too, another great series) and they got about 6 books in that series

fordchick · 20-01-2005, 12:44 PM

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and speaking of fantasy, has anyone ehard of David and leigh Eddings: The Belgairad and Malorean series of books????

Brilliant books! but yeah what a read!

You can also get the Rivan Codex on top of the other 12! All a good read

Have you read The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb? It then goes on to the live ship trader trilogy and theres a new trilogy with the fool in it, i think its called the tawny man trilogy. I have only read the farseer trilogy part of it, but it was awesome as well.

Sourbastard · 19-01-2005, 10:31 PM

Id like to see Rogue Trooper made into a movie. 2000AD always had superior comics to DC and marvel IMO.

Now thats gonna start a flame war lol!

smciner1 · 19-01-2005, 10:34 PM

Did they ever do a Movie version of The Flash?

They did a movie on Captain America in the 80's from memory and I don't think it was very popular.

/me always was a Batman fan.....

CSV_LS1 · 20-01-2005, 12:21 AM

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Did they ever do a Movie version of The Flash?

They did a movie on Captain America in the 80's from memory and I don't think it was very popular.

/me always was a Batman fan.....

I think a new flash movie will be out next year.

Franky · 19-01-2005, 10:40 PM

The batman movies were so-so except for the one with George Clooney and Arnie as the baddie which just plain sucked. So i'm hoping the new one is pretty good which is sounds like it will be.

Did anyone enjoy The Punisher? I thought it was one of the better action movies of late

Sourbastard · 20-01-2005, 08:36 AM

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Did anyone enjoy The Punisher? I thought it was one of the better action movies of late

Actually I did, i didnt expect to, as I hated the Dolph Lundgren version that came out in the 90's and was an avid reader of the Punisher War Journal, i might even throw some money down to buy the DVD.

Pearly · 20-01-2005, 09:39 AM

Yes, I'm also quite enjoing all the Marlvel comic-movies coming out. The only one I haven't liked so far was Elektra.

I'd still love to see these movies in the near future:

Deadpool
Ultimate X-Men
Black Panther
Iron Man
and Cable

... but how cool is this, Fantastic Four is due out later this year in the US!

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Is Elektra meant to be as bad as I've heard ? People have been comparing it to Mortal Kombat ?

Maybe because it has a character from Mortal Kombat? (guy that plays Shang Sung) I didn't like it because it left a few questions unanswered, and it went from being realistic to non-realistic too often. Either make it realistic, or not. Don't mix the two, it ruins it. Also, I'm not a fan of what's her name(the main chick). She doesn't do anything for me.

smciner1 · 20-01-2005, 08:35 PM

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Iron Man

Yeah, would love to see that one with Tony Stark.

champsky · 19-01-2005, 10:42 PM

lol i think i remember capt america lol

but i have seen the flash lol...so so very sad imo lol

loxxr6 · 20-01-2005, 09:21 AM

I have the Spawn comics from No 1 - 100 and quite a few of the spinoffs in between. A few are signed. I stopped collecting them years ago and I'll prob hang onto them and sell them off down the track. I have a couple of X-men limited comics too but not many.

The Punisher was cheesey but the action was half decent towards the last half of the movies. I never read the War Journal series but I have been told it would have made a very good movie. It seems to rate up there in the Punisher series from what I hear.

Another Flash movie is being made. Ghost Rider is coming up soon. So is Fantastic Four with Jessica Alba...oh yeah.

Check out http://superherohype.com/ & http://www.comics2film.com/

Off topic a movie for the PC Game Doom is being made with The Rock.

loxxr6 · 20-01-2005, 09:24 AM

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Did anyone enjoy The Punisher? I thought it was one of the better action movies of late

....Spiderman seems to be the best movie franchise at the moment imo. X-Men isn't too far behind. Daredevil suprised me. I didn't think a movie about a "blind" superhero would work.

Bottom of the rung would be Catwoman.

Is Elektra meant to be as bad as I've heard ? People have been comparing it to Mortal Kombat ?

DivHunter · 20-01-2005, 01:03 PM

All great books. Fan of Robert Jordan, Ian Irvine, Jacqueline Carey and whoever wrote The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

I don't particularly like the comics but if the movies are done well they are a lot of fun.

svo347 · 20-01-2005, 02:37 PM

I noticed that War of the Worlds has been remade & is due out within the next few months... Looks good!!

loxxr6 · 20-01-2005, 04:52 PM

I noticed that War of the Worlds has been remade & is due out within the next few months... Looks good

Yeah with Tom Cruise...I think there's a small clip on the net for it.

Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy is being redone too.

champsky · 20-01-2005, 06:58 PM

ooh another good movie id like seend done is a movie based on the original Robo-tech series, or maybe Techno-man

they woudl be awsome to watch

svo347 · 20-01-2005, 08:37 PM

Techno-man????

Gambit · 20-01-2005, 08:49 PM

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Techno-man????

Was a japanese cartoon similar to robotech. Wish it was still on or available on dvd.

Gambit · 20-01-2005, 08:51 PM

I think I read somewhere that Justin Timberlake will be playing Iron Man unfortunately.

Is Sin City a comic? It looks pretty good from what i've seen with Jessica Alba & Bruce Willis in it.

smciner1 · 20-01-2005, 09:00 PM

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I think I read somewhere that Justin Timberlake will be playing Iron Man unfortunately.

Is Sin City a comic? It looks pretty good from what i've seen with Jessica Alba & Bruce Willis in it.

he is soooooooooo Un-Tony Stark (tm)

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Pearly · 20-01-2005, 11:48 PM

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I think I read somewhere that Justin Timberlake will be playing Iron Man unfortunately.

That is the biggest insult to a comic character such as Iron Man. If this is true, I will not watch it.

Mark351 · 20-01-2005, 09:05 PM

I got a bunch of comics in the shed, including old Xmen, Wolverines (I have #1 to 100, the earlier stuff in 'Marvel Presents'...), Spawn (didn't make it to 100 there...), some stuff that got rather pricey in the early 90's but I have no idea what is more collectable these days.

svo347 · 20-01-2005, 09:24 PM

Ok i work away on a remote minesite as some of you know so...........
WTF is Tony Stark???