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Superman: The Movie 39%  39%  [ 9 ]
Unbreakable 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
Spider-Man 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Hulk 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Batman Begins 21%  21%  [ 5 ]
Iron Man 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Kick-Ass 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
The Green Hornet 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Thor 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
X-Men First Class 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
Green Lantern 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Captain America: The First Avenger 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
The Amazing Spider-Man 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
______________ 8%  8%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 23
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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:35 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:38 pm 
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First Class all the way.


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Toss-up between BB and IM. Slight edge to BB, for no other reason than that I didn't bother to read further down the list. :?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:56 pm 
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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
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I'll still give it to Superman.Parts of the movie show their age,but it's still the trailblazer for the modern superhero movie,with the right balance of gravitas and fun.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:10 pm 
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I went Iron Man.


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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:03 pm 
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The correct answer is Batman Begins.


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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:10 pm 
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Kid Nemo wrote:
I'll still give it to Superman.Parts of the movie show their age,but it's still the trailblazer for the modern superhero movie,with the right balance of gravitas and fun.

This.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:18 pm 
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I wanted to go Superman, but in retrospect the Smallville sequences seemed too rushed to me and Clark looked too old to be in high school.

The Phantom Zone was way cool tho.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:19 pm 
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The actor playing young Clark may have been too old, but his wig was under 16.


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RobertSwanderson wrote:
The actor playing young Clark may have been too old, but his wig was under 16.


Lol. John Williams' score went a long way in saving that movie for me in places. It was a beautiful distraction.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:12 pm 
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RobertSwanderson wrote:
The actor playing young Clark may have been too old, but his wig was under 16.

It looks like shit now though. Or that could have just been a dead squirrel draped across that styrofoam head I saw this weekend.

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Nice to know that you're all experts on Kryptonian hairpieces.


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We have a very specific skill set.


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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:39 am 
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I'll go with First Class because of the Mags/Shaw battle. I had low expectations for the movie and i was blown away.
Unbreakable,Batman Begins,and Iron Man are my other favorites.


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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:45 am 
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Steve Kipling wrote:
I'll go with First Class because of the Mags/Shaw battle. I had low expectations for the movie and i was blown away.
Unbreakable,Batman Begins,and Iron Man are my other favorites.


I like the cut of your jib, sir.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:01 am 
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Chronicle is another movie that surprised me.
I think modern superhero movies benefit from the fact that many actors play their roles completely straight. Gene Hackman and Jack Nicholson were fine , but can you imagine how those movies would have turned out, if those two actors had approached their roles with their usual intensity? (granted the scripts would have probably needed to be rewritten :) )


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:38 am 
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I still haven't watched my DVD copy of First Class. I need to watch it soon. I just buy stuff and then forget about it.


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 Post subject: Best Superhero Origin Movie?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:44 am 
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Anybody who picks X-Men First Class as the best origin movie needs to look at the first issue of X-Men by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to see why they are wrong. There are five obvious reasons why this movie shouldn't even be eligible for this poll.


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Night Owl wrote:
Anybody who picks X-Men First Class as the best origin movie needs to look at the first issue of X-Men by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to see why they are wrong. There are five obvious reasons why this movie shouldn't even be eligible for this poll.


The first issue of X-Men isn't an origin story. The team already exists on Page 1.


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