Spider-Man 4 canned. Current franchise dead. Reboot in 2012 with no Raimi

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, if this Hollywood thing falls through, I could always write shitty Spider-Man books.

[demi]

lol, hes telling a dead body his cum is poison. I could almost fap to that.

[Cormacaroni]

lol @radioactive Spideycum

'I'm filled with radioactive blood!'

just how big was that f'in spider anyway.

[Fresh Prince]

Yeah, if this Hollywood thing falls through, I could always write shitty Spider-Man books.

I think my Spider-Man's dad is Anansi is *almost* better than the Straczynski guy.

[chronovore]

Does Avi Arad do anything other than claim responsibility for the success of comic book movies in general? He's like Marvel's own creepy, fondly uncle.

[Cormacaroni]

*shrug*

what any producer does is largely opaque to the consumer.

[Oblivion]

My Anansi idea could still work. A mulatto struggling with his African and American identity, his uncle's presumed death and his ascent into the presidency.

[ManaByte]

I want Fox to reboot X-Men with Claremont writing it so he'll kill Wolverine before the opening credits.

[ManaByte]

Shia LeBouf is Spidey.

Nonononononononononononono 

[Eric P]

My idea for Spiderman is that Mary Jane dies in some comic fashion.  Due to the tragedy, Peter Parker realizes he can never love a woman like her ever again.  So he becomes gay.

The title would be "The Adventures of Gay Spiderman."

stickiest bukkake party ever

[Eric P]

I really would like a reboot\origins story for the Phantom.

the billy zane one is actually quite faithful

but it's also really goofy.  didn't really survive the transition, i think

i would like a fucking good Shadow or Doc Bronze movie

[The Fake Shemp]

Sam Raimi was attached to The Shadow for awhile. Maybe he'll come back to it.

[Tauntaun]

touching me....LOVING ME!   :spiderman

[ferrarimanf355]

I think Silent Hill is the best video game adaptation and is a a fairly good movie.

Dude, the Mortal Kombat movie was FUCKING AWESOME. 

[Ganhyun]

I think Silent Hill is the best video game adaptation and is a a fairly good movie.

Dude, the Mortal Kombat movie was FUCKING AWESOME. 

Yes it is.

Too bad they tried to ruin my memory of it with a shitty second movie.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I really would like a reboot\origins story for the Phantom.

i would like a fucking good Shadow or Doc Bronze movie

Sad we never got that Arnie Doc Savage flick, it could've been interesting.

I'm SUPER curious about Pixar's John Carter of Mars. Pixar? Live action? Michael Chabon screenplay?!

[Flannel Boy]

I want Fox to reboot X-Men with Claremont writing it so he'll kill Wolverine before the opening credits.

It's always good to get a killing out of the way as soon as possible. No reason to delay. Get it over with.

[Great Rumbler]

I really would like a reboot\origins story for the Phantom.

i would like a fucking good Shadow or Doc Bronze movie

I'm SUPER curious about Pixar's John Carter of Mars. Pixar? Live action? Michael Chabon screenplay?!

Do want.

[Eric P]

I really would like a reboot\origins story for the Phantom.

i would like a fucking good Shadow or Doc Bronze movie

Sad we never got that Arnie Doc Savage flick, it could've been interesting.

I'm SUPER curious about Pixar's John Carter of Mars. Pixar? Live action? Michael Chabon screenplay?!

doc bronze?

fuck i shouldn't have tried posting before caffeine

Doc Savage, Man of Bronze.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

right ... I'm hoping John Carter ends up with that sort of tone. it's still a period piece set during the Civil War and such

[Eric P]

that would be great but i fear

it's not like licensed pulp fantasy has had a charmed life in hollywood

[Phoenix Dark]

As long as Wolverine is in the movie I'm sold!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

that would be great but i fear

it's not like licensed pulp fantasy has had a charmed life in hollywood

yeah, I mean, it's Pixar and Chabon working together and I'm still like only 30% looking forward to it, 70% dreading it

[ManaByte]

Apparently Pixar's John Carter is extremely faithful to the original as they are REALLY sucking up to the estate seeing as how Walt had difficulty doing John Carter 70 years ago. If things worked out back then John Carter, not Snow White, would've been their first feature length animated movie.

With all the performance capture, the Pixar one is being called "Avatar, but with a story". 

[Cormacaroni]

They should call it 'Avastory'

[Eric P]

They should call it 'Avastory'

well avastory is better than no story at all!

[Cormacaroni]

They should call it 'Avastory'

well avastory is better than no story at all!

[Diunx]

Its a pixar movie so it wont be better than Avatar.

[Great Rumbler]

Its a pixar movie so it wont be better than Avatar.

 

[The Fake Shemp]

Well, Green Shinobi is right, Avatar does have a story:



... too bad it was stolen from something else.

[Cravis]

the billy zane one is actually quite faithful

but it's also really goofy.  didn't really survive the transition, i think

i would like a fucking good Shadow or Doc Bronze movie

Make a live action version of Phantom 2040. That interpretation of the Phantom was awesome.

The sad thing is the best super hero movie is animated. Justice League: New Frontier > All other super hero movies.

[The Fake Shemp]

New Frontier kind of sucked. I don't get the love for all these mediocre DCU cartoons that simplify comic book storylines (albeit remain somewhat faithful to canon). It's like the love for the old X-Men cartoon. They are really not that great.

[Great Rumbler]

It's like the love for the old X-Men cartoon.

X-Men: The Animated Series was awesome, Willco, you take that back!! 

[The Fake Shemp]

It's pretty bad. Some of the voice acting is awful and the animation is terrible. People are blinded by nostalgia. The only animated superhero show that has held up is Batman: The Animated Series - which was legitimately awesome. Even the first animated feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was pretty great.

[Eric P]

New Frontier kind of sucked. I don't get the love for all these mediocre DCU cartoons that simplify comic book storylines (albeit remain somewhat faithful to canon). It's like the love for the old X-Men cartoon. They are really not that great.

New Frontier is really horrible.

[Eel O'Brian]

most of those dcu direct-to-dvd features have been pretty shitty

as far as spider-man goes, if they're gonna do a reboot i'd like to see a return to the ditko roots, where parker was a fucked-up, bitter nerd at the beginning and wanted to use his new powers for revenge

[The Fake Shemp]

I always felt Bendis' early Ultimate Spidey run lent itself well to film, as long as you don't read past issue 60 (or whatever issue number was the one where Carnage killed Gwen Stacy).

[Eric P]

not surprisingly the issue i stopped reading that series

i knew that i was in trouble as a regular reader when "by popular demand" venom made an appearance

fucking venom

fucking "fans"

[Howard Alan Treesong]

speaking of things that need a reboot after seven years, boy howdy Ultimate continuity!

on the other hand, Ultimate Swarm

a sexy Nazi lady made of BEADS BEES

[ManaByte]

It's pretty bad. Some of the voice acting is awful and the animation is terrible. People are blinded by nostalgia. The only animated superhero show that has held up is Batman: The Animated Series - which was legitimately awesome. Even the first animated feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was pretty great.

Pryde of the X-Men was the best X-Men animated version, but no one remembers it.

[Mr. Gundam]

It's pretty bad. Some of the voice acting is awful and the animation is terrible. People are blinded by nostalgia. The only animated superhero show that has held up is Batman: The Animated Series - which was legitimately awesome. Even the first animated feature, Mask of the Phantasm, was pretty great.

Pryde of the X-Men was the best X-Men animated version, but no one remembers it.

I've got that on VHS. Aside from Wolverine's Australian accent, it's great.

[The Fake Shemp]

not surprisingly the issue i stopped reading that series

i knew that i was in trouble as a regular reader when "by popular demand" venom made an appearance

fucking venom

fucking "fans"

Yeah, I think that was the jumping off point for me as well.

[Joe Molotov]

most of those dcu direct-to-dvd features have been pretty shitty

Most? I think we can safely say "all".

[ManaByte]

The PG-13 Batman Beyond Return of the Joker is great. As is Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero.

Superman Doomsday was insulting.

[Joe Molotov]

Okay, yeah, Return of the Joker was good, but all of those new ones they've released in the past 2-3 years?  Gotham Night might be the best as it was merely mediocre, Superman/Doomsday was a travesty, and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies was just hilariously bad. President Luthor frames Superman for murdering Metallo, am I actually seeing this shit? That's the best idea you could come up with for a Superman/Batman crossover?

[Eric P]

i kind of liked The Batman Vs Dracula

[Purple Filth]

Return of the Joker was great.

The best scene IMO was McGinnis fucking with the Joker at the end 

[Cormacaroni]

New Frontier left a bad taste in my mouth, and just looking at the Blu-Ray on my shelf annoys me now. Just a mediocre half-assed compromise. The Absolute edition consoles me however

[cool breeze]

I liked New Frontier.  Well, more as something to accompany the comic, and it was refreshing to see them make animation without the same art style (the best was superman doomsday where it was the same stuff as Justice League except with lines on his face).  I thought the Wonder Woman movie was entertaining too in the sense that I didn't hate Wonder Woman (quite a feat).

Already mentioned, but Doomsday sucked.  The Green Lantern one sucked.  The Gotham knight anime stuff sucked.  The recent Superman Batman Public enemies sucked.  The second two Batman TAS movies, the Mr. Freeze and Batwoman ones, sucked.  Return of the Joker is pretty awesome.  Mask of the Phantasm is amazing, yeah. 

I might be forgetting some.

i kind of liked The Batman Vs Dracula

oh yeah, I didn't really like that one either.  I was never a fan of "The" Batman Batman series.

also, all those Hulk movies.  Wolverine vs The Hulk sucked.  Hulk vs Thor sucked.

[Cormacaroni]

I feel almost the same about New Frontier as I do about Watchmen. On first viewing, I gave it points for effort and authenticity to the source. On second viewing, I just thought 'this is boring and lifeless and not worth my time'.

Yet I can read the comics over and over.

[Eric P]

The Absolute edition consoles me however

first absolute edition i bought

[border]

Does this move up the timetable on the World of Warcraft movie, then?

[The Fake Shemp]

That's the assumption, yes.

[Cormacaroni]

The World of Warcraft movie will be the most-downloaded-and-watched-via-Alt+Tab movie ever. Just a hunch.

[border]

I don't really care that much for Warcraft lore, but it'll be nice to see the movie in theatres before 2015.

[Phoenix Dark]

I've never really payed attention to WoW lore, and have gotten kicked out of groups for "lol lore nerd" trolls 

That being said, I did like playing through W2/W3's stories, and Arthas is pretty cool, although not new. I'm a sucker for fantasy flicks so I'll wind up seeing the movie unless it's total trash. But lol @ Raimi for going from being in contention to direct The Hobbit to directing World of Warcraft lolol

[border]

I though Guillermo Del Toro was already locked in to direct The Hobbit?

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, he was the guy tapped to direct after Raimi passed on it. I think that's what Maurice is referring to.

[border]

Ehhhh, anyone taking over The Hobbit would be forced to take a backseat to Peter Jackson anyway....it's like taking over The Tonight Show.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, I believe that was along the lines of Raimi's thinking as well. Although, I think he was more worried about the scrutiny that would come from following up The Lord of the Rings rather than dealing with Peter Jackson's interference.

Ultimately, he really wanted to do another Spidey flick to expunge the demons of Spider-Man 3.