5 Worst Comic Book Movies

With the completely underwhelming response to the new Green Lantern trailer it got me thinking about all of the horribly disappointing comic book adaptations we've been subjected to over the years. Here's a few shining examples.

5) Nick Fury: Agent of Shield

The Hoff as Nick Fury? What the fuck?!? Who decided this was a good plan? KITT would have been a more convincing Fury.

4) Captain America

Wow does this movie suck. Captain America has an extensive, distinguished history. None of that appears anywhere in this movie. The Red Skull as a bad plastic surgery patient just makes you want to kick the television.

3) Judge Dredd

One more potentially great film sucked into the Hollywood greed machine. Who needs to follow the source material when we can just blow shit up. The best part of the whole movie was Rob Schneider mocking Stallone's "I am the law".

2) Superman IV

It's not bad enough that the only villain featured in the Superman series is Lex Luthor (Ross Webster in Superman III was a Luthor clone) but we have to put up with Jon Cryer as his sidekick Lenny. And what do the fearsome duo of Lex and Lenny do? They shoot a strand of Superman's hair into the sun and create Ulti-Mullet.

1) Ghost Rider

You ever see a movie that's so bad that you want to set your whole living room on fire because it has now been tainted? That's Ghost Rider. If I ever get within reaching distance of Nicholas Cage I'm going to swing him around by his toupee for making this. Do we really need Johnny Blaze to be a Carpenter's fan? We can't have a badass motorcycle hero that listens to something a little more rocking? And every time Ghost Rider appears he says the dumbest shit. All he had to do was stand there and look cool with the flaming head. That would have made the film a little better. Not much, but every little bit counts.

Technorati Tags: captain america, comic books, ghost rider, judge dredd, movies, nick fury, superman, green lantern

Tags created with Ukion Tag Generator

10 Greatest Comic Book Songs

Music has always taken inspiration from diverse fields such as movies, literature and even life itself. Here's a list pf the best songs that draw from the noblest of art forms - comic books.



10) Warzone - Rob Zombie

While Rob mostly fancies himself a filmmaker these days he still occasionally puts out kick ass music. This song from the Punisher reboot is a shining example.



9) Flash's Theme - Queen

The 1980 Flash Gordon film based on the 1930's comic strip is pretty laughable these days. The acting and effects are horrendous. Still the film has a certain charm and part of it is Queen's soundtrack.



8) Wolverine Blues - Entombed

While Entombed never wanted the song or the album to be associated with the Canucklehead, their record company included a special edition comic with their CD and the titular video features badass Wolverine artwork warranting a spot on the list.




7) Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani

Since Joe specializes in instrumental music he can claim a song is about any damn thing he chooses and nobody can argue him. He chose to honor Silver Surfer with not only a song, but also the title of his best selling album to date. Maybe Joe can channel the power cosmic.



6) Holy Wars...The Punishment Due - Megadeth

The opening track to Medadeth's classic Rust in Peace album. While only the Punishment Due section of the song is about The Punisher, it's enough to land this track at number 6.



5) Ghost Rider - Suicide/Rollins Band

Ghost rider tells the story of the Marvel character. Written by influential electro punk band Suicide, the song achieved greater success when Rollins Band covered it for the Crow Soundtrack.




4) Spider-Man - TV theme/The Ramones

The theme for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon has become synonymous with the webhead. It has been featured in two of the Raimi Spider-Man films and covered memorably by the Ramones.



3) I Am The Law - Anthrax

The Anthrax ode to legendary British comic character Judge Dredd. Had this song been featured in the 1995 film it may not have sucked quite so bad. This song kicks so much ass they had to record it on three different albums.



2) Batman Theme - Danny Elfman

When Tim Burton's Batman hit the screen in 1989 in unleashed a mass of Batmania. I had the great fortune to see the film in the theater. From the first notes of the theme you knew that the movie you were about to see was going to change your life and it did.



1) Superman Theme - John Williams

How could this song not be number 1? It has inspired generations of kids to tie a blanket around their shoulders and try to fly around the living room. This song is so epic that it's use was part of the contingency for Bryan Singer to direct Superman Returns.

Technorati Tags: comic books, spider-man, wolverine, ghost rider, batman, superman

Tags created with Ukion Tag Generator