MARVELS and Kingdom Come

I say just spend an assload of money and make both of these pronto.

For anyone who isn't in the "know", both MARVELS and Kingdom Come were by Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek I beleive. MARVELS starts in the 30's or 40's and follows the MARVEL universe and it's plethora of superbeings until the 60's or so. It's WWII era feel and classic comic look is enough to warrent this film being made. The main thing is that the audience wouldn't have to know the entire history of MARVEL comics to "get" the movie, the narrator of the story tells it from a spectator's view anyway.

Kingdom Come is on the other end of the spectrum both narrative and literal. It is set in the future of DC Comics in which all the heros of old have retired from the public eye and left the world to the newer, more irresponsible heros of the modern era. Once these "heros" destroy all of Kansas and some of it's surrounding states with a nuclear holocaust, Superman comes out of hiding and tries to turn these newer heros into the protectors they should be. All of the Justice League is reunited and factions emerge between the heros resulting in an all out war of superbeings. The story is chained together by a narrator like in MARVELS, named Norman McCay.

The only issue that I used to have with the ability to make this movie was cost..... about 3 years ago. Now, it can be done with programs like MASSIVE that was used to make the opening battle in Lord of the Rings. It can be done if there are talented people attached to the projects. Intrest is a non-issue. Can you hoestly tell me that people would not be interested in a story that has Spider-man, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, and the X-Men in it? Or how about a story where Wonder Woman, Superman, and the Flash battle it out with Batman, Captain Marvel, and Lex Luthor.

but, it'll never happen.... sad I am.

Well Dan, that argument could be said for anything.

Really though, as far as Kingdom Come is concerned, I would really like to see it live action. (feasable or not) Half the joy from reading both these comics is the Rockellian realism and not the drawn look like most comics.

Of course, I'll retract my statement that these should be movies the moment that the attach Micheal Bay and Joel Shumacher to these properties. And you know they would....

The whole point in making the movie were you to make it, would to give the watcher some credit by not going into backstory. If someone goes into X2 expecting to see backstory onall the characters, they should realise they are shit outta luck. Think of kingdom Come as a sequel to everything. People know there are other movies that depict the backstory and so they shouldn't expect anything like that.

And as for too many characters, 90% of all the characters in Kingdom Come didn't have lines. And of the 10% that did have lines, only half are highley recognizable. The story is relativly told through 5 to 7 people. And whatever backstory that needs to be told can easily be added by having it told to Norman McCay.

People are starvng for a serious superhero movie. They haven't been given that. And if Kingdom Come was made with the story and all its baggage intact, it might just add some cred to the genre.

Sure they are, tell me the name of one person who didn't think Batman and Robin was the ultimate shit. Not only because the script was awful, but because everything was made with a certain selfaware silliness that is the kiss of death to enjoying action. Although I will admit, even if it had been played with the straightness of Shakespeare, it would've never saved it.

Bringing real drama to a genre which has had so little of it would be a real treat to see. I guess I'm the only who loved Unbreakable for that though.