You would think that after bombs such as Daredevil and Electra Marvel would be slowing down production of movies based on their comic books. However according to Marvel’s 2005 third quarter results we can expect plenty more bombs from the company who needs to concentrate on maintaining a higher level of comic books, rather than a higher level of cash in their giant money bin.
In 2006 we can expect at least 3 financial disasters to be played out on the big screen:
- X-Men 3
- May 26, 2006 (Currently filming): This will surely be the worst of the X-Men trilogy. Of course if I were a positive person I would say it has the potential of being the best: new director, new characters, new writers. But I doubt this is going to do X-Men 3 any good. After all the people lined up for production of this flick aren’t the cream of the crop. You can read my full rant on the matter if you’d like.
- Ghost Rider
- July 24, 2006 (filming completed): A lesser known character, Ghost Rider has the potential to be rather intereseting, but will no doubt crash and burn (big pun intended).
- The Punisher 2
- Fall 2006: There was a Punisher 1?? No seriously, I can’t believe Lions Gate and Marvel would waste their time on this one.
Next year there are 2 movies definitely slotted for a release:
- Spider-Man 3
- May 4, 2007: I know a lot of people are most likely looking forward to this movie. I am not one of them. The first Spider-Man was great, despite changing various aspects of the story from that of the comic book. The second movie was a disaster in my mind. The scenes of Peter Parker’s happy fun-time walk to school after losing his powers destroyed any seriousness the movie had attempted to build… or was it the elevator scene that ruined it? Or perhaps the fact that Doc Oc had the freakin’ sun in his lab?!
- Fantastic Four 2
- July 4, 2007: The first movie was terrible… one of the worst Marvel movies ever made. I can’t imagine what warrants a second try.
More movies that are in the pipeline, but don’t have release dates yet include the following:
- Silver Surfer
- I’m actually looking forward to this one. Silver Surfer is a character with a lot of depth and could make for a very interesting movie. The problem is Galactus will undoubtedly be computer generated and end up attacking New York or Tokyo.
- Wolverine
- Yep, Wolverine… an actual full length movie dedicated to the most over-used X-Men character. Count me out for this one.
- Deathlok
- You’re kidding, right? A Deathlok movie? Well, why not. After all they’re planning on making…
- Black Widow
- This should be released as a double feature along side Deathlok at select drive-in theaters. That way people could at least make out during them rather than just fall asleep or walk out.
- Hulk 2
- Because the first one was such a success?
- Namor
- This could be cool if it’s done correctly… but it won’t be. There will most likely be some kind of Green Peace sponsored message behind the over all theme of the movie.
- Iron Man
- Now this will be a good movie, provided they set it up the same way the original story was set up: in the vietnam war. Iron Man is a cool character with a cool theme. Just don’t screw it up, Marvel!
- Thor
This could really go either way. At first though Thor sounds like a great idea, but I just can’t get the image to the left out of my mind. If it goes the way of the 70′s it’s doomed to failure.
The list above, according to Marvel is only in part, which means there could be plenty more chances to waste your money on box office flops. People wonder why the movie industry is faltering. They blame it on pirating and big screen TVs. Before pointing the finger Holywood needs to look in the mirror. Let’s get less sequels and more innovative storylines. Just because a few comic book movies were a success (Batman Begins, Spider-Man 1) doesn’t mean that you should run out making movies out of obscure characters that no one cares about.
Eli:
thanks for your comments, but I almost deleted it thinking it was spam. You shouldn’t type with all caps and should consider paragraphs as an option.
As far as what you had to say: I agree with most of it (although I’d choose to say most of it differently).
Iron Man definitely looks good, but I’m not holding my breath. Marvel has done nothing but disappoint thus far.
well hi guys its Eli again just thought id put in my 2 sense about some upcoming DC movies. 1st though id like to comment on Batman Begins. In my opinion it was extremely well made Christian Bale is a perfect choice. He was great. Raas al ghul was cool i like the twist in the film. The sequal with Ledger ok well ive seen him in makeup… not really impressed at all i mean cmon if Nolan wants to stress realism in the franchise thats fine and dandy but why is the joker now some dude with a friggin Black Dahlia scar. Guys i dont even think his skin is bleached. wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!
Superman…. Visually it was stunning, story wise though uh uh. 1st off what is it with makin Supes so sappy geez. Giving him a son? Singer dissapointed me but ill tell ya with 2days cgi they made him look powerful when he landed on the fortress like a lightning bolt. High cool factor. like i said effects were great. The story sucked. Rumor has it well be seeing Braniac for the sequal. Lets just hope they dont go into that Doomsday crap because theyll ruin it. I am happy to learn that they just signed a director for the Green Lantern film. Now thats what im talkin about this movie is destined to kick ass. I am also glad they signed an unknown to play Kyle Raynor. Gentlemen we have the technology to pull it off imagine the space battles Oa, The ring, the Corp just think of the possibilities. ok now to Wonder Woman………DONT DO IT PLEASE. Remember electra? I hate to say it but…. female superheroes usually tank at the box office. Besides if Linda Carter does not play Queen Hyppolyta then they need to leave Diana alone. Last but not least is my all time favorite super hero team The Justice League. This movie if made and done right will probably be the most succesful superhero movie to date. Routhe as Superman, Bale as Bats, Ryan Reynolds as Flash, Tyrese as Lantern, Angelina Jolie as Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman Katherine Zeta Jones, Vin Deisel Jon Jonzz
i have to say this about the hulk sequal….I cant wait 1 word guys ABOMINATION…. Were gonna see harryhausan type battles done with cgi oh man and to think i hated the 1st one but i got a real good feeling about this. Ed Norton is a much better choice than Eric Banna. Norton looks a whole lot geekier and i also heard that this is gonna be the GREY HULK ha ha ha that means hell speak. well Joe lets take a wait and see approach lets not be to quick to judge bea easy my dudes
I think your a fucking looser and you don’t know what a good movie realy is. Every Marvel movie has been an awsome movie for all ages and they will continue to be. I think you need to shut your fucking mouth, and quit bad mouthing good movies and the ones to come. If you have anything to say to me, e-mail me back and I’ll be glad to tell you how much of a bitch you are, and how much people hate your stupid comments on there favorite movies!
i realy hate the creator of this page!
Hey Ben in my neighborhood tlk like that can get u fucked up o.k. so chill out and go tell you mom that i left my shoes under her bed. Oh and by the way im from the Bronx if u want ill give u my address take a plane, train, whateva and see me face to face but i think u too much of a pussy to come out here. Soooo shut up go back into your trailer have sex with your sister/mother/cousin. A good movie is a good movie unfortunately some of the marvel movies DID suck. Especially Daredevil, Hulk, Electra, your mother etc. i know what ur problem is …u have a crush on me. Well sorry my faggety friend i do not SUCK DICK. Like i said MAN UP!!! and come see me please!!!!!!! i want u to come to my neighborhood and repeat it to my face PUNK!!!!! Matter of fact bring any Female family member and ill put em to work the streets to pay for the medical bills u incur. Sperm lovin COCKMASTER bu bye now lolololololol (laughing at ur ignorance)
Joe u have my sincerst apologies for that Rant but that dude got me on a bad day. With the exception of Mrs. Weedon i truly apologize to any fan that i have offended. Joe if im not welcome here any more its all good , but im not gonna let anyone insult me for what i believe in. I have been a Marvel/DC fan since the early seventies. I have read and i own almost every legendary story line these companies have printed 1st run. Battle Of The Infinite Earths,The Pheonix Saga, Infinity Guantlet/war,Death of Superman, The Bane Story line,Weapon X, Days of the future past/present, Emerald Dawn, u name it. I know my stuff. Again joe you have my sincerest apologies.
I am very disappointed in the Spiderman series of movies. 1. The first girl friend of Peter Parker was Gwen Stacy. Gwen and Mary Jane never had a chance of meeting since Gwen died just after her father died in Spiderman’s arms when he said “Peter look after Gwen” 2. Mary Jane was introduced to Peter by a friend of Aunt May. Mary Jane was a “High Fashion Model”
So there is more wrong to these movies than is right by what is in them. There are many more of discrepancies that I could add that was in the Comics that were betrayed in the movies wrong.
I have liked most of the marvel movies. But the ones I think that are going to be the best are the upcoming ones. The one movie I am looking forward to is captain america.
Oooh, check out all the hostility from the fans. Despite the forums topics about what movies will suck, and flop, and are so old that it’s like “why?”, the hostility is the on ething that will always be a form on entertainment.
but anyways.
Fanfastic four 2 DID flop. The first movie was ok, but i would advise ppl to see it. Thor– well, what more can i say? its THOR!
Iron man seems like it’d be interesting but if they mess that up, then i will have lost faith in the comic book movie making world. and yes, i too believe that Wolverine is a commonly recognized superhero, and the fact that they are making a moive about him, will totally just over expose him, and give us the story we already know. And if they try to CHANGE what we already know, then you know all hell is gonna break loose.
aaaannnnd on a semi-unrelated topic–
i heard they MARVEL wa sthinking of turning “Runaways” into a movie.
I would actually pay to go see that, because the comic is great, but, i dunno, it would seem like they’d have to go all “Harry Potter” on us, and make like, 7 different movies because of all the cross overs and stuff.
What do you guys think?
Hey guys I just have to say it is just about time that Marvel comics has a line of movies out and they’re doing a great job Ghost Rider was my favorite of all but I think Nicholas Cage from Conair would’ve looked more like Johnny Cage. As far as the Spider-man movies go yeah they were great I give an A+ on Sandman but why did they have to kill of Eddie Brock how is Carnage supposed form now from Cletus Kassidy huh.Fantastic Four so far has shown me good things I really don’t have any complaints yet as long as they keep it going a little bit more.Daredevil was OK I was surprised to see Ben Affleck play the role quite well but they need a sequel they kinda left us hanging and they definitely picked the wrong person for Kingpin he was white.Elektra was OK but and don’t get me wrong Jennifer Garner is hot but she isn’t mean enough for that role.Tranformers I really don’t have any complaints with that movie they way they pulled off all that CGI wow.Punisher really disappointed me it ruined the whole image I had on him all together it would’ve been a good movie if Dolph Lungren was young again and they used him for the remake now that would have been impressive.Let’s see the Blade movies were great until they came out with Blade Trinity were they supposed to be the Nightstalkers because they didn’t quite get it but nice effort though or maybe not. X-Men was a great series so far they left me hanging a little bit on the third installment different director and all maybe I just needed to get used to the change and the whole black leather costume thing was a change for me but if you think about it if they actually wore the costumes from the comics it may not have looked as good as it did in the comics maybe that’s why they went for the change and if they do go for a 4th installment they must have all the original actors back otherwise it won’t be worth the sequel. And last for now Hulk even though the CGI on that movie was so noticeable it would’ve been real hard to top that unless they used the same guy from Transformers although machinery is probably easier to create than skin altogether I wasn’t that disappointed it was a better effort than the original hulk series well that about sums it up for now I’ll be back with more comments on comic films other than Marvel next starting with Spawn.
I would like to say everyone has a different perception of what they think is good and isn’t good. Hollywood is not perfect by any means but i happened to like most of the marvel movies put out. I know which ones i like and dislike as do you and lets not forget that when they spend this kinda money on a movie it must appeal to the GENERAL AUDIENCE not just to comic book geeks. And to me a bad movie would be DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR? That movie made BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE look like Shakespeare. But as i said earlier “GENERAL AUDIENCE” is what its all about, you might not like it but Joe shmoe might…and guess what…more joe shmoes in the world than comic book fan’s. And i am a very novice comic book fan but i can appreciate most of what iseen on screen,i at least got to see a few movies of comic book heroes that i grew up reading in my youth on screen and i thought may not be possible. Yeah they weren’t perfect adaptations but it was good enough for me and got some friends who had NO INTEREST in comic book heroes FINALLY understand why we novice & pro comic book lovers thought it was cool. And they think there cool instead of thinking “spiderman or whoever are for nerds”. But thats my perspective.
wow, i came across this site in search of some upcoming 2008 movie previews. You mean to tell me that this guy hates 99% of all the marvel comics flicks? yeah he is an idiot but he is entitled to his opinion. but come on mannn! do you really need to broadcast it over the net? lol, too funny. what i think of all the movies is, well good or bad they all makin money! so someone like them. i actually like almost all of them , some could have been better but its not my vision of the movie, its the director and the writers.Now imagine if i (a fan not a real director) was given the chance to write and direct a marvel mocie i liked. i would probly break marvel and all the studios that are doing them Pockets!! it would probly cost more to do the movie than it would make in 3 days of opening worldwide. thats because they way we the fans who dont make movies envision our comic book characters and their stories different from how the directors and writes can do them in the time allowed to complete them. all the special effects, crazy wild fights and all the powers being used, yeah MONEY! but until wqe get a director/writer who really embraces the whole reality of the comics to be put into movies to try and satisfy us all, we just wait and watch till one comes our way that maybe if ever , that we allllllll can enjoy without the bashing. peace out folks
If they decide to do a movie based on Thor…Who they pic,is critical.If anyone watches wrestling, yhink on this…wouldn’t Hunter Hurst Helmsley make a good Thor. Maybe a little old,but he has the looks and build….
You are a negative nancy who doesn’t even enjoy true comic books and you live in your mothers basement and eat spaghetti-os with a plastic fork.
Negative nancy? Are you like 45 years old?
Look i dont understand alot of you on here. first of all you want every marvel movie to be done to perfection otherwise you wont like it at all. well i have news for you no movie has ever been done to perfection. dont get me wrong i do hate it when a marvel movie comes out and they have things wrong with it. the thing is thats why we may not like the movie because we know all the little details to the character. my father has been in the air force for almost 30 years and has been to iraq twice and japan once and he has yet to find a war or military movie that is really accurate movie. the reason why i may like the war movie is because i dont know what that plane or gun sounds like in real life so it doesnt bug me but it does to him. so you see since we know so much about marvel characters it bug us when it isnt perfect to the way we want but it may be to a ton more people. the reason why i say this is because most people who go see a marvel movie only know the very basics about the character and movie. also i own every marvel movie even though i dont think some were as good as i thought they could have been. the reason for this is because i still enjoy the character and take what i can from the movie instead of tear it apart and get upset. it is what it is and we can only hope one day they will do a better job. so i leave you with this if you are going to keep on crying about the movies then stop watching them and keep reading your comic books you nacy.
Ah, there’s always an insult at the end.
Ace: I think it all boils down to opinions, of which we are all entitled to. You are correct, I pick on the movie a bit more than others because I know a bit more about the characters than others. However, a lot of these movies are just plain bad. They’re poorly written, acted and produced.
It’s fun to see our favorite characters come to life, but that doesn’t change the fact that a bad movie remains a bad movie.
Notice my comments about Spider-Man 3. I admitted liking the first one quite a bit, despite changes to the character and the world. It’s not always about remaining true to the original comics, it’s also about writing a decent original movie rather than just another overproduced Hollywood cash cow.
lol i had to add nacy in because it is kinda a inside joke for me. i am sorry you were the one to get it. i understand what you are saying plus its a cool with me. i am not going revolve my life around a movie anyways but you do have a point that i will agree with i just had to put my say in also.
I want a Surfer movie that focuses on his showdowns with Thanos. Jim Starlin’s narrative during that arc leading up to, and including the Infinity Gauntlet would make a pretty good movie, animated or CGI. Anyone else agree?
Some of you actually sound like you own the rights to Marvel’s characters. I wonder how many of you actually own any stock in the company. No movie is going to satisfy everyone, but as a Marvel shareholder since 2001 when it was $2.76 per share, I just want to see a solid adaption of any Marvel character. Having collected the amazing spider-man since 1964, I’ve been very pleased with each movie so far.
To the poster who predicted box office failure for Iron Man, I guess you can now choke on those words. After the opening weekend, Marvel will now be ale to go ahead with the planned adaption of Thor, even with it’s $350 million price tag. Hulk and Punisher 2 are both looking very good at this point as well.
galactus that fuker should have been done in for fuking up the big g,and xmen 3 ,the juggernaut wtf, pile ashite,spiderman 3 garbage,ratner should a been shot in the head for fuking upa good idea,and hulk looks goood
daredevil, ben affleck could due a good film if the fuker tried, he so fukwer up daredevil.
hey eli, well said m8.im on your side
hey eli, well said m8.im on your side,and as for ben affleck,he totally fuked up daredevil, bret ratnet ,id kick tyhat fuker in the nuts for fuking up xmen 3
THOSE COMMENT ABOUT THE UPCOMING MOVIES I TOTALLY AGREE. IRONMAN SO FAR IS A BIG HITT. 400 MILL. HAVEN’T SEEN THOSE NUMBERS SINCE STAR WARS. BUT WOLVERINE , THOR STOP IT. I SEE DOOM DOOM DOOM FOR FUTURE RELEASE OF MARVEL MOVIES. JUST STICK TO THE SCRIPT THE ORGINAL BEGINININGS THAN YOU GOT A SHOT. A SHOT IN THE DARK THAT IS.
all the marvel movies were the best for those humans making lets just hope we all dont die before the movies get really its only 2008 also lets see how thor sliversurfer hulk are before we say there doomed half of you said ironman was doomed but a couple of million people cant be wrong
sorry about the missed spelling im at work
the thor can be good if you make him just like the comic book and don’t dress him any other way and for odin remember the mask 2 movie! perfect!!!!!!!!
Ive sat hear and read all the opinions, some good some bad. Marvel(Stan Lee) is brilliant. NO! not all of the movies where good some where just bad. But I’ve always been big into comics. There is one fact everyone forgot to mention. Marvel gained creative control over there movies just last year(2008) the only movies they have done based on them alone and not hollywood is Iron-man, Hulk(2008) both where very well done and made for us! By us I mean made for reality. Take from it what you will.