What's the rock bottom worst Comic adaptations ever?

[Brazoo]

Generally speaking, I think fantastic source material usually makes less-than-fantastic movies - where pretty decent source material has a better chance of making a great movie, odds-wise.

JAWS and The Godfather comes to mind - decent books - fantastic movies.

I haven't run any statistical analysis or anything - and there are a few exceptions - but off-hand that seems to be the case.

[thunderbolt]

As a HUGE FF fan I enjoyed the Corman version. The source material lends itself well to all the weirdness going on - for example - who ever thought that Doom's metal mask would make him so hard to understand? It's not very dramatic - but it is funny when you think about it.

I'm also a big Corman fan, and I think the background of why the movie was made is funny. It was produced just so they could hang onto the licensing contract in order to force whoever else wanted to make an FF movie to buy the rights off them, but supposedly the actors and crew didn't know that - so apparently they're being tragically sincere in their effort.

I don't think it's a good movie, and I think anything entertaining in the movie was accidental, but I did enjoy it more than the big budget versions.

horrible acting, casting and costuming, it sucked. And I love Kirby and Lee's FF.

[Brazoo]

horrible acting, casting and costuming, it sucked. And I love Kirby and Lee's FF.

I think I expressed that wrong - i should have probably said "despite being a HUGE FF fan, I enjoyed the Corman version."

Those things you mentioned all suck - for sure! I have a soft spot for bad movies though for some reason - especially for ones that are drastically under-budgeted. I admit it's just one of my weird things, I'm not trying to convert anyone - just trying to explain why I think I enjoyed it!

[Mikey]

I hate the Lost in Space adaption made in the early 90's

It seemed to be written and drawn by oversexed teenagers

[palitoy]

I hate the Lost in Space adaption made in the early 90's

It seemed to be written and drawn by oversexed teenagers

That's another thread entirely but yeah, that comic looked terrible.

[Figuremod73]

Didnt Bill Mumy write it?

[samurainoir]

Didnt Bill Mumy write it?

Yes he did. Mumy is a comics fan, and had a band that often played comic cons IIRC.

LOST IN SPACE #1,4 ~ 1991 Innovation Comics - Classic racy covers!! Bill Mumy! | eBay

Innovation "Lost In Space" #9 Autographed By Bill Mumy | eBay



Lost in Space just might belong in this thread because of a comic that was originally called Space Family Robinson. The producers had to cut a deal with Gold Key because of how similar their show was in premise to this existing comic series, which added Lost in Space to it's title. It always irritated me when I tried to read the comic... No robot, no will, no dr smith.

Space Family Robinson #6-1964 fn/vg Lost In Space | eBay



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[spacecaps]

Has no one mentioned last years Conan or the 70's live action Spiderman (with none of the villains) ? For me it was The Spirit...one of the few movies I've ever walked out of the theater on.

[Brazoo]

"The Spirit" was unbelievably bad - but the crazy thing is it's also a total culmination of Frank Miller's artistic vision. I mean, it's undeniably from his mind - all the imagery, themes and dialog are completely his. It's not like it feels like he lost control of the movie and that's why it turned out badly - it seems at least like this is exactly what he was trying to do.

I'm not trying to knock him - I like a lot of Miller's comics - but they are all kinda exactly as crazy as this movie. No?

Maybe if he was adapting one of his comics and not The Spirit we'd all enjoy the absurdity more?

[MIB41]

Most don't realize it, but the Lone Ranger was both a comic strip and later a comic book before he became famous on television by Clayton Moore. I think the worst adaptation of that was the 1980 movie "Legend of the Lone Ranger". Horrid by every measure. And resembled little of the character. During that same period, the studio went to court and banned Clayton Moore from wearing his mask during autograph signings because of the movie. So it was a crime both to the comic and to the man who made it popular on television.

[Werewolf]

I think the worst adaptation of that was the 1980 movie "Legend of the Lone Ranger".

I'm guessing you didn't see the made for TV one from 2003.

I really liked Lone Ranger as a child. Both the Clayton Moore series and the Filmation cartoon. I like that movie and stil have my original childhood toys from it. It's not perfect but it's much better than people give it credit for. I think a lot of animosity towards it comes from the studio being jerks towards Clayton Moore and not the film itself.

The studio really shot themselves in the foot with how they treated him. If they had any brains they would have paid him to make appearances promoting the movie. An endorsement from the beloved TV Ranger would have really helped the movie. Because the movie is actually very respectful towards the characters and the series. Spilsbury isn't as bland as people say, Christopher Lloyd and Jason Robards are very good it and as an added bonus Tonto is actually played by a Native actor.

[Bruce Banner]

I actually never liked the hulk tv show. I tried and tried to. but it was just so bad, he looked cool but he could be shot and bled, could barely tip a car over.. as a kid it just wasn't the hulk to me

I agree. I used to watch it as a kid, sure... and I kind of liked it... but it just wasn't the true Hulk to me.
The Hulk I knew was Bruce Banner. He talked and could throw tanks around and fought enemies like The Abomination and Zzzax.

It just didn't translate well to the small screen with its associated "scaling down" of concept and budget limitations, etc.

It bugs me that the most recent Hulk movie was kind of an updating of that show (coupled with elements of the Marvel Ultimates Hulk).

The Hulk wasn't created in a lab, by an experiment gone awry. He was created "in the heart of a nuclear explosion, victim of gamma radiation gone wild"!

One day, I hope we'll get a Hulk movie that has Bruce being caught in a gamma bomb blast, and which will finally feature Rick Jones.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I gotta disagree with ya Tom. I think "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" is pretty faithful in spirit to the original material. They made John Reid a law student who was deputized as a Texas Ranger to explain his thirst for justice, but other than that in a few minor details, it's pretty close to the original radio origin.

Making Butch Cavendish a rogue general out to overthrow the US government was a stretch, but really no worse than making Lex Luthor a genius out for a land grab in Superman:The Movie, instead of a mad scientist.

The movie had so much going for it, great location shooting, servicable script, great soundtrack, but it's one major flaw is...it's star stunk on ice. Clinton Spillsbury looked good in the mask, but he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. And they even had to re-dub his voice with another actor!

I have to admit this movie is a guilty pleasure. My dad and I watched the Clayton Moore series together, and when we saw this advertised as showing on TV, we had to watch it. It was a nice father-son moment for us to watch a Lone Ranger made in my time.

I won't argue that it's not bad, but it's fairly faithful. For really, REALLY bad, see the WB TV movie from about 10 years ago. Whoa. Stinks on ice.

Chris

[boynightwing]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and 3. I can tolerate 3 a little more then 2.

Superman 3 and 4 I can't watch again.

Batman Forever has some kind of curse on it and I can't watch it without something bad happening in my life. (But I don't suppose that counts as bad adaption, just bad for me)

The Crow 2 and 3 and if they made any more after that, then those too. The TV show needs to go on that list. It's terrible. I remember an episode where he was testifying in court?? He's a ghost!

Wolverine Origins. I understand they needed to PG it to get the audience but it doesn't excuse the poor story and handling of Deadpool. The special effects didn't hold up either. There are scenes where his CG claws are moving around on his hand.

X3 was just as bad, but it had some moments I enjoyed.

I might be one of the few who liked the Fantastic Four. I hated the first one but I really enjoyed the Silver Surfer. I liked the portrayal of the characters and I thought it was a fun movie. They dropped the ball on Dr Doom big time.

Spider-man 3 I don't even own and never will.

Supergirl was terrible but I am in love with Helen Slater so I continue to watch it. I also just really like the character Supergirl, I always have. I wish the story had been better in the movie.

Does Transformers count as a comic adaption? If so, then all three of those suck. The first GIJoe sucked too. The second one looks amazing.

I haven't seen too many low budget comic movies to comment on them sadly.

[kingdom warrior]

I gotta disagree with ya Tom. I think "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" is pretty faithful in spirit to the original material. They made John Reid a law student who was deputized as a Texas Ranger to explain his thirst for justice, but other than that in a few minor details, it's pretty close to the original radio origin.

Making Butch Cavendish a rogue general out to overthrow the US government was a stretch, but really no worse than making Lex Luthor a genius out for a land grab in Superman:The Movie, instead of a mad scientist.

The movie had so much going for it, great location shooting, servicable script, great soundtrack, but it's one major flaw is...it's star stunk on ice. Clinton Spillsbury looked good in the mask, but he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. And they even had to re-dub his voice with another actor!

I have to admit this movie is a guilty pleasure. My dad and I watched the Clayton Moore series together, and when we saw this advertised as showing on TV, we had to watch it. It was a nice father-son moment for us to watch a Lone Ranger made in my time.

I won't argue that it's not bad, but it's fairly faithful. For really, REALLY bad, see the WB TV movie from about 10 years ago. Whoa. Stinks on ice.

Chris

I recently Got it and watched it...agree 100% Chris, I like it for what it is. That TV remake made me sick watching it.....