Which comic book *should* be made into a movie?

[jducoeur]

It was occurring to me this morning, as I reflected on the rash of (mostly surprisingly good) comic-book movies coming out this summer, that there were some I've always wanted to see. And that seems like a good topic for a conversation.

So: what comic book(s) do *you* think would make a good movie? Feel free to assume that it's a competent adaptation, not a hatchet job, but assume that it has to fit into the usual constraints of a movie: about two hours, and has to be able to make enough money to be worth its budget. (If it doesn't require as many special-effects, it doesn't have to make as much money.) Obscure is fine -- some great blockbusters have been made from little-known comics.

I've got a couple of favorites, but I'll provide my own answers in comments, so as not to bias things too much upfront...

Comments

Re: Do overs?

[new-man.livejournal.com]

Saw another movie poster. This one with Silken Floss (and you can see the others) and I thought "WTF?". Sand Saref is clearly P'Gell -- so why not call her that? Because no one can agree how it's pronounced...

Re: Do overs?

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Sand Saref is an important character in the Spirit canon -- Arguably, Frank Miller stole Elektra's origin directly from hers (childhood sweetheart who gets traumatized by losing her father to violence, then later returns as an adult on the wrong side of the law). I'd be surprised if Miller didn't use those aspects of her character.

My guess is that she's being combined with P'Gell because Miller wants P'Gell in there as well, but the film is already overloaded with Femmes Fatale. I'm all for combining minor characters in adaptations, but not major ones, and these both loom pretty large...