Deathlok

[Julio Alejandro]

What's taking so long for this flick to get green-lighted?

 

[Rac]

Wrong section.

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[Chris Wallace]

Maybe the lack of a following. Maybe the fact that it hasn't been in print for well over a decade.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

I don't even remember Blade even having a solo book before the movie.

 

[WarBlade]

It was short lived. Only a year of Blade after two years of Nightstalkers, then it, like most of the mess that was made of the Midnight Sons, vanished into obscurity.

... Until the movie came along.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

OK, so that pretty much nullifies the argument of Deathlok's book. C'mon, he's been revived twice, maybe 3 times.

 

[Chris Wallace]

But he hasn't been seen or heard from (that I know of) in at least 10 years. Who's really clamoring for a Deathlok movie? He's pretty much an amalgam of Robocop & the Terminator.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

I think you can add Spawn into that equation too.

 

[Chris Wallace]

How? Especially when Deathlok predates Spawn?

 

[Julio Alejandro]

Exactly my point. I'm glad you caught on.

 

[marcvader]

What?? There's no interest what so ever in Deathlock be it in film or animation. He's so far down the list...

 

[Chris Wallace]

Exactly my point. I'm glad you caught on.

My point is, that's how he'd be perceived. I don't think we're at the point where third-stringers need to be up for movies yet. Next there'll be a thread pushing for a "Slingers" movie.

 

[Rac]

But he hasn't been seen or heard from (that I know of) in at least 10 years. Who's really clamoring for a Deathlok movie? He's pretty much an amalgam of Robocop & the Terminator.

The Luther Manning Deathlok was in New Avengers last year.

Michael Collins Deathlok appeared in Beyond, Fantastic Four and Black Panther in 2006-2007.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

Yeah, Deathlok has been brought back several times for the past 35 years.

If you wanna talk 3rd-stringers, let me bring you back to...Blade! One film, and 2 sequels later...

 

[Chris Wallace]

I'll allow for that. So can lightning strike twice?

 

[Julio Alejandro]

I think Deathlok is a much more in-depth character than Blade, so I say yes...unless they do actually just turn him into a Robocop.

 

[Chris Wallace]

That is a very real danger, I'm afraid.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

I don't think Marvel Studios will allow that.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Yeah-just like they didn't allow the Blade franchise to end with a lackluster WB comedy.

 

[Julio Alejandro]

The difference is New Line handled that piece of ****.