What's the rock bottom worst Comic adaptations ever?

[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.

[samurainoir]

Didnt Bill Mumy write it?

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

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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.

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[Figuremod73]

Didnt Bill Mumy write it?

[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.

[Mikey]

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

It seemed to be written and drawn by oversexed teenagers

[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!

[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]

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.

[samurainoir]

On that same token, I find it interesting how some of the comics that I did not enjoy on the page became excellent movies. "Batman Superman Public Enemies" annoyed me as a book but I've seen the movie more than once.

While I liked Red well enough as a comic, the addition of the three extra characters played by Morgan Freeman, Helen Miran and John Malkovich really elevated it above it's admittedly scant source material (three issues of sparse "decompressed" storytelling). And the dry humour of the film was no where in evidence either in the original story.

It's technically not a very good adaptation, but a very fun movie unto itself. The original story also wasn't built for a sequel, so the upcoming follow up film is already well into original ground.

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[palitoy]

For example, I think the recent Batman Year 1 animated adaptation would have been better if they had eased off a little on the original comic, given how awkward the pacing felt. Whereas Batman Begins/Dark Knight Rises, managed to find the heart of the Batman/Gordon relationship in Year 1, while leaving much of the storyline behind.

On that same token, I find it interesting how some of the comics that I did not enjoy on the page became excellent movies. "Batman Superman Public Enemies" annoyed me as a book but I've seen the movie more than once.

[palitoy]

... K .
Perhaps I need to just retract all of my Comments in this Thread Then, For I do not seem to Understand the Criteria for the Art of Complaining about What I don't like , Like Others seem to Master the Art of in the Thread and Section Ingeneral.

I simply Got caught up in the Moment ..., It will not happen again, as I will not comment in this Thread Again.

Easy, it wasn't a personal attack, just being objective, no need to get butt hurt. I am not targeting you.

[samurainoir]

X Men 3 is one of the hackiest made films I've endured in years but because it pays certain fan service, it has it's defenders who can argue some comic accuracy.

It's funny too that X-Men First Class was one of the best X-films, but took the most liberties with the comic book continuity. So you are right, I don't think proximity to the source material is always a good judge of how good an adaptation necessarily is.

For example, I think the recent Batman Year 1 animated adaptation would have been better if they had eased off a little on the original comic, given how awkward the pacing felt. Whereas Batman Begins/Dark Knight Rises, managed to find the heart of the Batman/Gordon relationship in Year 1, while leaving much of the storyline behind.

[BlackKnight]

Then that's really not applicable, you're dislike of the source material doesn't make it the "worst comic adaptation" it just makes one you're not fond of. I've got plenty of those too.

... K .
Perhaps I need to just retract all of my Comments in this Thread Then, For I do not seem to Understand the Criteria for the Art of Complaining about What I don't like , Like Others seem to Master the Art of in the Thread and Section Ingeneral.

I simply Got caught up in the Moment ..., It will not happen again, as I will not comment in this Thread Again.

[Riffster]

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

[palitoy]

That's pretty much the Problem for me ...
I hate the Source Material .., The Story , and pretty Much Everything about it . I don't get the Allure and The Mystique .

Then that's really not applicable, your dislike of the source material doesn't make it the "worst comic adaptation" it just makes one you're not fond of. I've got plenty of those too.

X Men 3 is one of the hackiest made films I've endured in years but because it pays certain fan service, it has it's defenders who can argue some comic accuracy.