The Avengers

[akaSM]

Originally Posted by Nique

I happened to see it in both 3D and regular theaters and the 3D was done pretty well. It';s hard to describe ... like when everyone was all ohhh Avatar was made for 3D and stuff it was really just over the top and like, who cares about flecks of dirt being thrown into my face and stuff? Where as in Avengers it seemed to be mainly used to add literal depth to the scenes and made everything feel a little more intense.

Either that or I'm just used to the idea of 3D now and it doesn't seem as useless to me, though I have seen a couple other flicks in 3D where the 3D was just terrible and made my eyes hurt.

Huh? 3D turned the movie into a dark blurry mess for me . Did the movie look as nice as the 2D counterpart did?

[Lumenskir]

I think it's at least a safe bet to presume that we will be seeing Super Heroe movies aplenty in the immediate future.

This would be a lot more prophetic if you went back 13 years, before X-Men showed that you could make money hand over fist by taking the blockbuster formula and coating it with some comic book paint.

I'm more interested to see what the success of The Avengers + Nolan's Batman coming to an end mean for the future. Outside of letting Nolan run wild, DC has been just shitty at cultivating its film opportunities (and looks to be continuing the hot streak with Zak Snyder's Slow-Mo Then Speed Up Blurs Superman), and Marvel now has to deal with an audience who probably want to see team-ups more than solo adventures, plus the prospect of over extending the rosters with C-list non-entities, since they can't throw Wolverine or Spider-Man or anyone people actually recognize into their current franchises.

[Bells]

Nah, being a Blockbuster or even a commercial hit is one thing... Hell, Transformers 3 was a commercial hit. Says nothing about quality or even Fan appreciation, really. Just brand Awareness;

But, at the same time, the same Brand Awareness has become more and more connected to Loyal fandom. And now we actually have a consistent stream of quality products that are also huge piles of money covering the last 10 years. Young Adult Fantasy Novels come into play on this, of course, but Comic Books are underlined in that setence.

I mean, Dark Knight and Avengers, Both Broke Billion Barrier (i wanna add another B word here, but i can't think of one).

First we had successful hits, consistent quality... now we pretty much have a formula, a system, that hollywood can and will exploit.

And yet again, i'm just hoping DC can up their game... I mean, this is the last Batman by Nolan, so, maybe, if they want to add Batman to a future Justice League project, it's probably going to take a Reboot. One that just might start depending on how the new Superman Movie goes along... afterall, Green Lantern didn't click very well... and to have a big DC long project you kinda need to have a Solid Batman and Superman entrance.

...or we could just wait for a The Darkness movie or a Spawn Reboot... that could happen too.

hell, i'm still waiting for my Robocop reboot.

[Magus]

It's still possible to screw up a comic book movie. See: Daredevil (WITH SOUNDTRACK BY EVANESCENCE, A BAND THAT WILL BE POPULAR FOREVER).

I won't even mention...Elektra...urrggggggghh.

Hey no but seriously I rewatched Daredevil recently and came to the conclusion that if it hadn't had the Evanescence songs it might have been just forgettable as opposed to actively horrid, so maybe it is possible to just go ahead and make pretty much any superhero movie a success if you follow a certain formula like Bells has mentioned.

Except for Elektra. GLARRGGGHHH

EDIT: Broke the Billion Bucks Barrier?

ANOTHER EDIT: The Robocop reboot sounds pretty good, except when the actor says something about it (like he made some weird comment about how the movie will show us the science behind Robocops reanimation, and then made a dumb comment implying that plants have nerves, too, or something. He should just stick to saying things like "Dead or alive, you're coming with me!" and giving high-fives instead of talking about the movie itself).

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Magus

It's still possible to screw up a comic book movie. See: Daredevil (WITH SOUNDTRACK BY EVANESCENCE, A BAND THAT WILL BE POPULAR FOREVER).

I won't even mention...Elektra...urrggggggghh.

Hey no but seriously I rewatched Daredevil recently and came to the conclusion that if it hadn't had the Evanescence songs it might have been just forgettable as opposed to actively horrid, so maybe it is possible to just go ahead and make pretty much any superhero movie a success if you follow a certain formula like Bells has mentioned.

Except for Elektra. GLARRGGGHHH

EDIT: Broke the Billion Bucks Barrier?

I have some fondness for the director's cut of Daredevil. It tried. Sadly, I don't think Daredevil could ever work as a movie property. As a series on HBO? Sure.

On a related note, how long do you guys think it will be until we get a live-action TV series that ties into the Marvel Cinematic Universe? I could see Heroes for Hire with Luke Cage and Danny Rand being a hit.

[Magus]

They'll probably try exploiting the X-Men franchise again. They're mostly recognizable heroes now and you don't have to use the major ones like Wolverine, you can just like, have Iceman and Colossus beating up some dudes every week.

[Lumenskir]

On a related note, how long do you guys think it will be until we get a live-action TV series that ties into the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Oh god, I can't believe I forgot to include how DC's (non-animated*) forays into TV make their movie decisions seem like brilliance. I mean, I guess nerds and shippers were enough to keep the Smallville train going for a decade, but that just means they've pretty much resigned themselves to sticking within the CW teen-bait wheelhouse (hi, "Arrow").

*DC, here's a billion dollar idea you can thank me for later: Buy back the rights to as many heroes as you can, and just let Timm and Dini and whoever is making Young Justice now have free reign of live action. Brad Bird's MI:4 showed the skills transfer, and it has to produce something better than Green Lantern.

[Bells]

And again i pitch my idea... Batman Beyond, writen by the people who worked on the Justice League and Young Justice AND the fellows that worked on the Arkham games. with kevin Conroy as old batman and Mark Hamill as old Joker... use it as a test to push DC franchises into a bit more Fantastical realm, less gritty and real without jeopardizing a main franchise, while keeping a big brand awareness (batman). From then on, just Watch the Justice League cartoon and go "Now, let's make some of this into Live Action."

I have some fondness for the director's cut of Daredevil. It tried. Sadly, I don't think Daredevil could ever work as a movie property. As a series on HBO? Sure.

To be fair, it contained high levels of Ben Afflec.

Except for Elektra. GLARRGGGHHH

High levels of Jennifer Garner.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Oh god, I can't believe I forgot to include how DC's (non-animated*) forays into TV make their movie decisions seem like brilliance. I mean, I guess nerds and shippers were enough to keep the Smallville train going for a decade

*ahem*

I am one of those nerds.

EDIT:
Warner Bros. needs to humble themselves and make an Aquaman movie already. It could be so cool! Like Thor but under water.

[Magus]

Jennifer Garner was part of the problem I'm sure, but the total lack of any kind of respect for the character/comic itself was the main problem with Elektra.

They were just like "screw years of plot that many, many writers have spent countless hours thinking up, tweaking, and honing. SMOKE NINJAS."

Arrow is pretty hilarious to me. Especially with their desire to not include Green in the title lest it be associated with Green Lantern. Plus the failure of most of the other DC TV shows as you have mentioned (Birds of Prey, anyone?)

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

EDIT:
Warner Bros. needs to humble themselves and make an Aquaman movie already. It could be so cool! Like Thor but under water.

This is how much respect the WB has for Aquaman.



FORESHADOWING FOR HOW BAD EVERYBODY TREATS AQUAMAN IN THE NEW 52?

EDIT: Ving Rhames is...Black Manta?!