ABC Gets Behind Potential Marvel Series

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@ Marvel72

Yea DC need to pick up the slack and try new things with more characters, don't understand what's taking them so long.
I guess they want to focus on the films at the minute organising GL and Flash along with Bats and Supes.

But saying that you can count on Marvel to deliver doesn't exactly apply to their animated films.
Yes they deliver them, but the majority of what they're delivering sucks balls.

Too bad it's not X-men Age of Apocalypse, cuz that would be a sweet tv series.

@MatchesMalone

Fact!

Wow the hulk Really is a Cured role ...

I completely agree with MatchesMalone. I use to think Marvel was all that, but here lately, I've found a lot of their stuff kinda meh. I do love a lot of their stuff, just here lately, haven't been impressed. I decided to give some DC comics a shot, and I've been very impressed. They have some great characters on their side. I'll list a few that aren't as well known that should be. Lobo, The Question, Booster Gold, Green Arrow, Nightwing, etc.

When people (like marvel72) post, all I can think is, "wow, what a condescending douchebag." (:

Especially since comic books in general aren't selling as well as they use to. If a comic book is good, I don't care who it's by, I'll read it. (Been reading some Green Hornet here lately, definitely want to get a few more.)

i second Moon Knight.

I'll say it again.

DAILY BUGLE BASED TV SHOW!!!

Kind of like the Frontline comic books but better, and a tv show instead of a comic, and about the Daily Bugle instead of Frontline, and...

I think TV should be the main focus for comic/superhero properties. These characters and their stories inevitably get butchered and belittled in the face of the need to tell them within a couple of hours, not to mention the necessity to water them down and make them interesting and relevant to the average, non-comic-reading moviegoer.

TV is the perfect match for the episodic storytelling of the monthly comic book.

For instance, I'd much rather see a weekly live action Batman series where the world can really be established and explored, with different toned episodes (horror, action, detective mystery, etc.) to show how multi-faceted the character is. Same for Superman or Spiderman, or any other characters from the A-list of either company.

Your typical viewer who doesn't read comics could still get all of the cool back story, nuance and detail that makes us all love comics so much, in a very organic way, so that it captivates them and keeps them watching.

Feature-length movies -- regardless of how lovingly they are rendered -- are always sort of shorthand versions of something we all think could be bigger and better, seeming like they are just beginning when the end credits roll.

How cool would it be if that story just picked up where it left off the following week? It could be done with the right broadcasters (which means cable, NOT the commercial-break-enslaved majors).

They could still turn some of the more landmark graphic novels into feature films (although, really, I think those should be TV miniseries).

I personally think it's a big mistake NOT to be doing superheros this way.

I still think making a tv show on Spiderman..Becoming SPIDERMEN! something like smallville ...DC can do the same with Flash..a tv show on becoming he Flash!

@ josepetrelli12

i said they were good what more do you want ?

batman begins & the dark knight aren't comic booky enough they're something else if you know what i mean.

superman the movie is probably the best dc comic book film.

watchmen & v for vendetta are amazing films,but don't share the same universe as batman & superman,hold on a minute nore does batman & superman.

dc does release a lot of shit i.e catwoman,jonah hex,superman 3 & 4,superman returns & steel.

my favorite marvel films are

1.spider-man 2
2.iron man
3.the incredible hulk
4.x-men 2 (had its moments)
5.blade

@ canadiancastaway

i leave a comment,then leave the article,i come back to see if anyone has left anything new.

if you reply to any of my comments the polite thing to do is answer them.

so if you don't like it don't read it,simple.

they need to have a show bout a college kid hulk. and cast me as bruce banner. furreal tho.. lol