Nah, Deadpool is NOT one of the worst superhero films ever..although that Wolverine film he was in…

Recently and in the past few decades we have seen some critically acclaimed and financially $ucce$$ful films based on comic book characters . The Captain America Trilogy, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the aforementioned Deadpool are recent blockbusters. Before these films, Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) were financial successes that were nominated for Academy Awards with Batman winning one; Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy (1990) won three Oscars, and Superman: The Movie (1978) was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for Special Achievement for Visual Effects for a total of four Oscar nods.

However, we have also seen box office bombs like The Rocketeer (1991), Billy Zane’s The Phantom (1996), and 1987’s He-Man and The Masters of The Universe (Frank Langella is positively deliciously evil as Skeletor and you Jack Kirby fans will have a field day with the references to Kirby’s New Gods/Fourth World work).  These flops are entirely watchable and entertaining films. They have since developed popular cult followings which isn’t nothing to dismiss. Zane’s Phantom movie did very well in VHS and DVD sales and is presently on Netflix. Remember, even the classic 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz was a commercial flop. That family favorite film property is worth millions now.

AND THEN there are the colossal stinkers. The ones that put the “B.O.” in Box Office (B.O. means smelly body odor in American slang). Movies so bad you wonder how they got made in the first place and who was fired for approving the script, cast, and film be it on the big screen or on television. Some were surprise bombs–Jonah Hex is a great character; the film had a great cast. Yet the storyline was lousy.We all have heard the comments about bombs like Ben Affleck’s Daredevil, his estranged wife Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet, Halle Berry’s Cat-woman, and Ryan Reynold’s Green Lantern; but these films did not make the list of the top five biggest stinkers. What could be worse than these films? Let me jog your memory.

5. STEEL (1997)

Kenneth Johnson created the television series “V” and “The Bionic Woman” and was instrumental in developing the television shows “Alien Nation” and “The Incredible Hulk”. Shaquille O’Neal was an NBA superstar and champion. Together they made this abysmal flop about the supporting DC character from the Superman mythos who had his own comic once and long ago in one of DC’s many reboots. A heavily and overly exploited joke in this film is the reference to O’Neal’s inability to complete free-throws. Yep. That’s about it for this disaster. NEXT!

4. THE FANTASTIC FOUR (2015)

What could be worse than all previous versions of the Fantastic Four live action films? THIS ONE. A totally revamped version of the first family of comics when the fans were begging BEGGING I SAY for one great film and what did they get–a science fiction film that would have stood better off alone on its own rather than be attached to the familiar family property. It did not help the fate of this film that some of the lead actors made arrogant and ignorant remarks prior to and during the filming of this movie; nor did it help that the media plagued the film with its constant barrage of political correctness mud slinging. The director fighting with cast and crew and leaving the project in this one act debacle pretty much sealed its doom that no doctor could have saved.  Hope you caught the pun-NEXT!

3. SUPERMAN III (1983)

It’s a shame that after two great Superman films Christopher Reeve ended up playing second fiddle to an out of place Richard Pryor in this film. Both men seem to be just waltzing through this after they got a paycheck for this poor excuse of a sequel.  This is how evil Superman’s twin is: he straightened out Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa. Any more evil and he might have gone as far as stealing Bruce Wayne’s left socks. NEEEEE–XT!

2. SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987)

It’s a shame that after two great Superman films Christopher Reeve–whoa. Deja vu! What the heck? Yep, another abysmal Superman sequel starring one of if not the best men to don to iconic cape and suit. This one is an incredible train wreck. The premise is ridiculous. Superman is practically tyrant of the Earth as he informs all governments that he is getting rid of their nuclear weapon, and they just blindly accept his “generous” act?  Seriously? That act would make him world enemy and global threat #1 to nations of the planet Earth. Who is he to dictate world policy and step on the sovereign power of each country? We also get to see the Mariel Hemingway as Clark Kent’s new love interest breathe in outer space. What? This film is a face palm from start to end. Regardless how you feel about the last three Superman films, they were better than this and made a whole lot more money than this film and Superman III. This brings us to…

The worst comic book adaptation to film is THE MAN-THING (2005). Even George Lucas’  Howard The Duck was  better than this production shown on the Sy Fy (nee: Sci Fi) Network.  Have you seen it? Good! Then don’t! His powers are different, his origin is different–you figure the people behind the 2015 Fantastic Four film would have paid attention to this disastrous formula in bringing a property to film but nooooooo!  IF IT AIN’T BROKE DON’T FIX IT! His costume looks like a reject of the Spawn suit from the awful 1997 Spawn film (which made number 6 on this list!) painted in green! The character was liked by the fans as it was! You mess with it, you get what you sowed! A disaster!  The Man-Thing in this film is more like DC’s Swamp Thing who had TWO enjoyable films and his own series. You’re far much better off watching Swamp Thing than the unrecognizable Man-Thing mess.

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Then there’s Emmy Award winner Mr. Elister Larry Wilmore. He’s known better as Larry Wilmore, an actor, a comedian, magician, media critic, political commentator, producer, television host of The Nightly Show, and a writer. Evidently he can’t hold down a job and he might be looking for a new one soon due to the furor resulting from his ill conceived comment that is being called “just a joke”.  This past weekend at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Mr. Wilmore used a racial slur in referring to President Barack Obama. The President, in turn for what Mr. Wilmore called him in public, is being accused of being a hypocrite for not criticizing Mr. Wilmore for his actions.

President Obama is not only the one on the spot. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was put in the uncomfortable position of trying to downplay the racial slur thrown at President Obama stating: “Comedians are going to go right up to the line” and that the President “appreciated [Mr. Wilmore’s] sentiments”. Yeah sure; depending if that comedian is a close enough friend to say what he said to President Obama in front of a packed televised room,  otherwise the First Amendment of a comedian saying that word all of a sudden doesn’t apply. Don’t believe me? Ask Michael Richards who played the character Kramer on “Seinfeld” when he said the N-Word. It was practically career suicide for him.

People of all color and across the political spectrum were shocked by Mr. Wilmore’s statement. Reporters, politicians, even Reverend Al Sharpton was left appalled. He usually jumps at things like this to cause protests or raise money for his organization.  What could he say or do when the President laughed along with Mr. Wilmore when Larry Wilmore  turned to President Obama (at his last White House Correspondent’s Annual Dinner as President of The United States no less) and said: “Yo, Barry, you did it my n*gga”??  You could’ve heard a pin drop when he said that.  I mean seriously, where is Reverend Al Jackson going to protest on this one? Where is he going to march? Yes, an element of comedy is shock, but that’s on film or stage, not directed at the leader of the free world, especially when he is the first President of the United States of America who isn’t white and especially when his presidency is stained with racial divisiveness. This is a real life black President of the USA, he is NOT the black sheriff of Blazin’ Saddles.

What’s even more shocking is that Mr. Wilmore beat his chest when he said it to the President and President Obama smiled back and hit his own chest. As a reminder, President Obama received a lot of flack when HE himself used the infamous “N-Word” in an interview last year and then he continued guilting the nation and the world about racism, racism, and more racism–and there he is grinning and beating his chest in response to Mr. Wilmore’s statement. This is the man who won the Emmy Award for writing the pilot episode of The Bernie Mac show?

‘Merica, he couldn’t come up with a better line than: “Yo, Barry, you did it my n*gga”?

When he finally addressed the issue of why he said what he did, he said that he considered The White House Correspondent’s Annual Dinner as a roast. The kind you see at the Friar’s Club or the old Dean Martin Roast, or the ones on Comedy Central lately. “You got to see how we interact when we’re not there. This is how we do it. And this is a word that has been used against black people for so long,” he said. “I was called a n—er several times as a child. I’ve heard that word. To defuse that and to use it in a way of camaraderie, and to take the power out of it in that moment is something that meant a lot to me personally.”

President Obama has roughly 7 months left in his presidency. This is just another unfortunate incident that will be remembered in his final year. Many feel racism is alive and thriving in the USA but let’s not gloss over something that’s in our face as much as racism presumably. The nation voted in an African-American in not once, but twice. That’s something to build on.

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