Another "What Comic Should get its own film?" post
By Rosebunse 30 Comments
1) I know it's not a traditional comic, but Death Note should totally get an American adaptation. The story-about a disillusioned honor student going crazy with power as he succumbs to his own dark desires and attempts to take over the world-is AMAZING! The characters are fully fleshed out, and the plot could easily be adapted to fit American tastes. Sure, if done badly, the movie would suck. For those of you who don't know, the manga and especially the anime over do-the potato chip thing-everything. However, part of this over-the-topping goes well with its larger than life characters. Things would have to be changed, but I think it could be Oscar worthy if someone put the time and money into it. My biggest suggestion would be redoing Ryuk's design in favor of just having an actor or puppeteer do it instead of CGI.
2) Morbius! Of course not as a traditional comic book movie. I'm thinking dramedy. Why? The character can be horrible if you play him too seriously. He's just another emo vamp. But if you add some comedy and dark humor, he can be easily sympathised with and enjoyed. Look at Marvel Zombies 3 and 4; here, he was just another ability that kinda sucked. Plus, the character has some kinda fan-base. You know you would want to see it.
3) NextWave. Justifying that would amount to blasphemy in some circles.
4) Marvel Zombies 3. Why 3? Well, it actually scared me. It wasn't just comical, it was scary as hell. Remember zombie Morbius? Can you think of anything scarier than someone that high-up being kidnapped and replaced with someone who wanted to destroy the world like that? And then there was the whole no one noticing thing. And the clone-super market. And the idea that Vanessa Fisk had to watch all of that carnage everyday...
5) A Magneto film. I want it, you want it, we all want it! He's an interesting character with a great back story! And Sir Ian McKellen's outstanding performance in he film showed us that Magneto is usable in film. Would it be like so many other Holocaust films? For most f us, no. Unlike most other Holocaust movies, you will kinda know this character, which will probably elicit a very emotional pull on most of us. Side not: I still want an animated Civil War movie.