Now they have achieved what was once believed to be the impossible, a cinematic universe of heroes and heroines where each film finds inspiration on nearly every level from the last. But Marvel devoted near-absolute faith and imagination in developing those characters into full-fledged blockbuster franchises by hiring eclectic and talented creative teams to marshal each adaptation from the first script draft to the lavish international movie premiere. In the early days of Phase One there was a lot of flop sweat and nervous tension over the box office viability over characters like Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America, and there was even a time when the possibility of a live-action Avengers feature was deemed worthy of snarky fanboy ire. I’ve made no bones about the respect I have for how Marvel Studios values its roster of classic superhero film properties. One executive looks at and says, “Look, there’s water! We’re saved! Let’s have a drink.” As he starts to walk to the hole the second executive stops the first in his tracks and says, “Before you do, let me take a nice long piss in it.” It’s one of those timeless industry jokes that could only be found amusing by those who have braved the nightmarish scorched earth of Development Hell. It’s hardly enough to quench their thirst, but after days of nothing a mere puddle would seem like the most beautiful ocean to them.
One day they come across a small watering hole with only a limited amount of water at the bottom. There’s an old joke that goes like this: two Hollywood executives are wandering around the desert totally lost and haven’t had a drink of water in days. That’s exactly what happened with the original screenplay for Green Lantern. Coyote while the studio audience laughed their asses off. You remember that episode of Home Improvement where Tim Allen looked at a random appliance or piece of machinery that was working just fine and said, “This needs MORE POWER”? Well, that was every episode, wasn’t it? Anyway, he’d rewire whatever it was and then proceed to blow himself up like Wile E. Green Lantern by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim.
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If you haven’t checked out my bloated, unwieldy nerdgasm of an introduction to the series as well as a complete week-by-week breakdown of clues to each entry on this list you may do so here. BAADASSSSS! has returned with the latest installment in my ongoing series of articles The Ten Best Unproduced Comic Book Movie Scripts.
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