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bookwench
12/16/09

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So how do I get hired in there to write a Hulk comic?
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twDarkflame
12/16/09

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Just give us another decent She Hulk series for goodness sake.

She's, like, Buffy of the Marval world.
(and, in some ways, Dan Slotts She Hulk run was more like Buffy in tone then Buffys season8 comic).
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Wookie1972
12/16/09

In reply to What if James Cameron Made A Spider-Man Movie?
Sounds a little like Abrams' Superman script or Aronofsky's Batman in terms of messing with the character. Why do screenwriters feel the need to put their own stamp on something iconic?
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Belabras
12/16/09

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So glad we got the Raimi one instead.
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drblair
12/16/09

@Belabras: And Raimi Turned spiderman from a wise-cracking goof with occasional moments of seriousness into SPAWN/BATMAN with his constant brooding.

By the third movie I was waiting for the entire soundtrack to be replaced with Mcr and Spiderman to talk like he had smoked 3 packs a day for 35 years. Ugh. Mel Brooks had it right in spaceballs:

"Lone Starr: I wonder, will we ever see each other again?
Yogurt: Who knows? God willing, we'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money. "
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Belabras
12/16/09

@drblair:
I'm one of those rare birds on the interweb who will admit to liking the 3rd movie, so I'm really not with you on this rant. Sorry.
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drblair
12/16/09

@Belabras: I had a long and mostly pointless fanboy Fart/Rant about the spiderman films, Praising the effects and (most) of the casting (Topher Grace and Kirsten dunst???), and mostly making snide remarks about the overly-serious tone of the films when the marvel spiderman I grew up with was a wise-cracking everyman who tried to have a good atitude even when life was constantly crapping on him.

But this is the internet, as you say, and the internet is full of opinions. I still think there are very few good examples of Comic book movies, and spiderman excels visually but fails when it comes to being really faithful to the characters.
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PostMarque
12/16/09

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god... awesomeness
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cljohnston108
12/16/09

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Back around '91, I was driving limousines, and one day I drove a guy named Terry Stewart, who was wearing a black satin jacket with a Spidey logo on it.
I said, "Lemme guess... you work for Marvel Comics?"
"Yeah, I've got the best job in the world: They let me run the place."
"Ohhh, cool! Honor to meet you..."

So we got to talking on the way to the airport, and he told me they had a Spider-Man movie coming out, and that Jim Cameron was gonna direct it. So I was excited to hear that.

Then I said, "Y'know what I'd really like to see him do—Iron Man! He'd be perfect for that!"
"Well, Iron Man's his favorite character, but we wanted him to do Spider-Man first."
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
12/15/09

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This move by Marvel doesn't surprise me. I am however surprised that they're not calling it Grrl Comics...
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
12/15/09

In reply to This Week's Comics Filled By Art Books, Angel And New Superheroes
There's a Fringe comic?
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PVIII
12/16/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah. IMHO it was pretty terrible. The recent X-files comics weren't too shabby though.
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bonniegrrl
12/15/09

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This may be Nic Cage's BEST ROLE EVER.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/15/09

In reply to What if James Cameron Made A Spider-Man Movie?
Holy crap that is the worst love scene I have ever read.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
12/15/09

@braak: I think it's kinda romantic:

"I love you baby but don't look at me while I cum inside you"
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Lassus
12/16/09

@braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I agree that it sounds truly terrible, but I'd challenge you to read a script treatment from the 80's (and I'm sorry, that's what 1991 was) - even from someone you respected - that read much differently.

It was the language of the time, I think, entertainment-wise. This one probably sucked more than average, but I'd guess not appreciably so.
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phypidialown
12/15/09

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Why does it matter what is in the writer's pants. I mean a DUDE wrote "Strangers in Paradise"
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tiredfairy
12/16/09

@phypidialown: You might as well ask if sexism still exists. Yes, it does. And though it shouldn't matter, gender is an issue. So the effects of our ingrained cultural sexism comes up in all kinds of pop culture mediums.

Yes, a man wrote Strangers in Paradise. Which was an independent comic. Not mainstream. It really does matter what Marvel or DC do when it comes to this.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
12/15/09

In reply to What if James Cameron Made A Spider-Man Movie?
Why does everybody want a spiderman movie to have dancing in it?
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Hamslicer
12/16/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: It's only natural. Wait... no it's not.
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
12/15/09

In reply to What if James Cameron Made A Spider-Man Movie?
What does it say about me that I liked the mating ritual part? I know, I know, it would have been terrible but I kind of want Cameron to film just that scene.

For lack of a better word, it's boner-rific.
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Rumtum
12/16/09

@Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Gosh, I think they missed a bet by not including "real" spider attributes in Spider Hyphen Man. Can't you just see Maguire doing the "Spider Dance" around Dunst, thrusting his arms in the air with sexy Jazz Hands? How's about anatomically correct webbing (since they went the biological route) and Spidey would swing through Manhattan from a string he shouts out his butt?
My god, the possibilities.
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
12/16/09

@Rumtum: So you agree? What a relief.
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Rumtum
12/16/09

@Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: R-O-L-A-I-D-S
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
12/16/09

@Rumtum: Oh RumTums, you slay me.
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Rumtum
12/16/09

@Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: If you like.
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OMG! Ponies!
12/15/09

In reply to What if James Cameron Made A Spider-Man Movie?
Does Mr Cameron know that just because he writes it on the script doesn't mean that is what the people are going to think?

"Hey look. It's Peter Parker popping a zit. For five minutes. This movie sucks."
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Sunshineyness
12/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: That's just how he writes his scripts/treatments. There's a lot of that stuff in the original Terminator treatment.
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CustomFirmware
12/15/09

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I think he's been reading too much Ultimate Spiderman.
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collex
12/15/09

@CustomFirmware: This script treatment was written almost ten years before Ultimate Spider-man.
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ultra76
12/15/09

@CustomFirmware: No, Ultimate Spider-Man is actually good. Well, at least the first several arcs.
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Wookie1972
12/16/09

@ultra76: According to the great book Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made, the "scriptment" was well known enough that the organic web-shooters thing came from it.
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