Discuss the Humor in Ghost Rider

[RedIsNotBlue]

So far every comic book movie I have seen has had some kind of humor in some shape or form...what kind do you think Ghost Rider have? Light humor, dark humor, comic reference humor,etc.?

[InVictus]

Uhmm i think there will be some type of dark humour...it depends in particular how Mephisto and Caretaker will be portrayed. I expect them being the more probabile center of some cynic, acid jokes, but not at the level of Hellblazer(too much), maybe on the level of Hellboy. I think the humour could be used to influence/calibrate the rating.

[FlameHead]

There definatly has to be some humor. All movies have humor... mainly just for comic releif from all the action or horror that is happening. (Question: What do they do in Comedies? Do they have Dramatic relief? Ha)

In this flick, it should be dark though. Not campy at all... and actually, I think the humor in Constantine would work better in Ghost Rider than the HellBoy humor. That's my opinion of course.

As long as they don't go the Blade: Trinity route and think that just by adding the F word to everything makes it funny, I'm happy.

[BIGGUN]

Yup..fell pretty much the same way FH. Dark Humor..good, Campy Humor...bad..heh
the humor in Hellboy would be too much for GR imo...and i certainly dont want to hear him make jokes like HB did. now if they made him into the demon who had the evil, sick ,twisted sense of humor like in the 70s series then im all for it.

[FlameHead]

Exactly. I'd be all over that as well... and I'd say that's the way they're gonna go.

HellBoy and Spider-Man were created for younger audiences and therefor the humor was 'younger' as well. Though Ghost Rider is going to be PG-13, it doesn't mean it's intended for young audiences which means the humor can be less light.

[InVictus]

now if they made him into the demon who had the evil, sick ,twisted sense of humor like in the 70s series then im all for it.

Yep, that's would fit. I was meaning that actually Constantine had, yes, a more "adult" quality humour than HB, but in my ompinion there was a little too much. I mean, i don't like the idea to laugh at almost every scene as in Constantine(although the movie remains excellent).
After all GR is an horror character...

[FlameHead]

I didn't laugh that much at Constantine... besides at Neanu's acting. There was some funny stuff but not an overabundance of it... not in my opinion anyway. People have differencet senses of homor of course.

Which character do you think will be the funny man (if there is one) in Ghost Rider? Donal Logue as Mack perhaps? He was a funny man in Blade...

[BIGGUN]

Which character do you think will be the funny man (if there is one) in Ghost Rider? Donal Logue as Mack perhaps? He was a funny man in Blade...

I would guess Logue as well...he can pull off comedy w/out having to overboard w/ it.
maybe some humor by Sam Elliot but it could be very dry or dark humor.

[TheVileOne]

All I'm going to say...is I hope its better than Daredevil's humor...which was kind of cheesy :) ...'cept for Bullseye.

[FlameHead]

I agree, DD was pretty cheesy at times. Colin was awesome though! I'm sure I read or heard somewhere that he wasn't taking the whole thing seriously though. I'm not sure if most of them were. I mean, DD was made during a time that superhero movies were just starting to be real and most people weren't taking them as serious movies.

[FlameHead]

Hmm... I think this deserves a bump.

Now that we've seen some footage and read a lot of interviews, we know that Humor plays a pretty big part in this flick. A lot of it happened on set because Nic is so freakin' funny... apparantly.

[MarvelMovies]

I'm picturing the comedy that I heard in the Comic-Con footage, with a few good lines every now and then to relieve the tension of a highly action packed fest.

When Blaze said.. I'm good, but I feel like my head's on fire..

Brilliant line, and very Ghost Rider-esque..

Quite a few one-liners... maybe some other good comedy routines, but nothing too far out there...

Though, I thought Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity was the funniest character that I've seen in a while and loved Reynold's performance, I'm not getting an F that and this vibe. The secret decoder ring line was a good one though..

[WiscoD]

well as long as they stay away from my sense of humor , and Monty python humor, GR will be fine. Dark humor would fit best in this movie...Darn it, now that im thinking of GR humor, i cant stop thinking about GR doing a Firemarshall bill impression....God, why have you cursed my humor like this????

[InVictus]

I'll say only : thank god the human torch already did the "I'm hot!" one...^^;

[Crowley9]

Cage did mention dark humour in an interview and went on to talk about how people working in stressful and serious occupations such as paramedics tend to develop a twisted sense of humour to get by. I immediately thought about Bringing Out the Dead and especially Tom Sizemore's character.

[Hellcycle2000]

I just hope the humor isnt overdone like in Blade III

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I'm Ghost Rider!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Marko]

Humor is humor...and I love to laugh!

I love to laugh! Ho ho ho ho! Loud and long and clear!
I love to laugh! Ho ho ho ho! Its getting worse every year!

*smacks the Mary Poppins shmuck*

[MarvelMovies]

I just watched "National Treasure" and Riley Poole was a HILARIOUS character!!

Ben Gates (Cage) had a few good lines of humor, but Riley was incredible.. every other line I was on the floor laughing by butt off..

[DarkKnightJRK]

Though, I thought Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity was the funniest character that I've seen in a while and loved Reynold's performance, I'm not getting an F that and this vibe. The secret decoder ring line was a good one though..

Yeah, I liked him in Trinity as well.

Whoever says that they didn't at least give out a faint giggle when he said "C**k-juggling thunder c**t," is a liar.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Yeah, I liked him in Trinity as well.

Whoever says that they didn't at least give out a faint giggle when he said "C**k-juggling thunder c**t," is a liar.

Haha...yeah. I honestly think some people just hate the movie because Reynolds stole the show from Snipes. I loved Hannibal King in Trinity.

[BURNFOREVER]

I'm picturing the comedy that I heard in the Comic-Con footage, with a few good lines every now and then to relieve the tension of a highly action packed fest.

When Blaze said.. I'm good, but I feel like my head's on fire..

Brilliant line, and very Ghost Rider-esque..

Quite a few one-liners... maybe some other good comedy routines, but nothing too far out there...

Though, I thought Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity was the funniest character that I've seen in a while and loved Reynold's performance, I'm not getting an F that and this vibe. The secret decoder ring line was a good one though..

I'm good, but I feel like my head's on fire...
Very cool line, specially the way Cage said. Works for the movie, for sure.
In my opinion, B:T was the weakest of the 3 Blade movies, by far.
King was cool, but his humor was out of place in the Blade universe.
Really, was too much. The movie is very light. Dracula, jeez... Horrible.
It was a clear tentative of creating a spin-off with the Nightstalkers.
Snipes seems angry and unconfortable, like asking for the end of the movie.
Humor doesn´t fit to GR, but lines like the "head on fire" can work, i guess.

[Mr Nick]

There's got to be some humour in it. Humour's good for bringing an audience back up after delving into the serious drama of a story. Laughs are good for setting an audience up for scares too. As long as it isn't overdone and as long as there's no comedy sidekick (e.g. Fergie), I'll be happy.:)

[FlameHead]

I agree. This movie, or character for that matter, doesn't need a funny sidekick... like Hannibal King in B:T. While I loved to see a Canadian boy in the flick and thought his humor was hilarious, I felt there was a little too much of it. They could have cut back on a few of his sarcastic lines and gave some interesting stuff to Blade.

Sarcasm is going to work very well in this Ghsot Rider movie... and I'm saying this because most of the humor in the CC footage was exactly that.

"Thanks for the info. I feel much better knowing that I'm the Devil's bounty hunter."

[Cage.]

There will be some humour involved in this movie. Not a lot though.

[Mr Nick]

Wait a sec...Cage? Nah, couldn't be.

:eek:

[TheVileOne]

A movie like this shouldn't have a lot of humor. Judging from the footage I saw at Con, they are going for a lot of BAD and cheesy humor that looks totally wrong for the movie.

[FlameHead]

Wait a sec...Cage? Nah, couldn't be.

:eek:

I highly doubt it. I think he would have said more and not have hung out in a place like The Gamma Lounge. Would be freakin' awesome if it was though.

[BrollySupersj]

In Road to Damnation, my brother said that Ghost Rider had a lot of wise cracks. I've seen a couple in a couple past issues aswell. Do you think we'll get any funny lines from GR in the movie?

[webhead731]

Well yeah lol.

Have you seen the new TV spot?

[Hunter Rider]

The new TV spot shows Blaze in some sitcom type stuff but i'm not sure GR will crack funny in it

[zer00]

Blaze will

but I doubt GR will be cracking any humor in the film, it seems he'll just be pretty intense and pissed off most of the time

[webhead731]

Actually lol,

1. Vartha's avatar with the finger wave.

2. And we were told about the chase scene and Ghost Rider rides away on the water flipping the cops off LOL.:D

[zer00]

Well that's him doings stuff(that's not really comedic but interpreted as such by the audience)

he's not making quips

[webhead731]

True.

My fault.:o

[RedIsNotBlue]

I want Ghost Rider to do his zany Travolta impression.

[zer00]

awesome:(

[RedIsNotBlue]

"Like ah ma god like my skull's an fire!"

[zer00]

awesome:(

[WiscoD]

Blaze will

but I doubt GR will be cracking any humor in the film, it seems he'll just be pretty intense and pissed off most of the timeChicago Improv: (ghost Rider walks on stage)" So a priest, a rabbi, a blonde , a white guy, a black guy, ST. Peter, little Billy, and a hooker walk into a bar.....The bartender says:" What is this? a f**KING JOKE"?..(silence........).....(Ghost rider smiles)..."awaka waka waka".........(from stage left a giant hook appears and pulls Ghost Rider off the stage to the sound of BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that my friends was the start of the Great Chicago Fire!!!!!!!!!:woot:

[zer00]

....so anyway

[NDX]

Wow.

Don't stop with that one.

[WiscoD]

Wow.

Don't stop with that one.
.....A blonde a brunette and a red-head walk into a bar.................

[badash55]

.....A blonde a brunette and a red-head walk into a bar.................

And the fourth girl ducked, right?

[WiscoD]

And the fourth girl ducked, right?Yep...:woot:

[FlameHead]

Prepare for a merge...

[FlameHead]

Blaze will

but I doubt GR will be cracking any humor in the film, it seems he'll just be pretty intense and pissed off most of the time

That's the best part of it all. Blaze will be light and GR will be dark. The differences between the two should (and from the looks of things, will) be very apparent, making each character unique and awesome.

[NDX]

Prepare for a merge...

Dammit! I wasn't prepared! My hand should not be sticking out of here!

[FlameHead]

No worries, it'll grow back.

[Vartha]

What type of Humor was there?

[Mr. Socko]

Subtle humor IMO. There was not a single blatant joke. Only things that came off humerous. Most of it was nicely blended.

But I did not like the part where Rider is rodeoing his chain and yells "yee haw"

[slipknotrocks]

So far every comic book movie I have seen has had some kind of humor in some shape or form...what kind do you think Ghost Rider have? Light humor, dark humor, comic reference humor,etc.?


This film had WAY to much comedy! I was very disappointed. :csad:

I hope we see a sequel that isnt directed by Johnson!

[Charlie No-One]

Or Cage. He is too old to play GR.

[webhead731]

Post stuff you thought was funny.

I liked:

Ghost Rider: You're pissing me off!
Ghost Rider: *flips cops off*
Johnny Blaze: (after the cop's lighter did the thing with the fire) Okay that was weird.

Post yours!

[BrollySupersj]

I found the humor really good. Ghost Rider was really funny. With giving the cops the finger and yelling YEEE HAWW!!! When he lassoed the helicopter. Priceless...

[Heretic]

I know, Ghost Rider is such a card! His comics are full of so much light-hearted humor and funny pratfalls!

[Mr. Credible]

i loved the humor. cage was just... weird, in a really great way.

plus, fat emo girl rocked very hard.

[Vartha]

I was actually shocked that people didn't catch Gr giving the finger to the cops, or the How is my Driving?
The women seemed to laugh more often than the guys at the humorus parts, makes me wonder if those were Cage fans lol.

[Vartha]

i loved the humor. cage was just... weird, in a really great way.

plus, fat emo girl rocked very hard.
He was a hair weird, "drinking" jelly beans? that is alittle odd, but if you need to add querks to a character that would be one lol.

[Eddie Brock]

i'm pretty pissed off that GR has more of a sense of humor than Spider-Man in the movies
PS Raimi-that's a shot at you and your writers

[FlameHead]

I was one of those who was a fan of the humor as well. I think it worked a lot and helped make this a really fun movie to watch again and again. Cage's character was really enjoyable... even if it wasn't the Blaze many were expecting. It works in this film and I'm a fan.