Oh, mr fancy-pants film guy dont want us watchin bad comic movies! So youd just have Dolph Lundgren starve, wouldnt you?!
Eh, he's got a point. I wont judge any till i see/hear s'more but even the Marvel reserves - Namor, Dr Strage, Ghost Rider, the ones who cant quite hold a monthly book, but a good mini-series with a skilled writer at best - are now gettin movies. The Daredevil franchise has me worried as well, especially with an Elektra spinoff already up for grabs..? Quite literally, any big namer at Marvel, DC or Image (Strazinsky's Rising Stars might be interestin, not plannin on seein Spawn 2 tho) are being bought up.
As an obviously avid comic reader, my best guess for movies goes like this: If theyve had good writing - specifically, good story arcs - in the books, youve got a chance at somethin good on screen, at least past the formulaic "origin" 1st movie anyway. Spider-Man, for instance, has had far too many good villians and stories not to produce just a few strong movies, and again, with Frank Miller and Kevin Smith among his big-namers, believe it or not, Daredevil has some stories i consider even better, but again you wont see them in the first movie, at least.
Characters like Ghost Rider and Green Lantern are ones i find interestin, but with very few really good stories. The only way i think they'd come out good is if they had a director like the guy who did the first Crow movie. Not to rank on James O' Barr's original Crow story, but i didnt think it was all that great m'self (perhaps i shouldve been gothic, i hear its the best thing since Poe and Vincent Price to them). But you can get a good hour or two out of them, if the guy who's makin up the story as he goes along has some strong ideas himself..i think Blade's another example of a much better movie than the book.
Now, the Vertigo titles have a different mission entirely: theyre finite series, and you cant tell their entire tale in one movie, nor will it do well enough to get more of em out. I honestly dont think ill see the Constantine/Hellblazer one for all its been butchered. and as ive told Junker, ill catch the Preacher one, despite his previous rant, just to behold it in the same way one insists on rubbernecking the car wreck of a loved one.
Bascially, your big name Marvel ones that youre hearing about i expect will, at the least, stay entertaining, as Spider-Man or X-Men have been. The only comic-esque films i think have a shot at breaking new ground are Batman: Year One, possibly The Hulk, and of course Matrix 2. Give these ones a shot. Read reviews, here and otherwise, before the lesser-known characters (although i assure you, if you catch the Vertigo movies you aint gonna save it, these ones either become quiet hits like Ghost World of fade away), and for godsake dont watch any Lobo movies. :ill: