'08 Summer Superhero Films Poll

[MoreCowbell5263]

I believe it is all leading up to an inevitable Avengers movie. Captain America and Thor are getting movies next year, then Hulk and Iron Man will probably have sequels the following year.

I think Wolverine is a member of the Avengers and he's getting a movie in the next year or two.

[Jo269976]

Does this have to be asked lol?

TDK is gonna become film of the year, regardless if one of its stars tragically passed away.

Just the fact that The Joker is gonna be in it is enough to secure a box-office hit!

[Fugitoid Jones]

Well, I agree with everyone in that TDK is going to be the big money maker for the year.

As far as which is going to make more money, Iron Man or Incredible Hulk, I think IM will take the lead there. It will be the first IM movie, and the trailers are creating some serious buzz among a lot of people (I know I'm excited). I really think that TIH will be good, but unfortunetly, it's got the stink of the 03 film to deal with, so I'm worried that despite how good it might be, it might not make a lot of money. I could be wrong and hopefully it will be a hit, but I still see Iron Man taking the 2nd place prize in the battle of these comic movies.

What does everybody think about how Hellboy II will hold up against these other 3 comic movies?

I think Hellboy II might make more than TIH, but not as much as IM. The first Hellboy wasn't exactly a box office smash, but it was liked more than Hulk was, so that's why I see it making more money than TIH, but it doesn't have the "first movie" curiosity that IM has. So, I think it will be like this:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Hellboy II
4. The Incredible Hulk

Of course, this is just the comic movies. I'm sure the next Indiana Jones movie will be right up there with TDK.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I keep forgetting that there is going to be a Hellboy II. I liked the first one a lot. I think Hellboy II will at least do respectable numbers, depends on what it opens against. I think that they can hype it at as being "from the director of Pan's Labyrinth" could help it out a bit. While Hellboy might not be the most well known comic book character, being backed by a director that has received that much acclaim has got to help.

[MoreCowbell5263]

The thing about Hellboy is that he is a Dark Horse Comics character, and not very many people know about them. If I were to ask a random sample of kids at my high school who Hellboy is, I'd bet only like 1/4 or 1/3 of the people would say anything that would imply they know much about the character.

The only other Dark Horse Comics superheroes I know are the Mystery Men, and not many people know of that movie, either. I loved that movie, it spoofed other superhero movies with flying colors!

The problem TIH has right now is that it's not advertising AT ALL! It needs to get something out there! And by something, I mean a teaser trailer, a short clip, ANYTHING! All anybody has are a couple shots of Ed Norton and a concept drawing of the Hulk. Meanwhile, The Dark Knight is released a month after TIH and the net has been swarming with Ledger/Joker pics and teasers and trailers and featurettes and everything for the last four of five months! The marketers over at Marvel or whoever need to start convincing the regular Joe Moviegoers out there that The Incredible Hulk is a REBOOT and NOT A SEQUEL!

[odupianist]

My vote is for Batman because of the success of the first movie and the death of Heath. I am like Rose however. I am more excited for the Iron Man movie. I was skeptical of Robert Downey Jr, but the trailer has definitely gotten me excited. I never saw the first Hulk bc I heard how bad it was, but I might make it a point to go see this one if I hear good things. I think it's cool they're finally doing small crossovers. I'm sure it's a test to see how the crossovers are received for a possible crossover movie (ie Spiderman and Xmen or something like that - oh idea for new thread). I am definitely excited about Hellboy 2 as well. Cowbell is right though. I hadn't heard of Hellboy until the first movie.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by odupianist

My vote is for Batman because of the success of the first movie and the death of Heath. I am like Rose however. I am more excited for the Iron Man movie. I was skeptical of Robert Downey Jr, but the trailer has definitely gotten me excited.

My thing with the Batman movie is that I don't want to hype it up too much for myself, because that can sometimes be asking to be disappointed. So I want to think of Iron Man and Hulk of having a good chance of being just as good as Dark Knight.