POLL: Who's making the better Comic Book Movies?

POLL: Who's making the better Comic Book Movies?

We've entered into the golden age of comic book movies, and now its time to tell Hollywood who's doing it best. Take our poll and comment on the topic...

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By ComicBookMovie - May 13, 2009 11:05 AM EST
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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/13/2009, 11:23 AM
i assume this means which comic companys characters are being adapted into the best movies..and nothing to do with studios and all that crap? In that case it has to be DC. Sure Marvel have more, but Dc are of a higher quality imo.
adamant877
adamant877 - 5/13/2009, 11:45 AM
I agree with you Ror, DC puts out higher quality, while (for the longest time) Marvel was just overproducing as much as they possibly could. I have a feeling things MAY shift with Marvel having it's own production company, but then again, that could all change when Green Lantern comes out... If it's done right.
For now... DC.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 11:49 AM
WHO'S MAKING THE BETTER COMIC BOOK MOVIES???

Your joking right???

DC/WARNER BROTHERS IS!! NO CONTEST!!! : D
TheUnknown
TheUnknown - 5/13/2009, 11:49 AM
Yeah, I think DC has a lot of great animated films. Marvel just has a lot of films. But, DC films are, in my opinion, the best.
vanillabear
vanillabear - 5/13/2009, 11:50 AM
dc cmon dark knight woo!!! lol
cbsmitty2
cbsmitty2 - 5/13/2009, 11:55 AM
Marvel no doubt with ironman, the incredible hulk, and the upcoming movies ironman 2, the 1st avenger captain america, the avengers and possible sequels of each of em ............Robert Downey Jr is bringing marvel back.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/13/2009, 12:04 PM
Well, you could argue about which is most faithful to the source or not but it doesnt mean its the best movie. X2 took far more liberties than say Iron man but i still think its an all round better movie. Thats why i say DC, Watchmen and TDK are the standard bearers i think. People name check Iron man and The Incredible Hulk as examples of how to make a comic book movie the right way but as entertaining as they are they are about as deep as puddle! Depends what you want from a movie of course, but for me a really great movie needs more than smash bang wallop HULK SMASH to be considered truly great..like TDK and Watchmen
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 12:06 PM
Yep WATCHMEN & TDK have raised that BAR for comic book movies!!! ; )

MARVEL CAMP sucks Ultimate ballz!!! : D
adamant877
adamant877 - 5/13/2009, 12:07 PM
cbsmitty2: At this point only one of those movies has been made, so you're speaking speculatively. And as much as I am a Marvel comics fan, the majority of the GOOD movies have been DC.
SHHH
SHHH - 5/13/2009, 12:17 PM
u need to have this vote 5 years from now
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 12:17 PM
All that says @ ComicBookMovie @ is that lot voting for MARVEL have no idea how to register to write a comment, says it all really lmao! : D

Adamant877 @ I'm more a MARVEL fan too, but yeah DC has it all the way!!!
Stfargher
Stfargher - 5/13/2009, 12:19 PM
honestly, i'm a huge marvel fan, love the characters. but DC just seems to pop out better quality movies.


Spock
Spock - 5/13/2009, 12:23 PM
I voted for Marvel but also like DC. But again DC has just as many movies & cartoons as Marvel. You can name all the cartoons. Justice League series done @ least 3 times over the past 40 +yrs By DC. Marvel Spidey Friends, but just recently in the 90's Marvel got better with the X-Men, Silver Surfer that got good ratings, but Marvel ran out of $ to produce more. Even the revamped SpiderMan, which is the best verison to date.

Beside for quality I will have to say Marvel. Marvel is lining up there characters pretty good. This is without a doubt a good business strategy, DC take note.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/13/2009, 12:24 PM
Well, from a purely comic purists view, then your right CBM, Marvel have been more faithful to the comics. Hell i love most comic book movies anyway! I even like the first Hulk and i really liked Daredevil. The only ones i felt had absolutely no redeeming features were Punisher Warzone and FF1..at least 2 had Surfer!
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 12:25 PM
I'm with CBM on this one. Taking an optimistic approach, other than Batman(89),Superman returns, TDK, Batman Begins and Watchmen, DC has Jack. While Marvel has Spider-man 1 & 2, Incredible Hulk, Ironman, Blade 1 & 2, Punisher (tommy's version), Daredevil (i liked it) and all x-men movies which were all decent. So even though DC has produced "stellar" material, Marvel have been more consistent in bringing us decent quality more often. I vote Marvel even though i've always been more of a DC comic fan. Green Lantern is THE movie that might switch it for me.

Roar- You forgot GhostRider, other than cool effects, that movie was as appealing as a turd on a stick. Can't wait for the sequel though LOL
dizzle716
dizzle716 - 5/13/2009, 12:34 PM
I agree. Thoughts may change in a few years, especially since Marvel has there own studio now.
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 5/13/2009, 12:44 PM
im marvel but i cast my vote for DC with both batmans, Watchmen and V for Vendetta? was that from DC ? anyway all Marvel has is IronMan and The Hulk so that would be 3 to 2 and that latest Batman was just that Awesome and i dont even read DC comics..
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 12:47 PM
Touche on V, that was a good one... i believe it was Vertigo/DC that made it. I could be wrong. But then again, they also had "I Am Legend" which was a total piece of shit IMO.
SoulAllFlush
SoulAllFlush - 5/13/2009, 12:51 PM
DC have a better good film ratio
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 12:56 PM
Just say "film-ratio" 20 times super fast... :P

I'm a masturdebater!
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 5/13/2009, 12:56 PM
i posted that not reading other comments, and thinking back to the past 2 or 3 years, obviously marvel has alot more movies. i still stand strong that DC 2 top movies is better then marvels 2 top movies
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 12:56 PM
I AM LEGEND isn't a DC movie???

That and more @ SoulAllFlush @ ; )
BLACKWINGS17
BLACKWINGS17 - 5/13/2009, 12:56 PM
When we say "Marvel" that does not include you Fox! You would be the "Other" guy screwing everything up.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 12:59 PM
MARVEL means all of 'em @ BLACKWINGS @ ... Its not like MARVEL don't have a say in ALL their characters, because they do!!
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 12:59 PM
LEEE777- I Am Legend is like V, also a Vertigo/DC comic. Hense why there was the whole "Superman vs Batman" debacle about the billboard they put up in the movie. Constantine is another one if you weren't aware :)
Betty
Betty - 5/13/2009, 1:02 PM
could someone make a list please. I dont feel like thinking about it.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 1:06 PM
And the way i see it, is that DC is giving me what "could" happen while Marvel is giving me what i want to see. Both are great but Marvel is just going the extra mile in regards to pleasing the fans and not the masses. Which explains why my hopes on Green Lantern are so incredibly high. GL could very well break the DC mold and kick it into high gear like Marvel are doing.

Betty- Honestly i wanted too... but a few brain farts into it and... i just stopped man... I JUST STOPPED!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 1:09 PM
I am Legend is a Vertigo movie???? Are you sure man? Really??

Yeah i know V is lol, an i reckon its great news about HUMAN TARGET becoming a new tv series!!! (Another Vertigo comic).

BETTY @ ; ) Go to SUPERHEROES LIVES!!! Google it! Got everything bud, cool site too! ; )
Betty
Betty - 5/13/2009, 1:12 PM
ok, I make list:

DC:

Batman 1966 20th Century Fox Related to the 1960s Batman TV series.
Superman 1978 Warner Bros. Pictures
Superman II 1980 Warner Bros. Pictures
Swamp Thing 1982 Embassy Pictures
Superman III 1983 Warner Bros. Pictures
Supergirl 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 Golan-Globus / Cannon Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
The Return of Swamp Thing 1989 Millimiter Films
Batman 1989 Warner Bros. Won Oscar
Batman Returns 1992 Warner Bros.
Batman Forever 1995 Warner Bros.
Steel 1997 Warner Bros.
Batman & Robin 1997 Warner Bros.
Catwoman 2004 Warner Bros.
Batman Begins 2005 Warner / Legendary Pictures New DC Comics logo used; reboot
Superman Returns 2006 Warner / Legendary Pictures New DC Comics logo used.
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006 Warner Bros. Re-edit; direct-to-video.
The Dark Knight 2008 Warner / Legendary Pictures New DC Comics logo used; won 2 Oscars
The Spirit 2008 Lions Gate Entertainment Actually published by DC.
Watchmen 2009 Warner / Legendary Pictures New DC Comics logo used. Without credit for its creator.
Forthcoming
Jonah Hex 2010 Warner / Legendary Pictures Currently filming.
Announced
Green Lantern 2010 Warner Brothers In Pre-production.
Untitled next Batman movie 2011 Warner / Legendary Pictures In development since 2008.
Untitled Superman reboot

Marvel:

Howard the Duck 1986 Universal Studios
The Punisher 1989 New World Pictures
Captain America 1990 21st Century Film Corporation Direct-to-video.
The Fantastic Four 1994 New Horizons Unreleased.
Blade 1998 New Line Cinema / Marvel Studios
X-Men 2000 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Blade II 2002 New Line Cinema / Marvel Studios
Spider-Man Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios
Daredevil 2003 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
X2: X-Men United 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Hulk Universal Studios / Marvel Studios
The Punisher 2004 Lions Gate Entertainment / Marvel Studios Distributed by Columbia Pictures outside the US
Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios
Blade: Trinity New Line Cinema / Marvel Studios
Elektra 2005 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Man-Thing Lions Gate Entertainment TV movie / direct-to-video
Fantastic Four 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Ghost Rider 2007 Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios
Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Iron Man 2008 Marvel Studios Distributed by Paramount Pictures
The Incredible Hulk Marvel Studios Distributed by Universal Studios
Punisher: War Zone Lions Gate Entertainment / Marvel Studios
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios
Forthcoming
Iron Man II 2010 Marvel Studios Production.
Announced
Spider-Man 4 2011 Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios
The First Avenger: Captain America Marvel Studios
Thor Marvel Studios
The Avengers 2012 Marvel Studios

I left a few off. I started with the ones i felt were pertinent. Got these off of wiki if anyone is curious.
MetalHead
MetalHead - 5/13/2009, 1:15 PM
Here's what most annoys me about the Marvel/DC debate: everyone uses the current Batman series as the comic films that should be the definitive comic-to-movie adaptations. They are most often referred to as being accurate to the comics. Problem: they are NOT! The whole Ra's Al Ghul stuff was inaccurate, there were several made-up characters and there were several other things that didn't stay true to the comics as well (the Tumbler???... and wasn't Batman blue & grey in the comics???). And that's assuming that Rachel Dawes doesn't become Catwoman...

Not to say that they weren't awesome movies, cause they definitely were, but to call them the best depends on the criteria and if your criteria involves how accurate a movie was or wasn't to the comics then these don't get A+++'s.

And a great point was the one made by CBM, which I have also thought all along-- this current Batman cannot fight super-powered villians. Hell, he almost got whooped by the Joker and a couple dogs! Again, I loved the movie, but if you're saying that DC gets your vote because it was accurate to the comics then you may want to do your homework.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 1:16 PM
Geez BETTY @ :thumbs

METALHEAD @ DC has and is more Quality!!! (Also on more than just Live movies too, while your at it).
Betty
Betty - 5/13/2009, 1:16 PM
I choose other because i based my choice on the count of which ones i basically enjoyed and it came up equal, 12 and 12.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 1:20 PM
Well from your list, not counting the ones who are in development, it's 12 to 6 in Marvel's favor IMHO.
MetalHead
MetalHead - 5/13/2009, 1:22 PM
Betty,
Good thing Marvel put out "Howard the Duck," otherwise they would've lost your vote 11-12.
BLACKWINGS17
BLACKWINGS17 - 5/13/2009, 1:23 PM
LEEE777 - There is a big difference in something that you have total control over and something that you only have partial control over. Marvel has total control over "Iron Man" and "Incredible Hulk" but only partial control over "X-Men" - and it showed. Allowing Marvel to give their 2 cents worth in a board meeting is not giving them control.

Compare it to a basketball team that doesn't own their own arena - who has more control? The team, or the people who own an arena and are just allowing the team to use it? Yes, Marvel has the characters - but Fox can just as easily find other franchises to make money off of. Its not like Marvel can pull out anytime they want too.

Hate to beat a dead corpse - but Marvel would never have done to Deadpool what Fox has done, because Marvel would of known without a doubt that fans would of burned the theaters to the ground after that debacle.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/13/2009, 1:24 PM
LOL :P Dude, the bad guy in Howard the Duck totally freaked me out as a kid!!! Imagine what it feels like to see him as Stuart Little's favorite Uncle LOL :P
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/13/2009, 1:25 PM
BLACKWING @ MARVEL has to approve everything!!!

An anyway that's MARVELS own fault! Its all money baby! ; D
TalkingCorpse
TalkingCorpse - 5/13/2009, 1:26 PM
I can not wait till everybody stops praising dark night,dont get me wrong good movie but it has received way to much [frick]ing praise.Im sick of it and well quite frankly burnt out on batman all together.
MetalHead
MetalHead - 5/13/2009, 1:26 PM
Where's that kid who posts entire scripts of his re-writes of comic movies in the comments sections? Here would be a good place for one.
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