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Marvel Gets Cash to do 10 Films
jmozena writes "Marvel has raised $525 million to independently finance 10 movies based on its comics over seven years. The titles named are Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak & Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi. The company's also changing its name from Marvel Enterprises to Marvel Entertainment."
Anyone else notice how those are all the second grade comics of Marvel being done? I mean, seriously, who would want to watch a film about Ant-Man?
I'm sick of following my dreams - I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
In my mind, Nick Fury will always be David Hasselhof
If Dagger isn't some serious eye candy, I'm not watching!
Dr. Strange
Who?
Well, if they said they'd make a superhero movie about Dr. Who, I'd probably say, "Dr. Who? Strange."
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I want to see Spiderman 3: Enter the Stilt-Man!
Why jump the shark when you can step over it with hydraulic lifts?
Uh, I take it we're not talking about John Steed and Emma Peel?
There were four good things about that movie. a)the line "How now, Brown Cow?" b)Emma in her catsuit c)her E-type Jaguar, and d)Emma in her catsuit.
Please help metamoderate.
Huh. Looking at this next batch of superhero flicks I'd say that "Marveloss" would be a more apropos choice.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
I dunno man... Ant Man? Just not seeing the returns on that one.
Well, I can completely understand from your perspective. Who would really be interested in Captain France? A guy that dresses up like a croissant, runs away from German bad guys and blames all his problems on Captain America. Would make for a short, annoying movie...
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
so i'm guessing out of 10 movies maybe 2 won't suck
There you have it, folks... the most optimistic man in the world.
I see lots of film flops coming our way in the next seven years.
It's all caused by piracy! Piracy I tell you!
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They're just remaking the same movies over and over, with different names for the characters, different actors, and in different cities.
Worse in some cases. Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail were basically the same movie but they forgot to replace the same actors! One comment I've heard was "It wasn't as if the Empire State Building collapsed that they needed to make a new one!"
I don't see the need to remake Cloak & Dagger. It is one of Dabney Coleman's greatest roles aside from Hot To Trot. Ok. Bad Joke, but I'm not apologizing, and yes, I do know the comic book http://www.toonopedia.com/cloakdag.htm.
(somewhere in Hollywood...)
Exec A:
"I'm thinking "The Sandman" from those cool comics, only in the movie he's not some skinny guy, but a musclebound hero!"
Exec B:
"I'm listening..."
Exec A:
"He's got the power of making people sleep, or hallucinate during the day. He fights crime and recharges his magic bag of sleeping dust every night. And his arch-enemy is his own sister, Desire!"
Exec B:
"Good twist. What about the love interest?"
Exec A:
"Well, his girlfriend is a rock-grrl from New York, street-hip and so marketable. We've got sketches of a clothing line"
Exec B:
"I like it. We need to drop some of that touchy-feely crap from the stories. I want action, and long fight sequences. Is that Woo guy available? I'm thinking of a huge fight scene, where the Sandman fights that sister, starting with fists and then getting swords from a wall or something. It'll end with him cutting off her head just when she's about to skewer him. We'll need some special effects though. Do these guys fly?"
Exec A:
"They do now!"
Exec B:
"Shit we're going to make so much money from this. Maybe there's a sequel, and she's not dead but comes back for revenge. It doesn't matter though."
from SNL, The Early Years: Superman's Party
... Dan Aykroyd ... John Belushi ... Garrett Morris
The Flash
The Hulk
Antman
[Doorbell rings, the Flash moves to answer it.]
The Flash: I'll get it, Lois. [opens door, grunts and crouches as if putting his arm around someone] Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl! [laughs] Come on right in! [Spider-Man, looking rather thin, enters and shakes hands with Flash] Hey, Spider-Man! All right... [Antman, wearing a helmet with antennae, enters and shakes hands, but the Flash doesn't recognize him] Ah... Excuse me, I'm not sure if I remember your name. I'm really bad with names, you know.
Antman: [high-pitched voice] You don't remember me? We met several times. I is Antman. A-N-T-M-A-N.
The Flash: Oh, right, right.
Antman: Yeah.
The Flash: Uh, Antman.
Antman: Yeah.
The Flash: What are your super powers again? You - you - you talk to the ants, is that it?
Antman: Well, partly. But, mainly, I shrink myself down to the size of an ant while retaining my full human strength.
The Flash: Really?
Antman: Yeah.
The Flash: [sarcastic] Oooh, that's really impressive. Size of an ant with human strength. You must be able to clean house on those other ants, huh? [chuckles] Hey! Hey, Hulk! Hey, check this guy out.
[The Hulk joins them. He and the Flash can barely keep from laughing at poor Antman and can't help chortling in-between their heavily sarcastic remarks:]
The Hulk: Ooooh!
The Flash: He's got the strength of a human!
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And by "awesome", I mean that Marvel is going to make 10 superhero movies that will all suck. That's a 100% suckage ratio! That's awesome!
Can we please go back to making sci-fi movies that suck please? Or how about another Beastmaster?
fish and pipes
It's aimed for kids.
And if you know kids, there's no such thing as "Too many times"
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
Worse in some cases. Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail were basically the same movie but they forgot to replace the same actors! One comment I've heard was "It wasn't as if the Empire State Building collapsed that they needed to make a new one!"
Could be worse. A mild mannered Microsoft employee working 100hr weeks gets fed up with all the software piracy. His only resolve is to put on an Ant constume to fight commercial piracy and spams moral messages to all the kids in....
"You've Got Mail from Sleepless Antman in Seattle"
Don't copy that floppy!
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
here here! Daredevil was a fantastic movie, Elektra was great too. I hope they make Daredevil 2
Shit, I can come up characters just as good as "Ant Man"! Like Slug Boy, Earwig Lad, Captain Fruit Fly, Dung Beetle Man, Pillbug Woman, and the Amazing Aphid.
Anyone care to give me $50 million apiece to develop these properties for the big screen?
you need spirituality in your life
You need a "Shift" key in yours.
The problem is that they've already done the good and popular comic books. I've only heard of Captain America out of those, and I doubt that that's even going to make it to the cinemas here in Australia. (Sorry mates but America's reputation quite right at the moment to have a superhero named after it)
Oh, he's marketable. You just have to give the audience all magnifying glasses.
Hey, you don't mess with Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.
I was in a Q&A with Neil Gaiman once, who was talking about the film adaptations of Sandman, and how they'd gone through 7 scripts or something (this was in 2000):
"I opened the last one that was sent to me and read the first page, which began:
Camera opens on a dark alleyway, two CRIMINALS are going through a purse. A long dark shadow casts itself over their faces. They draw guns and fire!
SANDMAN
Hah, you fools. Your weapons cannot harm me, for I am sandman..."
NEIL GAIMAN mimes dropping script into dustbin.
"
"When I said "He was played by David Hasselhoff.", I thought I had pretty much covered that angle.
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I was in line to see something else overhearing the conversation of two teen girls in line. The Hulk was playing at the theater.
White Teen Girl: What about "The Hulk"?
Asian Teen Girl: I heard that the movie had a lot of jumping in it.
White Teen Girl: Jumping?
Asian Teen Girl: Yeah, like the hulk jumps a lot.
White Teen Girl: OK.
Asian Teen Girl: I don't like movies with jumping.
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