AHC: Save a notorious flop

[Johnrankins]

Which is your favorite screen iteration of the Joker?

Probably Jack Nicolson followed by Juaquin Phoenix.

 

[unclepatrick]

Which is your favorite screen iteration of the Joker?

Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight.

 

[unclepatrick]

On the subject of Batman movies , fix the 1966 movie with Adam West.
Bonus Points if you make the line "Some days you just can not get rid of a bomb" close to a serious comment.

 

[We'll Get 'Em Next Time]

On the subject of Batman movies , fix the 1966 movie with Adam West.
Bonus Points if you make the line "Some days you just can not get rid of a bomb" close to a serious comment.

But that line's already perfect as is! Think of the memes we'd lose if the film was serious... although it would be interesting to see how Adam West would play it.

 

[edgeworthy]

And while I have a laugh about one the 80's worst actresses , can any one save Bo Derick "Tarzan "?

Short of making it an actual comedy satire, on purpose?

 

[wcv215]

n the subject of Batman movies , fix the 1966 movie with Adam West.

That film is easily the best Batman movie, so there's no need to "fix" it whatsoever.

Kidman's Catwoman > Halle Berry's.

Kidman has never played Catwoman.

 

[Johnrankins]

Bonus Points if you make the line "Some days you just can not get rid of a bomb" close to a serious comment.

1960s Batman was never serious. Anyone who expected it to be serious never saw the Adam West's 1960's version of Batman. It was deliberately silly and campy.

 

[unclepatrick]

But that line's already perfect as is! Think of the memes we'd lose if the film was serious... although it would be interesting to see how Adam West would play it.

I was watching a episode of a 50's tv western , and a villain seem very familiar.
It was not till the credits that I realized that it was Adam West and he was nothing like his Batman
He was a far better actor ,especially in his early years as a actor ,than many give him credit for.

 

[unclepatrick]

Short of making it an actual comedy satire, on purpose?

Different lead actor and actress, Different Director and new script.
In other words a whole new movie.

 

[unclepatrick]

But that line's already perfect as is! Think of the memes we'd lose if the film was serious... although it would be interesting to see how Adam West would play it.

And I be the first to admit that every so often , I post this meme from that movie

 

[marathag]

Kidman has never played Catwoman.

Which is still better

 

[Wendell]

Probably Jack Nicolson followed by Juaquin Phoenix.

Two very different portrayals.

 

[Johnrankins]

Two very different portrayals.

True, but that doesn't mean I can't like them both.

 

[Johnrankins]

I never saw HTD(because I heard it was so bad)but I’m really getting the feeling the nobody- & man I mean
NOBODY- ever bothered to read the source material(the comics)& thus had absolutely no idea what the
character was all about.

Another problem was that Howard the Duck (Like Judge Dredd later) was hardly as well known as Batman or Superman.

 

[Wendell]

Another problem was that Howard the Duck (Like Judge Dredd later) was hardly as well known as Batman or Superman.

That's not always a drawback though, given Iron-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy, even the Blade films.

 

[Aghasverov]

Which is still better

I woulda kinda liked to see batshit-crazy Sean Young as Catwoman

 

[Aghasverov]

Again it's technically impressive, but those eyes, man. Those eyes.

At least Howard wasn't a chicken... Werner Herzog would never sleep again:

"Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world"

 

[overoceans]

Another problem was that Howard the Duck (Like Judge Dredd later) was hardly as well known as Batman or Superman.

FWIW, I almost never read superhero comics, but I did know the basics of Howard The Duck: rumpled curmudgeon, "thrust into a world he never made" by some sort of cosmic event, lived in Cleveland, and got into weird adventures with a group of young human friends.

The one story I can clearly remember was Howard and his friends staging a fraudulent telethon, to raise money to fight an imaginary disease that supposedly turned children into ducks. Howard, of course, was the poster child for the illness.

 

[Megafighter3]

I only just found this thread today and I have to say I’m disappointed how it’s like 20% fixing flopped media and products and 80% “does this media vaguely align with the nebulous opinions of random nobodies?”


Anyways, I’ve been thinking of a couple things since I found this thread, and I’ve been focusing on the 1993 Super Mario movie. Does anyone else think it’s just impossible to fix?

I’ve been going through possible changes but I really feel like it was kind of doomed from the start. Even if the directors knew what they were doing, even if the casting was better, even if Nintendo was more involved, even if the setting... was something that made any bit of sense, I just feel like there was not enough material in the Mario franchise for them to work with to make a whole movie. Don’t get me wrong, I love the early Mario games, but it’s not like there’s much world building going on. I feel like they’d have to wait at least a couple years until after SMRPG and 64 were released, and even then it might not be enough. And there’s no way to tell if any production company would still be on board with the idea of a Mario movie in 1997 or so.

God, ain't that the truth, Boris.

If you're wanting a an attempt at fixing the Mario movie, you could try out Mario Goes Hollywood.

Yeah, cheap plug. I'm looking for a flop to fix.

 

[Aghasverov]

God, ain't that the truth, Boris.

If you're wanting a an attempt at fixing the Mario movie, you could try out Mario Goes Hollywood.

Yeah, cheap plug. I'm looking for a flop to fix.

I must confess I've never watched a single movie derived from a video game. I'd imagine that in nearly every case, it'd be a bit of an uphill climb.....