I'm defending The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because it was done very well, in my opinion. The story connected, the scene transitions are near flawless, the script is serious with a bit of drama, the costumes are done well and (for the time) the CGI is great.
The Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk was fantastic. You don't need fancy CGI when you have good stories, good writing, good characters. Every time those pale green contacts showed up, you knew a can of pure whoop-ass was gonna happen!
Here you go: 1 - Ninjak vs The Valiant Universe (2018) 0:16 2 - Man Thing (2005) 1:07 3 - The Spirit (2008) 2:13 4 - Generation X (1996) 3:41 5 - Justice League of America (1997) 5:16 6 - The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) 6:33 7 - Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) 7:32 8 - Fire Arm (1993) 8:17 9 - Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) 9:05 10 - Lightspeed (2006) - 9:55
This for youtube - is the best by far superhero wrap up i have ever seen - encapsulating the spicy goodness of 90s comic TV movies and directly comparing those that were even remembered to those that were not. Well done LOOPER!
@@GoryionB nope, the Who wants to be a superhero winners were Feedback who had a minor cameo in Megasnake, and I think the 2nd seaons winner was called takedown or something I don't know what show they got shoehorned into. I just remember that because I kinda liked the first season and was actually looking forward to the Feedback movie, then Megasnake came out and I felt gypped.
It's because the list is specifically of superheros that came from comics to the screen not the other way around. Meteor man comic came out after the movie was made to try to make money off a failed film. Blackman has no comics. So that's why they are not on the list.
For a second I thought it was the Spider-man signature move to shoot his webs. But Spider-Man uses 2 fingers to apply the correct amount of pressure to his web device.
I didn't know "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe" was available to view. Last I heard it was yanked offline when Valiant was purchased by DMG, and that was right after they'd finished it. I'll check it out!
John, James Leahy i actually enjoyed it more than sin city. Not saying it is the better movie or anything but i never thought either was bad by any means.
WOW! So many left out! - You sideways mention Corman's Fantastic Four, but didn't "list" it. - Captain America (1979) - Captain America (1990) - Dr. Strange (1978) - Howard the Duck (1986) - I am sure there are a few more, but they aren't coming to me right now
For a moment I thought there was going to be the mention of the early 90s bad comic book idea of Barbed Wire with Pam Anderson. Anyway, when the title name of Ninjak was mentioned, I would have loved to have seen realized the XO Manowar on the small or big screen, for all of its interesting possibilities.
So Generation X aired on Fox. There was a family trip planned at the same time. So this was February 1996. No TiVo. Which means I had to use the VCR. I had a bunch of bumper commercials promoting Fashion Cafe and Mardi Gras. I was so hyped for this pilot movie that not only did I record back home but I commandeered my grandmother’s VCR just in case. I was so amped up for this movie. I kept thinking if they can do this they’ll do Witchblade or even Danger Girl. I really did think there’s no way it could ever get better than this. Then 2005 and 2008 happened.
rencrow Technically correct, it is based on the game, but there was also a comic based on the game before the movie even came out. I shoulda said Postal, but I figured even fewer people had seen that or read the comic. (Incidentally, Postal is a terrific comic but a crappy movie. Bloodrayne was a crappy comic and a crappy movie, although the video game was halfway decent)
Plus, I’m leaving out so many truly bad superhero movies, 2005 Fantastic Four, the Hellboy remake, Jonah Hex, etc. Boll is just the low watermark for all bad movies.
I thought I was the only one who remembered the Gen X and Nick Fury TV Movies from the 90s - Both quite clearly back door/recycled Pilots for prospective series on Fox in hind sight... Imagine the alternate reality had either/both been picked up and actually lasted until the Films were green lighted.
I remember reading about about that F4 movie when I was a kid, it was never supposed to see the light of day. Also, you should have mentioned the live action Cap America circa (early 90's). Also, the indy comic Faust got a live action adaption.
You forgot to mention that Lightspeed was a character made up by a guy that won on Stan Lee's tv show, "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?" The main prize of that show was whoever won would have a movie made about their character.
Hey!!!! I’m sorry. But I’m standing up for the two Hulk movies!!! It was nostalgic to see the tv hulk back again. Yeah.....it was cheesy. But I loved them!!!!
There's a Batman film made in the Philippines called Alyas Batman en Robin. It's from 1991 and it's a musical parody. It's awesome. It features comedian Joey de Leon as Batman and a scene-stealing performance from Rene Requiestas as the Joker.
I have SHEILD with Havid Dasselhoff, it is funny. But nothing about the original Fantastic 4 video...??? Maybe you need to do a part 2 of this video. Thank you!
You missed the biggest movie of them all!!! Roger Corman’s Fantastic 4! While it has never officially been released (it was never intended to be for reasons explored in the documentary Doomed), it is easy enough to find. It is pretty entertaining and very Burtonesque in style. I highly recommend people check it out for laughs and for the comic book geekery of it all.
They made a lot of these low budget films/tv shows not to make money, but to hold onto their licensing rights. Many of these properties had/have clauses in their contracts that requires them to use them within a certain time frame. If they don't, they then lose the rights to the IP.
as a kid I loved Incredible hulk (return and trial). the latter gave me a new favorite hero, DD. definitely going to check out: Ninjack, Manthing, and Spirit (Frank Miller). it's Miller art. thanks now I have some bad movies to watch. nothing better to do...lol
All Superheroes Must Die deserved to be on this list more than most. Sure, it only had a budget of 20,000 Dollars, but it was well written and fun, which is more than I can say about 95 percent of this list.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the unreleased Fantastic Four movie, Faust, Tank Girl, The Captain America TV movies, or the Doctor Strange TV movie. Oh wait, this is from Looper, never mind.
I just watched here in YT the movie of Ninjak I first thought that it was an indie film showcasing an own super hero but I was dumb founded when I researched that it was a real thing and it also have dozens of super heroes that I have never known.
Did you leave out Doctor Strange and Captain America which were pilot episodes that never became series, but Cap had an awesome motorcycle. And how can anyone forget Nicholas Hammond and his baby blue eyes as Spiderman from the 1970s who climbed walls without touching them and where NYC often looked more like Los Angeles...only 13 episodes but he did his own stunts, no CGI, just a strong man with a cable above the camera's sight line.🔥💖🎶🙏😻
Hey, thank you for this! I saw Lightspeed when I was 6 and was curious to see it again, but I couldn't really remember the name of it or what it was about, all I remember was the snake guy.
Just for clarity ...the Justice League of America didn't have Batman Superman or Wonder Women because the producers couldn't get the rights to them not because they didn't want them in the film...
Have you seen any of these?
Yes. Most of them. 6/10.
I have only seen Nick Fury
Where can I find bloodshot with Vin diesel
Only Generation X and the Hulk crossover with Thor.
The Spirit is an amazing movie! I highly disagree with your opinion on this movie.
The league of extraordinary gentle men was a good move in my opinion
I agree
We found all two fans, guys!
i also enjoyed it
still watch it to this day, one of my top 15
@@tylerfiregaming I've been trying to be a little nicer on social media. But. Ya basic.
I'm defending The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because it was done very well, in my opinion. The story connected, the scene transitions are near flawless, the script is serious with a bit of drama, the costumes are done well and (for the time) the CGI is great.
I like that movie too. It's got good pacing and over all it's just a fun movie.
It's better than justice league
I like the League too
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@@spicyryan3853 I personally enjoyed Justice League too. However, TLoEG was done better.
The Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk was fantastic. You don't need fancy CGI when you have good stories, good writing, good characters. Every time those pale green contacts showed up, you knew a can of pure whoop-ass was gonna happen!
Nostalgia is a powerful drug my friend, it even affects the memory.
I also liked "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". Also on my shelf.
Here you go:
1 - Ninjak vs The Valiant Universe (2018) 0:16
2 - Man Thing (2005) 1:07
3 - The Spirit (2008) 2:13
4 -
Generation X (1996) 3:41
5 - Justice League of America (1997) 5:16
6 - The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) 6:33
7 - Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) 7:32
8 - Fire Arm (1993) 8:17
9 - Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) 9:05
10 - Lightspeed (2006) - 9:55
Can't believe the Punisher movies weren't on this list.
Completely agree! I don't even know that many people who have seen the 2003 one with Tom Jane, and that's the most popular of the 3!
@@elementarydrw and that one is still better than the Dolph Lungren disaster. War Journal was probably the best of the three.
War Zone with Ray Stevenson is oft forgotten and underrated.
NINJAK VS THE VALIANT UNIVERSE is freaking awesome!!! If you haven't seen it, go watch it!!!
Where at? Netfix?
@@martinletang3596 here
I’ll definitely take a look at it. I’d also love it if those other Valiant comic heroes get movie adaptations like Bloodshot did.
Will do.
That Ninjak has some badass outfit.
I actually met the guys who worked on that a few years ago at NYCC. Not all of them, but several.
I’m interested in seeing more of Ninjak, we already got a Bloodshot movie with Vin Diesel- hopefully he comes next.
Were getting Bloodshot 2 so the 1st made money I hope Harbinger film makes money too
Harbinger is supposed to be next, I can't wait!
Be sure you watch the Ninjak Movie. Valiant posted it to their TH-cam. I just finished it...sooo good.
1:07 Fun Fact for those that don't already know this: The creators of Swamp-Thing & Man-Thing were college roommates
Hey buddy I’m 78 years old and I’ve seen every single one of this movies
@Mr Lesir
Dude!!???
I’m actually 14
@@skroppa2363 LOL.
@@skroppa2363 Somehow I can imagine an old guy saying that.
Salute boomer
This for youtube - is the best by far superhero wrap up i have ever seen - encapsulating the spicy goodness of 90s comic TV movies and directly comparing those that were even remembered to those that were not. Well done LOOPER!
Martian Manhunter is one of my favs...
I remember getting The Incredible Hulk returns and trial of the Incredible Hulk from my local movie gallery a lot when I was a kid
The Ninjak web series is honestly awesome, very much worth watching.
I believe Lightspeed was from a contest on "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" Lightspeed won.
Yeah, it was the result of him winning a TV show competition.
@@GoryionB nope, the Who wants to be a superhero winners were Feedback who had a minor cameo in Megasnake, and I think the 2nd seaons winner was called takedown or something I don't know what show they got shoehorned into. I just remember that because I kinda liked the first season and was actually looking forward to the Feedback movie, then Megasnake came out and I felt gypped.
Wait a minute Martian Manhunter is one of the most powerful characters in DC.
His weakness is fire...
@@michellethesaiyan Every superhero has a weakness for instance Batman can be shot, Superman kryptonite, Green Lantern the color yellow ect.
This was the Martian Manhunter era where his defining characteristic was his addiction to Oreos.
Not only that but he was a founding member of the jla. It's only recently the replaced him with cyborg...which is just odd to me.
@@TheT151 how is green lanterns weakness the colour yellow?😂
9:06 you failed to mention how he was neutered when a retconned cat took his eye and badassness in one swipe.
I remember the Nick Fury movie. And I did for the most part enjoy the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I watched the Green Hornet last night, Super Underrated.
Justice league of America is actually one I have seen. I actually enjoyed it and the girls were cute in it too.
I can’t believe Blankman or Meteor Man didn’t make any lists
Or Orgazmo
It's because the list is specifically of superheros that came from comics to the screen not the other way around. Meteor man comic came out after the movie was made to try to make money off a failed film. Blackman has no comics. So that's why they are not on the list.
There was a dr. Strange movie from 78. Just saying
The trailer is on TH-cam but good luck hunting down that trashy classic!
and that shazam oh sorry captain marvel movie in i think '55
Yeah, with Jessica Walters, aka Lucille Bluth/Mallory Archer as the villain!
@@Psykel andy warhol dracula/batman
Ahhh Drums really gotta watch it then since u mentioned if
9:59 are we ALL doing the hand thing wrong? Stan HAS to be the standard...
For a second I thought it was the Spider-man signature move to shoot his webs. But Spider-Man uses 2 fingers to apply the correct amount of pressure to his web device.
Man back in the day I was just so grateful to my heroes on the silver screen II watched with rapt attention
I came into this like "try me". well, you got me, well done
I didn't know "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe" was available to view. Last I heard it was yanked offline when Valiant was purchased by DMG, and that was right after they'd finished it. I'll check it out!
The Aussie trying to do a Louisiana accent made me laugh out loud!
A nice selection! Here's some more: All Superheroes Must Die, Sparks, Max Steel, Superfuzz, Condorman, Sidekick
I like The Spirit. It was dope. And Frank Miller is legendary.
The league of extraordinary gentle men was a good move in my opinion
Frank Miller is a misogynist arsehole - and not just because he's misogynist. Also, The Spirit is as awful as he described.
I love The Spirit!
The worst comic book adaptation has got to be Howard the Duck.
Yeah I don't think the spirit was that bad. He was extra about it lol
I loved generation x!! The comics AND the t.v movie! Soundtrack was brilliant!
That Valiant movie was LEGIT entertaining.
I thought the spirit movie was pretty cool it almost felt like a sequel to sin city :) plus every woman in it is gorgeous lol
John, James Leahy i actually enjoyed it more than sin city. Not saying it is the better movie or anything but i never thought either was bad by any means.
Hancock was a good movie, that should be one of the movies that will smith played in that people haven’t seen.
I thought the first half was cool: Superhero with PR problems. But I hated the second half of the movie. Mountain Top!!!!! LOL
That Ninjak series looks interesting 🤔
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen would make a great series on HBO, Netflix, Showtime, Starz, BBC or Amazon Prime, etc.
very nice and fantastic movies mind blowing
Damn, I didn't know about the Ninjak movie, I gotta watch it!!
I thought the The Punisher (1989) movie with Dolph Lundgren was great.
No Guardians (2017) film about Russian superheroes?
Good movie
Yep good movie when put up against this list.
It's available in English dub so no worries with subtitles.
I was thinking the same thing @ Guardians
What no Punisher with Dolph Lundgren?
Ninjak comics are AMAZING!!! I had no idea there was a movie!!! Where where? I WANT!!!!
The league of extraordinary men is dope
I've seen generation x and I actually really enjoyed it. And I actually wish they had made more of
WOW! So many left out!
- You sideways mention Corman's Fantastic Four, but didn't "list" it.
- Captain America (1979)
- Captain America (1990)
- Dr. Strange (1978)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- I am sure there are a few more, but they aren't coming to me right now
For a moment I thought there was going to be the mention of the early 90s bad comic book idea of Barbed Wire with Pam Anderson. Anyway, when the title name of Ninjak was mentioned, I would have loved to have seen realized the XO Manowar on the small or big screen, for all of its interesting possibilities.
That Ninjak looks interesting.
3:19 - 3:34 Conjecture and lies abound. The Spirit is a great and egg-cellent movie!
I think Bruce Wayne was already a cross between James Bond and Batman.
You guys missed The Specials. Lots of big names and pretty underrated.
Thanks! I remembered hearing that JDF was Bloodshot, then it was Vin Diesel. I guess I just missed the Ninjak series.
So Generation X aired on Fox. There was a family trip planned at the same time. So this was February 1996. No TiVo. Which means I had to use the VCR. I had a bunch of bumper commercials promoting Fashion Cafe and Mardi Gras.
I was so hyped for this pilot movie that not only did I record back home but I commandeered my grandmother’s VCR just in case. I was so amped up for this movie. I kept thinking if they can do this they’ll do Witchblade or even Danger Girl. I really did think there’s no way it could ever get better than this. Then 2005 and 2008 happened.
Back then they should make a cartoon before making a real life TV show
Looper: “The Spirit is the worst comic book movie of all time”
Uwe Boll: “Hold my beer, I’m gonna make a Bloodrayne adaptation”
rencrow Technically correct, it is based on the game, but there was also a comic based on the game before the movie even came out. I shoulda said Postal, but I figured even fewer people had seen that or read the comic. (Incidentally, Postal is a terrific comic but a crappy movie. Bloodrayne was a crappy comic and a crappy movie, although the video game was halfway decent)
Plus the Postal movie really had nothing to do with the comic’s plot. (Not that any of Boll movies ever resemble the source material.)
Plus, I’m leaving out so many truly bad superhero movies, 2005 Fantastic Four, the Hellboy remake, Jonah Hex, etc. Boll is just the low watermark for all bad movies.
Bro. Martian Manhunter and Guy Gardner are popular. Booster and Blue are a bit obscure- but if they got a movie today it would rock.
The 'Swamp Thing' streaming tv show was fantastic and idiotically cancelled. I am genuinely disappointed about that.
Poor Gabriel Macht. I like him in Suits, mostly. Maybe not after season 2 so much.
Imma let you finish in a minute but... those Hulk movies were classic, great for the time.
I thought I was the only one who remembered the Gen X and Nick Fury TV Movies from the 90s
- Both quite clearly back door/recycled Pilots for prospective series on Fox in hind sight... Imagine the alternate reality had either/both been picked up and actually lasted until the Films were green lighted.
I remember reading about about that F4 movie when I was a kid, it was never supposed to see the light of day. Also, you should have mentioned the live action Cap America circa (early 90's). Also, the indy comic Faust got a live action adaption.
I liked the Generation X pilot when it aired. Watched it several times. I remember when I saw it wishing it would become a tv show
Best thing about lightspeed was the bad guy. The snake costume was pretty cool
What about the Mutant X show in the 90's. It was 🔥🔥🔥. Some episodes are still on TH-cam
You forgot to mention that Lightspeed was a character made up by a guy that won on Stan Lee's tv show, "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?" The main prize of that show was whoever won would have a movie made about their character.
How did I not hear about the Ninjak movie it looks freaking awesome!!
Honestly the main reason I clicked this video.
John Morrison in a super hero movie/ show!!! Woah
5:27
The last time I saw this was on TH-cam when I was a kid tbh....
Did you catch Alex O'Loughlin from the horrible reboot of "Hawaii Five O" as the sheriff in "Man Thing"?
came here to find a new superhero movie to watch, left with 11 minutes of my life wasted...
Wasted*
I'm so happy they talked about the generation x movie lol. I loved that when I was a kid lol
Hey!!!! I’m sorry. But I’m standing up for the two Hulk movies!!! It was nostalgic to see the tv hulk back again. Yeah.....it was cheesy. But I loved them!!!!
League is so underrated! Lots of fun very entertaining
Q: how many commercial breaks can TH-cam fit into an 11 minute video?
A: Nope, the answer is 7.
Shame, TH-cam...SHAME...
I had no Great Expectation for The Movie Spirit so i liked it and I also like Sin City
There's a Ninjak movie!?!
There's a Batman film made in the Philippines called Alyas Batman en Robin. It's from 1991 and it's a musical parody. It's awesome. It features comedian Joey de Leon as Batman and a scene-stealing performance from Rene Requiestas as the Joker.
I have SHEILD with Havid Dasselhoff, it is funny. But nothing about the original Fantastic 4 video...??? Maybe you need to do a part 2 of this video. Thank you!
You missed the biggest movie of them all!!! Roger Corman’s Fantastic 4! While it has never officially been released (it was never intended to be for reasons explored in the documentary Doomed), it is easy enough to find. It is pretty entertaining and very Burtonesque in style. I highly recommend people check it out for laughs and for the comic book geekery of it all.
I actually liked the spirit movie from the 2000s, sure it was dumb but my friends and i had a blast watching it and drinking.
When the writers for this channel don't understand more than one definition of the word "trial"
They need that paper
They made a lot of these low budget films/tv shows not to make money, but to hold onto their licensing rights. Many of these properties had/have clauses in their contracts that requires them to use them within a certain time frame. If they don't, they then lose the rights to the IP.
as a kid I loved Incredible hulk (return and trial). the latter gave me a new favorite hero, DD.
definitely going to check out: Ninjack, Manthing, and Spirit (Frank Miller). it's Miller art.
thanks now I have some bad movies to watch. nothing better to do...lol
Couldn't be arsed watching the video lol but I'd recommend Push with Chris Evans & Dakota fanning. Great film with awesome cinematography.
All Superheroes Must Die deserved to be on this list more than most. Sure, it only had a budget of 20,000 Dollars, but it was well written and fun, which is more than I can say about 95 percent of this list.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the unreleased Fantastic Four movie, Faust, Tank Girl, The Captain America TV movies, or the Doctor Strange TV movie. Oh wait, this is from Looper, never mind.
I just watched here in YT the movie of Ninjak I first thought that it was an indie film showcasing an own super hero but I was dumb founded when I researched that it was a real thing and it also have dozens of super heroes that I have never known.
I need therapy.
Did you leave out Doctor Strange and Captain America which were pilot episodes that never became series, but Cap had an awesome motorcycle. And how can anyone forget Nicholas Hammond and his baby blue eyes as Spiderman from the 1970s who climbed walls without touching them and where NYC often looked more like Los Angeles...only 13 episodes but he did his own stunts, no CGI, just a strong man with a cable above the camera's sight line.🔥💖🎶🙏😻
I can't wait for Valiant Cinematic Universe
Im trying to remember the theme song to the animated swamp thing tv show i think it like shouts out "SWAMP THING" several times lol
"Swamp Thing. You are amazing. You fight everything nasty. Swamp Thing". Set to the tune of Wild Thing.
@@kevinmurry8803 ok yeah that sounds familiar thanks a lot
John, James Leahy based on wild thing
Hey, thank you for this! I saw Lightspeed when I was 6 and was curious to see it again, but I couldn't really remember the name of it or what it was about, all I remember was the snake guy.
I liked the Spirit. Thought it was pretty good, even though it was cheesy or campy.
You're the 1st person I ever heard say that.
I've seen all the 80's and 90's ones, although I'd forgotten about a couple of them!
I would suggest a superhero movie from India which needs to be seen: Bhavesh Joshi. Its on Netflix.
It is one of the most underrated story ever.
India has RC comics but never got movie adaptations
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Just for clarity ...the Justice League of America didn't have Batman Superman or Wonder Women because the producers couldn't get the rights to them not because they didn't want them in the film...
Am I the only who thought the 80s Hulk tv movies were fun. Why can't the MCU give us a modern Trial of the Incredible Hulk