Comic books you'd like to see TV/Movie adaptions of...

[AGXStarseed]

TV and/or cinematic adaptions of comic books have proven fairly popular in the past and are still going strong today, despite some disappointments or those that didn't do as well as they could have done (such as Spawn or Constantine).

With Marvel and DC continuing to create their TV and movie series at a varying pace (with differing quality and popularity between each) while other adaptions include two movie adaptions of the 2000AD comic book character Judge Dredd (the Karl Urban version been my favourite of the two) and an adaption of Dandy comic book character Bananaman at some point in the future.

As such, I'd like to ask what other comic books you'd maybe like to see adaptions of in the future.


Here's a few I wouldn't mind seeing:

Dan Dare: This did get a computer-generated TV series back in 2001, although a movie (apparently starring Sam Worthington in the lead role) was announced back in 2010.

Doomlord: Another from 2000AD, featuring an alien sent to Earth to decide whether humanity should be allowed to live or not for the safety of Earth, it's other inhabitants and other extraterrestrial species.

Nemesis the Warlord: A somewhat more controversial entry from 2000AD, set in the future and featuring a demonic anti-hero called Nemesis battling against a tyrannical religious fanatic called Torquemada - a man who rules the Earth with an iron fist and is hellbent on ridding the universe of all alien life, whom he regards as "impure".

Witchblade: This has gotten some TV adaptions in the past but I think a movie version is a must at some point. The story centers around a NY homicide detective called Sarah Pezzini, who becomes the weilder of an ancient magical gauntlet called the Witchblade - which she uses to fight a multitude of foes. The series got a lot of crossovers - including with the Alien vs. Predator universe and a few with Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series.

 

[Judge]

Oh that's easy. "Ripley's Believe It Or Not". I loved those comics and all their paperbacks.

 

[Judge]

I wish they'd bring that show back on the air. If memory serves right, but I think Jack Palance was the host. They'd lift stories from the comics and/or paperback books.

Yep. Jack and his daughter Holly both hosted the tv show. But I miss the comics more than the tv show.

 

[Crossbreed]

Danger Girl...!

 

[Judge]

I agree; the books and comics were much better. There are many periodicals from "back in the day" that I wish they'd bring back. Do you recall "Cartoons" magazine? It was devoted to automotive enthusiasts. They had two characters, "Crass and Bernie." Even my mother read it.

Nope, can't say I recall that one. I was always pretty picky about which comics I read as a kid. A very narrow selection.

 

[Mr Allen]

Wonder Woman.

Remember the shows in the 70s with Lynda Carter? Classic.

 

[Mr Allen]

The Punisher, there's still yet to be a good movie based on the comics IMO, the one with Dolph Lundgren was crap.

The game was pretty good though, not too bad for a typical side scrolling fighting game, which 20 years ago were 10 a penny in the Arcades.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Some more from 2000AD:

Zenith - Another from 2000AD. This one is a British Superhero comic book series but beginning in the 60's and continuing till the late 1980's, with a young superhero called Zenith (who originally uses his powers to boost his pop career) joining up with older heroes to prevent the extra-dimensional entities known as the Lloigor ('The Many-Angled Ones') from invading Earth's dimension.

Strontium Dog: The story of a man called Johnny Alpha - a mutant as a result of fallout from a nuclear war - who later becomes a galactic bounty hunter along with a ragtag crew of different individuals, including a female vampire and a time-displaced viking.

 

[AGXStarseed]

The Punisher, there's still yet to be a good movie based on the comics IMO, the one with Dolph Lundgren was crap.

What did you think of the 2004 version with Thomas Jane as the main character?

 

[Riley]

Would webcomics count? Because I have two that would, frankly, be animated adult hits:

• Peter Is The Wolf: The best 'American manga' I have ever encountered. Peter Stubbe, a runt werewolf, accidentally infects his girlfriend ('Slip-n-Fall' Sarah Hazen) with lycanthropy via intercourse. If it wasn't bad enough, she turns into this GI-HUGE-IC megawolf. I've even got a voice cast planned and everything. Hope Christy Hui (Of Xiaolin Showdown fame) does the animation. Though, for the sake of decency/censors, they should adapt the show from the General version.
• The Zombie Nation: These two brothers get infected during the start of the Zompocalypse and must survive in a crazy world. Maxwell Atoms should have no trouble with this.

 

[Sylar]

The bubble has burst for me on superheroes and comicbook movies now, between all the DC, Marvel and Fox's X-Men/Deadpool movies as well as the tv shows it's just too much for me. I'm bored of seeing them, I'm bored of hearing about them.

With that said, I wouldn't mind it if they did another Blade movie.

 

[xudo]

What did you think of the 2004 version with Thomas Jane as the main character?

Personally, I really enjoyed it.

With that said, I wouldn't mind it if they did another Blade movie.

I loved the Blade films, particularly Blade Trinity...even if Triple H (and his painfully wooden acting) was in it.

 

[Sylar]

I loved the Blade films, particularly Blade Trinity...even if Triple H (and his painfully wooden acting) was in it.

Blade Trinity gets too much hate, I thought and still think it is a lot of fun. Maybe too much comedy and not enough Blade but there's only so much you can do when the star refuses to leave his trailer, gets high and tries to strangle the director.

Blade 2 is still my favourite, the villain's first scene made me jump when I first saw it. Great action, great supporting cast.

Blade series and Dredd 3D must be my favourite superhero movies.

 

[AGXStarseed]

The bubble has burst for me on superheroes and comicbook movies now, between all the DC, Marvel and Fox's X-Men/Deadpool movies as well as the tv shows it's just too much for me. I'm bored of seeing them, I'm bored of hearing about them.

With that said, I wouldn't mind it if they did another Blade movie.

I can see what you mean.
Personally, I wouldn't mind them having another crack at The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as the graphic novel by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.) is actually pretty good.
Here's hoping that if such a thing happens that they actually do a good job of it, though, unlike that train-wreck from 2003.

 

[xudo]

unlike that train-wreck from 2003.

Such a fitting description. It was truly awful.

 

[Sylar]

I can see what you mean.
Personally, I wouldn't mind them having another crack at The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as the graphic novel by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.) is actually pretty good.

I agree, maybe I worded my post wrong because my issue is with the standard superhero movies that flood the market these days and not all properties based on comics.

I have the Watchmen book and movie and enjoy them both (even if the movie is a shallow adaptation), it works because it's a story about politics and philosophy more than anything and the hero aspect is just a tool to explore that story. If anything it's a deconstruction of the superhero genre, or maybe even a hate letter to it.

I Zombie is a comic series and I love the tv show. The Boys is a darkly funny comic that could make an interested film/show, though I doubt it'd work as well.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I agree, maybe I worded my post wrong because my issue is with the standard superhero movies that flood the market these days and not all properties based on comics.

I have the Watchmen book and movie and enjoy them both (even if the movie is a shallow adaptation), it works because it's a story about politics and philosophy more than anything and the hero aspect is just a tool to explore that story. If anything it's a deconstruction of the superhero genre, or maybe even a hate letter to it.

I Zombie is a comic series and I love the tv show. The Boys is a darkly funny comic that could make an interested film/show, though I doubt it'd work as well.

In the spirit of honesty, I'd love to see a 'Lobo' spinoff from the DC universe - seeing the 'Main Man' on his space motorcycle causing carnage with plenty of 80's themes, guns, blood and fighting.

The 80's had some fantastic action movies - a large number of which not only stand up to today's standards but are also better then many modern day action movies, especially when it comes to having interesting characters - so I think it could work and, like Deadpool, I think it would be a great offset to all the superhero movies at the minute by focusing on a villainous mercenary/bounty hunter who loves booze, brawls and babes.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I think it would also be pretty awesome to have some superhero movies that mix with horror, as that's something you don't often see and could not only provide some variety to the superhero flicks but also provide some necessary re-invigoration to the horror.

As the article below shows, movies about characters such as the Darkness, Dead Man, Moon Knight, The Spectre or Terror Inc could be great for both genres.
5 Horrifying Superheroes Who Deserve Their Own Movie

 

[Mr Allen]

I'd like to see a movie starring the "Samurai Rabbit" Usagi Yojimbo. I can't remember who created him, but it was a popular comic series in the mid to late 80s as I recall, there was a good game on the Spectrum and Commodore 64 of it.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I'd like to see a movie starring the "Samurai Rabbit" Usagi Yojimbo. I can't remember who created him, but it was a popular comic series in the mid to late 80s as I recall, there was a good game on the Spectrum and Commodore 64 of it.

That sounds like it would be good.