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Which movie kicked off the boom in comic movies?
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:07 am
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:07 am
I always thought it was either Spider-man (2002) or X-men (2000)
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Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:21 am to Cockopotamus
X-men was better
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:37 am to Cockopotamus
Daredevil hands down. Beautifully put together accompanied with a great showing by Affleck while he was hitting his stride...
Yeah Spiderman.
Yeah Spiderman.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:39 am to Cockopotamus
there has actually been something of a steady stream of comic book inspired movies going back until at least the late 70s Christopher Reeve's Superman series. Consider: Superman, Batman (Keaton/Burton, Kilmer, Clooney killed it), The Crow, The Mask, Men in Black, Blade, etc
But the way you mean your question the answer is probably X-men. That spurred the Marvel wave of comic book movies including Spider Man, Wolverine, The Avengers, Captain America, Thor, The Fantastic Four
I think the Batman reboot and Superman reboots probably would have eventually happened with or without the Marvel wave of movies... but that's more opinion than easily proven.
But the way you mean your question the answer is probably X-men. That spurred the Marvel wave of comic book movies including Spider Man, Wolverine, The Avengers, Captain America, Thor, The Fantastic Four
I think the Batman reboot and Superman reboots probably would have eventually happened with or without the Marvel wave of movies... but that's more opinion than easily proven.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:41 am to Cockopotamus
I felt like after the first xmen movie is when that happened.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 2:52 am to molsusports
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there has actually been something of a steady stream of comic book inspired movies going back until at least the late 70s Christopher Reeve's Superman series. Consider: Superman, Batman (Keaton/Burton, Kilmer, Clooney killed it), The Crow, The Mask, Men in Black, Blade, etc
Yea but how many people that saw The Crow, The Mask or Men in Black knew they were originally comics?
I could buy arguments for Batman (1989) or maybe Blade (1998)
Posted on 4/10/14 at 3:02 am to Cockopotamus
I think the hulk tv series may have been one of the most popular comic themed forms of live action film entertainment pre-modern age.
in my opinion thanks largely to Bill Bixby's portrayal of Banner, it put a soul into a complex character, and got people interested.
Plus that lonely guy piano theme was genius.
in my opinion thanks largely to Bill Bixby's portrayal of Banner, it put a soul into a complex character, and got people interested.
Plus that lonely guy piano theme was genius.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 3:12 am to Cockopotamus
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there has actually been something of a steady stream of comic book inspired movies going back until at least the late 70s Christopher Reeve's Superman series. Consider: Superman, Batman (Keaton/Burton, Kilmer, Clooney killed it), The Crow, The Mask, Men in Black, Blade, etc
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Yea but how many people that saw The Crow, The Mask or Men in Black knew they were originally comics?
I could buy arguments for Batman (1989) or maybe Blade (1998)
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But the way you mean your question the answer is probably X-men. That spurred the Marvel wave of comic book movies including Spider Man, Wolverine, The Avengers, Captain America, Thor, The Fantastic Four
Posted on 4/10/14 at 3:21 am to molsusports
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But the way you mean your question the answer is probably X-men.
Yea and since it came out 2 year before Spider-man thats probably right. But for some reason I always think of Spider-man though.
Maybe I just saw it first
Posted on 4/10/14 at 5:21 am to Cockopotamus
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Blade (1998)
Winner winner chicken dinner.
This was the film that turned such a profit that studios began to pay attention to the viability of filming other comicbook properties.
There is no Xmen without Blade.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 6:00 am to Murray
I want to agree with this but I've always felt blade was made separate of the Marvel universe. More of a vampire movie than a superhero movie.
Maybe you are right about the exec's seeing the profits, but there are still some movie fans that don't even know Blade is a Marvel character to this day
Maybe you are right about the exec's seeing the profits, but there are still some movie fans that don't even know Blade is a Marvel character to this day
Posted on 4/10/14 at 6:49 am to mindbreaker
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I want to agree with this but I've always felt blade was made separate of the Marvel universe. More of a vampire movie than a superhero movie.
Maybe you are right about the exec's seeing the profits, but there are still some movie fans that don't even know Blade is a Marvel character to this day
Blade being more of a vampire movie than a superhero movie is the whole point. It started the change in exec's perception of comic characters and how they could be portrayed successfully in film.
After Blade's success, it was the exec's finally seeing that there was this huge catalog of characters that have barely been tapped into in film.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:03 am to Cockopotamus
The story goes that Sony pictures gave the green light for Spider-Man on a Tuesday only after seeing the X-Men opening weekend numbers.
It certainly was not Blade, X-Men would have happened without Blade anyway.
X-Men started it all.
It certainly was not Blade, X-Men would have happened without Blade anyway.
X-Men started it all.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 7:05 am
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:05 am to Murray
I thought about putting Batman '89 here for many reasons, but in wondering if our thinking here is limited. Maybe the answer here isn't a comic book movie at all.
For the most part, none if these movies would be possible without SFX. Do we really owe the boon to something like the Matrix for showing what worlds could be created digitally?
For the most part, none if these movies would be possible without SFX. Do we really owe the boon to something like the Matrix for showing what worlds could be created digitally?
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:06 am to Cockopotamus
X-men was the nudge.
Spider-man was the explosion.
Spider-man was the explosion.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:08 am to theunknownknight
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Blade was the nudge.
X-men was the confirmation.
Spider-man was the explosion.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:10 am to Murray
X-Men discussions began in 1995. Just read the production notes.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:13 am to theunknownknight
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X-Men discussions began in 1995. Just read the production notes.
That is true. Blade still provided the solid evidence in box office receipts to support a proper investment into future comicbook films, which Xmen was.
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I'm pretty sure this topic was done to death within the last year.
The staunchness of my Blade choice comes from spending most of the 90's working in a comic shop and reading all of the sci-fi/comic film monthly magazines and while there were always mentions of Xmen film discussion(along with pretty much every other character at some point), I assure you, that after Blade came out, things changed.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 7:20 am
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:17 am to mindbreaker
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I want to agree with this but I've always felt blade was made separate of the Marvel universe. More of a vampire movie than a superhero movie.
It wasn't that Blade was made separate, it's that X-Men was able to show REAL super powers on screen. Even Superman to an extent, is kind of an easy to understand superhero. Strong, Fast, Flight with heat vision.
That's a lot different from a healing factor, draining life power, controlling the weather, telekinesis and telepathy and so forth.
I think it's less about just putting a comic book on screen and more about putting a variety of powers on screen.
That makes the answer: X-Men
Posted on 4/10/14 at 7:21 am to Cockopotamus
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I could buy arguments for Batman (1989)
I'm sort of here with this - although it is not obvious - this was a big budget, given to a hotshot young director (Burton), and kind of went over the top.
Up to that time - it was a trickle - at best. Part of the problem is the technical challenges of filming superhero antics - they were starting to conquer those challenges in the late 80s.
If you're looking for the opening of the flood gates - X-Men and Spiderman are 2 popular candidates, although neither are technically MCU.
Another point to consider is that the biggest comic properties, from a film standpoint, were Superman and Batman (both DC characters) before the current boom, and now Marvel dominates would be support for X-Men/Spiderman being the trigger.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 7:22 am
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