DC Movies that could catch up to Marvel's lead (Hollywood, action, adventure)

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by Miker2069

If done correctly - why not? My argument has always been Marvel took an largely unknown character such as Iron Man, got a good origin story, the right actor, and the right substance - $4Billion in sales later it's a success.

Movies like IRON MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT prove that the best thing to do is hire a talented filmmaker and let him or her be creative.

Movies like IRON MAN 2, BATMAN RETURNS, and SPIDER-MAN 3 show what happens when the IP owner starts dictating to the director what has to be in the movie.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Movies like IRON MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT prove that the best thing to do is hire a talented filmmaker and let him or her be creative.

Movies like IRON MAN 2, BATMAN RETURNS, and SPIDER-MAN 3 show what happens when the IP owner starts dictating to the director what has to be in the movie.

So who would you hire to play the following characters?

• The Flash
• Wonder Woman
• Martian Manhunter
• Aquaman
• Cyborg
• Green Arrow & Black Canary
• Doctor Fate
• Captain Marvel
• Black Lightning
• Lobo
• Hawkman & Hawkgirl
• Zatanna
• Booster Gold
• John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner & Hal Jordon
• Nightwing
• Supergirl
• Blue Beetle
• Mister Terrific
• The Huntress

[Mark S.]

• The Flash -- No clue. I never read the Flash.
• Wonder Woman -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Martian Manhunter -- Ditto.
• Aquaman -- Ditto.
• Cyborg -- Ditto.
• Green Arrow & Black Canary -- No clue. I never read them.
• Doctor Fate -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Captain Marvel -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Black Lightning-- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Lobo -- LEMMY is the only man alive who could play him.
  
• Hawkman & Hawkgirl -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Zatanna -- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Booster Gold -- Until I watched an episode of JUSTICE LEAGUE on TV the other day with my son, I'd never even heard of this guy.
• John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner & Hal Jordon -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Nightwing -- To do Nightwing, you have to do Robin first, which means you need to reboot the Batflics, preferably as a Bat-TV show.
• Supergirl -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.
• Blue Beetle-- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Mister Terrific -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• The Huntress -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

• The Flash -- No clue. I never read the Flash.
• Wonder Woman -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Martian Manhunter -- Ditto.
• Aquaman -- Ditto.
• Cyborg -- Ditto.
• Green Arrow & Black Canary -- No clue. I never read them.
• Doctor Fate -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Captain Marvel -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Black Lightning-- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Lobo -- LEMMY is the only man alive who could play him.
• Hawkman & Hawkgirl -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Zatanna -- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Booster Gold -- Until I watched an episode of JUSTICE LEAGUE on TV the other day with my son, I'd never even heard of this guy.
• John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner & Hal Jordon -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Nightwing -- To do Nightwing, you have to do Robin first, which means you need to reboot the Batflics, preferably as a Bat-TV show.
• Supergirl -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.
• Blue Beetle-- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Mister Terrific -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• The Huntress -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.

This troll post I approve of only because you like Lemmy and Motorhead.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by Joke Insurance

This troll post I approve of only because you like Lemmy and Motorhead.

Ha! I honestly wasn't trolling. Aside from the occasional Batman comic, I was never into DC at all. What little I know of it, I know from the Timm/Dini cartoons.

Lemmy should be in every movie ever made from now on, as far as I'm concerned.

[citizenkane2]

Marvel is too far ahead.........Warner Bro. can't get their act together!! Even Man of Steel did nothing to set up that "shared universe" thing they keep hinting at.....

They still don't know what they are doing....

[citizenkane2]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

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• The Flash -- No clue. I never read the Flash.
• Wonder Woman -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Martian Manhunter -- Ditto.
• Aquaman -- Ditto.
• Cyborg -- Ditto.
• Green Arrow & Black Canary -- No clue. I never read them.
• Doctor Fate -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Captain Marvel -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Black Lightning-- No clue. Never heard of him.
• Lobo -- LEMMY is the only man alive who could play him.
  
• Hawkman & Hawkgirl -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Zatanna -- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Booster Gold -- Until I watched an episode of JUSTICE LEAGUE on TV the other day with my son, I'd never even heard of this guy.
• John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner & Hal Jordon -- Needs to be animated to avoid silly factor.
• Nightwing -- To do Nightwing, you have to do Robin first, which means you need to reboot the Batflics, preferably as a Bat-TV show.
• Supergirl -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.
• Blue Beetle-- No clue. That character never grabbed me.
• Mister Terrific -- No clue. Never heard of him.
• The Huntress -- No clue. Can't think of a single actress who fits the bill.

The big problem is that DC has no faith in its own characters. Marvel put a D Level character out there like Blade and made it a hit.

Blade (who no one knew) can get a movie but Aquaman or Wonder Woman can't get a sniff??
That's DC's fault

[Miker2069]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Movies like IRON MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT prove that the best thing to do is hire a talented filmmaker and let him or her be creative.

Movies like IRON MAN 2, BATMAN RETURNS, and SPIDER-MAN 3 show what happens when the IP owner starts dictating to the director what has to be in the movie.

Hmm, I can see spider-man 3, but I actually liked all the ones you listed.

[Miker2069]

Originally Posted by Joke Insurance

So who would you hire to play the following characters?

• The Flash
• Wonder Woman
• Martian Manhunter
• Aquaman
• Cyborg
• Green Arrow & Black Canary
• Doctor Fate
• Captain Marvel
• Black Lightning
• Lobo
• Hawkman & Hawkgirl
• Zatanna
• Booster Gold
• John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner & Hal Jordon
• Nightwing
• Supergirl
• Blue Beetle
• Mister Terrific
• The Huntress

Well that's something of a brain-teaser...I will say this the current actor who plays Green Arrow in the tv show "Arrow" I think is pretty good and believable.

Somehow I think ethan hawke would be good for one of the male characters above.

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by Miker2069

Hmm, I can see spider-man 3, but I actually liked all the ones you listed.

I liked IRON MAN 2. It was good. But the script was GREAT. Marvel made Favreau cut out all the character-development scenes in favor of more stunts and toy-worthy scenes.

Spidey 3 had good bits, mostly dealing with Sandman, which were obviously the bits Raimi was interested in. But Marvel forced him to put in Venom and the symbiote, and it was painfully evident there just wasn't any love there.

BATMAN RETURNS was a horror.