I loved Hellboy personally. I thought it was an entertaining piece of fluff and I wouldn't mind seeing it again when it appears on HBO.
I think that comic book movies are good when made by someone who ENJOYS COMIC BOOKS. Someone who doesn't is going to turn it into a flat-out action film and destroy the original material. I personally would like to see an Identity Crisis movie - that would be awesome. And an Aquaman movie... that would be pretty boring. Unless it were a comedy where all the other superheroes were constantly playing pranks on him and making fun of him :D Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:34 PM Subject: Comic Book Movies > Just sitting here watching "Hellboy" (which, despite some giant plot holes, > I thought was really excellent and true to the source material) and > wondering why more movies can't get it right (or at least closer). > > I was so looking forward to "Constantine" but am gearing up for > disappointment from the previews I've seen. I was so looking forward to it > as well. It also looks like the chances for "Fantastic Four" to work are > pretty damn small. > > So all told I'm torn: do I want my favorite stories to be made into movies? > For every "The Mask", "Batman", "Spiderman" or "Road to Perdition" it seems > like there's five "Daredevils", "Judge Dredds", "The Punishers" or "Batman > and Robins". > > But still - assuming that you like to play the odds with beloved characters > - what material do you think would make a good movie but is being passed up? > > I remember reading 15 years ago about Paul Chadwick's efforts to get a > "Concrete" movie made - I still think it would make an excellent film (if > done right, of course). The character would demand a quieter, more > introspective film but I still think it would be great. > > The Vertigo run of "Shade the Changing Man" if done by somebody like Tim > Burton, could make for an excellently twisted film. > > An "Aquaman" (or, for that matter a "Wonder Woman") story taken from the > Peter David runs would make for a great story and hopefully shatter the > "Hall of the Justice Friends" Aquaman persona. > > I would love to a see series based on Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" - but I doubt > a single film could do it justice. > > I also think "Bone" is screaming for a series (and Cartoon Network has been > on fire lately). > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145371 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
