Yes, my job really is that boring.

[zolac_no_miko]

So I took a break from thinking about the symptoms associated with exposure to different concentrations of carbon dioxide. "Manta Rays" by Ludo was playing on my iPod, and I tried to think up a story that would go with it. Then I started thinking about Aquaman instead, and hey, I wonder if they'll make an Aquaman movie, seeing as they did one for

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[b_c_draygon]

I always feel a little bit bad about jumping into conversations about movie adaptations of comics, because I know absolutely nothing about the comics the movies are based on (so I obviously have no right to say what is and isn't good) -- but I'm going to anyway.

HOORAY FOR A WONDER WOMAN MOVIE! Shame they didn't get Joss Whedon, but nevermind. David S. Goyer should be good (if I'm thinking of the right Batman movies ... :S I feel like I should know more writers/directors/producers than a handful of Doctor Who writers, Jerry Bruckheimer and that guy who directed did Lord of the Rings. I FAIL as a nerd.)

Yeah, Catwoman and Elektra got ripped off in the movie department. :/ I didn't mind Catwoman so much, although it was kind of stupid. And not entertaining-stupid, either. More like "mutiple personality disorder" stupid and "physics defiance in a bad way" stupid. Maybe Catwoman dresses and acts like a mild dominatrix hooker who'll use cat-puns to flirt with men in the comics; it sure as hell didn't give me any respect for her

[zolac_no_miko]

Awww, hey now, we all have rights in this conversation! The mark of a good movie adaptation is that it must be enjoyable to both hardcore fans and newcomers. Best example: Star Trek. Ohmigod that most recent movie. That is how it's done. ...Anyway, until fairly recently I was only an advanced novice myself. I didn't actually read comics. I did watch a hell of a lot of superhero cartoons, though.

The Nolan films are the two most recent Batman films, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises. The BEST Batman films. Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns were also good. We shall not speak of the atrocities that came in between. ...Nolan's also done Inception, The Prestige, and Memento. I adore him.

This knowing who writers/directors/producers are thing is a fairly recent addition to my skill set. Thank you IMDB, how did I live before you?

I haven't actually seen Daredevil, Elektra, or Catwoman. I don't really have to to know that they are utter CRAP. ...This is why I don't feel like

[zolac_no_miko]

LOL okay, so I was looking at the Catwoman IMDB page (I don't have a problem, I can stop any time, I swear!) and I saw that it had been nominated for some awards, and even won a couple. And I was like WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT. So I clicked over to the awards page and, lol, most of them are from the Razzie awards. It won Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Picture, and Worst Screenplay. XDDDDDD

And Zoe Bell was nominated in the World Stunt Awards for Best High Work (Description of the stunt is: "A woman is dropped off the side of a building. Using a descender, she unravels from two wraps, crashes through a skylight and falls to the ground." Coooooool.)! Yay! She is my favorite stuntperson! Slash, the only one I know. XD I know she was Uma's double in Kill Bill, and she played herself as a main character in Deathproof. Because Tarantino is fantastic.

...Brb, listening to the State of the Union. Streaming live on YouTube! Thank you Google, our benevolent information overlords~! <3 <3

[b_c_draygon]

Yeah, the newest Star Trek movie is definitely how you do an movie adaptation. Of anything. And you're right, this stuff has to work for people other than the hardcore fans.

Yeah, I was thinking of the right Batman films. :) I have yet to see any of those other films you mentioned (but Inception is definitely on my list of Thigns To See ASAP), but I looooved Batman Begins. (The Dark Knight was a bit too dark for my taste, and I thought Heath Ledger as the Joker was massively overrated *gasp* sacrelidge. But otherwise, it was a good film.)

Nah, you can sort of tell that those films are going to suck royal arse without seeing them. XD I shall not take Halle Berry's Catwoman as gospel, then. :D Should be interesting to see what someone else does with her.

Before I read what awards Catwoman had been nominated for, I was kind of horrified. XD But those Razzies are well-deserved! *applauds* XP

Yaaaaaay for awesome stuntpeople! :D

[magusronin]

Funny you bring up Wonder Woman I was just reading an article about a possible TV series.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/25/will-mcg-direct-wonder-woman-pilot/

They also did a half decent animated Wonder Woman movie a few years back.

If David S. Goyer is writing the script for the wonder woman movie then I definitely say it has some potential.

And by the way, Daredevil is a fantastic movie, and I personally thoroughly enjoyed the Elektra movie. Catwoman on the other hand, is thoroughly one of was worst movies of the past decade.

[zolac_no_miko]

Yeah, I came across the TV project in my research. Exciting!

I still haven't gotten around to that Wonder Woman animated film, fffff. I've heard it's good.

The general impression I've gotten is that those two movies are better than Catwoman. I might get around to seeing them one of these days.

[look_alive]

...I could have told you there was one coming, dude. Last I heard, it was Charisma Carpenter playing Diana, which is AWESOME, even if you have no idea who she is. Trust me. AWESOME. But now that Whedon is out, I'm not so sure about the truthfulness of this statement.

[zolac_no_miko]

WELL THANKS FOR SHARING. XP

They don't appear to have anyone pinned down for the role yet. Charisma was one of a whole pile of possibles, but yeah, now that Joss is off the project her involvement is less likely.

[look_alive]

Dude, I don't tell you EVERY SINGLE THING I KNOW. Just almost every single thing.

Booo. I want Joss.

[zolac_no_miko]

Yeah, I mean, yay Goyer, but Joss would've been AMAZING!

[realpestilence]

I barely know who Elektra is-and she only got the movie because of Daredevil's movies, I'm sure. Catwoman? Is not a superhero,imo. She's a villain who sometimes helps out.

I'd love to see a great Wonder Woman movie. But it's the fact that she ~is such a feminist icon that I doubt they'll make it, or make it well, if they do. Everything they'd try to do would end up being controversial-is it canon, too traditional, not traditional enough, is she in pants, is she wearing her iconic uniform-and should we change her race and origin story to make her more ~relevent, etc.

~sadface

[zolac_no_miko]

I've seen Elektra in a couple of things, but I'm much stronger in my knowledge of DC than Marvel, so I don't know a lot about her. She had a fairly big role in Wolverine: Enemy of the State. Which is an excellent story, btw.

And no, Catwoman is definitely not a superhero. She's a villain, occasionally an anti-hero. I was being extremely loose with the definition; I felt he deserved a mention since she's a lady of the genre who got her own film, crap though it was