MOVIES OF HEROES & MONSTERS

Well due to one thing and another... well lots of things and others I have not posted in here in awhile.

Though with a few things I have read that have excited me and watching the film of one of my favorite childhood stories that disappointed me I thought it high time I did start posting again.

There have been lots of rumours to and likely many more to come throughout 2015 that a steady stream of posts should now occur? With a bit if luck.

There had been an abundance of films based on mostly Marvel and some DC characters and now we know that in the next five years there seems to be about 20 of them.

It is a dizzying amount but only because I loved all this stuffed as a kid and almost all, but one, of my favorite characters are going to get the big film treatment. In fact asking the way there are those films based on comics I never read very much of our any at all as a kid and was not interested in hearing if the filming of, often thinking I would rather have seen something else get made. Two of these comic titles turned into the greatest of films and then some. I also soon realised that one is not to dissimilar to the one character who had only appeared in one film that did not do him justice.

The first title that surprised me was Iron Man. Apart from the sequels that were not up to the first film he had been great in the other two.

The second title is a much more recent one of The Guardians Of The Galaxy! I was not even familiar with them and a friend will was explained the story behind them. Shock horror that when I saw it I loved it and cannot wait for it to come out on Blu-Ray. Not long to wait. Shock number two was one of the group being the daughter of Thanos! I did say that one of my favorite characters was not to dissimilar? Well I would not be surprised to hear he had run into them over the years being space based himself. Also I am sure he ran into Thanos a few times too?

That would be the Silver Surfer of course.

The odd thing is that the space based movie of The Guardians Of The Galaxy doing so bloody well spawns a second confirmed movie meaning that the Silver Surfer will look a lot more appealing. Just remember is surf board is not that which you see on an American beach anywhere and that he is alien. Not an American on an alien planet, lol. I do so hate it when the deviate from the original concept and story.

Something I will get to touch base on a few times no doubt.

Now we can look forward to other Marvel films in Ant-Man, another one I was not interested in, Doctor Strange which I am very interested in, Captain Marvel based on the character Carol Danvers I am not familiar with but followed the original version until he died, later replaced by an awful character with a rubbish costume looking like a bad copy of Storm of the X-Men.

Of course Quicksilver will be returning after some plastic surgery in Avengers Age Of Ultron along with his sister Scarlet Witch and Vision, an android. I hope the outfits are way better than the pictures I have seen?! Yyyyuck! Well Vision looked OK from the drawings I saw.

There are a few others I have current forgotten due to some goings on and the head spinning announcement regarding DC films now heading our way. The Man Of Steel was very good and now he battles then teams up with The Batman. Oddly one of my lesser favorites and never read the comics. However who is not familiar with the iconic caped crusader and he did feature strongly in another of my favorite titles the Justice League. For those uninitiated this was a group of super heroes of the biggest names of them all in Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Aquaman along with the lesser known Martian Manhunter. Interestingly you should know that Superman did not feature in the very first comic. Not Justice League Number one but the one before that. The Martian Manhunter did however so would be odd without him, lol.

Later on the were pretty interesting characters added to the roster like Firestorm, Red Tornado, Guy Gardener (another Green Lantern) and Shazam. Probably several other big and interesting names I cannot recall.

Shazam has now been confirmed as an upcoming movie and I hear rumors of the Legion Of Super Heroes (an interesting take in DC characters of the future including Mon-El, Kal-El's grandson... yes Superman). The had been talk of The Teen Titans too. That would have Batman's Robin in charge (though named Nighthawk and better outfit) with Starfire, Changeling.. err and some others, lol. Good God I used to read that title too! My memory!

So am interesting few years ahead that is for sure. A shame my Dad is not here as he would have loved all this stuff.

THE STEEL AND THE KNIGHT

Well here is a strange one?!

Yes and wow I can't wait and all other expletives you can think of...

...but where dues this leave the Justice League movie?!

As this had been announced for the year in which people were quoting the launch of the Justice League I now, target sadly, cannot see a Justice League film until at least 2016?!

A shame if this is true and an odd decision. Sadly going for the money really and not the fans. I would rather see a Justice League movie. As a kid I was not big on Batman, but Iron Man, but they made great movies. I always saw the team up of Superman and Batman as a but one sided.

Thinking about it realistically all the characters of the Justice League have either bombed slightly, Green Lantern and unfairly, or are unknown quantities. Well Aquaman gets the Mickey taken out of him by Seth Farlane. Wonder Woman needs an upgrade of sorts or modernising and a little 1970's and campish, lol.

As I said previously there are many others in the Justice League roster other than the original line up of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and Aquaman and The Martian Manhunter, Jon Jonezz. The latter could make for a good film and I still believe Green Lantern can do better at the box office! There wad the Firestorm character who became a member and several others over the years.

Now some fans may state that this is not accurate to the comics but only very recently I was reminded of something I had long since forgotten! In a conversation with a mate of mine called Steve we got confused over issue Number One of the Justice League. He remembered the cover quite well and I remembered it differently?! It turns out that he was right and I was wrong...slightly, lol.

Basically I remembered a starfish on the cover and a giant one with an eye in the middle? So we looked then up and it turned out that the Justice Leagues first difference was not in the first issue of their series but that of another! I think it was actually the Brave And The Bold which I think was also the series Batman first appeared. Either that or it could of been World's Finest series, I cannot recall now. Anyway the point I wanted to make was that which I had forgotten while getting list in the annals of history, super heroes and childhood. What I had FORGOTTEN was that neither Superman or Batman were in the ORIGINAL JUSTICE LEAGUE LINEUP?!

Oh and the starfish was called Starro, lol.

Now you think a little detail like that one would remember?! LMAO!

Batman and Superman to team up http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23394229

DOES SUPERMAN GET A SECOND WIND

Well this is annoying as I still have a couple  of films to do of recent purchases and I do need to get around buying others too.

I do like talking about films and analyzing them provided some intelligence has gone into making them.

Or some twat director or write thinks he is bigger and better than the person who came up with the winning formula, changes everything, the film BOMBS OUT and studios are shit scared to spend the money on that are any other similar thing from the same stable?!

Thank heavens that is now well and truly over now?!

So a successful Man of Steel would mean a sequel and a Justice League movie and this appears to be happening. Was worrying when no sooner had these two films got the green light, from a Green Lantern per chance, that MoS suffered a big drop in takings. Big being an understatement that is!

Still I though that it would then level out for awhile and having staying power while those (fools?) that jumped in to watch something else upon its release a week later, then went and watched Superman the following week. Who knows but it did pass the $500 Million mark and for a movie that took a big drop in America the following week is something of a surprise.

What I have found amusing is some of the disagreements that have broken out in various forums whereas if the speclate that it may make more money than some OTHER hero, like one of Iron Man's movies for instance then fans of those movies break out in a cold sweat and react as if they just caught you in bed with their mother?! I mean really over the top stuff, name calling mud slinging, God I really do hate forums. Even when you are so narked by something someone says that you want to go in and cool the situation or put the record straight they will call you a troll!

A troll was given to someone who just goes around forums looking to go in and cause trouble but everybody takes these terms over time and starts flinging them about like it is fashionable to do so?! Lol.

I missed clips of the new Wolverine film and hope that one is better than the last one?! Next up is the X-Men Days of Future Past but I really hope that they do not screw this up, like Bryan Singer did with Superman Returns. Though not a bad movie it should have been better and yes well doing the disappearing act and super son was together a bit much and acted like too much of a dork as Clark Kent for me. Days of Future Past really is one of the most important and classic stories in X-Men's history but at least there were several. I am just confused why it is Bryan Singer and not the guy that did X-Men:First Class when that was so popular and successful?

Get it wrong and I think I know what will happen, there will be a backlash from the fans, especially as The Avengers movie now exists, and they will be forced to give back the rights to Marvel. AT least then after the Avengers sequel they can concentrate on rebooting the X-Men?!

Now despite the fact I want the next film to be bloody fantastic and not another re-write of a re-write of X-Men's history books, the very idea of a Marvel controlled X-Men movie in the making what be enough to cause restless nights and dreams of Alpha Flight, Dark Phoenix and her real death on a moon and that one that took place in space where they are on these huge creatures that double up as ships and travel around....wait a minute that sounds like an episode of something else I watched a couple years back?!

LMAO!

Of the Justice League lot as much as it would be a great idea to stick to the original line up it is entirely possible to bring on no end of other interesting characters besides. Interestingly there is the Justice League Dark group too I only found out about recently. But there were many other great characters that joined up with the Justice League over time. One of which was one whose comic series I bought and that was Firestorm. Oddly enough I see that the current line up in the X-Men has none other that the Marvel version of Aquaman?! He is known as the Sub-Mariner or Namor and there has been talk of a movie with him too!

Of the solo films the Flash would be interesting if done right and so would Wonder Woman. Personally I would like to see another Green Lantern only with a bit more effort put into it. I liked the first movie but I have to agree it could have been better.

Hmm that new Thor: Dark World movie should be out before very long too?!

THE MAN OF STEEL'S FIRST DAY

Oh boy am I salivating at the mouth!

I think from what I am hearing I am going to have to do something I have NEVER DONE and attend a cinema screening on my own?!

I will wait though for a quieter time and go down on a weekday during the day and should be easier for me now as I do not smoke so should be a greater and more relaxed experience.

In the meantime though I am having a riot of a time reading about everyone's take on the movie and the backlash against critics that is going on.

First off the studio was hoping it would take more than Superman Returns and would have been happy with an opening weekend taking of $80 Million domestic but someone else was predicting $100 Million though there were reasons given for this. Some kind of studio against studio gamesmanship going on. Right, great.

Right well first it opened with some special screenings on a Thursday and took $12 Million which will not be included in the opening weekend?!

Well yes of course you would not include it as those people would not have gone and seen it that weekend they would have waited a few weeks, my god man?!

Anyway critics lambasted it, and even in the Daily Star on Sunday some idiot gave it two stars out of five?!

You know sometimes when I film opens you can just get a feel of whether it is going to be good or not and never before have I had a stronger feeling. JESUS a few people even stated it was better than The Avengers and that I did NOT expect to read?!

Saturday night of the opening weekend weekend and I was reading on the internet that early figures showed it had taken double what Superman Returns had taken but figures were estimated between $42 Million and $50 Million but the most frequent figure reported is $46 Million.

SO an estimate of a 24 hour period that does NOT include that Thursday night $12 Million. Not bad by my reckoning, not bad at all!

Today a good few hours were spent between me and my mate Steve about how this good but unconfirmed news would effect the making of super hero movies from this point on. I pointed out that I had read that DC Comics based movies only make 46% of what Marvel does.

I found that strange as there have not been many DC Comics movies, not even Green Lantern, though we loved it, lost any cash and forgive me if I am wring but did not each of the Batman movies break records?!

Also was it not the onset of the Iron Man movies and the single Avengers movie of late that sent them rocketing?! Maybe along with the first two Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies too of course.

I dunno I just found it a really bizarre figure to put up. it is not a competition between the two and for me there have been far fewer DC Comics movies and at least three, of which being Batman, stormed at the Box Office.

We now think that this, if it does indeed turning out to be, a successful record breaking opening for the rturn to form of Superman, Kal-El and Clark Kent then the studio bosses will realise that during this global downturn that they have a recession busting formula on their hands with Snyder, Goyer and Nolan?!

Justice League anyone?! Christian Bale back for this?! Difficult to get along with I hope he keeps that part shelved if he does. Superman might biff him to another galaxy?! LMAO!

Maybe we will see a Wonder Woman film and another Green Lantern? Also the Flash too but Aquaman would need to be done right I think. Still there are plenty of other characters in the DC Universe like Shazam! Or rather oddly called Captain Marvel! Also there is the Teen Titans led by Batman's Robin who changed his name to Nightwing.