Comments on: Debate of the Day: Where Do Superhero Movies Go From Here?

By: Shiki

Shiki — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:19:42 +0000

I’m a big manga and anime fan, and I can’t wait for the day when big studios are going to take over those stories. The Japanease have tried wit Death Note and Gantz, but i think they need a far greater budget for them to big worldwide succesfull. I hope they make some good Bleach and Naruto movies or One Piece, and I’m still hoping for a decent (just decent, don’t want to put my bar too high) DBZ movie. But someday they are going to run out of the traditional (american) comics and they are going to turn to manga, well that’s what i hope.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:33:03 +0000

Need to expose the movie going public to some less traditional interpretations of the super hero story rather than variations of the same basic premise.

Make a movie of “A God Somewhere”.

By: Wolftech

Wolftech — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:41:50 +0000

@Rakuall – More than likely what would happen is there would be the awesome trilogy, then the last 30 minutes of the last movie would be the same artsy acid trip 10 minutes repeating 3 times with a different color filter. There would be a huge outcry and the studio would release an extended edition which would add a text explanation of the ending.

Then the studio gets burnt down in the great Nerd riots of 2016.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:34:57 +0000

Avengers came out here in Korea, and it was fucking amazing. The Dark Knight Rises has a bar to reach to be as amazing (which it will hit). Be prepared for comedy, action, and prefect pacing!

By: McTimm

McTimm — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:31:25 +0000

Man, I just want to see a Samurai Jack movie get made.

By: Reynaldo K. Cruz

Reynaldo K. Cruz — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:11:42 +0000

I’d like to see comic book properties shift to HBO, AMC, or other high quality cable networks. They need more room to breathe.

By: Diarmuid212

Diarmuid212 — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:07:18 +0000

The comic book well isn’t even close to dry. Maybe adapting the mainstream superheroes is getting a little shallow, but they can go so many directions, with so many story lines its insane.

Though personally I can see tv shows and series starting to tap more into this resource because of the ease of the transition and the constant story lines they can pull from…just like Walking Dead.

By: Rakuall

Rakuall — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:27:01 +0000

@ banko
“And what’s to say Mass Effect can’t be the new Star Wars.”

You take that back! As someone who has played Mass Effect (and 2 and 3) I can tell you that about three quarters of the audience will like half the movie or less. The games are too open to have a single story, and whatever they do will have millions of people saying “but that’s not what Shepard did….” Mass Effect is great, at least Star Wars equal, but a movie based on the games is a horrific idea. That said, I’d love a block buster about other events in the ME-verse.

By: darby

darby — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:12:28 +0000

I do cringe every time a Daredevil or Green Lantern gets made, but I think it’s worth it for every Dark Knight and Iron Man that manages to get the superhero movie right.

just have some patience and hope they don’t ruin your favorite character

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:58:28 +0000

I hated Avatar. For all the CGI and such, it was the same old crap. And X-3 and Origins…. I want to rend the director of Origins. We need more good, strong female characters and leads who aren’t all sexed up or CGI. Give me a damn good book series where you have a strong female or even mixed gender leads. As dorky as this sounds, the Tamora Pierce Quartets starting with the Song of the Lioness would make a very good series. It’s not fan service, and they are very compelling. Also, each quartet leads into the next series. But, I’m dorky and a book worm. How ever, we need more than the same old they have been doling out.