Marvel vs. DC or is it DC vs. Marvel

Capn_Jack_Savvy

Capn_Jack_Savvy

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So in your opinion who is winning the movie adaptation race from comic book to big screen?

Is it Marvel vs. DC or DC vs. Marvel?

In my book I would have to say Marvel!:love
 
I've always liked DC better, but I have to say the Marvel films so far have been more entertaining for me.
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Just my list....

Marvel Epic Failures:

Elektra - Had potential
Daredevil - Not bad but did not pan out too well
FF4 Rise of the Silver Surfer
First round of Punisher films
Ghost Rider - One of my favorite Marvel characters now forever covered with Nick Cage slim.......
Spidey 3 - EMO Parker
Xmen 3 - Too much on screen!
Hulk - By box office standards but I actually liked the first version by Ange Lee!

DC Epic Failures

Catwoman
Batman 3
Superman Returns.....? Never saw it only by word of mouth and RPF
Was Spawn under the DC label? I know McFarlane used to illustrate for them.....!
Green Lantern....?
 
I like DC but they slackin with films these days, my nephew got me hooked on Iron Man the past few years and converted me to the Marvel franchise. I do like how some Marvel movies are rated R... Still love Superman! lol
 
Okay, according to wikipedia (I omitted direct-to-video & unreleased) here's Marvel vs DC I'll let you kids duke it out to see which is better :)

Marvel
1944 Captain America
1986 Howard the Duck
1989 The Punisher
1998 Blade
2000 X-Men
2002 Blade II
2002 Spider-Man
2003 X2
2003 Hulk
2004 The Punisher
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Blade: Trinity
2005 Elektra
2005 Fantastic Four
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Ghost Rider
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Iron Man
2008 The Incredible Hulk
2008 Punisher: War Zone
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2010 Iron Man 2
2011 Thor
2011 X-Men: First Class

DC
1978 Superman
1980 Superman II
1982 Swamp Thing
1983 Superman III
1984 Supergirl
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1989 The Return of Swamp Thing
1989 Batman
1992 Batman Returns
1995 Batman Forever
1997 Batman & Robin
1997 Steel
2004 Catwoman
2005 Batman Begins
2006 Superman Returns
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Watchmen
2010 Jonah Hex
2011 Green Lantern
 
Well i guess I need to add to my DC list:

Batman and Robin
Superman III - Richard Pryor as a villain??? Missed that comic book
Swamp Thing - Campy for it's time
Supergirl - Other than eye candy.
Just watched Jonah Hex and have to say that movie was the worst! I loved the comic book character
 
Capn_Jack_Savvy said:
Just my list....

Marvel Epic Failures:

Daredevil - Not bad but did not pan out too well

Hulk - By box office standards but I actually liked the first version by Ange Lee!

DC Epic Failures


Superman Returns.....? Never saw it only by word of mouth and RPF
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I kinda like the Daredevil movie. It gets better after subsequent rewatchings.

I REALLY LIKE the Ed Norton Hulk movie.

I like Superman Returns too. Originally I didnt like the casting of Brandon Routh, but I thought he did excellent.

I wouldnt call these three EPIC failures. Just not as successful as hoped for.
 
Capn_Jack_Savvy said:
Just my list....

Marvel Epic Failures:

Elektra - Had potential
Daredevil - Not bad but did not pan out too well
FF4 Rise of the Silver Surfer
First round of Punisher films
Ghost Rider - One of my favorite Marvel characters now forever covered with Nick Cage slim.......
Spidey 3 - EMO Parker
Xmen 3 - Too much on screen!
Hulk - By box office standards but I actually liked the first version by Ange Lee!

DC Epic Failures

Catwoman
Batman 3
Superman Returns.....? Never saw it only by word of mouth and RPF
Was Spawn under the DC label? I know McFarlane used to illustrate for them.....!
Green Lantern....?
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The Director's cut of Daredevil is actually a halfway decent movie. MUCH better than the piece of crap that they put out in theaters.

And Spawn was Image, I believe. Todd also used to work for Marvel for a long time.
 
For a while the test was with television adaptations.
George Reeve's Superman, the sixties Batman and seventies Wonder Woman were all popular. Marvel had a hit with the Hulk show but television's Spiderman didn't fare well critically. The tv movies (pilots) were Doctor Strange and two Captain Americas that bombed.
Then the Superman and Batman movies did great. Marvel had a Punisher movie with Dolphin Lundgren and movies of Fantastic Four and Captain America that weren't released theatrically and considered to be crud.
I've left out a lot but you get the idea.

Now Marvel's movies seem to have the edge.

Wolf
 
The Rock-a-who said:
Marvel
2000 X-Men
2002 Blade II
2002 Spider-Man
2003 X2
2003 Hulk
2004 The Punisher
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Blade: Trinity
2005 Elektra
2005 Fantastic Four
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Ghost Rider
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Iron Man
2008 The Incredible Hulk
2008 Punisher: War Zone
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2010 Iron Man 2
2011 Thor
2011 X-Men: First Class

DC
2004 Catwoman
2005 Batman Begins
2006 Superman Returns
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Watchmen
2010 Jonah Hex
2011 Green Lantern
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Let's look at what they've done just since 2000... You'd never know that DC was owned by a movie studio, would you?

DC has an incredible roster of iconic superheros and they've done almost nothing with them. Someone at Marvel finally got the bright idea to create a unified plan of attack in developing and creating films and I think it was a genius move to place a group of people that understand comics and movies at the top.

Both Marvel and DC have created some great and not-so-great films but overall Marvel is running circles around DC at actually getting things done. Someone at Warner Bros. took a big chance putting Nolan in charge of Batman and that paid off tremendously for them, but what else do they have to show? They seem content taking the half-ass approach playing with direct-to-DVD animated films and television shows when they could be a major force.

I just don't understand it.
 
WinstonWolf359 said:
Let's look at what they've done just since 2000... You'd never know that DC was owned by a movie studio, would you?

DC has an incredible roster of iconic superheros and they've done almost nothing with them. Someone at Marvel finally got the bright idea to create a unified plan of attack in developing and creating films and I think it was a genius move to place a group of people that understand comics and movies at the top.

Both Marvel and DC have created some great and not-so-great films but overall Marvel is running circles around DC at actually getting things done. Someone at Warner Bros. took a big chance putting Nolan in charge of Batman and that paid off tremendously for them, but what else do they have to show? They seem content taking the half-ass approach playing with direct-to-DVD animated films and television shows when they could be a major force.

I just don't understand it.
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I agree 100%. Granted I've always been a Marvel fan (grew up on X-men) but I always loved Batman and some DC book too. But when money was tight DC was always the first to go. I really do wish that DC could get some decent movies made though. It's frustrating that outside of Batman, they haven't done anything good in more than a decade outside of Vertigo titles. And the Vertigo titles of Watchmen and The Losers weren't THAT good. Though, I will admit I did really enjoy The Losers. But most people don't even know it was comic and the story could easily have been a Hollywood original.
 
I haven't read a Marvel comic in the last 15 years. I have always been a big DC fan. But Marvel is kicking DC's but in the movie department.
 
The Rock-a-who said:
Okay, according to wikipedia (I omitted direct-to-video & unreleased) here's Marvel vs DC I'll let you kids duke it out to see which is better :)

Marvel
1944 Captain America
1986 Howard the Duck
1989 The Punisher
1998 Blade
2000 X-Men
2002 Blade II
2002 Spider-Man
2003 X2
2003 Hulk
2003 Daredevil
2004 The Punisher
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Blade: Trinity
2005 Elektra
2005 Fantastic Four
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Ghost Rider
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Iron Man
2008 The Incredible Hulk
2008 Punisher: War Zone
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2010 Iron Man 2
2011 Thor
2011 X-Men: First Class

DC
1978 Superman
1980 Superman II
1982 Swamp Thing
1983 Superman III
1984 Supergirl
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1989 The Return of Swamp Thing
1989 Batman
1992 Batman Returns
1995 Batman Forever
1997 Batman & Robin
1997 Steel
2004 Catwoman
2005 Batman Begins
2006 Superman Returns
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Watchmen
2010 Jonah Hex
2011 Green Lantern
Click to expand...
The ones I have highlighted are the ones I thought were the worst in my opinion alone. That said, it looks to be pretty even as far as suckitude. The fact that we are discussing which COMIC BOOK movies suck the worst makes me smile. As a kid, I never expected half of these on the silver screen.
 
This year is all MARVEL! THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA TFA. And all DC got is only the horrible Green Lantern.
Next year I THINK DC'll win. there will be a hard fight between The Amazing Spiderman and tdkr. TDKR is a summer movie so...
2013: Man of Steel...
 
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