# What superhero or superhero team would you LIKE to see get a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 15, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064 "2017-06-15T21:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/81 "2017-06-17T22:59:45Z")
Kinda surprised no one’s said it yet, but Marvel’s _Runaways_. At least the first arc or the BKV run. And it takes place in LA so they wouldn’t need to go far to film it. Challenges would be finding a good cast (kids can be tough) and, CGI velociraptor. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/82 "2017-06-17T23:08:16Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Kinda surprised no one’s said it yet, but Marvel’s _Runaways_. At least the first arc or the BKV run. And it takes place in LA so they wouldn’t need to go far to film it. > > Challenges would be finding a good cast (kids can be tough) and, CGI velociraptor. [On Hulu next year.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaways_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/83 "2017-06-17T23:12:28Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Kinda surprised no one’s said it yet, but Marvel’s _Runaways_. At least the first arc or the BKV run. And it takes place in LA so they wouldn’t need to go far to film it. > > Challenges would be finding a good cast (kids can be tough) and, CGI velociraptor. See post # 27, and [this](https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-releases-first-cast-image-of-runaways-tv-series-hulu-teens-superheroes/). ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/84 "2017-06-17T23:25:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > OH SHIT! That TOTALLY fucking rocked! > > My favorite part? The fact that it uses a show-don’t-tell narrative style. > > Better even than _Judge Minty_ and that was pretty fucking good (better than any of the Judge Dredd films, IMO). > > Thanks you so much for bringing that to my attention, **MrDibble**! > Which phase? Or write a whole new story? Frankly, I don’t wanna revisit Phase I; it’s kinda cliche at this point and the social commentary is out-dated. Phase IV for the ending, when the heroes have apparently been wiped out and the Elder Gods have inherited the universe and won everything and you’re thinking, “Man, that was a bit bleak”, and then it pulls back and it turns out that St. John has fucking gamed the _cosmos_ and it’s completely perfect and best of all is he’s still a smug prick. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/85 "2017-06-18T03:35:45Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > It’s been [done](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405325/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). [Twice](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383060/?ref_=nv_sr_1). But they’d have been better simply adapting the source material. PS 238 is quite a bit different than Sky High or Zoom in that is it an elementary school. Making this list is a little harder than it was five years ago, as so many characters have made the jump to the big screen. Keeping to the OP, I’m am going to limit myself to a) superheroes and b) superhero movies. For example, I really like both the Legion of Super-Heroes and Top Ten, but I don’t think either would work well as a movie. That said… -Zatanna -Sandman. Not the Lord of Dreams, but Wesley Dodds, as seen in Sandman Mystery Theater. -Starman. Jack Knight, if you please. -Hawkman. I know he’s been on DC Legends of Tomorrow, but I prefer the Thanagarian cop version to the reincarnated Egyptian one. -Star-Spangled Kid/Stargirl. Use her original series by Geoff Johns from before when she joined the JSA. -Black Lightning -Nexus -Madman -Zot! -Mage. Does Kevin Matchstick count as a superhero? -The Defenders. Not the Marvel Netflix Defenders, but not quite the Defenders of old. I’d like to see Dr. Strange get together a team of mystical allies to function as a team. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/86 "2017-06-18T04:01:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’d like to see **The Fantastic Four** done right. Fer cryin’ out loud, they had four tries, and they managed to screw them all up, mostly by going off the comic book script. The latest attempt was summed up in one TVTropes comment: > [@](#): > > Here’s some advice: when your reimagining of a superhero origin sounds like a _Robot Chicken_ parody, you’ve screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/87 "2017-06-18T19:21:17Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > -Black Lightning [Coming to TV later this year.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6045840/) ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/88 "2017-06-18T21:49:45Z")
Then replace it on my list with Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan version) ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/89 "2017-06-19T01:44:53Z")
Mister X. A guy who designed a city that made most of its residents psychotic, and tries to fix it using a drug that prevents him from ever sleeping. Plenty there to work with. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/90 "2017-06-19T07:46:37Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > -Sandman. Not the Lord of Dreams, but Wesley Dodds, as seen in Sandman Mystery Theater. That seems obvious with the benefit of hindsight. A little awkward and perennially distracted bookworm who also happens to be a creepy gasmask-wearing judo master shrouded in green vapour. A sassy Dian Belmont dominating the movie otherwise would be fun to see too. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/91 "2017-06-19T09:34:39Z")
**Stig’s Inferno** If only to force Ty Templeton to finish the fucking thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/92 "2017-06-19T09:35:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Anything else you’d like; someone who looks good in fishnets, perhaps? The old DC’s really made it a point to make the character look hot. And a magician should have commanding eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/93 "2017-06-19T13:02:09Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > PS 238 is quite a bit different than Sky High or Zoom in that is it an elementary school. > > Making this list is a little harder than it was five years ago, as so many characters have made the jump to the big screen. Keeping to the OP, I’m am going to limit myself to a) superheroes and b) superhero movies. For example, I really like both the Legion of Super-Heroes and Top Ten, but I don’t think either would work well as a movie. That said… > > -Zatanna > -Sandman. Not the Lord of Dreams, but Wesley Dodds, as seen in Sandman Mystery Theater. > -Starman. Jack Knight, if you please. > -Hawkman. I know he’s been on DC Legends of Tomorrow, but I prefer the Thanagarian cop version to the reincarnated Egyptian one. > -Star-Spangled Kid/Stargirl. Use her original series by Geoff Johns from before when she joined the JSA. > -Black Lightning > -Nexus > -Madman > -Zot! > -Mage. Does Kevin Matchstick count as a superhero? > > -The Defenders. Not the Marvel Netflix Defenders, but not quite the Defenders of old. I’d like to see Dr. Strange get together a team of mystical allies to function as a team. Great list. i think Zot! especially would work as a TV show. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/94 "2017-06-19T13:17:32Z")
Krypto, Super Dog. Proty from the Legion of Super Heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/95 "2017-06-19T13:27:55Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Great list. i think Zot! especially would work as a TV show. …as long as they left off the “sex with a 15-year-old girl” thing. Even McCloud says in hindsight it was not well-considered when he wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/96 "2017-06-19T14:53:23Z")
Powdered Toast Man!!! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/97 "2017-06-19T15:02:51Z")
Peter Porker-The Amazing Spider-Ham The 'Mazing Man-Spider Obnoxio the Clown Forbush Man ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/98 "2017-06-19T20:05:28Z")
> [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](#): > > Mister X. A guy who designed a city that made most of its residents psychotic, and tries to fix it using a drug that prevents him from ever sleeping. Plenty there to work with. The problem is that the original series was great, but they never resolved the big mystery. The second series was just boring. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/99 "2017-06-19T23:26:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > See post # 27, and [this](https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-releases-first-cast-image-of-runaways-tv-series-hulu-teens-superheroes/). Gah, figured I’d miss one. Still, glad to see it’s getting done. That cast pic actually looks pretty much as good as I could hope for. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/100 "2017-06-20T02:03:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The 'Mazing Man-Spider The villian: **Octo DoctorPuss, the Cat O’ Nine Tails!** 😃 * * * Also, seconded for a proper **Howard the Duck.** Especially in the MCU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064.md?page=6)