Stephen Strange was an arrogant doctor, until a car accident damaged his hands, leading him try every cure possible. Eventually he made his way to the East, where the story progressed, and now he's
Doctor Strange, master of magic! His thrilling tale is
set to be the first Marvel superhero movie since
Marvel was purchased by Disney. But there has been much history behind the latest movie, including a period when
Guillermo del Toro was involved and wanted to include Neil Gaiman,
a draft script by Alex Cox (1990, 5.1 mb PDF;
review), and
a draft script by Bob Gale (January 21, 1986, 3.5 mb PDF;
review). Along with these incomplete attempts, there was
the 1978 Dr. Strange TV movie, which you can watch online (
full movie with Portuguese subtitles, or
YT playlist). If you'd like another take, head to 1992 for the direct-to-video movie
Doctor Mordrid. Depending on who you ask,
it's a more or
less entertaining/accurate take (warning: spoilers) on Dr Strange. Modrid is
also online.
posted by filthy light thief
on Aug 9, 2011 -
34 comments
According to the
majority of
critics who have seen it so far, Frank Miller horrifically butchered Will Eisner's legendary comic
The Spirit with his upcoming
Sin City-esque film adaptation opening next week. In order to make the pain about a thousand times worse,
here's an in-depth story about how there was almost a chance two decades earlier for Brad Bird, director of
The Iron Giant and
The Incredibles, to have done an animated version with the help of future founder of Pixar John Lasseter.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Dec 19, 2008 -
76 comments
Roger Corman's Fantastic Four movie had been lambasted by many as the absolute worst in superhero moviedom, at least until
Elektra and
Catwoman came along. Shelved after production, it's hard for the casually-interested nerd to find without having to deal with bootleg video dealers at cons. Thankfully, somebody put it up on the internet in handy Flash video:
Part One |
Part Two.
posted by beaucoupkevin
on Nov 19, 2006 -
45 comments
Indian Superman is a movie of questionable legality released in India in the mid eighties. Perhaps it should have had a wider release since it has a great deal of humorous appeal for Western audiences. Check out this
review from Stomp Tokyo. I'm looking forward to a crossover when Indian Superman meets
Indian Spider-Man. via
Sepia Mutiny
posted by rks404
on Aug 17, 2004 -
10 comments
I think he liked the new Spider Man movie. Not only includes many arguments for why the movie is great, but goes so far as to say that Art is "culturally irrelevant," has been replaced by movies as the most successful reflection of our times, and that this movie will stand not merely as the best film of 2002, but might well be studied in the future as the creative work most symbolic of America in these troubled modern times. Wow. Now THAT's a good flick!
posted by conquistador
on May 7, 2002 -
43 comments
