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post #1 of 65
Thread Starter 
I'll start... Ray Liotta as the Punisher.


Your turn.
post #2 of 65
Chris Meloni as The Punisher.

And if anyone starts listing off Buffy cast members, I'm gonna Flame On.
post #3 of 65
Nicolas Brendon - Green Lantern.

Although that's DC..........



Anyway:

Fantastic Four Cast:

Reed Richards - Ray Liotta
Sue Storm - Naomi Watts
Johnny Storm - Nick Stahl
Ben Grimm - John C. Reilly
post #4 of 65
Blech. If film adaptations of comic books have taught us anything, it's that you should cast relative unknowns in the roles. Not Naomi Watts or Ray Liotta.
post #5 of 65
Viggo Mortenson=Kraven the Hunter
Jake Gyllenhaal=Spiderman's Clone
Christopher Walken=Galactus
post #6 of 65
Jake Gyllenhaal should have been cast as Spider-Man. He was closer to Spider-Man's age, had a more appropriate (stronger) voice, AND he cost much less. I mean, I think Toby Maguire does an okay job, but just because he has a similar look (to Spider-Man) doesn't mean he's right. I also think Kirsten Dunst was a very poor choice for Mary Jane. I like her, but for Mary Jane she's just not right.
post #7 of 65
Dolph Lundgren = Cyclops
post #8 of 65
Morgan Freeman IS MODOK
post #9 of 65
Kirby Morrow as Cyclops

Why? Because #1, he played him in the Evolution cartoon, and #2, anyone's better than Jimmy Marsden.


(PS, he was in the movie "Bones"-this is him goofing around behind the scenes.)
post #10 of 65
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Originally posted by Ben Moore
Jake Gyllenhaal should have been cast as Spider-Man. He was closer to Spider-Man's age, had a more appropriate (stronger) voice, AND he cost much less. I mean, I think Toby Maguire does an okay job, but just because he has a similar look (to Spider-Man) doesn't mean he's right. I also think Kirsten Dunst was a very poor choice for Mary Jane. I like her, but for Mary Jane she's just not right.
Totally agree with the Kirsten Dunst choice.

Originally it was supposed to go to Alicia Witt I thought I had heard. I could say that she could have done a better job, but really a wet noodle could have done a better job.
Just for anyone who doesn't know who she is
post #11 of 65
Jake Gyllenhal as Shinji Ikari...now THAT would be great.
post #12 of 65
I feel the same way Queen. Just look at Jackman as Wolverine. If it were up to the fans, we'd have nothing but a bunch of look-a-like celebrities starring in comic book movies because fans are limited in their casting decisions and vote for the obvious candidates. In some cases (like Snipes) recognizable actors work, but most of the time they don't and they feel like caricatures of the characters they're playing.
post #13 of 65
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Originally posted by The Elite Fetus
In some cases (like Snipes) recognizable actors work, but most of the time they don't and they feel like caricatures of the characters they're playing.
I seem to remember qite a bit WTFing coming from the comic book crowd when the first Blade came out, seeing as how Blade is white in the comics (he and Whistler even made and apperence in the 90's Spidey cartoon.)

Not saying Snipes didn't make an awesome Blade, just even when a recognizable star is used it's also met with quite a bit "the hell?" type reaction.
post #14 of 65
You are greatly, GREATLY confused, sir. Blade has always been black and always will be black. Forever. Maybe you're confusing Blade with Kingpin?
post #15 of 65
Thread Starter 
Lou Diamond Phillips should play... someone...
post #16 of 65
Wonder Woman.

EDIT: Oh, and as long as they look like the character and definetly have the acting chops, they're fine by me.
post #17 of 65
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Originally posted by fabfunk
Lou Diamond Phillips should play... someone...
Thunderbird. Then kill him off in the opening scene of X3.
post #18 of 65
Aaron Eckhart as Captain America
post #19 of 65
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Originally posted by Ben Moore
You are greatly, GREATLY confused, sir. Blade has always been black and always will be black. Forever. Maybe you're confusing Blade with Kingpin?
You really should go read the old Blade comics again.
post #20 of 65

"no name" vs. "established" actors

I wholeheartedly agree that unknown actors should be sought out rather than headliners. I'll never forget watching Tim Burton's Batman and thinking "There's Jack as the Joker again...". I was completely unable to get into the film thanks to that poor (imo) casting choice.

Granted, Nicholsen looked like the Joker, which is important, but the stardom overshadowed and lessened the character, and for me, the film.

Kinda like the shitty looking Green Goblin suit in Spiderman, but that's a rant for another day...
post #21 of 65
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Originally posted by g-dude
You really should go read the old Blade comics again.
The only contact I had with Blade was during that "Midnight Sons" storyline back in the early 90's, but he was definitely black at that point. Have to agree with Ben on this one.
post #22 of 65
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Originally posted by scudd
The only contact I had with Blade was during that "Midnight Sons" storyline back in the early 90's, but he was definitely black at that point. Have to agree with Ben on this one.
Blade first appeared in the late 70s/early 80s, and he was white. He wasn't a very popular character at the time, a little too "Punisher with vampires", so after a brief hiatus the character was brought back as black.

Also, the Spider-Man cartoon in the early 90s reflects Blade before his skin change. Check it out sometime.
post #23 of 65
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Originally posted by g-dude
Blade first appeared in the late 70s/early 80s, and he was white. He wasn't a very popular character at the time, a little too "Punisher with vampires", so after a brief hiatus the character was brought back as black.

Also, the Spider-Man cartoon in the early 90s reflects Blade before his skin change. Check it out sometime.
well, I will be guessing that the movie producers and Marvel were licensing the more recent, more popular version of Blade.

would only make sense to me.
post #24 of 65
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Originally posted by g-dude
Blade first appeared in the late 70s/early 80s, and he was white. He wasn't a very popular character at the time, a little too "Punisher with vampires", so after a brief hiatus the character was brought back as black.

Also, the Spider-Man cartoon in the early 90s reflects Blade before his skin change. Check it out sometime.
Cool. I didn't know that. "Midnight Sons" was crap, anyway.
post #25 of 65
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by Rath/Brendan
Aaron Eckhart as Captain America
eh, any other suggestions? I wish we could get the young Robert Redford for this.
post #26 of 65
David Boreneaz as Captain America?

I am stumped.
post #27 of 65
Michael Wincott=Dr. Doom
Brad Garrett=Ben Grimm/voice of the Thing

Recast:

Matt Damon=Daredevil
Eva Mendes OR Monica Bellucci=Elektra
post #28 of 65
Looks black to me.

He actually first appeared in the early seventies and was introduced as a kind of "blaxploitation" character (like that of the blaxploitation movies at the time). In fact, before he was a vampire hunter he was a private detective...kind of like Shaft.
post #29 of 65
P.S. Blade was black in the Spider-Man cartoon as well. Check it out here.

It seems someone has fed you some "bad" information.
post #30 of 65
Thread Starter 
Billy Crudup as Dr. Strange and Ving Rhames as War Machine.

DMX as Luke Cage.
post #31 of 65

blade

blade is WHITE in the link you posted, ben.
Get glasses.
post #32 of 65
'Fraid not, pal, that is a black man. Get a new monitor.
post #33 of 65
THAT is a white man with his face half in shadows.
post #34 of 65
White Man. Black Man.

White Man. Black Man.

I'm sorry that you're wrong and all, but it's really not that big a deal. You'll get past this, I promise. Just stop pretending black people are white!
post #35 of 65

uhm no

that sir is a white man

how you say thats a black guy is beyond any rational.
post #36 of 65
Any rational...?

You do know that black people are not the color "black", right? They're more of a brownish color. All shades of brown in fact. Light, medium, dark. It just depends on the person.
post #37 of 65
Thread Starter 
worst arguement ever.
post #38 of 65
I'd have to agree with DaFunk..


He's CLEARLY Hispanic.

Clearly.
post #39 of 65
Guy Pearce - Daredevil.

That would've been perfect.
post #40 of 65
THe fantasy artist Boris Valieo (sp) as Magneto same build and same age as weird as it sounds
post #41 of 65
Blade was black. And didn't they even show his mother at one point during a flashback? And she was clearly black as well.
post #42 of 65
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ashxking2001
THe fantasy artist Boris Valieo (sp) as Magneto same build and same age as weird as it sounds
I say Rutger Hauer.
post #43 of 65
Nicholas Brendon as Peter Parker.
post #44 of 65
Seth Green as Bucky

Tom Selleck is Tony Stark/Iron Man
post #45 of 65
I always liked these picks.

Angela Basset-Storm
Aaron Eckert-Captain America
Guy Pearce-Daredevil
Brad Johnson-The Punisher
Alicia Witt-Mary Jane

Oh and since he was mentioned earlier as far as Green Latern goes Joaquin Phoenix.
post #46 of 65
Thread Starter 
Danzig IS Wolverine!
post #47 of 65
Thread Starter 
Am I the only one that wants to see David Cronenberg's DR. STRANGE with Billy Crudup?
post #48 of 65
Am I the only one who wants Chris Meloni as The Punisher?
post #49 of 65
No, he would've been better than that guy from "61*".
post #50 of 65
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Quote:
Originally posted by ekm
Am I the only one who wants Chris Meloni as The Punisher?

Right next to my bottle of dick creme!
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