Personally I prefer my Green Goblin to be just a costumed psycho as opposed to a genetic freak, like in Ultimate Spider-Man. I get that to a degree, it makes more "sense" to have him just be a genetic monster, but it's much less entertaining to me. Not to mention a big green dude who punches things isn't really visually interesting villain and it's a little too much like the Lizard, whereas when he's in costume he's got the glider, the bombs, the knives, and he can be flying around duking it out with Spidey in a way that's a bit cooler than a standard punch up. I do get that it'skind of goofy, but if we're willing to accept Spider-Man we should be willing to accept the Green Goblin. I prefer it when comics play up the aimless psychopath elements, as a opposed to trying to make him some some of Machiavellian Lex Luthor Lite character.
I think one of the main reasons comic book storylines don't get adapted is the continuity. Not in the sense that continuity is impenetrable, it isn't, but in the sense that in the comics these characters are already introduced. For example "Kraven's Last Hunt" works because we know who Kraven is and his status as a kind of a joke and we know who Spider-Man is and all that, but in a movie they would have to introduce Kraven and explain who he is anf the story would lose something. I thinking for now we'll have to be content with Hollywood just taking general plotlines and elements, though I do think there are stories that could be easily adapted, such as Green Lantern: Secret Origin, as G-Man mentioned. I never actually thought of it in the frame of being a sign that Hollywood doesn't really respect comics as a storytelling medium enough to really take more than general ideas from the stories, but that is a very interesting point to make and one that makes a lot of sense, even if it is a little depressing.
I suppose with the way modern comics are we could be considered due for a big crossover, but personally I don't want one. I think that the mini-crossovers we've seen in the New 52 and Mark Waid's Daredevil are the way to go, they help to establish the universe and let us see these character's interact with each other without being annoying and intrusive. And I hate the way Marvel is with crossovers right now, they've just gone from one to next and it's tiring, I honestly don't particularly want to see these characters fight each other again, I want to see the heroes fight some actual villains for a change, though I do think the way Marvel is publishing Avengers vs X-Men relatively free of tie-ins is good, even if I think the story is stupid. If I have my way I'd see DC continue as the are now for a few years, mostly keeping everything self contained and then using the mini-crossovers to establish a greater self of unity with their books, then in maybe 4 years time they could do a big crisis crossover, that way it would actually have impact and be like "Oh man, that sounds awesome, I want to read that!" as opposed to just "Another crossover? Didn't the last one end like, four months ago? Why should I even care?"
Given the choice between a Black Panther movie and a Luke Cage movie, I'd definitely have to go with Black Panther. I think that Luke Cage isn't all that interesting in isolation, he's interesting as a member of the Avengers, and I'd totally prefer Heroes For Hire movie with him and Iron Fist over a Black Panther movie, but if it was a choice of just Luke Cage or Black Panther, I'd go Black Panther.
For a Black Panther movie I'd have to vote for Klaw as the villain, because he's a classic villain and he's very high concept and sci-fi, and I think that would be more interesting than adapting Black Panther's Daredevil substitute phase. I could see the Black Panther movie going for a sort of james Bond-y tone, personally.
I really hope they keep Gwen Stacy dead, because her death was one of the most important in comics, so bringing her back would be a terrible move. That said, while I think some fear over Gwen Stacy coming back because of her prominent role in the new movie is warranted, it's important to remember that the movie was made by Sony, not Marvel, so Sony can't just tell them to bring back Gwen Stacy for cross-media synergy, though I do sometimes fear that some of the bean counters at Marvel would think that that's a great idea.
I'm fairly certain that Cyclops will survive Avengers vs X-Men, though I doubt he'll still have much of a fanbase, and I think I saw him on one of upcoming X-line covers as an adult, standing with the modern X-Men, in contrast to the time lost teens version. My bet for character deaths right now is Professor X, though he hasn't been heavily involved in the crossover he has started appearing recently, and it would be all the more "dramatic" if the teen X-Men arrived in a future were Professor X is dead. Not that I want Prof. X to die mind you, I still like the character, despite the near constant character assassination from writers over the last several years.
These videos are too darn long G-Man, I have to like, keep notes on what I want to say in the comments and pause the video so I can write down the gist of what I want to say. And my comments wind up being essay length since you cover so much stuff.
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