Gotta' second suggestions for "Inhumans" (that could be classic, if done correctly, but I would demand an additional short film included in the DVD set featuring Lockjaw 🙂 ), and "Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos".
I'd consider a "Cloak and Dagger" movie (I'd actually considered assembling a pitch a while back for revamping them and getting them their own series/mini-series again -- not necessarily that anything would come of it, but fun to play with).
I'd say a "Black Panther" movie would be good if they weren't going to botch it. Alas, odds are, they will.
Unfortunately, they're going to botch many of these things.
That said, I think a fundamental failure in the entertainment industry's thinking is the assumption that fans want to see the comics brought to life means that they want to see them in live-action.
Bull.
Comics evolved as a visual medium marked by the work of talented artists -- VERY few of whom had their style bound to photo-realistic depictions. For me, a great deal of the enjoyment of comics is the true art and style and looking to it for inspiration and ideas in my own work...
Things work in comics that just can't translate to a live-action screen -- Wolverine's yellow costume, for instance -- it would look ridiculous. Stunts and agility that are fantastic on the comic page periodically lose suspension of disbelief after they're added in through CGI work. In a comic, these factors often just seem to fit. Live action? Not so much. Not to mention, however much I love Hugh Jackman, I just can't see him as Wolverine. Just can't. I will always see Gary Sinise as Lt. Dan in "Forrest Gump" as my ideal Wolverine -- a cigar-chomping Vietnam lieutenant, later drawn to drink, and shouting at God, daring him to strike him down in the middle of a hurricane -- that's Wolverine without the claws (or the legs). But I'd have loved to have seen Gary given the chance to bulk up a bit and try the part. But that's the thing. This actor or that actor just won't cut it for everyone. That's where animation has an advantage, I think...
What I don't understand is why Marvel Entertainment doesn't couple with one of the great anime movie houses like Studio Ghibli or others that will do honor to not only the story but the tradition of hand-drawn art.
I was horrified when I first heard MTV would be airing animated episodes of "The Maxx" by Sam Kieth. No one could really capture Kieth's style, I thought... But with a team dedicated to preserving his vision, the final product was outstanding for it's accurate reflection of Kieth's flare.
I think the market and talent is there for some truly outstanding animated product, loyal to the history of hand-drawn art that is comics, and capable of being specific even down to a style of an individual artist... That's the movie I'd like to see most -- a big-budget Spider-Man anime flick looking to influences from Todd McFarlane and Humberto Ramos. A sharply animated Wolverine piece with Ed McGuinness musculature and Frank Miller grit. And no cutting corners.
