# 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:** 6
**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 20, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/101 "2017-06-20T03:05:39Z")
“The Adventures of Jaws.” So who could play the role of the Richard Kiel character? ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/102 "2017-06-20T12:13:27Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Complete with instruction from Richard Dragon – who, sure, _would_ be the world’s greatest master of the martial arts; but, so long as he’s in that wheelchair, he’s only going to _explain_ the finer points of dancing around and delivering spin kicks. You’d also need him getting his butt kicked by Lady Shiva. Pretty great to have a villain’s henchwoman nearly kill you, then revive you and send you off for fight training because she saw a spark of talent in your patheticness. The issue where he’s buried up to his neck and left for days is one of my favorites and would make a great episode. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/103 "2017-06-26T15:18:45Z")
Bumping this because last night I discovered the documentary [Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2822584/)! I was surprised by how much of this thread centered on 2000AD characters, so perhaps I’m the only one late to the game with this 2014 release. I thought it was excellent. Prolly not of much interest to anyone who isn’t a fan already as there isn’t any drama, no story arc of conflict or loss or woe. It’s just a bunch of interviews. I mean, they seem to have gotten _everyone_ involved and there’s some great commentary from Ian Scott (guitarist from Anthrax) who kind of represents the American viewpoint (and what he says throughout isn’t much different from what I would have said, so I thought it was cool to have him there). Pat Mills, John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, Neil Gaiman, Alan Grant, Dave Gibbons… they got everyone. I loved hearing about the early days and how Judge Dredd was created, about Nemesis the Warlock (one of my favorites). I thought it was great that they so clearly were punk as fuck and understood that (in relation to the music, the scene and the ethos). (The metal soundtrack to the film is great too!) All in, I had a fantastic couple of hours watching this film and I wanted to make sure that anyone else who might be interested heard about it as well. It’s free to watch with Amazon Prime, btw. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/104 "2017-06-26T15:28:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Phase 3, but a little updated. Phase II could star Richard Branson as himself! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/105 "2017-06-26T15:36:33Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > Powdered Toast Man!!! “Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!” The character I most want to see is Doreen Green, (the Unbeatable) Squirrel Girl. She will, in fact, be featured as part of the [upcoming New Warriors series](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/squirrel-girl-tv-series-freeform-orders-marvels-new-warriors-991277). Squirrel Girl is an absolute delight and is, in fact, unbeatable, mostly because of a combination of smarts, squirrel-like acrobatics, and empathy. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/106 "2017-06-26T16:17:31Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Metal Men, though you’d have to tone down the sexism. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/107 "2017-06-26T17:13:17Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > -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. I think the old JSA, set in WWI vs Nazis would work very well. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/108 "2017-06-26T17:33:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I think the old JSA, set in WWI vs Nazis would work very well. And if they wanted to incorporate it into the DC extended universe movies, they could have Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman join the group…though presumably she won’t be content to just be the secretary. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/109 "2017-06-26T18:07:24Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > And if they wanted to incorporate it into the DC extended universe movies, they could have Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman join the group…though presumably she won’t be content to just be the secretary. Hardly " just be the secretary" she was one of the most powerful members. Yes, for a time she was “only” the secretary but that was due to the fact she had her own comic. Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Batman were also mostly excluded. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/110 "2022-04-04T04:22:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Usagi Yojimbo Well this is happening. Kinda. Sorta. If you squint right. > **[Netflix Reveals Samurai Rabbit Series, Based on Usagi Yojimbo](https://gizmodo.com/netflix-samurai-rabbit-usagi-yojimbo-adaptation-1848743398)** > > Stan Sakai's acclaimed Usagi Yojimbo graphic novels are becoming an animated series. Courtesy of Netflix, the new Samurai Rabbit show will follow one of Usagi Yojimbo's descendants as he becomes a legendary warrior. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/111 "2022-04-04T11:17:46Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > I imagine that we are already passed the highwater mark of the trend for superhero movies for the time being. I think we’ll be seeing less of them, or they just won’t be dominating the box office as much as they have in the recent past. But at least we got a Wonder Woman movie, which is something apparently a lot of people have been waiting a long time for. Just wanted to poke gentle fun at the OP. Ya think so, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/112 "2022-04-04T12:00:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Doom Patrol, simply because they have the best name of any team in comics. > [@mbh](#): > > Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Moon Knight I guess might be a possibility some day, Gunn says he pitched a script. > [@furryman](#): > > I’ve heard rumors they might be doing Shazam, but definitely not Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Peter Porker-The Amazing Spider-Ham At a glance through the thread, some predictions that came true either in a movie or television show. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/113 "2022-04-04T12:21:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > At a glance through the thread, some predictions that came true either in a movie or television show. And Ms. Marvel is on it’s way. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/114 "2022-04-04T12:22:31Z")
I’m still waiting for my good **Conan the Barbarian** movie or show. So far the movie that’s the most faithful to Robert E, Howard’s hero is _The Sword and the Sorcerer_, which isn’t even a Conan movie, but which stole its best moments directly from Howard stories. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/115 "2022-04-04T12:23:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m still waiting for my good **Conan the Barbarian** movie or show. So far the movie that’s the most faithful to Robert E, Howard’s hero is _The Sword and the Sorcerer_ , which isn’t even a Conan movie, but which stole its best moments directly from Howard stories. Interesting. What’s your opinion of the Arnold films? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/116 "2022-04-04T12:51:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Interesting. Interesting.But not Conan See my comment from a few years ago above: > [@](#): > > And, he’s not a superhero (arguably), but for Crom’s sake let someone do **Conan the Barbarian** right. Adapt a Robert E. Howard story, you mooks, instead of thinking you can write your own – you screw it up every time. I want to see _The Tower of the Elephant_ or _Rogues in the House_ or _Red Nails_ . Arnold _looks_ like Conan, but, by Crom, he doesn’t act like him. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/117 "2022-04-04T15:35:59Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, for your cinematic enjoyment… > **[PREVIEW: Mudman #1 by Paul Grist](https://ifanboy.com/articles/preview-mudman-1-by-paul-grist/)** > > A new teen superhero series, unlike anything out there, from the man behind Kane and Jack Staff (and this movie would come with eight spots at which you can head out to the loo, because not much is happening) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/118 "2022-04-04T16:06:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > At a glance through the thread, some predictions that came true either in a movie or television show. _Stargirl_ is mentioned upthread, too. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/119 "2022-04-04T16:37:50Z")
And in the spirit of the thread, I’ll go with Excalibur. They can just stick Kit Harrington in there since he’s already shown up. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064/120 "2022-04-04T16:56:12Z")
Another vote for _The Inferior Five_. Although the protagonists had no “superhero powers”, I’d like to see _Challengers of the Unknown_ with updated stories. Anyway, what a GREAT title. _Metal Men_ - the earlier ones where they LOOKED like robots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064.md?page=7)