40 Superhero Movies in the Next 6 Years/Superhero Movie Bubble?

Caliane · Apr 12, 2015

ohkcrlho_sl said:
Keep dreaming chris.
That will probably never happen. They have been doing for 20 years and still you don't have anything above average/good.

He might be right. we have silent hill, Resident evils, Mortal Kombat, Hitman, etc which are about on par with Blade series.
Just one "The Dark Knight" and we might have an explosion of high quality game moves on the way.

Can even look at the Lego movie, which was kindof a movie based on the game series. its the same humor, etc.
And Tron, and Wreck-it Ralph.

Startrek movies aped alot from Mass Effect.

But really, they COULD make a Mass Effect, Uncharted, or Last of Us movie, and have it be that watershed. Maybe even Halo... honestly I Liked the tv miniseries..

Palum · Apr 12, 2015

2 things:

1 we can be sure all the DC movies will be relatively mediocre to terrible but nothing new there. 2 it's all cyclical... Superheroes are basically pop entertainment for decades for kids. They grew up so people like them.

I do think it's going to reach a point of shitty quality though once stars start cycling out. Like the hulk movies, Batman, Superman, Spider-Man... $$ will drive movies to be made and lots of fans to not care. I mean will there be an Ironman after RDJ that makes me not want RDJ?

Gavinmad · Apr 12, 2015

I can't imagine them getting a better Tony Stark than RDJ, but I can see them casting someone who is good enough that I don't spend every scene going 'I WISH RDJ WAS STILL HERE'

ohkcrlho · Apr 12, 2015

Vlett_sl said:
I am Legend did pretty well and should be on that list, even though I wished they followed the point of the book.

that movie is fucking garbage.

ohkcrlho · Apr 12, 2015

Caliane_sl said:
He might be right. we have silent hill, Resident evils, Mortal Kombat, Hitman, etc which are about on par with Blade series.
Just one "The Dark Knight" and we might have an explosion of high quality game moves on the way.

Can even look at the Lego movie, which was kindof a movie based on the game series. its the same humor, etc.
And Tron, and Wreck-it Ralph.

Startrek movies aped alot from Mass Effect.

But really, they COULD make a Mass Effect, Uncharted, or Last of Us movie, and have it be that watershed. Maybe even Halo... honestly I Liked the tv miniseries..

That is the problem. Never EVER was there any movie based on a videogame that was superb, or good for that matter. Studios choose horrible writers, the worst directors and they only think about the overall audience, not the fans who will dictate if the movie is good or not.

Lego, tron, wreck it ralph good movies but they were NOT based on a videogame per se.

Nowadays videogames are like movies, and in a way, you don't need to make movies based on them, Last of Us is the prime example.

Palum · Apr 12, 2015

Gavinmad_sl said:
I can't imagine them getting a better Tony Stark than RDJ, but I can see them casting someone who is good enough that I don't spend every scene going 'I WISH RDJ WAS STILL HERE'

I think another issue is there's relatively few superhero movies with new characters, basically a few "graphic novel" in the vein of watchmen "critical thinking" or artsy bs but few that are just stories with no ulterior motives besides engaging imagination and telling a story like you'd find in comic books.

It's not like a lot of superheroes are truly iconic and exist outside of comics before Marvel started making good movies, a lot of these reach critical mass coming to theater vs fandom in book form.

Homsar · Apr 12, 2015

I enjoyed Prince of Persia, I would watch that over TDKR or IM2-3, Wolverine Origins, Kickass 2, FF, and a lot of other comic book movies

Caliane · Apr 12, 2015

ohkcrlho_sl said:
That is the problem. Never EVER was there any movie based on a videogame that was superb, or good for that matter. Studios choose horrible writers, the worst directors and they only think about the overall audience, not the fans who will dictate if the movie is good or not.

Lego, tron, wreck it ralph good movies but they were NOT based on a videogame per se.

Nowadays videogames are like movies, and in a way, you don't need to make movies based on them, Last of Us is the prime example.

Superb? I'd agree. Good? disagree. I think RE, etc are fine for what they are.

I'll add to my list. Scott pilgrim. Movie. based on a comic, heavily inspired by video games.
Kick ass, Movie, based on a comic. with video game logic.

Pacific Rim. Movie with video game logic.
All you need is Kill/Edge of Tomorrow, Manga based movie, based on Video game logic.
(Actually, yeah theres another potential source. Manga)

And yeah, I forgot to mention Prince of Persia. did I like it much? nah. but it was was better then Hercules, John Carter, etc...

This is especially true as the directors and producers of today and tomorrow will have grown up on video games. While the old guard never knew wtf to do with them.
We'll see more and more attempts not unlike they have been doing, and as comic movies themselves have been a thing since the 70's. And even were big in the 80's. And eventually one will be genuinely great.

Lleauaric · Apr 12, 2015

I think an interesting possibility is that we may be seeing an evolution. I think it's a possibility that technology is at the point where Marvel can blur the line between it being a comic book company and a film studio.

If you are reading Marvel books you see they are Completely rebooting the universe to streamline it for the movies.

As a standalone genre comic books were a dying niche 15 years ago. Today it's massive because of movies. They need each other.

Shit... If you watched the Netflix Daredevil series, it was fucking amazing. That may be the future. Long form episodic story telling in a live action form. The Marvel universe is a great platform to tell stories from and it's making people a lot.of.money delivering a quality product

Grimmlokk · Apr 12, 2015

Caliane_sl said:
I'll add to my list. Scott pilgrim. Movie. based on a comic, heavily inspired by video games.
Kick ass, Movie, based on a comic. with video game logic.

Pacific Rim. Movie with video game logic.
All you need is Kill/Edge of Tomorrow, Manga based movie, based on Video game logic.
(Actually, yeah theres another potential source. Manga)

While I don't disagree with the overall point you arereallystretching here.

ohkcrlho mentions that they always attach shit directors etc to the video game movies, but that doesn't have to be the case. Peter Jackson was attached to the Halo movie originally, then Neil Blomkamp. It really should just take one, done right, to open the floodgates to studios pouring real money and effort in to them.

Lanx · Apr 13, 2015

Video Game movies will always be shit, b/c of the medium, a movie which at most is less than 2 hours.

Title Release date Box Office Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Original game publisher
Overall
Super Mario Bros. May 28, 1993 $20,915,465 16%[1] N/A Nintendo
Double Dragon November 4, 1994 $2,341,309 8%[2] N/A Technos Japan
Street Fighter December 23, 1994 $99,423,521 12%[3] N/A Capcom
Mortal Kombat August 18, 1995 $122,195,920 33%[4] 58/100[5] Midway Games
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation November 21, 1997 $51,376,861 3%[6] 11/100[7] Midway Games
Wing Commander March 12, 1999 $11,578,059 10%[8] 21/100[9] Origin Systems
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider June 15, 2001 $274,703,340 19%[10] 33/100[11] Eidos
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within July 11, 2001 $85,131,830 44%[12] 49/100[13] Square
Resident Evil March 15, 2002 $102,441,078 33%[14] 33/100[15] Capcom
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life July 25, 2003 $156,505,388 24%[16] 43/100[17] Eidos
House of the Dead October 10, 2003 $13,818,181 4%[18] 15/100[19] Sega
Resident Evil: Apocalypse September 10, 2004 $129,394,835 21%[20] 35/100[21] Capcom
Alone in the Dark January 28, 2005 $10,442,808 1%[22] 9/100[23] Infogrames
Doom October 21, 2005 $55,987,321 19%[24] 34/100[25] id Software
BloodRayne January 6, 2006 $3,650,275 4%[26] 18/100[27] Majesco
Silent Hill April 21, 2006 $97,607,453 29%[28] 30/100[29] Konami
DOA: Dead or Alive September 7, 2006 $7,516,532 34%[30] 38/100[31] Tecmo
Postal July 21, 2007 $146,741 7%[32] 22/100[33] Ripcord Games
Resident Evil: Extinction September 21, 2007 $147,717,833 22%[34] 41/100[35] Capcom
Hitman November 21, 2007 $99,965,792 14%[36] 35/100[37] Eidos
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale January 11, 2008 $13,097,915 4%[38] 15/100[39] Microsoft Game Studios
Max Payne October 17, 2008 $85,416,905 16%[40] 31/100[41] Remedy Entertainment/Rockstar Games
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li February 25, 2009 $12,764,201 18%[42] 17/100[43] Capcom
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time May 28, 2010 $335,154,643 36%[44] 50/100[45] Ubisoft
Resident Evil: Afterlife September 10, 2010 $296,221,663 23%[46] 37/100[47] Capcom
Resident Evil: Retribution September 14, 2012 $240,159,255 31%[48] 39/100[49] Capcom
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D October 26, 2012 $52,302,796 5%[50] 15/100[51] Konami
Need for Speed March 14, 2014 $203,277,636 22%[52] 39/100[53] Electronic Arts

Since SMB was released over 20 years ago, there isn't even a movie that reaches 50% on RT. Just look at the list of movies yourself and just take a chuck at.

DOA
Doom
FF

The Ancient_sl · Apr 13, 2015

I'll second that I thought Prince of Persia was a solid film based on a video game. Not a great film, but definitely stands out amongst the others on that list.

Chris · Apr 13, 2015

There were a bunch of shitty comic book movies too.

We have to wait for directors who appear who grew up with these games and give a shit about them. Were there even any superhero movies in the 40s-60s when comics first got popular?

Kaige · Apr 13, 2015

The biggest reason you probably won't have a decent video game movie, is because you can't squeeze a lot of what makes good games into a 2 hour window. An HBO mini-series might actually work, though.

Silent Hill was a pretty good movie, the part where Pyramid Head rips that chick's skin off and throws it at the people solidifies it.

Gavinmad · Apr 13, 2015

That list gets quite a bit smaller if you take all the Uwe Boll movies off. Also, however bad the RT ratings are, Resident Evil has been profitable enough for them to keep cranking them out so people go to see them regardless of how 'bad' the movie is.

Column_sl · Apr 13, 2015

Super Hero movies are starting to get good because the creative people behind them are starting to rise to positions where they get to make decisions. These are people that grew up with this content ,and love it.

It can only get better. I honestly don't see Super Heroes as a bubble anyway, they ,or more or less the action genre now.

We don't say there is 200 dramas coming out in the next 5 years, it must be a bubble.

Shonuff · Apr 13, 2015

I never thought they'd be able to pull of Guardians of the Galaxy so well, I have like two issues of that. None of the comic book nerds I knew gave a damn about GotG before the movie. Anyway, they are giving Ant Man and Dr. Strange their own movies, I feel like they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. How long will it take to get to this guy?

Kudos to Disney for making these minor characters relevant. What I've watched of Daredevil, I like a lot. How long can Disney continue to pull a rabbit out of a hat?

Shonuff · Apr 13, 2015

Also, maybe Squirrel Girl can save the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy from Thanos.

Gavinmad · Apr 13, 2015

I know you're not badmouthing squirrel girl

ohkcrlho · Apr 13, 2015

lanx_sl said:
Video Game movies will always be shit, b/c of the medium, a movie which at most is less than 2 hours.

Title Release date Box Office Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Original game publisher
Overall
Super Mario Bros. May 28, 1993 $20,915,465 16%[1] N/A Nintendo
Double Dragon November 4, 1994 $2,341,309 8%[2] N/A Technos Japan
Street Fighter December 23, 1994 $99,423,521 12%[3] N/A Capcom
Mortal Kombat August 18, 1995 $122,195,920 33%[4] 58/100[5] Midway Games
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation November 21, 1997 $51,376,861 3%[6] 11/100[7] Midway Games
Wing Commander March 12, 1999 $11,578,059 10%[8] 21/100[9] Origin Systems
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider June 15, 2001 $274,703,340 19%[10] 33/100[11] Eidos
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within July 11, 2001 $85,131,830 44%[12] 49/100[13] Square
Resident Evil March 15, 2002 $102,441,078 33%[14] 33/100[15] Capcom
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life July 25, 2003 $156,505,388 24%[16] 43/100[17] Eidos
House of the Dead October 10, 2003 $13,818,181 4%[18] 15/100[19] Sega
Resident Evil: Apocalypse September 10, 2004 $129,394,835 21%[20] 35/100[21] Capcom
Alone in the Dark January 28, 2005 $10,442,808 1%[22] 9/100[23] Infogrames
Doom October 21, 2005 $55,987,321 19%[24] 34/100[25] id Software
BloodRayne January 6, 2006 $3,650,275 4%[26] 18/100[27] Majesco
Silent Hill April 21, 2006 $97,607,453 29%[28] 30/100[29] Konami
DOA: Dead or Alive September 7, 2006 $7,516,532 34%[30] 38/100[31] Tecmo
Postal July 21, 2007 $146,741 7%[32] 22/100[33] Ripcord Games
Resident Evil: Extinction September 21, 2007 $147,717,833 22%[34] 41/100[35] Capcom
Hitman November 21, 2007 $99,965,792 14%[36] 35/100[37] Eidos
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale January 11, 2008 $13,097,915 4%[38] 15/100[39] Microsoft Game Studios
Max Payne October 17, 2008 $85,416,905 16%[40] 31/100[41] Remedy Entertainment/Rockstar Games
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li February 25, 2009 $12,764,201 18%[42] 17/100[43] Capcom
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time May 28, 2010 $335,154,643 36%[44] 50/100[45] Ubisoft
Resident Evil: Afterlife September 10, 2010 $296,221,663 23%[46] 37/100[47] Capcom
Resident Evil: Retribution September 14, 2012 $240,159,255 31%[48] 39/100[49] Capcom
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D October 26, 2012 $52,302,796 5%[50] 15/100[51] Konami
Need for Speed March 14, 2014 $203,277,636 22%[52] 39/100[53] Electronic Arts

Since SMB was released over 20 years ago, there isn't even a movie that reaches 50% on RT. Just look at the list of movies yourself and just take a chuck at.

DOA
Doom
FF

I really don't care about RT scores. Although i haven't seen In the Name of the King, Wing Commander, Blood Rayne and the last "RE" movie.
Yeah...we could erase the uwe boll crap but still you have a lot of bullshit in that list.

The only ones that are average/good-ish are MK1, RE1 and SH1. Street Fighter is so bad that is good ("But for me, it was tuesday.") lol
Prince of Persia still has dumb, clich? stuff and suffers from poor writing but still stands out from the rest of the list.

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