Tag: comic book adaptations
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 19 - Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi)
I wish I could in good conscience put Spider-Man 2 higher on this list. It’s a wonderful film in many ways and the wall-crawler has always been one of my favorite superheroes. If pushed, I...
Podcasts
The Cross/Over With DC & Ryan: The NFL Playoffs, Comic Book Adaptations, Hollywood, Taylor Swift, & Katy Perry
On Episode 15 of The Cross/Over, DC and Ryan talk about the NFL’s violent playoffs, 2016 as #YearoftheNerd, Marvel and DC Comic adaptations, the collapse of the FPS genre while video games overtake Hollywood, and...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 20 - Thor
In order to put together a list on 35 of the best live-action comic book and graphic novel adaptations of all time, one must be predisposed toward accepting some silly things, but I must admit...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 21 - Ant-Man
The neverending debate, Marvel versus DC, seems to always be boiled down in its simplest form to an argument of light-hearted fun versus dark and brooding gloom. Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man was a huge chip in...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 22 - The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises - the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy - has more flaws and is less historically significant than Batman Begins, so why is it higher on this list? In a...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 23 - Spawn
Despite an abhorrent critical reception, 1997’s Spawn - adapted from Todd McFarlane’s graphic novels - was an exceptional film that was just a bit before its time. A quick scan of Rotten Tomatoes reviews shows...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 24 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two
(Note: MASSIVE SPOILERS ahead! Do not read this if you don’t want major plot points revealed) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two is a prime and complex cog in the machine that is the Marvel...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 25 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
(Note: This entry on the list is relatively new, so know that there are minor spoilers). If one hasn’t seen most of the adaptations on this list - specifically those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptaions: No. 26 - Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)
Batman Begins , released a decade ago in 2005, brought a level of respect and earnestness to live-action-big-budget comic book adaptations that had never been seen before. If anything, the film swung so hard in...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 27 - Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America was never my favorite as a kid. He was such a fuddy-duddy compared to Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Batman. When Captain America: The First Avenger was released in 2011, all of that changed. Chris...
