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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 1:42:56 GMT -5
Didn't Ennis direct a short film himself, a war story of some kind? I seem to remember reading about that a year or two ago. A lot of my favourite comics are of the sort I fear probably wouldn't translate well into any other medium - the New Gods, the Eternals, all the superhero stuff, ... I could see something like Master of Kung Fu being turned into a first rate movie series, though. Maybe Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. But that brings up another issue: one thing I don't believe we've seen yet is a genuine effort to translate something of the visual effect of a really exceptionally well-drawn comic to the screen. Maybe the differences between the two media are too great for this to be feasible, but I'd like to see someone try, whether that means full animation or some other combination of techniques. Would it be possible to make a Nick Fury film that captures the style of or at least is recognisably influenced by Steranko's artwork? The Thor movies certainly have not delivered this in regards to Kirby's artwork, though I know some fans disagree. I don't think any superhero film has even seriously tried anything like this yet. Spielberg's Tintin, which I haven't seen, might be the only attempt I've heard of, so far. Ang Lee's Hulk tried to translate the comic page onto the screen using a technique resembling comic book panel frames in scene transitions, and while I thought it was a clever idea, it was horrendously executed, and for me made the movie a hot mess visually. -M |
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2014 2:02:48 GMT -5
Didn't Ennis direct a short film himself, a war story of some kind? I seem to remember reading about that a year or two ago. A lot of my favourite comics are of the sort I fear probably wouldn't translate well into any other medium - the New Gods, the Eternals, all the superhero stuff, ... I could see something like Master of Kung Fu being turned into a first rate movie series, though. Maybe Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. But that brings up another issue: one thing I don't believe we've seen yet is a genuine effort to translate something of the visual effect of a really exceptionally well-drawn comic to the screen. Maybe the differences between the two media are too great for this to be feasible, but I'd like to see someone try, whether that means full animation or some other combination of techniques. Would it be possible to make a Nick Fury film that captures the style of or at least is recognisably influenced by Steranko's artwork? The Thor movies certainly have not delivered this in regards to Kirby's artwork, though I know some fans disagree. I don't think any superhero film has even seriously tried anything like this yet. Spielberg's Tintin, which I haven't seen, might be the only attempt I've heard of, so far. Ang Lee's Hulk tried to translate the comic page onto the screen using a technique resembling comic book panel frames in scene transitions, and while I thought it was a clever idea, it was horrendously executed, and for me made the movie a hot mess visually. -M I didn't mind that, myself. But it was more of a nod to comics as a medium rather than an attempt to emulate the style of a particular artist, which is what I was thinking of. I think the Ang Lee Hulk is a little (but only a little) under-rated. Its worst problem for me was that it got bogged down in too much meaningless technobabble, slowing the narrative progression to a crawl at times. I thought it was an interesting take on the Hulk concept, in some respects. For example, the idea of uncontrollable male rage and how dangerous and threatening that can be to anyone around was echoed in one scene where Betty Ross is for a brief moment afraid of her father when he loses his temper. That showed that some thought had been put into the thing beyond "Hulk smash". |
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Post by Pól Rua on Dec 9, 2014 3:07:22 GMT -5
I'd love to see Christopher Fowler's 'Bryant and May' mysteries adapted to TV. Two older gents, one a distinguished man about town, the other an eccentric and grumpy crank, investigate weird mysteries in and around London as part of the underfunded and overworked, but always eccentric Peculiar Crimes Unit. Lots of 'secret history stuff', in stories which are always threatening to become supernatural... but never do.
I'd love to see Kim Newman and Mark Gatiss collaborate on something which combines both gents' love of 1960's spy-fi, Hammer Horror and weird 60's Euro-cinema. Gatiss has already done something like this in his superb series 'Crooked House' (wherein he waxed lyrical about Hammer Horror films), but I really think both gents working together could do something truly exceptional. Get Gaiman in there if you NEED the name value.
I'd love to see a proper Jonah Hex movie to get the taste of that awful thing out of my mouth. Basically do for Hex what the Dredd remake did for Judge Dredd.
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Post by fourcolorcult on Dec 9, 2014 12:15:20 GMT -5
I think Mike Grell's WARLORD would work really well as a no holds barred cable series. Seems like a pretty easy sell after the success of shows like Game of Thrones.
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Post by MDG on Dec 9, 2014 12:16:10 GMT -5
...Maybe Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. But that brings up another issue: one thing I don't believe we've seen yet is a genuine effort to translate something of the visual effect of a really exceptionally well-drawn comic to the screen. Maybe the differences between the two media are too great for this to be feasible, but I'd like to see someone try, whether that means full animation or some other combination of techniques. Would it be possible to make a Nick Fury film that captures the style of or at least is recognisably influenced by Steranko's artwork? Ang Lee's Hulk tried to translate the comic page onto the screen using a technique resembling comic book panel frames in scene transitions,... Creepshow did this as well, with varying degrees of success. I didn't see either Sin City, but they bent over backwards to match the style of the books. Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy also tried to mimic comics with some of the character designs and colors. And let's not forget the Batman TV show (and movie). I'm not a fan of Starenko, but a Nick Fury movie set in the 60s with a real pop-art look could be neat. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Dec 9, 2014 15:48:44 GMT -5
Didn't Ennis direct a short film himself, a war story of some kind? I seem to remember reading about that a year or two ago. Yeah, it was called Stitched, and it was partly based on his 303 war comic with some supernatural elements thrown in. I haven't seen it, so I can't really comment on its quality. Ennis is also planning on doing some short films for Crossed. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Dec 9, 2014 15:52:36 GMT -5
That animated Spectre short written by Steve Niles is excellent. Jim Corrigan also appears in the first episode of Constantine "Danse Vaudou". That's the fifth epsiode of Constantine. The series was severely retooled after the pilot, so the second broadcast episode was a "filler" done quickly while they made the changes and added Zed, and the sixth episode was originally supposed to be the second. Dr Mist appears in the fourth episode, under his given name of Nommo. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2014 16:06:55 GMT -5
Ang Lee's Hulk tried to translate the comic page onto the screen using a technique resembling comic book panel frames in scene transitions,... Creepshow did this as well, with varying degrees of success. I didn't see either Sin City, but they bent over backwards to match the style of the books. Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy also tried to mimic comics with some of the character designs and colors. And let's not forget the Batman TV show (and movie). I'm not a fan of Starenko, but a Nick Fury movie set in the 60s with a real pop-art look could be neat. I totally forgot about Sin City - yeah that's an excellent example, maybe the best comics adaptation that's been done so far, visually. I've only seen the first one. Dick Tracy I've seen only snatches of, but will take your word for it. I do remember how they went for very bright, primary colours in an effort to simulate a comic book effect, so there was that. I'd definitely like to see a superhero movie attempt something along these lines. It might fall flat on its face, or have to turn into a comedy or parody, like the Batman tv show, but I'd be curious to see if someone could make it work. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2014 16:10:31 GMT -5
Both James Robinson's Leave it to Chance and The Grimoire (published by Speakeasy Comics) would make great young adult fantasy features or series featuring a strong, capable young female lead, something that more of is sorely needed. And both feature top notch supporting casts and stories.
Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge and Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks would make great quirky adult dramas in the Twin Peaks/Northern Exposure vein for a cable network like Strs, HBO, Showtime, etc.
Charles Soule's 27 would make for a great music, mystery, horror driven story for a movie with the right kind of visionary director. I might want to see it made just for the soundtrack though...
Dark Horse's recent Dream Thief would make a great hard R grindhouse kind of violent action film.
With post-Apocalyptic stuff having a resurgence, I think Byrne's Doomsday +1 from Charlton would make a great post-Apocalyptic action flick.
I keep envisioning a Phantom Stranger tv series that is part Touched by an Angel, part Supernatural, part Bill Bixby Hulk series, where Stranger wanders and each episode he gets involved with a different set if people, sometimes helping them overcome the interior ghosts that haunt them and other times helping them overcome external supernatural horrors, but usually with some kind of connection to the people involved in the story.
-M
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2014 16:12:21 GMT -5
Didn't Ennis direct a short film himself, a war story of some kind? I seem to remember reading about that a year or two ago. Yeah, it was called Stitched, and it was partly based on his 303 war comic with some supernatural elements thrown in. I haven't seen it, so I can't really comment on its quality. Ennis is also planning on doing some short films for Crossed. Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for that. I haven't read any of Ennis's war comics, not being a big WWII buff or a fan of war stories or movies in general. Not that I can't enjoy them from time to time. I read several of those Sven Hassel novels when I was a kid, plus a lot of Alistair MacLean, some of which were set in WWII - The Guns of Navarone being the most famous. So I will have to give Ennis's war comics a try some day. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 10, 2014 14:10:59 GMT -5
I haven't read any of Ennis's war comics, not being a big WWII buff or a fan of war stories or movies in general. Not that I can't enjoy them from time to time. I read several of those Sven Hassel novels when I was a kid, plus a lot of Alistair MacLean, some of which were set in WWII - The Guns of Navarone being the most famous. So I will have to give Ennis's war comics a try some day. Ennis's wat stories are well worth the effort, they're usually quite different from the Preacher type of storytelling he is more famous for, and show his reverance for the war comics he grew up with and for the men who served and inspired them. A nice change from capes and tights. |
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Post by Jesse on Dec 14, 2014 7:26:13 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for Amethyst to land a regular animated series and a kid-friendly ongoing comic series. Too much potential for an all-ages following that's just being wasted right now. Yeah, I didn't care for DC's latest attempt of an ongoing with her, though I do like her in Futures End I thought the newest volume of Sword of Sorcery was pretty good and one of the better new 52 books in general. While I do like her interactions with Frankenstein and Atom in Futures End I can't stand the character design with half her face scarred. |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 14, 2014 7:49:50 GMT -5
I would like to see Marvel not adapt Civil War. Does that count?
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Post by Jesse on Dec 15, 2014 9:02:09 GMT -5
Damage Control could make an interesting TV series similar to Agents of SHIELD. They could even cross over if they were both aired on ABC.
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Post by Jesse on Aug 21, 2015 0:46:43 GMT -5
I was wondering what fantasy or sword and sorcery stuff Marvel has that could fit into the MCU.
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