Wheres my Deathlok!

Wheres my Deathlok!

Why dont we have a deathlok movie? Or at least on tv?

Editorial Opinion
By jallanr - Jan 29, 2010 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Deathlok

Deathlok is one of those characters that not too many non-comic readers (and a few who are) no next to nothing about. Created in 1974 by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench, he first appeared in Astonishing tales #25. From there, he went on to star in numerous spin-offs, numerous iterations, and has become a personal favourite, turning me into a hunter tryin to find his old stuff. Anywayz, I think that Deathlok is one of those characters that would be extremely successful in the world of live-action, wether it be on the big screen or the small. Here are just a couple reasons why:

1. One of the most popular genres of film and television around is science fiction, and for good reasons. Deathlok is sci-fi to the bone. In nearly every version, he is a half man, half robot cyborg. Originally set in the futuristic 1990 (lol) the stories have always been full of high flying action, futuristic weaponry, and just pure awesomeness! This is a character I believe people would have a hard time not enjoy watching!

2. With the many different versions of deathloks that have appeared over the years, some very interesting ideas could be played out in a live action series. If they went down the movie row, they could do a set of trilogies, starting with the first deathlok, luther manning. This would be a good way of having the many versions of deathlok onscreen, and they would be able to show their beginnings and ends, as each version has come to some sort of an end in the comics, (ie luther mannings so-called death and michael collins being turned back to human). The same could be done with a tv show, having the first couple seasons devoted to manning, moving to the next every so many seasons!
Well, to me, creating a live action deathlok seems like a no brainer. But thats just me, tell me wut you guys think!



woo hoo!!!
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DarkWebs
DarkWebs - 1/29/2010, 12:00 PM
I think this would make a nice animated series on like adult swim or late night on the sci fi channel. I disagree on the live action because its not that popular. From reading some of the comics it can be pretty graphic and violent. But its a good Idea for amination!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/29/2010, 12:22 PM
I think it would be a very cool Live-action series, now the TERMINATOR series has gone!

Given up waiting for it to be a movie, MARVEL promises all the time, nothing ever happens lol, who's this with anyway, Universal, Sony, Marvel even???

jallanr
jallanr - 1/29/2010, 12:42 PM
o ya, thats right leee, i never thought that, it would be the perfect replacement for terminator! and last i heard, paramount owned the rights, but who knows where it is now

woo hoo!
Spock
Spock - 1/29/2010, 12:42 PM
I could see this in Anime style, but how about a pic Jallanr?
jallanr
jallanr - 1/29/2010, 12:50 PM
your wish is my command, spock. I`ll get one up as soon as possible!

woo hoo!
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 1/29/2010, 8:48 PM
Talk about devotion for your character. We all want our characters brought to life in some form or another. However it's not just about the demand for the character, it's the popularity of the character. The higher the popularity, the higher the chances of getting an animated DVD movie or a big budget movie. I read one Deathlok comic when I was younger and had an Action figure of him but I really didn't know a single thing about the character. I'm sure your demand for him to be in some form of media besides comics will be granted. You and the others wishing this would probably have to wait a while for Disney and Marvel to reach that part of the Comic character barrel. Just a note, I'm sure Deathlok has a strong following but he's not one of the top tier characters of the Marvel universe, so his day in the spotlight will be in the future
LutherM
LutherM - 1/27/2011, 6:58 PM
The re-boot of Deathlok was good but too much like The Running Man. If there is to be a Deathlok movie or series, I agree with ComicCritic that he has to be as popular as the Punisher or Wolverine. Marvel is injecting the character again in a general kind of sense and hopefully this will help boost the character. Hopefully an animated version will come and it will be the original Luther Manning who is on his conquest to destroy Ryker and be the saviour machine. ^_^
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