Planet Krypton...why not?

[LanternFan]

So hopefully you've all read Kingdom Come (and if you haven't, you should).

Anyways I've often wondered why nobody has tried to make a real superhero themed restaurant like Planet Krypton. Maybe there are a couple nestled away in a theme park or on the coasts somewhere and I just haven't heard about it.

Seems to me you could do much worse for a business model. You've got families with kids as well as the adult geek crowd that'd probably be more than willing to drop an extra dollar or two for their cheesburgers if they were served to them by Black Canary or The Flash.

Actually, the real idea I want to see brought to life is a supehero go-go club where women dance dressed up like superhotties, but then I've always been a bit of a pervert.

Seems to me that with either plan you'd be guaranteed to make a decent profit so long as you had a big enough customer base. Build your first one in Vegas, NY or southern CA and BAM, BIFF, POW!

What do you guys think? Any restauranteurs out there care to opine?

 

[sethcohen]

because DC/Warner probably wants too much for the license and they dont see any value in doing it themselves, restaurants being such a big risk and all...

 

[Red]

Half of the problem I image is that Krypton's appearance differs in the media it appears in. So there’s no real definitive account of the planets appearance

Of course there’s always the fact Joe public ain't got a clue what Krypton is.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

opening up a restaurent is'nt really a big risk at all. as long you have great food, a great chef and keep quality management people will flock to it.

 

[Kebab gud]

Half of the problem I image is that Krypton's appearance differs in the media it appears in. So there’s no real definitive account of the planets appearance

Of course there’s always the fact Joe public ain't got a clue what Krypton is.

ohh i see someone who hassent read Kingdom come!
in the comic, Planet Krypton is just the name. all the whaiter and cools and stuff are dressed up like DC superheros and sidekicks and the walls are full of Super hero gear (like batarangs and boxing gloe arrows and stuff)..
it dossent look like krypton

 

[sethcohen]

opening up a restaurent is'nt really a big risk at all. as long you have great food, a great chef and keep quality management people will flock to it.

not true... not true at all... price plays a big factor... so do the reviews... and half the time the reviews are politics anyway... my uncle had a 5 star restaurant in chicago and he pissed of a foods critic because he wouldnt let him dine with just jeans and no sport coat so he wrote a bad review... ive seen more great new restaurants with great food, a great staff and polite courteous owners close than i can actually count... its sad too...

 

[CyberFaust]

It would be the one place where green meat would be ok.
Kriptonite meatballs anyone?

 

[sethcohen]

or green balls of any kind... hahahaha

 

[CyberFaust]

"tastes the same"

"If you close your eyes. Haha"

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

because DC/Warner probably wants too much for the license

BINGO


If you did something like this you would be paying in more to DC/Warner then what you would proably make.

 

[Qoèlet]

opening up a restaurent is'nt really a big risk at all. as long you have great food, a great chef and keep quality management people will flock to it.

Then why is it every day I drive in to the gym I pass three locations where maybe three to five different restaurants have opened up, failed miserably, and closed again, only to have the next restaurant that opens up in that same location fail?

They have great locations that get plenty of foot traffic, I'd eaten at a couple places and the food is as good as anywhere else around town, and they couldn't all have had awful management. It's just a risky business.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Comic wise,it might be a amusing thing to do.Real life..i dont think so.

 

[Tropico]

Themed restaurants are a big risk. Look at Planet Hollywood and Models Café or whatever it's name was. In the comics, Planet Krypton has the existence of real live heroes to make it appealing; in the real world, not so much. It's a theme that has a very good chance of being labeled a geek hangout and that would hurt business. You also have to contend with a lot of people that don't know that DC owns some characters and Marvel owns others so they'll be disappointed that their fave heroes aren't being represented. Would it be an interesting thing to see realized? I bet most people in these boards would answer in the affirmative. And, of course, in true geek fashion they would read the menu and debate on what dish should really represent their heroes.

 

[WompuM]

I work at 6 Flags, owned by Time Warner, and they have a DC Villians caffee. But all it really is, is a restaurant with a bomb logo and posters from "batman and robin" in it.
As for liscencing, DC is super strict about who wheres superhero costumes under their name. All the DC superheroes who walked around the park had to be pre aprroved by DC and the costumes were very expensive and always fell apart. I can't imagine part time reataraunt employees not stealing costumes.

 

[jaydawg]

opening up a restaurent is'nt really a big risk at all. as long you have great food, a great chef and keep quality management people will flock to it.

God, you never stop proving you're a moron. The majority of restaurants fail within their first year.

 

[Anubis]

Heh, i'd love to see such a place.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

not true... not true at all... price plays a big factor... so do the reviews... and half the time the reviews are politics anyway... my uncle had a 5 star restaurant in chicago and he pissed of a foods critic because he wouldnt let him dine with just jeans and no sport coat so he wrote a bad review... ive seen more great new restaurants with great food, a great staff and polite courteous owners close than i can actually count... its sad too...

one, your uncle sucks.

two, alot of restaurants always open up especially when you live down here in miami. if a restaurant needs to survive its needs to appeal to wide range demographic. sorta of like opening up a business, it needs to fill in a niche.

cuban restaurants, haitian restaurants, alwayspop up donw here where i live.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

God, you never stop proving you're a moron. The majority of restaurants fail within their first year.

not the restaurants near me. i saw a hottdog restaurant open up near me,thought it would'nt last even 3 months, still standing, since its debut in late 2005. all about finding a niche.

 

[sethcohen]

one, your uncle sucks.

two, alot of restaurants always open up especially when you live down here in miami. if a restaurant needs to survive its needs to appeal to wide range demographic. sorta of like opening up a business, it needs to fill in a niche.

cuban restaurants, haitian restaurants, alwayspop up donw here where i live.

wow, though my uncle was a rotten self centered egotistical prick and i dont much care for the dead bastard, you still got a lot of balls dude... i may not like the man, but he was right, he maintained a certain atmosphere at the restaurant and he had the right to enforce a dresscode. hence not only are you a dick, youre a stupid dick for not even realizing something that simple... oooo a hotdog stand made it in miami... bad ass... youre still a tard

 

[sethcohen]

oh, and i always gave you the benefit of the doubt. you just proved what everyone else on here says about you

 

[sethcohen]

double post

 

[Artistsean]

I think its probably because too many different studios (and what not) own the rights to the characters, which is why Blue Beetle and the Spector couldn't be on Justice League Unlimited. DC, even though its their characters, would have to get permission from those studios (still not 100% why though). I think.
Also, it might be because Kingdom Come was sort of making fun of the place, and other places like that, I think.

But I don't know, maybe it would be cool to eat at. I love comics and action figures. They could use old comic book and comic book movie and TV show memorabilia, like Captain Marvel's Costume from the TV show, or the Bat costume with/or without the nipples. Maybe have lots of autographs from people like Adam West, Christopher Reeves, movie poster, animation cells from cartoon shows, maybe even design parts of the resturants building to look like DC buildings (like the Hall of Justice and what not). I mean the waiters and employies wouldn't have to dress up like super heroes. But a place like that would be fun.
I would probably eat there.