Is there a Doctor in the House?
Hopefully, someone will do a version of Dr. Strange. The way it’s supposed to be done, not the sappy, poorly produced version from 1978.
Man Thing
According to Fangoria, Lions Gate Films and Marvel Studios’ Man-Thing, directed by Brett Leonard, will by-pass theaters and will air on Sci Fi Channel in April. The movie will then come to DVD on June 14.
marvel’s stock was an over the counter stock for like 1 dollar before xmen and spiderman came out. blade helped it a bit but not much. the movie’s helped boost readers and profits by a lot. so technically it was the kiss of life for marvel. if they start to go bad though, expect same profits for marvel too.
If they could pull off x-men they could pull off the avengers but just depending on what characters they use ( like the x-men) the movie could go way over the top as far as special effects. Remember often the avengers were fighting alien races and galactic level or world threatening villians. i think the xmen movie worked because although they had mutants they kept the scale of powers small to a degree. Storm didnt create hurricanes every 5 seconds etc. In other words more story than special effects.
Also the original avengers were thor, captain america, iron man, ant man and the hulk.Thats one heck of a cast.
I think instead of live action they should go with R rated anime,then they could stick to the comic story and special effects arent a problem.
I liked daredevil it wasnt too bad a movie, it would be nice if they could get the daredevil kingpin in the spiderman movie even for a cameo.
Blade 3 would have been a nice way to intro ghostrider in a cameo, instead of the nightstalker crap.
Ghost Rider would have kicked blade’s pansy ass.
Blade II, though, would roxors all over the Flaming Headed Dude’s bony ass.
Old thread I know, yet interesting.
I first discovered comic books in the late '60s and read/collected them until around 1980 or so. My main focus was the Marvel comics, but I also had various comics from DC, Warren, etc. When I attended five of the SD Comic Cons (1976 through '80), there was a very heavy focus on the comics themselves, then various celebrities. Back then, the Con was comparatively tiny and barely got much mention even in the local news. I met my first celebrities at the '76 Con, but all were comics or cartoon-related, such as artists, writers, etc. Also met Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc., voices) and got his autograph. To get in on the first day, you could still just show up and line up in front, and pay maybe $20 for the full four days.
Fast forward to today. I couldn’t get into the Con now even if I wanted to. Now the focus of the Con is on Hollywood celebrities and cosplay. Comic books are only a tiny niche anymore. I’m betting the majority of attendees probably don’t even read actual comic books anymore, and probably never have. It’s the Hollywood movies that Marvel has put out that has saved Marvel from the brink. More people worldwide have watched the Avengers and X-Men movies alone than have ever read all the Marvel Comics ever printed. And IMO, Marvel’s more recent movies have improved considerably since the early ones, due to superior FX that allow them to be done like never before. Are the movies perfect? No, but they’ve become better than was ever possible before.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1285167]Old thread I know, yet interesting.
I first discovered comic books in the late '60s and read/collected them until around 1980 or so. My main focus was the Marvel comics, but I also had various comics from DC, Warren, etc. When I attended five of the SD Comic Cons (1976 through '80), there was a very heavy focus on the comics themselves, then various celebrities. Back then, the Con was comparatively tiny and barely got much mention even in the local news. I met my first celebrities at the '76 Con, but all were comics or cartoon-related, such as artists, writers, etc. Also met Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc., voices) and got his autograph. To get in on the first day, you could still just show up and line up in front, and pay maybe $20 for the full four days.
Fast forward to today. I couldn’t get into the Con now even if I wanted to. Now the focus of the Con is on Hollywood celebrities and cosplay. Comic books are only a tiny niche anymore. I’m betting the majority of attendees probably don’t even read actual comic books anymore, and probably never have. It’s the Hollywood movies that Marvel has put out that has saved Marvel from the brink. More people worldwide have watched the Avengers and X-Men movies alone than have ever read all the Marvel Comics ever printed. And IMO, Marvel’s more recent movies have improved considerably since the early ones, due to superior FX that allow them to be done like never before. Are the movies perfect? No, but they’ve become better than was ever possible before.[/QUOTE]
Wow, really great insight & points Jimbo. Even though I am younger I would have to agree with everything you said. I went to a small comic convention in New Hampshire maybe 10 or 11 years ago, it was very low key, not really advertised. One of the original creators/ writer/ artists of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was there (it was originally a black and white indy comic)- I got a quick skecth and autograph from him for like $2 (he drew/ signed on a special sheet of paper).
When I get comics I usually go for 1960’s- early 1990’s stuff. Mostly I have 80’s/ early 90’s stuff. I go for the 50 cent and $1 bins of comics at the shops- they surprisingly have some good stuff in there. I got Daredevil #181 for $1, by Frank Miller (the death of Elektra), and in surprisingly good condition too. When I was a kid that book in that condition would have been at least $15. And I’ll say to myself, remember Namor the Submariner (early 90’s series) #17 my brother and I had as kids? (written/drawn by john byrne). Well, what happened in issues #1-16. And bam. I find them all in the 50 cent bin, and I build up a nice little collection that way. No harm in doing that every now and then. When I was very young I liked the Marvel/ DC. Stopped collecting in high school. Picked up again 18/19 yrs old, but I went for stuff like “Preacher” “Cerebus the Aardvark” and Alan Moore stuff. Than I stopped collecting. Than a few years ago I started getting stuff again, mostly like 1980’s Frank Miller Daredevil, John Byrne 1980’s Fantastic Four/ Superman/ etc. like I just described
I think you are right. That small low key New Hampshire convention was the only convention I’ve been to. These bigger events and things like cosplay are totally alien to me, and I think most of the people don’t even read/ have the comics, they are just movie fans! Makes me feel like an old soul! (and I guess I am.)
Our latest ezine offering
Read ANT-MAN: An Ant and a Neo-Cubist Sneak into a Rave… by Patrick Lugo
A[QUOTE=MarathonTmatt;1285168]Wow, really great insight & points Jimbo. Even though I am younger I would have to agree with everything you said. I went to a small comic convention in New Hampshire maybe 10 or 11 years ago, it was very low key, not really advertised. One of the original creators/ writer/ artists of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was there (it was originally a black and white indy comic)- I got a quick skecth and autograph from him for like $2 (he drew/ signed on a special sheet of paper).
When I get comics I usually go for 1960’s- early 1990’s stuff. Mostly I have 80’s/ early 90’s stuff. I go for the 50 cent and $1 bins of comics at the shops- they surprisingly have some good stuff in there. I got Daredevil #181 for $1, by Frank Miller (the death of Elektra), and in surprisingly good condition too. When I was a kid that book in that condition would have been at least $15. And I’ll say to myself, remember Namor the Submariner (early 90’s series) #17 my brother and I had as kids? (written/drawn by john byrne). Well, what happened in issues #1-16. And bam. I find them all in the 50 cent bin, and I build up a nice little collection that way. No harm in doing that every now and then. When I was very young I liked the Marvel/ DC. Stopped collecting in high school. Picked up again 18/19 yrs old, but I went for stuff like “Preacher” “Cerebus the Aardvark” and Alan Moore stuff. Than I stopped collecting. Than a few years ago I started getting stuff again, mostly like 1980’s Frank Miller Daredevil, John Byrne 1980’s Fantastic Four/ Superman/ etc. like I just described
I think you are right. That small low key New Hampshire convention was the only convention I’ve been to. These bigger events and things like cosplay are totally alien to me, and I think most of the people don’t even read/ have the comics, they are just movie fans! Makes me feel like an old soul! (and I guess I am.)[/QUOTE]
Thanks for sharing, Matt! Glad to see you enjoyed comics as well. Sounds like there was a lot of good stuff that came out during the '80s and '90s.
I learned to read with comic books from 4 years old. There will always be a special place in my heart for them, even though I mostly got out of them at 17. I got into comics a bit again later on when I lived in Taiwan. I would go to a marketplace that sold all kinds of stuff, including Japanese manga translated into Chinese. I developed my ability to read Chinese that way. It was great, because it was like reading conversational speech, as opposed to formalized stuff. My favorites of those were Kenji (Chuan Er in Mandarin), about a Japanese kid who trains Baji style and investigates other various CMA; and the City Hunter series. BTW, that marketplace also sold old 1970s issues of the Hong Kong Kung fu magazine New Martial Hero, which I also used to read. Alas, my ability to read and speak Chinese has declined a bit since those days.
As far as Marvel’s focus on movies, IMO it’s a good thing, as without them, I’m betting few if any younger people nowadays would even know about the Marvel characters. And it has increased the financial success of the company that would have probably gone under by now.
Who’s going to see ANT-MAN
I find myself a little nostalgic for some of those visuals. Ants are now cool.
Greetings,
I was shocked to see I started this thread.
Thank you Jimbo and MarathonTmatt for your discussion on ComiCon. It was not until today that I realized that ComicCon was short for Comic Book Convention. I went to those back in the mid/late seventies (I think). The attendance was such that you could walk around blindfolded and not bump into anybody. It was a serious buy/sell event. Was was noted in my memory from those times was that the adults still had a youthful enthusiasm. It was like they were adult children.
I got out of the comic books because of the change in intensity of the colors during that time. They were not as intense as before. Though not aware of it at the time, comics were like color therapy for me.
mickey
Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp - Official Trailer
Our newest exclusive web article
The Monkey King & Ant-Man? READ ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: Size Matters by Patrick Lugo
$68M in PRC
China Box Office: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Buzzes Away With $68 Million
9:13 PM PDT 8/26/2018 by Patrick Brzeski
Marvel
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’
The Paul Rudd superhero pic scored Marvel’s fourth-biggest China opening ever, while Warner Bros’ ‘The Meg’ climbed toward $150 million.
Finally opening seven weeks after its U.S. debut, Disney and Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp racked up a strong $68 million start at the Chinese box office over the weekend.
Only two Hollywood titles — Avengers: Infinity War ($201 million) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($134 million) — have scored bigger openings in the massive China market this year.
The Paul Rudd superhero sequel is pacing well ahead of the first Ant-Man film, which opened in China to $43 million in 2015. The big China bow also lifted the sequel past its predecessor at the worldwide box office: Ant-Man 2’s global haul now sits at $544 million compared with the first film’s $519 million final total.
The outsized start also is the fourth-biggest debut ever for a Marvel film in the Middle Kingdom, trailing only Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War and Captain America: Civil War.
Ant-Man 2’s China tally included $7.2 million from Imax, which is the giant screen operator’s biggest August opening weekend to date.
The big numbers were buttressed by positive word of mouth: the film scored 8.9/10 on Chinese ticketing app Maoyan and 7.5/10 from local reviews aggregator Douban.
Ant-Man 2 won’t have too long to rack up the RMB, however. Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout, with strong marketing support from local Internet giant Alibaba, is set to unfurl Friday.
Debuting in second place over the weekend, Hong Kong action comedy Big Brother, starring Donnie Yen (Rogue One, Ip Man) as a former special forces soldier turned high school teacher, earned $13 million.
Warner Bros.’ giant shark hit The Meg, meanwhile, added $7 million in its third frame, taking its total to $144.2 million. The film is a co-production with China’s Gravity Pictures and co-stars Chinese actress Li Bingbing opposite Jason Statham.
Other upcoming U.S. releases in China include STX Entertainment’s I Feel Pretty, which will test Chinese appetite for contemporary U.S. comedy when it bows Wednesday, and Studio 8’s prehistoric adventure pic Alpha, opening Sept. 7 and looking to make up ground after a soft start stateside.
I forgot Li Bingbing was in The Meg. Not really worthy of me starting a thread on that though, unless someone else want to do so.