Forum: Comics & Cinema

January 7th 2010………… ......According to effects supervisor Karen Goulekas, the green light for the movie, starring Ryan Reynolds, which will contain over 1300 special effects shots, came just yesterday. She posted this in her blog: Wow! Been a long time since I posted! But today is a day...

The Avengers have had many adversaries over the years. With the last Comics & Cinema article (Avengers Assemble!) focusing on the heroes (accept for Loki) to appear and maybe “not” appear in the movie, this week we will look at some of the possible Villains that could appear in the flick. The...

Out of all of the comic book movies we hear of coming our way, only one (maybe 2) makes us all wait like that 8 year old child on Christmas Eve with the butterflies all tangled up in our gut. Thor will come upon us in 2011, while 2012 brings the Avengers. One could only hope that the end of the...

The last Comics & Cinema article focused on the actors of Hollywood in their Superhero roles. This week we look at the villains. I have to say, looking for any standouts was a struggle to come up with any villains that really made any sort of Impact in the comic book movies. The list is extremely...

Who in Hollywood has their part as a Superhero most defined as a character from the comics? While some might immediately think the negative way and say, ‘Are any characters good that have come from Hollywood?’ Yes there are if you don’t want to take everything so literal. So with that said and the...

What Makes a Good Comic Book Movie (Part 2 of 2) Well it looks like everyone was in agreement with the Superman costume! Just kidding I know… One thing that IS certain is that another Superman movie will NOT be making its way to theaters anytime soon. According to DC Entertainment’s own Diane...

What makes a good comic book movie (Part 1 of 2)? This seems to be the biggest question in Hollywood, but is always a subject for debate amongst fanboys. Let’s go down a small list of what it really takes to pull off this feat. Hollywood does have a pulse on the comic industry in regards to knowing...

Welcome to another edition of Comics & Cinema. This week we’re going to focus on my wish list. Maybe you’ll agree with some of my wishes, maybe you won’t, but let’s all have fun with the fantasy of maybe one day seeing ‘your’ wish comic hero/villain on the silver screen. To break it down in some...

Hollywood has been missing the boat on an entire genre. Where are all the girls at??? (Originally published by Jay Katz of InvestComics on www.bloodbud.com on April 1, 2008) Edited: Revised 9-16-09 Hollywood seems to have either a discrimination suit waiting for them or they simply think...

First let me say, welcome to Comics & Cinema. A very special thanks to Steven Sykora for bringing me on board. My name is Jay Katz and I’m going to be with you guys for a while, so get used to me. A long story short, I’m originally from Brooklyn, New York and now reside in Florida. I had a free...