NICK FURY
Portrayed by: David Hasselhoff [Nick Fury: Agent Of Shield (1998 TV);] Samuel L. Jackson [Iron Man (1998); Iron Man 2 (2010); Thor (2011); Captain America (2011); The Avengers (2012)]
Before the Iron Man movie from 2008, I had no idea there was an alternate, "Ultimate", black-guy version of Nick Fury so imagine my surprise when the extra scene showed up at the end of that movie with Sam Jackson as the colonel. I also very recently discovered that Nick Fury has also been played on TV by none other then The Hoff himself. Awesome!
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HAWKEYE
Portrayed by: Jeremy Renner [Thor (2011); The Avengers (2012)]
I loved Hawkeye as a kid. I wasn't a big Marvel reader but I did have a number of Avengers issues. Anyway I'm kinda glad they didn't give him his comic book, Wolverine-like headgear for the movies but we've yet to see how Jeremy Renner and the writers portray Hawkeye. Fingers crossed.
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THOR
Portrayed by: Chris Hemsworth [Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012)]
Thor wasn't a bad movie (wasn't great either) as it had out of this world special effects but the stare-at-each-other's-eyes-and-then-giggle-like-girls romantic scenes were cringe-worthy. Chris Hemsworth did a nice job in the role of the once-arrogant God of Thunder. The costume was pretty cool too.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA
Portrayed by: Dick Purcell [Movie Serial (1944)]; Reb Brown [TV] (1979); Matt Salinger [Captain America (1991)]; Chris Evans [Captain America (2011, The Avengers (2012))]
I recently found out that the 1991 Captain America movie wasn't the first time Cap appeared live on screen. He starred in a movie serial released in 1944 but the Steve Rogers character was replaced with a guy named Grant Gardner and his trademark shield was nowhere to be found being replaced instead with a pistol. How American!
The next live action Cap features were several TV movies where we see him wearing a motorcycle helmet instead of the winged mask.
Then there was the OK movie from the 90's and now of course the latest Marvel offering with Chris Evans as Steve Rogers (both buff and very skinny pre-Super Soldier Serum version). |
IRON MAN
Portrayed by: Robert Downey Jr. [Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012)]
 Well who'd have thunk it? The Iron Man movie was pretty damn cool. I was never a fan of the character in the comic books, mostly due to the fact that I'm a DC fan, but this movie, along with the Civil War comic series, made me realize that Tony Stark was quite an interesting character. Obviously Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal played a big part in this realization, but he can make any character interesting anyway (can't wait till Tropic Thunder opens here)
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WOLVERINE
(included here due to the future solo movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Portrayed by: Hugh Jackman [X-Men, X-2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class] (2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011)
 A 6-foot tall, singing & dancing, Australian Wolverine?!? No friggin fan-boy way! So was the cry of most fans when they heard Aussie stage actor Hugh Jackman was to play mean ol' Logan in the X-Men movies. Well as far as I know, everyone was blown away by Mr. Jackman's performance as Wolverine. No one cared in the end if he wasn't 5-foot-3 like in the comics nor did anyone even talk aboot his lack of a Canadian accent. What can I say, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was just plain cool. |
HULK
Portrayed by: Lou Ferrigno, Bill Bixby [TV] (1978); Eric Bana [Hulk] (2003); Ed Norton [The Incredible Hulk] (2008); Mark Ruffalo [The Avengers (2012)]
The latest Incredible Hulk movie seems to have strengthened the new trend in comic book to movie adaptations started by Batman Begins. That is if your last attempt at the character didn't work, start from scratch and have a do-over. The others that have done this are The Punisher and the upcoming Superman revamp. Sadly even though 2008's Incredible Hulk was better than Ang Lee's yawn-fest, Hulk, it was still just an average action flick. |
THE PUNISHER
Portrayed by: Dolph Lundgren [The Punisher] (1989); Thomas Jane [The Punisher] (2004); Ray Stevenson [Punisher: War Zone] (2008)
 For a second-tier character, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher has had quite a few movie adaptations. The first movie starred Dolph Lundgren of Rocky IV and He-Man fame. I remember seeing this as a kid but can hardly remember anything from it. The next version starred one of my favorites, Thomas Jane. Sadly his boyish good looks really took a lot away from the supposed grittiness of the character. The latest to play Mr. Castle is the fairly unknown Irish actor Ray Stevenson. We will get to see what he'll bring to the table this December in Punisher: War Zone (which I honestly think will stink). |
SPIDER-MAN
Portrayed by: Nicholas Hammond [The Amazing Spider-Man TV] (1977); Tobey Maguire [Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3] (2002, 2004, 2007); Andrew Garfield [The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)]
My cousin & I had this feud when we were little kids. He was a big Spider-Man nut and I was the Batman geek (erm, I mean AM, I still AM). Anyway I hated Peter Parker because he had the hot girlfriend-wife-to-be Mary Jane Watson while Bruce Wayne, the playboy, could never really settle down with any of the women he fell for. Mostly coz he fell for the psychotic ones like Selina "Catwoman" Kyle.
Just a little FYI, Nicholas Hammond played Friedrich, one of the Von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music movie. |
BLADE
Portrayed by: Wesley Snipes [Blade, Blade 2, Blade: Trinity] (1998, 2002, 2004); Kirk 'Sticky Fingaz' Jones [Blade: The Series TV] (2006)
 Much to my surprise, almost no one I've spoken to that's seen Blade 2 actually like the movie. I loved it! Guillermo Del Toro is a comic book geek and he made this flick look outstanding and very, very comic book like. What's wrong with you people? |
DAREDEVIL
Portrayed by: Ben Affleck [Daredevil] (2003)
 The movie was a joke but I'll be honest, Ben Affleck sure looked like Matt Murdoch in costume to me! Oh and this movie is responsible for giving the world Beniffer! Groan! |
GHOST RIDER
Portrayed by: Nicholas Cage [Ghost Rider (2007)], [Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (2011)]
A B-grade movie for a B-grade character. I have no idea why they made this movie. But at least Ghost Rider looked the part.
As for the sequel, it was greatly improved because it acknowledged and embraced it's B-grade status with lots of in-jokes and quirky comedy. |
ELEKTRA
Portrayed by: Jennifer Garner [Daredevil, Elektra] (2003, 2005)
 Another B-grade movie for a another B-grade character. Aside from the bandana, the costume was pretty faithful to the comics. |
SILVER SURFER
Portrayed by: Doug Jones [4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer] (2007)
 What I thought would definitely be an all-CG character turned out to be a mix of special effects and amazing costume work. What's with the Lawrence Fishburne voice though?!? I thought it was so out of place since I never imagined SS to have such a deep sounding black man's voice! |
BLACK WIDOW
Portrayed by: Scarlet Johansson [Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012)]
Natasha Romanov |
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