Conference bookie::movies

>>  I personally have never heard of Spawn, so I can't imagine what that
>>  would be about.  
    
    I have heard of SPAWN and even have a comic shoot-off from this
    comic (Angela). Still, I can't imagine a movie made off this (SPAWN)
    one.
    
    BTW, they are making a CROW 2, FYI

>> I think that there is a lot of risks in doing a comic to big screen
>> movie....how many people know the characters....what if it turns out to be
>> another Judge Dredd (which flopped)...can they capture the audience they
>> need....can they provide the special effects?

    There's even a bigger risk of doing coinop games on the big screen, but
    it's been done, quite successfully, I believe.
    
    Anyway, movie makers are probably running out of ideas. Look how many
    remakes of "old" movies are still coming out.

    RE: -1 & -2
    
    	Spawn from my understanding is an Ex-C.I.A. agent who dies and
    sells his soul to the devil. The deal is; he has to hunt down criminals
    such as rapists, child molesters and murders...he then trades their
    souls into the devil. All he has to do is keep producing souls!
    
    	I think Spidey would be kinda cool on the big screen, as long as
    it's done properly! The web shootin' & swingin' could be difficult...
    but that's a job for a DEC computer to take care of.
    
    	J

    
    There's a British comic called "Button Man" which I think would make an
    excellent movie.  It's about an ex-mercenary who gets suckered into a
    game run by the wealthy heads of society which pits each player's
    asassin, or "button man" against each other.  The button mans who comes
    out alive then wins his "fixer" the bet.  The button men and "voices"
    never meet but when the main character is set up to be killed, he goes
    after his voice with revenge in mind.  This would make an excellent
    thriller.  Anyone else think of comics that would translate well to the
    big screen?
    
    
    I.

    I may be showing my age here, but as a boy a long time ago, my favorite
    comic hero, and thus, movie hero was Tarzan. I've followed them all -
    from Elmo Lincoln through Ron Ely. "Tarzan The Ape Man" was the
    industry break through of it's era, but as a Tarzan enthusiast, I
    longed for the day when a producer would work with one of ERB's goo
    Tarzan books and feature places such as the lost lands of Paul-ul-Don,
    Opar, or Peluseda, or show a battle between the Terribs and Queen
    Lara's tropps in the croc boats. ERB's Tarzan was at the forefornt then
    of fantasy/fiction and there is still tonbs and tons opf material that
    the movies have never touched. Plenty of room for outrageous special
    effects.

    
    	So I guess you weren't a really big fan of "Tarzan: The Legend
    	of Greystoke", were you?
    
    	8^)
    

    This isn't a new trend!! How soon we forget Ninja Turtles, Addams
    Family, Dennis the Menace, Richie Rich, Darkman, uh, lessee, and
    Tales from the Crypt, Dick Tracy, Tank Girl, uh, uh, well ...
    
    At any rate, I read somewhere that there are at least forty recent
    movies that were originally comics and/or cartoons. Statistically,
    most of them are bombs, or at least marginal, like Dick Tracy. But
    the ones that pay off big like Batman are the ones that everyone
    remembers, even the studio heads. These days they are terrified of
    trying anything new on a big budget, so they recycle whatever they
    can find that once earned some audience acceptance, somewhere.
    
    Geoff

    .5 Tarzan, Legend of Greystoke
    
    Actually, I did enjoy that film. It wasn't the fantasy trip that could
    be possible, but it was a serious attempt to deal with the original
    premise that put Tarzan in the jungle in the first place. It was
    actualy quite well done I thought, and made a great deal more sense
    than what the movies in the 40s & 50s did - 
    
    The one that really irritated me was Tarzan played by Jock Mahoney 
    (Range Rider) parachuting into India to help out with some foolish plot.
    The Ron Ely ones I really hated - any fool could recognize Indian
    elephants (easier to train) shot "on location" in central America,
    using locals pretending to be African Tribesmen. Had to set Tarzan back
    50 years. 
    
    Anyway. Legend of Greystoke was a decent attempt to get a message out,
    (civilized man might not be as civilized as the noble wild man, and a
    few environmental messages as well.) 
    
    I am open minded - I just want reasonable treatment of the material.   
    
    Thanks for asking - I had forgotton that movie.	

    Don't forget Howard the Duck...

    The Rocketeer...

    
    	Oh, but Jenny is such a doll.
    

    And just think what it would have been like if they had hired Connely
    to play Betty instead of Jenny

    
    That movie only has two things going for it, and Jennifer Connelly
    posesses both of them.
    
    ;^)

    
    	Humor and charm, I'd bet.  But I wouldn't bet too much money
    	on that.
    
    	8^)
    

    I actually enjoyed The Rocketeer. 
    
    And Jenny!
    
    					Steve