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I just watched this movie called man thing its cool that its named after a marvel charcter but bad because the monster impales people with vines and they die.

I read a couple of Man thing comics years ago and when the movie came out I was severely disappointed.

I just did not like it.

I've just watched it and damn I liked it!
Just I think in the comics Man-Thing was a lot friendlier?

Is that the one in the swamp with the girl from the 07 Transformers movie?

Me, Grimlock! wrote:Is that the one in the swamp with the girl from the 07 Transformers movie?

Yup, which is hilarious.

yeah its supposed to be a superhero not some killer tree.

roll out wrote:yeah its supposed to be a superhero not some killer tree.

I think you're referring to Swamp-Thing from DC?
As Man-Thing from Marvel, is as far as I understood from the stuff I read about him the guardian of that Dimention gate thing in the swamp and is hurt by violent emotions like fear and anger so if you're scared of him you urt him so he touches you so that you burn to death.

Dead Metal wrote:

roll out wrote:yeah its supposed to be a superhero not some killer tree.

I think you're referring to Swamp-Thing from DC?
As Man-Thing from Marvel, is as far as I understood from the stuff I read about him the guardian of that Dimention gate thing in the swamp and is hurt by violent emotions like fear and anger so if you're scared of him you urt him so he touches you so that you burn to death.

I looked it up and it was refering to man thing some of the charactors were named after the authors thats what wikipedia said

roll out wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

roll out wrote:yeah its supposed to be a superhero not some killer tree.

I think you're referring to Swamp-Thing from DC?
As Man-Thing from Marvel, is as far as I understood from the stuff I read about him the guardian of that Dimention gate thing in the swamp and is hurt by violent emotions like fear and anger so if you're scared of him you urt him so he touches you so that you burn to death.

I looked it up and it was refering to man thing some of the charactors were named after the authors thats what wikipedia said

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Thing
It states that the comic version is a monster and not a superhero.

The Superhero is this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_Thing

thanks its a big difference between superhero and monster

Man-Thing the movie is not very great. However, the fact that they made a movie based on such an unknown character is great.

Man-Thing is one of my favorite Marvel characters, even though I haven't read a lot of issues with him. However, I like him because he makes for a good guest star. Hero, villian, unwitting savior, monster, he literally can fill just about any role the writer needs. Plus he can get practically disinegrated and still come back if he's in the swamp. What's great is that it all fits with the character: he is a mindless monster, and reacts to the emotiosn of others. No speech(save for some issues, according to info online), and since he has no memory, continuity between apperearnces is usually pretty moot. The ultimate blank slate. Heck, I even have an idea for a Mosaic I haven't written yet that could star him.

My fave issue that I've read with Man-Thing is Nomad #21. Just an all around good issue with Man-Thing being a villianous savior. I will admit, from what I've read, some of the issues from the actual Man-Thing comic are kind of weird.

My least favorite Man-Thing issue was his appearance in Ultimate Marvel Team-up #10. This issue came with Man-Thing's Legend(which is great figure). In the issue in question, Spider-man fights the Lizard. Fair enough. But Man-Thing literally appears out of nowhere, in the sewer. Then he touches the Lizard, and heals him. Huh? That's the extent of the "Team-up". He appears for like two pages. What a let down.

I've seen trailers for this and was curious about it too, as I've never heard ofthe character. After reading the gripes about it, which I can't comment on since I'm unfamiliar with Man-Thing in general, here's my question:
I like the made-for-TV-quality sci fi movies and stuff. So if the acting is bad or it looks cheesy, that doens't bother me. That being said, is it so bad that even my sensabilities will be offended?

Dagon wrote:I've seen trailers for this and was curious about it too, as I've never heard ofthe character. After reading the gripes about it, which I can't comment on since I'm unfamiliar with Man-Thing in general, here's my question:
I like the made-for-TV-quality sci fi movies and stuff. So if the acting is bad or it looks cheesy, that doens't bother me. That being said, is it so bad that even my sensabilities will be offended?

The acting is good and the special effects are also very good.

Dead Metal wrote:

Dagon wrote:I've seen trailers for this and was curious about it too, as I've never heard ofthe character. After reading the gripes about it, which I can't comment on since I'm unfamiliar with Man-Thing in general, here's my question:
I like the made-for-TV-quality sci fi movies and stuff. So if the acting is bad or it looks cheesy, that doens't bother me. That being said, is it so bad that even my sensabilities will be offended?

The acting is good and the special effects are also very good.

Thanks, that's sort of how it looked to me from the trailer I saw, and I am kind of interested in checking it out but with some of the things people are saying, I guess I just wanted an endorsement.

I thought the Man-Thing movie was quite fun.