Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
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Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
They never happened in our universe. But in realm of infinite possibility, maybe they did happen on an alternate Earth.
THE RULES: Choose your superhero property, director, cast, writer, whatever. Any decade, any cast and crew. Make it interesting. The only restriction is that you have to make the cast era-appropriate. If you have Orson Welles directing Shailene Woodley as Spawn's "Angela", you might deserve to have an eggplant shoved up your butt. Unless you're into that sort of thing...
Anyway here's my dream project: Robert Altman's 1973 adaptation of Fantastic Four, starring Michael Murphy as Mr. Fantastic, Sally Kellerman as Invisible Woman, Bud Cort as The Human Torch, Elliot Gould as The Thing, and Henry Gibson as Doctor Doom.
Coming up next: Lars von Trier's 'Dogme 95' take on Rob Liefeld's Youngblood.
THE RULES: Choose your superhero property, director, cast, writer, whatever. Any decade, any cast and crew. Make it interesting. The only restriction is that you have to make the cast era-appropriate. If you have Orson Welles directing Shailene Woodley as Spawn's "Angela", you might deserve to have an eggplant shoved up your butt. Unless you're into that sort of thing...
Anyway here's my dream project: Robert Altman's 1973 adaptation of Fantastic Four, starring Michael Murphy as Mr. Fantastic, Sally Kellerman as Invisible Woman, Bud Cort as The Human Torch, Elliot Gould as The Thing, and Henry Gibson as Doctor Doom.
Coming up next: Lars von Trier's 'Dogme 95' take on Rob Liefeld's Youngblood.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Warren Beatty's 1976 adaptation of Archie Comics
Written and Directed by Warren Beatty
Cast
Archie Andrews - Warren Beatty
Betty Cooper - Goldie Hawn
Veronica Lodge - Diane Keaton
Jughead Jones - Dustin Hoffman
Reggie Mantle - Jack Nicholson
Moose Mason - Nick Nolte
Mr Weatherbee - Charles Durning
Written and Directed by Warren Beatty
Cast
Archie Andrews - Warren Beatty
Betty Cooper - Goldie Hawn
Veronica Lodge - Diane Keaton
Jughead Jones - Dustin Hoffman
Reggie Mantle - Jack Nicholson
Moose Mason - Nick Nolte
Mr Weatherbee - Charles Durning
#4
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Mine has long been a Power Man/Iron Fist movie filmed in 1978!
Jim Brown - Luke Cage
Jan-Michael Vincent - Danny Rand
Pam Grier - Misty Knight
Rosalind Chao - Colleen Wing
William Smith - Warhawk
Bolo Yeung - the Steel Serpent
Sammo Hung - Lei Kung the Thunderer
Fight choreography by Sammo Hung
Written and directed by Larry Cohen
Shot on location in NYC
Jim Brown - Luke Cage
Jan-Michael Vincent - Danny Rand
Pam Grier - Misty Knight
Rosalind Chao - Colleen Wing
William Smith - Warhawk
Bolo Yeung - the Steel Serpent
Sammo Hung - Lei Kung the Thunderer
Fight choreography by Sammo Hung
Written and directed by Larry Cohen
Shot on location in NYC
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Mine has long been a Power Man/Iron Fist movie filmed in 1978!
Jim Brown - Luke Cage
Jan-Michael Vincent - Danny Rand
Pam Grier - Misty Knight
Rosalind Chao - Colleen Wing
William Smith - Warhawk
Bolo Yeung - the Steel Serpent
Sammo Hung - Lei Kung the Thunderer
Fight choreography by Sammo Hung
Written and directed by Larry Cohen
Shot on location in NYC
Jim Brown - Luke Cage
Jan-Michael Vincent - Danny Rand
Pam Grier - Misty Knight
Rosalind Chao - Colleen Wing
William Smith - Warhawk
Bolo Yeung - the Steel Serpent
Sammo Hung - Lei Kung the Thunderer
Fight choreography by Sammo Hung
Written and directed by Larry Cohen
Shot on location in NYC
Tomb of Dracula (1973)
Dracula - Ivan Rassimov
Rachel Van Helsing - Luan Peters
Frank Drake - Ray Lovelock
Hannibal King - Gordon Mitchell
Blade - James Iglehart
Lilith - Rosalba Neri
Deacon Frost - Tomas Milian
Music by Ennio Morricone
FX by Carlo Rambaldi
Written by Luciano Vincenzoni
Directed by Mario Bava
Shot in Spain and Italy
Last edited by Mondo Kane; 09-16-14 at 11:06 PM.
#6
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Tomb of Dracula (1973)
Dracula - Ivan Rassimov
Rachel Van Helsing - Luan Peters
Frank Drake - Ray Lovelock
Hannibal King - Gordon Mitchell
Blade - James Iglehart
Lilith - Rosalba Neri
Deacon Frost - Tomas Milian
Music by Ennio Morricone
FX by Carlo Rambaldi
Written by Luciano Vincenzoni
Directed by Mario Bava
Shot in Spain and Italy
#7
Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
*dap*
I could've easily gone with Fred or Jim Kelly for a particular role, but I'd love to see SAVAGE as Blade!
I could've easily gone with Fred or Jim Kelly for a particular role, but I'd love to see SAVAGE as Blade!
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Alejandro Jodorowsky's Adam Warlock.
With Jodorowsky in the title role. He must have his mustache. And Orson Welles as Thanos.
With Jodorowsky in the title role. He must have his mustache. And Orson Welles as Thanos.
#10
Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Warren Beatty's 1976 adaptation of Archie Comics
Written and Directed by Warren Beatty
Cast
Archie Andrews - Warren Beatty
Betty Cooper - Goldie Hawn
Veronica Lodge - Diane Keaton
Jughead Jones - Dustin Hoffman
Reggie Mantle - Jack Nicholson
Moose Mason - Nick Nolte
Mr Weatherbee - Charles Durning
Written and Directed by Warren Beatty
Cast
Archie Andrews - Warren Beatty
Betty Cooper - Goldie Hawn
Veronica Lodge - Diane Keaton
Jughead Jones - Dustin Hoffman
Reggie Mantle - Jack Nicholson
Moose Mason - Nick Nolte
Mr Weatherbee - Charles Durning
#11
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Yeah, I suppose by the Seventies, nobody would buy 30 year olds as teens, even in a heightened reality.
Though now that you mention it, young Natalie Wood would have been an amazing Veronica. I met her once as a child -- just weeks after seeing West Side Story for the first time as luck would have it. She was a very nice lady.
Though now that you mention it, young Natalie Wood would have been an amazing Veronica. I met her once as a child -- just weeks after seeing West Side Story for the first time as luck would have it. She was a very nice lady.
Last edited by Decker; 09-17-14 at 11:23 AM.
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How could I forget Brian DePalma's 1979 exemplary superhero thriller X-Men:
Professor Xavier - Paul Williams
Cyclops - John Travolta
Jean Gray - Amy Irving
Iceman - William Katt
Wolverine - Dennis Franz
Rogue - Sissy Spacek
Nightcrawler - William Finley
Magneto - Michael Caine
Sabretooth - John Lithgow
Emma Frost - Nancy Allen
Professor Xavier - Paul Williams
Cyclops - John Travolta
Jean Gray - Amy Irving
Iceman - William Katt
Wolverine - Dennis Franz
Rogue - Sissy Spacek
Nightcrawler - William Finley
Magneto - Michael Caine
Sabretooth - John Lithgow
Emma Frost - Nancy Allen
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How could I forget Brian DePalma's 1979 exemplary superhero thriller X-Men:
Professor Xavier - Paul Williams
Cyclops - John Travolta
Jean Gray - Amy Irving
Iceman - William Katt
Wolverine - Dennis Franz
Rogue - Sissy Spacek
Nightcrawler - William Finley
Magneto - Michael Caine
Sabretooth - John Lithgow
Emma Frost - Nancy Allen
Professor Xavier - Paul Williams
Cyclops - John Travolta
Jean Gray - Amy Irving
Iceman - William Katt
Wolverine - Dennis Franz
Rogue - Sissy Spacek
Nightcrawler - William Finley
Magneto - Michael Caine
Sabretooth - John Lithgow
Emma Frost - Nancy Allen
Last edited by Ash Ketchum; 09-17-14 at 01:40 PM.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
I'd go with Albert Finney as 1979 Professor X. We know that if the money were right, he wouldn't mind shaving his head.
We all know Paul Williams really needs to play Arnim Zola in the late 70s Marvel Universe films.
We all know Paul Williams really needs to play Arnim Zola in the late 70s Marvel Universe films.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
And Dennis Franz as Wolverine is much closer to the original vision of the character than Hugh Jackman is Not quite as sexy though...
Last edited by Hokeyboy; 09-17-14 at 01:13 PM.
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Charles Bronsan as The Wolverine!
With Telly Savalas as Prof-X
John Cassavetes as Magneto
And Jill Ireland as Jean Gray
With Telly Savalas as Prof-X
John Cassavetes as Magneto
And Jill Ireland as Jean Gray
#18
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Wonder Woman (1970) D: Mario Bava
Wonder Woman/Diana Prince- Linda Harrison
Steve Rogers- Andrew Prine
Doctor Psycho- Billy Barty
Queen Hippolyta- Claire Bloom
General Blankenship- Rod Steiger
A. Hitler- Frank Sutton
Wonder Woman/Diana Prince- Linda Harrison
Steve Rogers- Andrew Prine
Doctor Psycho- Billy Barty
Queen Hippolyta- Claire Bloom
General Blankenship- Rod Steiger
A. Hitler- Frank Sutton
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
John Wayne In Captain America Vs. Vietnam. With Ben Johnson as the Falcon.
Fred MacMurray is Captain Marvel and Barbara Stanwyck is Shazam crazy for him! A Super Romantic comedy that only Ernst Lubitsch could pen.
From the guys that brought you Debbie Does Dallas comes Giant Size Man-Thing! See what lurks in the swamp on a hot Summer night. Special cameo by Stan Lee.
Fred MacMurray is Captain Marvel and Barbara Stanwyck is Shazam crazy for him! A Super Romantic comedy that only Ernst Lubitsch could pen.
From the guys that brought you Debbie Does Dallas comes Giant Size Man-Thing! See what lurks in the swamp on a hot Summer night. Special cameo by Stan Lee.
Last edited by ddrknghtrtns; 09-18-14 at 12:15 AM.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
1950's Batman Returns
Bruce Wayne/Batman-John Ireland
Penguin-Bernard Gorcey (Probably would've been too old for the 50's, but he'd still make a good Oswald)
Selina Kyle-Geraldine Brooks
Max Shreck-Skelton Knaggs (This guy deserves more love)
Bruce Wayne/Batman-John Ireland
Penguin-Bernard Gorcey (Probably would've been too old for the 50's, but he'd still make a good Oswald)
Selina Kyle-Geraldine Brooks
Max Shreck-Skelton Knaggs (This guy deserves more love)
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
John Wayne In Captain America Vs. Vietnam. With Ben Johnson as the Falcon.
Fred MacMurray is Captain Marvel and Barbara Stanwyck is Shazam crazy for him! A Super Romantic comedy that only Ernst Lubitsch could pen.
From the guys that brought you Debbie Does Dallas comes Giant Size Man-Thing! See what lurks in the swamp on a hot Summer night. Special cameo by Stan Lee.
Fred MacMurray is Captain Marvel and Barbara Stanwyck is Shazam crazy for him! A Super Romantic comedy that only Ernst Lubitsch could pen.
From the guys that brought you Debbie Does Dallas comes Giant Size Man-Thing! See what lurks in the swamp on a hot Summer night. Special cameo by Stan Lee.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Orson Welles' Batman.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=14529
George Raft signing up for Two-Face (after Bogart turned it down), James Cagney as The Riddler, Basil Rathbone as The Joker and Welles' former lover Marlene Dietrich as a very exotic Catwoman with the same salubrious past Miller gave the character forty years later in "Batman: Year One." Robin was completely absent from the picture, but the casting of Batman himself was the main reason the picture stalled and was consigned to the history books. Welles wanted to cast himself in the roles of both Batman and Bruce Wayne, but the studio wanted to go with a more traditional leading man like Gregory Peck. Peck agreed and was reportedly even shot in a makeshift costume for the part during a break between filming "The Yearling" and the classic "Duel in the Sun." Welles, however, was incensed at the decision.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Hackman is a bigger name and better acting talent, no question, but I wanted to go with someone a little more offbeat (and had previously appeared in a De Palma movie). X-Men was such a non-property in 1979 (outside of comics) that the studio wouldn't have cared. Hackman was only bald for about 3 seconds in the Superman films, and probably wouldn't have played another comic book villain anyhow.
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Re: Superhero Movies from a Parallel Universe
Lee Marvin - Nick Fury
Michael J. Fox - Peter Parker
Jan-Michael Vincent-Johnny Storm
Errol Flynn-Tony Stark
Anthony Quinn-Ben Grimm
Yul Brynner-Professor X
Peter Fonda-Johnny Blaze
Ann-Margaret-Mary Jane Watson
Leonard Nimoy-Sub-Mariner
Christopher Lee-The Mandarin
Diana Rigg-Black Widow
Honor Blackman-Sue Storm
Donald Pleasance-Baron von Strucker
Tor Johnson-The Hulk
George C. Scott-General Ross
Mildred Natwick-Aunt May
Michael J. Fox - Peter Parker
Jan-Michael Vincent-Johnny Storm
Errol Flynn-Tony Stark
Anthony Quinn-Ben Grimm
Yul Brynner-Professor X
Peter Fonda-Johnny Blaze
Ann-Margaret-Mary Jane Watson
Leonard Nimoy-Sub-Mariner
Christopher Lee-The Mandarin
Diana Rigg-Black Widow
Honor Blackman-Sue Storm
Donald Pleasance-Baron von Strucker
Tor Johnson-The Hulk
George C. Scott-General Ross
Mildred Natwick-Aunt May
Last edited by rw2516; 09-18-14 at 09:21 AM.