What have been some of the best comic book castings ever?

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  • jono
    jono Members Posts: 30,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    bignorm wrote: »
    Tom Hiddleson as Loki
    Liam Neeson as Ras
    Dean Cain as Superman

    Real talk I only watched Batman Begins because I knew he was in it.

    And I recognize that I'm probably the only person in the world that likes this movie but Ray Stevenson as The Punisher (Punisher: War Zone) was pretty good.
  • iron man1
    iron man1 Members Posts: 29,989 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    jono wrote: »
    bignorm wrote: »
    Tom Hiddleson as Loki
    Liam Neeson as Ras
    Dean Cain as Superman

    Real talk I only watched Batman Begins because I knew he was in it.

    And I recognize that I'm probably the only person in the world that likes this movie but Ray Stevenson as The Punisher (Punisher: War Zone) was pretty good.

    Cosign ray stevenson him and thomas jane actually both played the characters well for what the scripts gave them.
  • Karl.
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    Russell Crowe as Zor El

    His whole part in that film was lame as ? though. He played as Jor-El by the way.
  • vagrant-718
    vagrant-718 Members Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not comic but dude who plays Ken in the Street Fighter Assassin Fist got him down to tee

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  • Inglewood_B
    Inglewood_B Members Posts: 12,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Heath Ledger as the Joker.
    Wesley Snipes as Blade.
    Michael Fassbender as Magneto.
    Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark.

    I called Patrick Stewart being cast as Professor X in a movie as far back as the mid 90's when I first saw the X men cartoon. Easy call at that. There was literally no other choice.

    Cosign dude who said Liam Neeson as Ras al'Ghul. Only knew him as a character from the cartoon show and at first I thought he wouldn't fit. Shame on me for doubting Liam Neeson on pulling off any role where he a bad ? .
  • Recaptimus_Prime360
    Recaptimus_Prime360 Members Posts: 64,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    i'll go with the obvious answer



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    Bar has been raised so high, it'll be hard to even come close.
  • eyes low
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    i'll go with the obvious answer



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    Bar has been raised so high, it'll be hard to even come close.

    its funny bc how much people hated it when he was first announced as the joker now hes the standard for future jokers
  • texas409
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    the next Joker will probably be a more clownish villain to steer people away from comparisons to Ledgers character
  • Recaptimus_Prime360
    Recaptimus_Prime360 Members Posts: 64,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    eyes low wrote: »
    i'll go with the obvious answer



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    Bar has been raised so high, it'll be hard to even come close.

    its funny bc how much people hated it when he was first announced as the joker now hes the standard for future jokers



    Oh I was one of those people. My 1st reaction when they announced he was casted as Joker...

    "WHAT!! AWW HELL NAW! These fools got Broke Back playin the Joker???"


    I'm glad I was proven wrong tho.
  • Recaptimus_Prime360
    Recaptimus_Prime360 Members Posts: 64,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think it's been accepted that going forward, whoever plays the Joker has to do the exact opposite of Ledger's Joker. You shouldn't even try to emulate that.
    texas409 wrote: »
    the next Joker will probably be a more clownish villain to steer people away from comparisons to Ledgers character


    This.

    If anything I can see them drawing inspiration from the Joker version from the Batman Arkham games.
  • Dupac
    Dupac Members, Writer Posts: 68,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think it's been accepted that going forward, whoever plays the Joker has to do the exact opposite of Ledger's Joker. You shouldn't even try to emulate that.
    texas409 wrote: »
    the next Joker will probably be a more clownish villain to steer people away from comparisons to Ledgers character


    This.

    If anything I can see them drawing inspiration from the Joker version from the Batman Arkham games.

    ? mark hamil's joker is tough to ? with as well
  • Splackavelli
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    Not comic but dude who plays Ken in the Street Fighter Assassin Fist got him down to tee

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    wow knowing Hollywood they probably would have gotten owen Wilson if they didn't find this guy.
  • Lord_Hades_08
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    Patrick Stewart - Professor Charles Xavier
    Alfred Molina - Doctor Octopus

    IMO...Heath Ledger's Joker was just okay. He didn't quite capture the psychotic laughter that I wanted. Criminal genius yes but I would have wanted more of Mark Hamill's Joker.
  • Dupac
    Dupac Members, Writer Posts: 68,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    mark hamil's joker really just didn't give a ? .....

    he had that careless vibe like despite all the hard work his plans took, he could lose interest in it at any time and just go do some other ?

    http://youtu.be/_gBWpWwIBKw
  • almighty breeze
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    enough cant be said about Fassbenders job as Magneto

    an underrated choice is Jame McAvoy as younger Professor X as well

    Bane carried TDKR to the point that the movie is really average without him so Tom Hardy deserves mention along with Gary Oldman

    Both the Comedian and Dr Manhattan were perfect.

    Michonne is amazing



  • Maximus Rex
    Maximus Rex Members Posts: 6,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2015
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    Dude looks just like Curt Swan's Superman.

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    And basically everybody Broddie named.
    I was initially ? that Hollywood whitewashed Bane but I think Tom Hardy did a good job.

    Whitewashed, I thought Bane was a Spaniard.