Ideas for Marvel Movies in the Future

horrible the movie would never do the Secret Wars justice... never

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Crush i'm really sorry for having to go off on you here but i'm gonna have to agree with Roar on this one. First off, cloak and dagger suck in every meaning of the word. Second, let's establish the "Secret Wars" plot... A bunch of super heroes and a bunch of super villains "teleported" by an unknown and unshown omnipotent being onto an unknown planet. And you honestly think that they can make 6 FREAKIN MOVIES of that when no one seems to be able to make ONE decent Superman movie and they all seem to be going the "realistic route" with upcoming projects... well then explain to me how exactly "a story that offers no depth, no character development (or background for that matter), too many players and no humanity connection what so ever", will ever get passed, in a million years, even just ONE movie??? Any ideas? Look, I enjoy the occasionnal fanboy plot...when it is well founded, plausible and can appeal to the masses. But to hear a plot that would "logically" have nothing to offer to people aside of fanboys and then saying they should make 6 movies out of it is ridiculous. Unless you actually have a plot written down that makes sense and has a logical chance of succeeding that you could share with us, i don't even see the point in mentionning it. I totally agree with you that Secret Wars would kick ass! Why??? Cause i'm a fanboy just like you and i even enjoyed the secret wars comics for what they were, a simple "battle royale" of Marvel's finest but honestly, how you could even think of it's possibility is way "beyond" me. But i'd love for you to prove me wrong. Give us concrete ideas and maybe you'll succeed in getting us all on board with you :)

See now i'm so glad you actually posted that and i'm also sad all that wasn't in your article because it is a kick ass point of vue that you have!!!

After explaining it thoroughly, i'm actually more pulled towards getting on board with you on this bitch :)) IF they could ever get all their rights back, CGI would definitly be the way to go and your point of view of how different characters would react and deal with this situation is the very depth and development that Secret Wars lacked in the first place. The focus was just on the battle and not the "humanity" behind the characters. So if they decided to make say a three hour cgi movie, and focused more on the actuall characters, it could very well be kick ass. Of course they would need a bit less characters to make sure that everybody gets enough screen time. They were ALL chosen for a specific reason and it could be cool to "tweek" as you said the "beyonder's" plot and storyline to make it less corny.

Now as for the tv shows, i totally agree that most less known characters should go on tv first to make themselves known. I've said it so many times that it should be my signature. Green Arrow's "Supermax" movie will blow at the box office just like Punisher: War Zone did. Why did it blow? Glad you asked!!! Because "the masses" (bill payers) don't connect with Frank Castle as much as they do Rambo. For non-fans, they know nothing of him and Punisher's storyline offers nothing to them to actually attract them to see the movie. They already know about Rambo because Stalone already "made" that character popular in the 80ies when action movies with no depth were the rage. Ask Van Damme or Lungdred or Seagal if that's all it takes to get butts in the seats in our day and age and they'll "whirlwind hammer kick" you in the face 5 times and once in slow-mo! They don't know Frank and don't care about his third or fourth movie either. To make these characters known to the masses, you gotta reach them where the heart is...home. They need to flip through channels bitching about nothing good on and them BOOM!!! Green Arrow!!! "Ah this doesn't look half bad" and then... BOOM!!! Hooked on it :)) Cause honestly, who do you know that doesn't care much for comic books that would actually be attracted to the "Supermax" concept? Cause i sure don't.

Another good example are the x-men versus Fantastic4. The X-men have a lot of political issues about society and character development. So naturally, they never needed a tv show. But Fantastic4 has jack squat aside from cool looking powers which kinda drew a croud for the first but not for the second even though SILVER SURFER was part of it for cryin' out loud! FF would have been way better as a action/romance tv show like Heroes is proving every season. They can say all they want about that show, it's still rakin' in ratings.

As for which character would be good for tv, Luke Cage should NOT get a movie, Green Arrow should NOT get a movie and definitly not Cloak and Dagger. I think that they would have better chances of a tv show as you said. But some characters are also just made for the books and not the screen. Personnaly, i'd watch Moon Knight but not Cloak and Dagger. And if i can't connect with the first two episodes of Moon Knight, i'd ditch it in a new york minute. I'm a comic book fan but some things are just not made to be exploited in every field. Like the "generation X" concept you mentionned doesn't belong on the big screen however might have better chances on tv. That's where the teen angst should stay along side Smallville.

So for future articles, be sure to unload all your thoughts on us so we know where your coming from. Detail, detail, detail! Believe me, people will then get hooked on what you have to say and will bring more opinions to the table! And great avatar by the way, i love THE MAXX :))

OOoh see, to incorporate them with Doctor Strange would be a kick ass idea!!! Good job Roar :))

Oh and i myself loved the cartoon too but didn't understand it either LOL I think it probably was the purpose of it, so that no one understands it :P

I'm totally with you on that one crush, watchmen, astro city, the crow, Maxx, Mosaic all feel different but better than main stream comics. The characters are mostly more interesting in mainstream but the stories and back ground development are way better in independant, acid inhansed, pure imagination spewed right on the page comics! The focus is just not on the same aspect which is cool cause it means that everyone has a place in the industry :))

I actually think that the real world turned out to be the one he was imagining and Julie (his social worker) was like, just his conscience or something. Either way, it's made to be enjoyed in all it's brain fart glory :))

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