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Goofy Marvel Characters Who'd Work In Movies With Revamping

post #1 of 44
12/22/04 at 3:58pm
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Marvel Comics is home to thousands and thousands of characters, but very few of these could make the jump to the big screen exactly as they are without beinig seen as goofy/cheesy. Which comic characters do you think could use the Blade treatment, being revamped and retooled (recooled?) to become awesome on celluloid?

I'll start with Electro. The guy's costume is pure cornball, but he essentially sports Force Lightning x3, plus other neat capabilities. If done properly, he could be a real badass in the movies.
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post #2 of 44
12/22/04 at 10:01pm
I'd like to see Electro as a 'Opening scene/first act' viliian for Spidey 3, played by Hank Azaria.
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post #3 of 44
12/23/04 at 4:28am
Paul Walker in SPEEDBALL: THE MOTION PICTURE
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post #4 of 44
12/23/04 at 4:34am
Silver Surfer.
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post #5 of 44
12/23/04 at 4:38am
Power Pack would kill as a kid's movie, if handled right.
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post #6 of 44
12/23/04 at 9:23am
is CLOAK.

is DAGGER.

CLOAK & DAGGER. SUMMER 2006.
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post #7 of 44
12/23/04 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Stormin
I'll start with Electro. The guy's costume is pure cornball, but he essentially sports Force Lightning x3, plus other neat capabilities. If done properly, he could be a real badass in the movies.
I suggest Shocker as the badguy in Spiderman 3! He looks like a walking cushion in his silly suit!


Also: I demand a sequel to Howard the Duck.God knows Lea Thompson could use some work.
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post #8 of 44
12/23/04 at 12:35pm
Paste Pot Pete. Only because I want to be able to say "One for Paste Pot Pete, please."
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post #9 of 44
12/23/04 at 12:47pm
Deadpool is a no-brainer. Ditch the spandex, give him a red and black motorcycle outfit a al Uma in Kill Bill, and you're done. Dazzler could easily be done with one of today's teen starlets. I'll second Cloak and Dagger, although you need someone a lot more damaged than that guy to play Cloak.
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post #10 of 44
12/23/04 at 1:09pm
Darkhawk.

Also, Cloak and Dagger should probably be a little younger than those two.
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post #11 of 44
12/26/04 at 6:56am
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Originally Posted by foywonder
Paul Walker in SPEEDBALL: THE MOTION PICTURE
I thought to myself, before coming in here, that I would put down Speedball as he was the most lame character I could think of in the Marvelverse. And yet, foywonder proved me right as he beat me to the punch with not only providing his nomination, but also one of the lamest actors out there as well... touche'!

Actually, I would kind of like to see a Power Pack movie. I doubt they could get away with calling the little girl Energizer these days. But come on, who wouldn't love to see a Beta Rey Bill CGI character bust ass on the silver screen? I know I would.
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post #12 of 44
1/28/05 at 11:25pm
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Originally Posted by tommy five-tone
is CLOAK.

is DAGGER.

CLOAK & DAGGER. SUMMER 2006.

I'd buy that for a dollar.
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post #13 of 44
1/29/05 at 10:53pm
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Originally Posted by Stormin
Not even David Goyer, the Wachowski brothers, and all of Weta Workshop's combined efforts could make Puck cool.
Now way man!

Cast Flea (from the RHCP), use some LOTR style trickery and keep that EXACT costume and Puck has the potential to become an all time great.

I'm talking Oscars, spin-offs, lunchboxes, etc. The skies the limit with him.
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post #14 of 44
1/30/05 at 6:28pm
The ultimate challenge:

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post #15 of 44
1/30/05 at 6:41pm
No contest.

Behold Woodgod!
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post #16 of 44
1/30/05 at 7:08pm
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
The ultimate challenge:
Don´t be dissin Modok, man! He´s my homie!
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post #17 of 44
1/30/05 at 7:41pm
How's about "Machine Man" directed by Chris Cunningham?
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post #18 of 44
1/30/05 at 7:46pm
There's no question that the villain in SPIDER-MAN 3 should be the world's most dangerous special effects expert:

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post #19 of 44
1/30/05 at 8:20pm
I wish they'd do a sleepwalker movie. Not a goofy character, but his rogue's gallery on the early issues was majorly goofy in a fun way that onlt puzzled Sleepwalker more. 8-Ball and his crew of billiard balls, the BookWorm, Cobweb. Man, I loved that series, I wish it was still going but it got axed in its early 30s. Bring Back Sleepwalker...I'm sure Bob Budiansky is free these days.
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post #20 of 44
1/31/05 at 11:41am
Hey Werbal, if you're gonna remote link that MODOK, you should drop Joel an email and let him know. Don't be suckin' up my homies' bandwidth!
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post #21 of 44
1/31/05 at 5:18pm
We might as well face it, any Marvel character pretty looks like a goofy bastard. I mean X-Men, imagine if we kept the concept with changing it. I mean spandex is the defacto outfit for most superheroes and we all know how good that looks. Keep in mind we all know Jubilee would be the best to adapt...Bright Yellow trench coat and sparklers shooting from her hands.
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post #22 of 44
1/31/05 at 5:24pm
Because Spider-Man looked totally awful?
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post #23 of 44
2/1/05 at 4:40am
The so have to make an Infinity Watch movie. Pip the troll is the Hank the Angry Dwarf of Marvel.
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post #24 of 44
2/3/05 at 4:39pm
Ant-Man(Hank Pym)
The Shroud
Nomad(90's incarnation with Bucky)
Killraven
Adam Warlock(would make a great tv series if you follow the actual origin from the Fantastic Four when he was simply called "Him".
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post #25 of 44
2/4/05 at 5:47am
A bit of latex, a bit of forced-perspective camera work and I give you DOMINIQUE PINON...



...in the role of MODOK!

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post #26 of 44
2/4/05 at 12:49pm
All I have to say is...Van Damm IS Batroc the Leaper.

And they should include him doing commercials for Hostess Fruit Pies.
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post #27 of 44
2/4/05 at 12:50pm
Personally, I always thought that Laurence Fishburne would make a great Luke Cage.
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post #28 of 44
2/4/05 at 12:56pm
Another one I thought of...Christopher Walken as The Ringmaster.

There's no villain so lame as one who loses their powers when you knock their hat off.
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post #29 of 44
2/5/05 at 3:50am
Moon Knight.
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post #30 of 44
2/5/05 at 3:16pm
I never found moon knight goofy. He'd really kick ass on film in the right hands. Give Alex Proyas Moon Kinght or Cloak and Dagger, shit, give him Doctor Strange, all three of those properties could be really cool, unique to what we've seen in superher movies to date.
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post #31 of 44
2/5/05 at 3:31pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutant X
Ant-Man(Hank Pym)
How the hell could Ant Man EVER work?
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post #32 of 44
2/5/05 at 4:06pm
You could do Ant Man like the incredible shrinking man/woman, where he just gets the powers and then a honey, I shrunk the kids adventure ensues, containing all sorts of cool battles with insects and birds, I don't know who the villain could be, maybe he's racing against time to stabilize the change before he becomes so small and can't reverse the size change. Damn, that actually sounds pretty cool to me.
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post #33 of 44
2/5/05 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by Hair-Metal Hero
I don't know who the villain could be
My vote goes to

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post #34 of 44
2/5/05 at 7:02pm
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Originally Posted by Hair-Metal Hero
shit, give him Doctor Strange,

Aw, hell, I REALLY hope they don't fuck up Dr. Strange. I hope it's strange and sexy. What I wouldn't give for a real artist to get their hands on this property and not another Steve Carr or Reginald Hudlin.

I'd request David Cronenberg, Adrian Lyne, Richard Stanley or Alejandro Jodorowsky. I imagine Lyne would be the most realstic hope.
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post #35 of 44
2/5/05 at 8:20pm
With Doctor strange, it will be a balancing act to keep the weirdness of the mythology and the genre rules that the filmmaker's will have to follow to certain degree for the film to be successful. As much as I hated the cell, you could have Tarsem Singh due some design shit on a dr strange movie that would probably blow people's minds
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post #36 of 44
2/6/05 at 7:39pm
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Originally Posted by Hair-Metal Hero
I never found moon knight goofy. He'd really kick ass on film in the right hands. Give Alex Proyas Moon Kinght
Bill Sienkiewicz did some kick ass Moon Knight comics back in the early 80s.
Moon Knight is actually a very cool character, he just has to be handled in the right way.There hasn´t been any MK comicbooks in many years, he deserves a new chance, i reckon.
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post #37 of 44
2/6/05 at 8:05pm
Bluebeatle
X-Men (still not happy with it)
Ninja Turtles (a true comic book sequel after the first movie would be hard to keep the edge, as the comics really lost it after that)
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post #38 of 44
2/7/05 at 3:50pm
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I think the Beetle would be a great henchman or sub-villain in a Spider-Man movie. Use him as the humorous villain sidekick or pawn, but don't make him goofy. Just cast Steve Buscemi and let him loose. For the costume, make it look cool and dangerous, but like he made it in his garage out of spare parts and then spraypainted it. Oh, and it would have to be a jet/rocket pack. Those purple wings wouldn't cut it in their original form, unless the wings themselves were actual individual movable rockets.

But yeah, Steve Buscemi. Otherwise, no go.
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post #39 of 44
2/7/05 at 4:23pm
Ninja Turtles was never a Marvel Property.
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post #40 of 44
2/7/05 at 4:25pm
Nor was the Blue Beetle. B E E T L E.

Beetle.
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post #41 of 44
2/12/05 at 2:48pm
Dominic Fortune - he was pretty minor, but he'd be great in a neo-noir actioner against Nazi spys or whatever.
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post #42 of 44
2/12/05 at 2:54pm
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Originally Posted by Charles B
Because Spider-Man looked totally awful?
I'd be willing to chalk Spider-Man up as the exception to the rule - back in the early 80s they made a live-action Justice League flick (have NO idea what the name of it was) and even as an 8 or 9 year old, the spandex costumes barely worked.

I think the ideas to move Daredevil and the Punisher from spandex to leather were good ones (the films were still crap but at least the characters looked credible onscreen), though the comic FF costumes would probably translate well.

At best, using the spandex costumes from the comics needs to be intensely scrutinized on a case-by-case basis.
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post #43 of 44
2/12/05 at 3:53pm
Legends of the Super Heroes
Made for tv and it sounds like it was a spoof in the Batman tv series sorta way.
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post #44 of 44
2/18/05 at 9:35pm
I don't know why, but I can't help picture MODOK as a cheapo-late night cartoon a'la Aqua Teen Hunger Force or Brak... hell, I even picture him having Meatwad's voice for some reason...must be the lack of food or sleep taking a toll on my brain cells...

Also, I want to see The Passion Of The Beak just so I can watch that lame-ass get tortured for two hours...
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