March 10, 2005

The Top Three Comic Book Adapted Superhero Films

What’s happening fans, movie lovers, and true believers? Gary here with your latest Film Monthly rant and one of the first ever Film Monthly polls, this one about comic book adapted superhero films. First I would like to thank those of you that read and supported my previous FM rant titled, “Assholes at the Movies”. If you haven’t read it check it out in the archives, groundbreaking material there. Anyhow I recently took a road trip from Chicago to Las Vegas. A 29-hour car ride for those asking. While driving with some of my “normal ” friends, lets call them Jimmy, Chief and Stefanie, “normal” meaning non movie-geeks-able to function in society without support from the Jedi council type people, I tried sparking up a conversation about the continuing trend of mainstream superhero films. My friends each gave me the “shut up you boring geek, you’ve been running your mouth for 1200 miles” look, but eventually I got them talking. We listed as many comic book adapted super hero films as we could think of and then came up with this little bit of interactive goodness.

Here’s how this FM poll is going to work. Email us your top 3 favorite comic book adapted superhero films.

Listen closely to the guidelines:

1. The films have to have existed as a comic book before being adapted into a movie.
2. By saying super hero films we are including the likes of Hellboy and Howard the Duck because in a way they are heroes. This category won’t include films like American Splendor and Ghost World. They are pure dramas and don’t quite fit the bill of what we are going for.
3. Only list your top 3 please. And only vote once, with one email account. Don’t make up a bunch of email accounts you are never going to use and send in a bunch of different crap. Don’t act like a jackass.
4. We are talking about American cinema comic book adapted super hero films. Did all you film geeks get that? Don’t come at me with some obscure Asian bootleg or the crappy low budget Fantastic Four movie that was made in the 90’s and never released.
5. With that said, email all responses to fmpoll@excite.com. The email heading should read, “FM My 3 Superhero Votes.” The deadline for votes is April 15, 2005.

• Batman the Movie (1966)
• Batman (1989)
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Spider-man (2002)
• Spider-man 2 (2004)
• X-Men (2000)
• X2: X-Men United (2002)
• Blade (1998)
• Blade 2 (2002)
• Blade: Trinity (2004)
• Spawn (1997)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2:The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles in Time (1993)
• Hulk (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Catwoman (2004)
• Elektra (2005)
• Punisher (1989)
• Punisher (2004)
• Hellboy (2004)
• The Crow (1994)
• The Crow 2: City of Angels (1996)
• The Crow 3:Salvation (2000)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)
• Superman 2 (1980)
• Superman 3 (1983)
• Superman 4: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• Supergirl (1984)
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• Constantine (2005)
• Flash Gordon (1980)
• Steel (1997)
• Men In Black (1997)
• Men In Black II (2002)
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)
• Mystery Men (1999)

• Batman Begins
• Fantastic Four
• The Crow: Wicked Prayer
• Sin City (Should we include Sin City? Man it looks cool.)

1. Spider-man 2
2. The Crow
3. Batman Returns

Gary Schultz is an indie filmmaker that believes what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

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