RE: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-16 Thread James Smith
> If you could see any Comic book character brought to the > screen who would it be? Personally I would like to see "Watchmen" made as since it was dropped by the studio as a going concern at the end of last week it has lost me a ton of cash on HSX!!! For those who don't know HSX is the Hollywoo

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> If you could see any Comic book character brought to the > screen who would it be? Bonus: Who'd play him or her, and > who would the arch villain be.. Deadpool ... Unfortunately since no actor I've seen would be able to do the character justice, the only answer for who to play Wade would be Tom

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread John Dowdell
SStewart wrote: > Villain: Either Count Zemo or the Red Skull Baron Zemo was strange, but Red Skull, he was interesting. 8) I'd want to see Cerebus myself, particularly if they cast someone appropriate in the lead role ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus_the_Aardvark jd -- John D

Re: SPAM-LOW: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Eric Carlisle
Bizarro Superman! As long as we're continuing the Superman movies, I'd like to see a creative account of Bizarro Superman and Bizarro World. I think today's CGI could paint a really cool picture of it. SStewart wrote: >If you could see any Comic book character brought to the screen who would i

RE: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: SStewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies > > If you could see any Comic book character brought to the screen who would > i

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Kevin Graeme
Yeah, I'm inevitably dissapointed in live action versions of comics. (I'm looking at you Punisher and you Judge Dredd.) I really wish that animation was a serious adult film format here. That's probably why I just watch anime. -Kevin On 6/15/05, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, I a

Spawn, was Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Raymond Camden
Hey - Spawn question. I read about 20 issues of Spawn when it came out. I thought it was rather good - but I never got around to finishing it. Can someone spoil it for me? All I remember is: His old boss helped kill him and married his wife. Spawn had a "power meter" - and I think he needed to get

RE: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread SStewart
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:07 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies Importance: Low Hmm, I always like the early Spawn storyline, but the movie treatment it got was horrible. Maybe a second go-around? Regardless, I

RE: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread SStewart
e 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 -Original Message- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:04 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies Importance: Low Scott...you know t

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Jim Campbell
Hmm, I always like the early Spawn storyline, but the movie treatment it got was horrible. Maybe a second go-around? Regardless, I'd vote for an adaptation of Gaiman's Sandman. - Jim SStewart wrote: >If you could see any Comic book character brought to the screen who would it >be? >Bonus: Wh

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Charlie Griefer
Scott...you know there was a live action Cap movie, right? :) http://imdb.com/title/tt0103923/ Cap was played by Matt Salinger (son of 'Catcher in the Rye' author JD Salinger). The trivia about Matt's lineage may be the most interesting thing about the film :) On 6/15/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread SStewart
From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 09:57 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies Importance: Low I would love to see Dangermouse light up the big screen. SStewart wrote: > If you could see any Comic book char

Re: Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread Ray Champagne
I would love to see Dangermouse light up the big screen. SStewart wrote: > If you could see any Comic book character brought to the screen who would it > be? > Bonus: Who'd play him or her, and who would the arch villain be.. > > Mine would be Captain America, only if the majority of the movie d

Since we're talking about Comic Book Movies

2005-06-15 Thread SStewart
If you could see any Comic book character brought to the screen who would it be? Bonus: Who'd play him or her, and who would the arch villain be.. Mine would be Captain America, only if the majority of the movie dealt with his origin and his activities during World War II. Cast: Cap/Steve Rodger

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> actually i liked Daredevil. Might have been because I had > low expectations > going into it (had heard it sucked, and I don't really > care much for Ben > Affleck)...but I wasn't terribly disappointed. It > certainly wasn't a > Spider-Man or X-Men...but there were enough aspects of it > that I l

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Blinked too slow actually... Closed his eyes on the thursday before release and kept them closed for 2 weeks. :P > It was in theatres and is a sort of sequel to Daredevil > which was a crappy movie. You just blinked too fast :) > --- On Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:50 PM, Charlie Griefer > scribe

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Raymond Camden
This isn't the only movie to come out fast - didn't Flight of the Phoenix get released like 3 months ago and it is already on DVD? On Apr 6, 2005 1:58 PM, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It came out. But its not worth seeing. It was quite bad, > > but not bad > > enough for cult sta

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> It came out. But its not worth seeing. It was quite bad, > but not bad > enough for cult status. > larry I don't know about "bad enough" per se... it's a different kind of bad... it's bad in a thoroughly unentertaining way, unlike Rocky Horror which is bad, but there's humor there... Elektra wa

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread David Churvis
; Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: comic book movies... elektra > actually i liked Daredevil. Might have been because I had low expectations > going into it (had heard it sucked, and I don't really care much for Ben > Affleck)...but I wasn't terribly di

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread David Churvis
From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: comic book movies... elektra > Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. > > I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I > honestl

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Howie Hamlin
I think PsyOps is sending boxed sets of Catwoman and Electra to Abu Gharib... --- On Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:01 PM, Charlie Griefer scribed: --- > > Was thinking about picking up Elektra more for the wife. She's a > pretty big > Jennifer Garner fan. And to put things in perspective, she enjoy

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Got to run, have a doctor's appointment. Talk with you tomorrow. larry On Apr 6, 2005 1:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It came out. But its not worth seeing. It was quite bad, but not bad > enough for cult status. > > larry > > On Apr 6, 2005 1:50 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Larry C. Lyons
sorry about that. I put in the wrong email address. alrry On Apr 6, 2005 2:02 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got to run, have a doctor's appointment. Talk with you tomorrow. > > larry > > On Apr 6, 2005 1:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It came out. But its

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Charlie Griefer
actually i liked Daredevil. Might have been because I had low expectations going into it (had heard it sucked, and I don't really care much for Ben Affleck)...but I wasn't terribly disappointed. It certainly wasn't a Spider-Man or X-Men...but there were enough aspects of it that I liked that I

RE: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Ian Skinner
ie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:50 AM To: CF-Community ....Subject: comic book movies... elektra Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I honestly don't recall

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Kevin Graeme
It was in theaters in January. It grossed a total of $20 Million at the boxoffice. -Kevin On Apr 6, 2005 12:50 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. > > I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I > honestly don't recall ever

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Howie Hamlin
It was in theatres and is a sort of sequel to Daredevil which was a crappy movie. You just blinked too fast :) --- On Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:50 PM, Charlie Griefer scribed: --- > > Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. > > I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I >

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Larry C. Lyons
It came out. But its not worth seeing. It was quite bad, but not bad enough for cult status. larry On Apr 6, 2005 1:50 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. > > I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I > honestly don't rec

Re: comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Charlie Griefer wrote: > Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. It sucks. (Except for Jennifer of course.) Jochem ~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://

comic book movies... elektra

2005-04-06 Thread Charlie Griefer
Elektra came out on DVD yesterday. I remember hearing it was supposed to be released in theaters, but I honestly don't recall ever seeing it advertised as having been released. Did this turn out to be a direct-to-video flick or did I just blink and miss the theatrical release? Just curious...

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-02-01 Thread Kevin Graeme
Wonder which kind of cow pie is his favorite. I've only had this kind: http://www.wisconsinmade.com/wiscmade/product.asp?dept_id=25&pf_id=2110 -Kevin On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:48:19 -0500, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > whose favorite food is cow pie. The only time publication varied

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-02-01 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:52:09 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > By my count F4 is fifth or sixth longest running title at the very > highest... According to the Guiness Book of World Records (2004 Edition): "Longest Running Comic Book": The Dandy comic h

RE: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:46 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comic Book Movies > > Hellblazer started off with a minor character in Swamp Thing that > basically > was teachin

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Hellblazer started off with a minor character in Swamp Thing that basically was teaching him about himself/conning him across the country. It was later when the character's appeal was seen and was loaded into it's own series. Best idea that DC had. Launched the Vertigo line. >> On >> the other

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
We don't have a DVD player so we watched the video. Nice enough, but not great. Lots of suspension of disbelief (other then hellboy himself) and it kind of flagged off at the end. So a demon god did get through in Rasputin but was easily killed by some grenades? Threaten something on 'the other

RE: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comic Book Movies > > Check out the other disks included in the Hellboy package - they > inlcude the full lengh Dracula

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Check out the other disks included in the Hellboy package - they inlcude the full lengh Dracula and Frankenstein movies. As well as the Gerald Mcboing-boing cartoons. That is a really nice set of extras. larry On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:11:11 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We

RE: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Rob Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:29 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comic Book Movies > > Batman pretty much remains the gold standard. Not only was Nicholson a I'm not really sure the

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Rob Munn
Batman pretty much remains the gold standard. Not only was Nicholson a genius, Michael Keaton was widely acclaimed in Hollywood for producing the kind of brooding, haunted Bruce Wayne/Batman character that the movie needed and deserved. Overall I think the same rules apply to comics turned movies a

RE: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comic Book Movies > > We're actually about to watch hellboy. We don't expect it to be perfect. Well - not

RE: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comic Book Movies > > As for Aquaman, if Peter did it then it would work The man can take mud > and > make it

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Michael Dinowitz
unofficially) going on. As for Aquaman, if Peter did it then it would work The man can take mud and make it work (and probably has). > 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 > act

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread David Churvis
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 actio

Re: Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Michael Dinowitz
We're actually about to watch hellboy. We don't expect it to be perfect. On the other hand, as a major Hellblazer fan from day -20, I can say with strong authority that the movie not only sucks, but is one of those sucky classics that people will go to see just because it has keanu (whooh, I kno

Comic Book Movies

2005-01-29 Thread Jim Davis
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