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[Skuggs]

Got any favorite comic based movies?

Mine are:
Superman 1 & 2.
Sin City.
The Dark Knight Trilogy.
Dredd.
Watchmen.
Heavy Metal.
Akira.
Ghost in The Shell.
Batman Mask of the Phantasm.
300.
V For Vendetta.
Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky.
Oldboy.
Road to Perdition.
A History of Violence.
The Crow.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
X-Men 1/2/First Class.
Iron Man.
Adventures of TinTin.
Kick-Ass.
Scott Pilgrem.
Captain America First Avenger.
Thor.
Incredible Hulk.
Ichi The Killer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Blade 1 & 2.
American Splendor.
Hellboy 1 & 2.
Flash Gordon.
Fist of the North Star (animated).
The Mask.
30 Days of Night.
Batman 1989 and Returns.
Batman Dark Knight Returns 1 & 2.
Batman Beyond Return of the Joker.
Batman Under the Red Hood.
Cemetery Man aka Dellamorte Dellamore.
Dick Tracy.
The Rocketeer.
Persepolis.
Men in Black.
Tales from The Crypt (1972).
Spider-Man 1/2/Amazing.

[ILOVEVHS]

The Batman movies, the Charlie Brown movies, and the Avengers films.

[furrykef]

Just Watchmen. I think, on the whole, the film is superior to the book, but the book definitely has layers that couldn't be translated to film.

[Skuggs]

I bet you didn't know some of these movies are based on graphic novels like Oldboy, Road to Perdition, Sin City, 300 and History of Violence as not many people knew

[Janus]

I'd have to disagree with you furrykef about the Watchmen movie being superior to the book. The movie was better than I expected, but I prefer the comic. Certain elements of it, as you already put it, couldn't translate very well into a live action movie. It's hard for me to explain, but the movie seemed to miss the soul of the characters for me. Throughout the comic, Moore would end all but the last issue with a prose section further exploring a character. I felt the prose further grounded the series in a measure of reality.

To answer the question at hand, Nolan's Batman trilogy, V For Vendetta ( I like both comic and movie), Watchmen, Iron Man, Akira to a degree (the problem is that the movie is based off the manga when it was incomplete at the time), The Mask was pretty good even if it changed the character from the comic, Tim Burton's first Batman movie, and I've always liked certain things about Batman Forever, and the Thomas Jane Punisher movie which is very underrated.

[furrykef]

Throughout the comic, Moore would end all but the last issue with a prose section further exploring a character. I felt the prose further grounded the series in a measure of reality.

I felt it dragged it down. I skipped most of those.

[RedAuthar]

Big on the Marvel Movies (Spider-Man Trilogy, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men Series, Avengers Series, Hulk vs. Wolverine, Hulk vs. Thor, The Invincible Iron Man, Next Avengers, both Ultimate Avengers, Fantastic Four was okay but Rise of the Silver Surfer kinda stank, Didn't see Electra, Daredevil, Punisher, or Blade).

I like a few of the DC Movies, mostly the animated ones, (Batman Mask of Phantasm, Justice League Doom, Justice League Crisis on Two Earths, Adam West Batman, Batman Beyond Return of the Joker (Uncut), Superman and Superman II, Batman Year One, Green Lantern First Flight, Green Lantern, The Green Arrow Short, Batman Under the Red Hood)

Didn't really like the Watchmen Comic so I didn't go see the movie (Believe it or not)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen isn't bad, but I've never read the comic so I wouldn't know how to compare it.

Cowboys and Aliens is a million times better then the comic but that's not saying much.

Wan't Big on the Nolan Batman Series. It wasn't bad but Batman seemed less of a Detective and more of an Punch-Face hero.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is pretty awesome.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, and Turtles Forever are all pretty good.

Dick Tracy wasn't bad.

Most of the Peanuts Cartoons are pretty good.

Astro Boy was pretty good but I never read the Manga.

I liked Speed Racer but once again I never read the Manga.

[ILOVEVHS]

I wanna write a comic about Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt going on adventures through the universe. It would probably sell well.

[RedAuthar]

Actually it would if you wrote it well.

[ILOVEVHS]

I've been told that I write well. I have to be careful though. If I've learned anything from Linkara, it's that lots of comics are total shit because of bad writers.

[Uncle Ben]

I've been told that I write well. I have to be careful though. If I've learned anything from Linkara, it's that lots of comics are total shit because of bad writers.

Like Flynn and Penders??? Was that my outloud voice?

[ILOVEVHS]

More like Joe Quesada.

FUCK ONE MORE DAY. FFFFFFFFUCK IT.

[Janus]

Big on the Marvel Movies (Spider-Man Trilogy, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men Series, Avengers Series, Hulk vs. Wolverine, Hulk vs. Thor, The Invincible Iron Man, Next Avengers, both Ultimate Avengers, Fantastic Four was okay but Rise of the Silver Surfer kinda stank, Didn't see Electra, Daredevil, Punisher, or Blade).

I like a few of the DC Movies, mostly the animated ones, (Batman Mask of Phantasm, Justice League Doom, Justice League Crisis on Two Earths, Adam West Batman, Batman Beyond Return of the Joker (Uncut), Superman and Superman II, Batman Year One, Green Lantern First Flight, Green Lantern, The Green Arrow Short, Batman Under the Red Hood)

Didn't really like the Watchmen Comic so I didn't go see the movie (Believe it or not)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen isn't bad, but I've never read the comic so I wouldn't know how to compare it.

Cowboys and Aliens is a million times better then the comic but that's not saying much.

Wan't Big on the Nolan Batman Series. It wasn't bad but Batman seemed less of a Detective and more of an Punch-Face hero.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is pretty awesome.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, and Turtles Forever are all pretty good.

Dick Tracy wasn't bad.

Most of the Peanuts Cartoons are pretty good.

Astro Boy was pretty good but I never read the Manga.

I liked Speed Racer but once again I never read the Manga.

The comic for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is very different. The main thing I liked about the movie was Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain.

More like Joe Quesada.

FUCK ONE MORE DAY. FFFFFFFFUCK IT.

Let us not speak of that travesty.

[RedAuthar]

....why does everyone hate One More Day? I mean it wasn't GOOD but it wasn't CRAP either.

Besides it is one of the greatest pieces of literature compared to MAKING FREAKING DOC OCK SPIDERMAN!

[ILOVEVHS]

BECAUSE JOE QUESDA INSULTS ESCAPIST FICTION FANS. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO READ SPIDER-MAN, AND OTHER COMICS.

And besides, it would have made a bigger impact if it was Mary Jane that was shot, not Aunt May. And the "Living in torment" thing? Yeah right, Peter' making out with some chick in the next issue. I'll excuse the deal with the devil, because Mephisto is a recurring Marvel character.

There was a Flash story similar to One More Day, but executed SO MUCH BETTER. Read that instead.

[RedAuthar]

1) Killing MJ would just be a cheap way to get Peter a new girlfriend. It would have made it worse.
2) If you read the story, it erased peoples memories that they ever WERE married. So having Peter with another girl isn't a bad thing.
3) It was not the first time that Peter would sacrifice his own happiness for Aunt May. It was totally in character.

[Janus]

Yes, Peter dying and being replaced by Doctor Octopus sucked as well, but in One More Day, Peter and MJ broke up to save Aunt May after making a deal with Mephisto. I mean, really? Spider-Man would make a deal with Satan! If Quesada had just wanted to break the couple up, I wouldn't have minded it so much. But that particular retcon just felt so cheap and insulting. It's a big part of the reason why I don't read current Spider-Man comics. I don't care for any of the story arcs I've heard about.

[ILOVEVHS]

This is like the billionth time Aunt May is gonna die!

Just let her go! I understand that you're afraid of her dying because of Uncle Ben, but there's a difference between fear and selfishness.

This is why I only watch the cartoons and movies.

[RedAuthar]

This is like the billionth time Aunt May is gonna die!

Just let her go! I understand that you're afraid of her dying because of Uncle Ben, but there's a difference between fear and selfishness.

This is why I only watch the cartoons and movies.

*Unfriends VHS*

[ILOVEVHS]

Look, I'm sorry. It's just my opinion.

The real reason I don't read Spider-Man is because, well, superhero comics bore me.

I prefer comedies and movie based comics.