Amph Superhero Overload?

I'm pretty sure I'll be bailing from the comic book movies after this year. Guardians of the Galxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok should be reasonably fun, and then I think I'm out. Logan felt like the last word on the genre anyway.

 

I think I'm done after Infinity War.

 

Looking forward to Black Panther and Wonder Woman.

One thing I am sick of though, are straight forward origin stories.

If more superhero movies are being made, please do something to subvert, invert or totally skip the classic origin tale.

 

The trailer to Netflix's The Tick dropped today

 

It's still a superhero.

 

It's a parody of superhero fiction, though. It might be just what we need in these troubled times.

 

Are there any other non-DC, non-Marvel superheroe tv shows or movies coming out?

I don't mean simply comic book adaptations but straight superhero stuff?

 

Marvel and DC pretty much cornered the market on superheroes in the funnybooks, like, decades ago. Every once in a blue moon, Image may hit with Robert Kirkman's Invincible or Spawn but that is rare. But Invincible has a movie deal in development and Spawn begat Sam and Twitch (paranormal cops) which has a TV series in development.

But superheroes in capes that aren't DC or Marvel and on TV or movies? Can't see that happening for a long while. Aside from The Tick.

 

McFarlane sez no Spawn movie unless he directs it. So I'm guessing no Spawn movie. Ever.

EXCITED EDIT: Yikes! I lied! Netflix Umbrella Academy adaptation! Hot damn! (From Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba.) They are superheroes but very dysfunctional ones

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...-live-action-tv-series-set-at-netflix-1020106

 

I'm not sure what repulses me more; BigFails posting style or the abomination that's Amazon's The Tick.

 

No overload here, but I do hope eventually with all of these movies someone comes along and does a Silver Age superhero movie and makes it completely faithful to the comic.

Like I would love a 100% stand alone Superman movie series starting with him as Superboy and bringing in the Legion of Super-Heroes, etc. Or a Fantastic Four taken completely from Lee and Kirby, maybe even as a period piece.

 

itt people don't understand the meaning of the phrase "superhero overload".

 

Yeah, too much, but it does not bother me because I purposely do not see most of them. The characters I like, I may see the film if it looks good. Ditto for characters I have heard of, but never read. Anything else, I skip. I promptly forget most of them anyway, so in that sense they have become like the medium to me; watch and wash.

 

I eventually caved and watched BvS out of morbid curiosity. It worked as a comedy.

 

Can't say I've experienced any type of "superhero overload" and probably won't since I grew up reading comic books, watching the cartoons and TV shows like the 66 Batman and 70s Wonder Woman.

Well, I say it's prime time for a Greatest American Hero reboot and a sequel to Mystery Men and Hancock. But, there's definitely a follow up film to Unbreakable and Split called "Glass."

In January, it was announced that a reboot of Witchblade was in development, but it's being developed by NBC so it will probably be cancelled after one season.


Back in December, it was reported that Jessica Chastain would star and produce Painkiller Jane.



And for years, Mark Millar's (Kickass & Kingsmen: The Secret Service) "Nemesis," "Chrononauts" and others have been in the works.




There's "The Crow" reboot which has been in development purgatory for years.

I'm sure the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be rebooted sometime in the near future.

Not a superhero, but "Y The Last Man" is still in development.

 

You can never have too much of a good thing in my opinion. I won't get overloaded as long as quality films are churned out.

If anything, Spider Man: Homecoming made me even more excited for future Marvel releases.

 

Well, superhero films have subverted the blockbuster action flicks and they pretty much have the same archetype of any action hero. Moreover, superhero films are like ice cream. Sure, bottom line, they all fall into the same category of ice cream but there are some many different flavors, and Marvel has done a wonderful job in distributing their variety of flavors of films.

So...

 

Marvel reinvigorated the action adventure summer blockbuster genre and keeps going at it. They keep the spirit of Star Wars and Indiana Jones alive today and saved us from summers of Michael Bay flicks. Not their fault very few studios are stepping up to their level and trying to shove The Mummy Transformers 5 and crap like that down our throats instead.

 

Who are you and what have you done with appleseed??!!!

 

First I've heard of Chastain adapting Painkiller Jane. Thanks.

 

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