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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. |
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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 |
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Chuck Norris as Iron Fist and Mr. T as Luke Cage in a 1980s Heroes for Hire movie.
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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 |
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Originally Posted by Preterite
(Post 12237201)
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 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 |
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
(Post 12237289)
:drool:
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 |
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*dap*
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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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
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*dap*
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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Alejandro Jodorowsky's Adam Warlock.
With Jodorowsky in the title role. He must have his mustache. And Orson Welles as Thanos. |
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Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12237165)
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 |
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Yeah, I suppose by the Seventies, nobody would buy 30 year olds as teens, even in a heightened reality.
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/phot...61-360-450.jpg 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. |
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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 |
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Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 12237780)
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 |
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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. |
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Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12237805)
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. And Dennis Franz as Wolverine is much closer to the original vision of the character than Hugh Jackman is :) Not quite as sexy though... |
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In 1979, Gene Hackman would have played Professor X. He had just played the bald Lex Luthor and a studio would have almost assuredly cast him.
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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1950's Batman Returns
http://i61.tinypic.com/1zfr09l.jpg 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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Originally Posted by ddrknghtrtns
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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. |
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Orson Welles' Batman.
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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Millar :mad:
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 12238337)
In 1979, Gene Hackman would have played Professor X. He had just played the bald Lex Luthor and a studio would have almost assuredly cast him.
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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 |
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