Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
They need to start makign Superhero films about some of the more interesting B-Listers. Why don't Guy Gardner or Nightwing--or even Tim Drake--get their own film?

DC (and I'm sure Marvel as well) has so many great characters that aren't as popular as the big names. (The fact that Ghost Rider is getting a film is a step in the right direction. I just hope it doesn't suck.)

Does Howard the Duck count as a b-list comic book character? LOL

Seriously...
I'm guessing that the only people who get "comic book" movies are the a-listers. Its not that the b-listers can't get a movie, its just that they don't usually get promoted as a comic book movie, like Blade was based on a comic book, but not promoted as such. Even Sin City didn't really talk about being based on a comic book. When they are, people don't see them. I don't think that the average movie goer wants to see a "comic book" movie of someone they aren't familiar with. So you are left with the fans of the comic book, and they aren't enough of them to make a movie a success.