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David
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Which superhero property has more financial potential?
On a base level, which of these DC Comics properties has more financial potential? I know, there are TONS of variables, such as casting and the director, release date, etc., but... as I said, just consider both as properties on a base level, how the public perceives them, the ease in which they can be adapted into a 'serious' motion picture, and so on and so forth.
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bABA
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Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:56 am Posts: 30505 Location: Tonight ... YOU!
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Lantern may be more kickass but i hand it tot he Flash. Hes a far more relatable, recognizable and a character you can make interesting from the very start .. whether you use Barry Allen or Wally West. One of the few characters that has fun with his powers.
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MARVEL_ROCKS
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
A Green Lantern flick will be much cooler and visually amazing but Flash has better chances at boxoffice because he is an earthling and is grounded so it will connect with general audience better than Green Lantern.
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rsmyth96
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Wasn't a green lantern picture rumored to be in the works with Seth Rogan playing the title character? Or was that another superhero..
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El Maskado
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm Posts: 21572
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
i know nothing about DC to arrive with an opinion
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Jedi Master Carr
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
GL has more potential since there are so many of them and they deal with a whole universe. The Flash though would work better and be cheaper to make though.
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Kind of a simple question, hands down Flash, he is more recgonizable and fits much better in the taste of the public (that more down-to-earth superhero like Tony Stark) is they use Wally West.
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Groucho
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
It depends entirely on how well made the film is, doesn't it?
I mean, it's not like "Iron Man" is up there with Superman and Batman as a character everyone knows, but the film was so well made that it's beat both Batman and Superman in the box office. (Well, OK, not adjusted for inflation, but still...)
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Brian
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
The Flash, I like him more
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Algren
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
The Flash because Green Lantern has the most recent disaster of the two.
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_axiom
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Well, duh! It wasn't so clear cut in 2008. though.
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Algren
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
lol, I didn't even look at the thread date.
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Chippy
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Honestly, I think Flash is the "bigger" of the two... but because of his power/abilities, unless they NAIL how it's done, I think GL has the higher ceiling (obviously if done right).
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BJ
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Chippy wrote: Honestly, I think Flash is the "bigger" of the two... but because of his power/abilities, unless they NAIL how it's done, I think GL has the higher ceiling (obviously if done right). This
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Chippy
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
I'm really curious what they're going to do with Flash on the TV show. Are they going to show him actually using his speed? Or will it be offscreen? Will it be those stupid "light trails" behind him and him just sped up?
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Groucho wrote: It depends entirely on how well made the film is, doesn't it?
I mean, it's not like "Iron Man" is up there with Superman and Batman as a character everyone knows, but the film was so well made that it's beat both Batman and Superman in the box office. (Well, OK, not adjusted for inflation, but still...) Yeah, that's mostly correct. But in terms of inherent potential, there is a difference. Like, look at the first Spider-Man film...no matter how well made an Iron Man flick would never reach this right out of the gate. It'd have to earn the audience's love first. As for the thread's question, I think Green Lantern has more potential in the long term.
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Thegun
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
Can we just skip ahead to 2017?
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Excel
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Re: Which superhero property has more financial potential?
The next Superman remake has the most potential.
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