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Community Obscure Comic Books That They Should Make Into Movies

Started by chubbuni13 | 1 contributor
updated 2 months ago

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If you haven't noticed already, lately Hollywood has had a glut of movies based on different mediums, most notably the comic book arena. Just in the past few years we've had Spiderman 1-3, Superman, Batman, two Hulk films, three X-men movies, the list goes on. There have been some attempts to bring to screen less well known books, but most of them (V for Vendetta) have been straight abortions. Feel free to add on what you feel would make a good transition from the graphic novel to the screen. The more obscure, the better!

Concrete

He looks like The Thing) from the Fantastic 4, but I don’t know if Michael Chiklis has the acting and emotional range to play this behemoth.  Great writing and lots of really good character development always makes for a good movie…  except when it goes terribly wrong like V for Vendetta.  shudder

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American Born Chinese

Even though I’m not Chinese, this semi-autobiography combines the author’s bittersweet adolescence with fantastic elements of Chinese mythology.  It’s a story about identity, assimilation and multiculturalism with which I identify closely.  Plus, whitey can’t tell the difference between all of us yellow people anyway. 

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Lone Wolf & Cub

Wildly popular in Japan (and in those stores I told you about where eight pairs of hungry, pimply eyes ogle my girlfriend) this legendary series has spawned no less than seven live-action movies based on this series, usually featuring the uber-cool Sonny Chiba.  After seeing all of those Japanese horror films like The Ring, why not extend the trend to this amazing story of an assassin and his toddler son’s quest for revenge?  I’m thinking dreamy Hugh Jackman as protagonist Ogami and a CGI induced Jonathan Lipinksi circa his cute Jerry Maguire years as his son.  Cinematic gold!

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Too Much Coffee Man

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It doesn’t get more indie than this guy (well, actually, it does – but I think Guidespot has a certain set of moral standards :wink:). Anyway, TMCM is the superhero who always seems to be up to something, except actual superhero activities. Rather, he likes to sit around with his friends, ingest too much caffeine, and complain about crumbling society. I would so pay money to see this as a black and white, low-budget indie flick from 1991.

added by mattfriedinNY 3 months ago

Preacher

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Hollywood seems so caught up on making blockbuster “adult themed” comic adaptations, why not forget about the Punisher series and let Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez get their mitts on Preacher? It’s a simple, All-American story about a disillusioned Preacher searching for God (literally) with his alcoholic girlfriend and an Irish vampire as the Apocalypse slowly approaches.

added by mattfriedinNY 3 months ago
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