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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 6037598" data-attributes="member: 1231"><p>I am still waiting for a purely Canadian superhero movie. Wolverine is a great and beloved character, do not get me wrong, but his creators are American, and ironically the folks that did Origin include Brits and a Frenchman, but no Canadians. </p><p></p><p>One should not discount the contributions to the character (and Sabretooth) of British-Canadian John Byrne, who was apparently instrumental in keeping Wolverine in the X-Men. But it would still be nice to have a comic book movie that was based here, made here, by people here. Heck, Byrne's own Alpha Flight may even be the best source material for such a movie!</p><p></p><p>There has been talk for some years of a Captain Canada movie, I have even heard Ryan Reynold's name floated around it, but I am not sure how "another" Captain would be received in theatres up here, even if he is our own. </p><p></p><p>Given that anything with big budget and special effects seems to have a fair shot at making money, I think it may be time Marvel and DC break out some lesser known characters who could have great <em>stories</em> written for them, as has already been pointed out. A well done movie with a great story is not going to lose money just because it does not have a member of the A-List attached to it. If we should have learned anything with the superhero movie experience, it is that superhero movies generally fail only when they suck. Hell, I bet <em>Defendor</em> made money... Oh, wait a minute... Apparently that is a Canadian superhero film... Oops, <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> . In any case, it was made on a shoestring budget and was never intended to be a blockbuster. But it had an animating idea and it ran with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 6037598, member: 1231"] I am still waiting for a purely Canadian superhero movie. Wolverine is a great and beloved character, do not get me wrong, but his creators are American, and ironically the folks that did Origin include Brits and a Frenchman, but no Canadians. One should not discount the contributions to the character (and Sabretooth) of British-Canadian John Byrne, who was apparently instrumental in keeping Wolverine in the X-Men. But it would still be nice to have a comic book movie that was based here, made here, by people here. Heck, Byrne's own Alpha Flight may even be the best source material for such a movie! There has been talk for some years of a Captain Canada movie, I have even heard Ryan Reynold's name floated around it, but I am not sure how "another" Captain would be received in theatres up here, even if he is our own. Given that anything with big budget and special effects seems to have a fair shot at making money, I think it may be time Marvel and DC break out some lesser known characters who could have great [I]stories[/I] written for them, as has already been pointed out. A well done movie with a great story is not going to lose money just because it does not have a member of the A-List attached to it. If we should have learned anything with the superhero movie experience, it is that superhero movies generally fail only when they suck. Hell, I bet [I]Defendor[/I] made money... Oh, wait a minute... Apparently that is a Canadian superhero film... Oops, ;) . In any case, it was made on a shoestring budget and was never intended to be a blockbuster. But it had an animating idea and it ran with it. [/QUOTE]
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