[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by StuartGreen2019

@Black Arbor - I would buy that entire toyline, even rubber ears Cap. I am not kidding. Having grown up with all of those film adaptations, I still remember the first time that I saw every single one of those movies either on TV, on VHS or in theaters.

And the rant that follows makes me lose all credibility on this board (just kidding... I hope ): I like the 2005 "Fantastic Four" film, despite its many flaws, some bad casting (Jessica Alba comes to mind), and that I wish the film had been truer to the source material (see Doctor Doom). Though that said, I loathe "Rise of the Silver Surfer" and can't watch that film at all. "Daredevil" also has a lot wrong with it too (see Bullseye), though I do like the score and Michael Clarke Duncan's surprisingly not bad performance as the Kingpin, but I've seen much worse Marvel films and worse comic book movie films. The 1970s "Captain America" films, the 70s "Dr. Strange" film, "The Death of the Incredible Hulk" (Hulk is knocked out of/falls from an exploding airplane? Really?), "Blade: Trinity", "X-Men: The Last Straw" ... er, I mean "Last Stand", "Spider-Man 3", "The Amazing Spider-Man" and its sequel, "Iron Man 3" and "Fant4stic" all come to mind as Marvel films I refuse to watch.

From your list, the Eric Bana "Hulk" film, though, is one film I refuse to defend, despite a few good scenes and a few good Danny Elfman songs. Giving Hulk 15 minutes total or so of screen time with laughable digital effects, having the film's villain essentially have Nick Nolte play himself and take the name of the Bill Bixby Banner for no reason (yes, let's make a nod to the beloved 1970s TV series by having Dr. David Banner be the name of the psychotic father of the main character), having close-ups of plants and the desert for no reason, and having Hulk dogs show up for one of the film's terrible fight scenes all add up to one truly terrible comic book film.

It's been years since I last saw "Captain America" though. I like a few scenes from it, but the entire movie itself is a huge mess. The rubber ears on Cap's suit are laughably bad, especially since the rest of the suit wasn't too bad for its time, making major changes like making the Red Skull Italian, having Steve Rogers fake being car sick to take a main character's car and drive off (twice, no less!), and the sudden abrupt ending to the film with no real sense of closure or pay off still have me scratching my head.

Unlikely as it'd be, I'd also love to see Hasbro make figures of the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man and the Hulk TV films (Bill Bixby's David Banner, Lou Ferrigno's Hulk, Eric Kramer's Thor, John Rhys-Davies' version of Kingpin, and Rex Smith as Daredevil, respectively).

I pretty much agree with everything you mentioned here! I just wish the 2005 Dr. Doom wasn't such a direct ripoff of Norman Osborn from the 2002 Spider-Man And the Affleck Daredevil is a pretty solid movie if you get the R-Rated director's cut version! It even has more scenes with Coolio! Who doesn't love Coolio!?!?!