My proposal for '80s comic book movies:

Kalvan

DC:

I find I can't improve on OTL choices of Christopher Reeve, Lynda Carter, Michael Keaton, and John Wesley Shipp for Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Barry Allen Flash, but here are my ideas for the rest:

Batman, five or so films directed by Tim Burton

Fred Gwaynne or Frank Longella as Solomon Grundy
Al Lewis as Jarvis Tetch/Mad Hatter
Robert Englund as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
Michael Douglas as Roman Sionis/Black Mask (Would have also worked as Tommy Elliot/Hush, except that he hadn't been created yet)
Sylvester McCoy as Alfred Wesker/Ventriloquist
Bubba Smith as Waylon Jones/Killer Crock
Christopher Lee as Ra's al Ghul
Isibelle Adjani as Talia
Maria Conchita Alonso as Sgt. Rene Montoya/Question II
Johnny Depp as Jason Todd/Robin II
Maia Brewton with a dye job as Carrie Kelly/Dark Knight Returns Robin
Ben Savage as Tim Drake/Robin III (IV?)
Rider Strong as Stephanie Brown/Spoiler/Robin IV(V?)/Batgirl IV


Stand-alone Slam Bradley and Huntress movies Directed by Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese

Mickey Rourke as Slam Bradley

Valerie Bertinelli as Helena Bertinelli/Huntress II (III?)


Directed by Sam Raimi

Bruce Campbell as Jack Ryder/Creeper

Gilbert Godfried as Mr. Myxpitlk and/or Bat-Mite


Further Superman Movies by Richard Donner

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Bizarro (If you don't count Supermans III or IV)
Nicholas Cage as Toyman
David Spade as Prankster
Patrick Stewart as Braniac


Wonder Woman movies by James Cameron

Kelly LeBrock as Barbara Minerva/Cheetah III
Denise Crosby as any of the Silver Swans
Medusa Courtesy Jim Henson's Creature Workshop
Kevin Smith (of Hercules and Xena, not the famous director) as Ares


Flash Movies by Robert Zemeckis

Katy Seagal (after six months in the gym) as Iris West
Bryan Brown as Captain Boomerang
Bruce Boxleitner as Hunter Zolomon/Professor Zoom
Kirk Douglas as Jay Garrick
Grodd courtesy Jim Henson's Creature Workshop (If they have to use him at all)


Golden and Silver Age Green Arrow by Rob Reiner, Bronze and Iron Age Green Arrow by Oliver Stone

Cary Elwes as Golden or Silver Age Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
Kevin Costner or Kiefer Sutherland as Bronze Age or later Ollie
Open Casting Call for Dinah Lance Jr./Black Canary II (Must combine the looks and voice of Deborah Harry or Madonna with the martial arts prowess of Cynthia Rothick)
David Rasche as Count Vertigo
Sylvester Stallone or Rober DeNiro as Eddie Fryers
Maggie Cheung as Shado


Firestorm Directed by Steven Spielberg

Kirk Cameron as Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm
Rebecca DeMornay as Killer Frost


Green Lantern Directed by Ridley Scott

Charlie Sheen as Hal Hordan
Sean Penn as Sinestro
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire Champion
Wesley Snipes as John Stewart
Graham Greene as Tom Kalmaku
Lisa Bonet as Katma Tui
Burt Lancaster as Alan Scott
Drew Barrymore as Arisia
Richard Grieco as Kyle Raynor
Various Alien Green Lanterns and the Guardians of the Universe courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop.


Wolfman/Parez Teen Titans Directed by Ron Howard, Special Effects and Second Unit Direction by Gary Goddard.

Scot Baio as Dick Grayson/Robin I/Nightwing II
Andrea Elson (After about six months in a dojo and a weight room) as Kori'an'dir/Corie Anders/Starfire II
Rob Stone as Garfield Logan/Beast Boy/Changeling
Winona Ryder as Rachel Ross/Raven
Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Victor Stone/Cyborg
Nancy McKeon as Donna Troy/Wonder Girl I(II?)/Troia
Corey Feldman as Wally West/Kid Flash/Flash III
Corey Haim as Roy Harper/Speedy I/Arsenal
Tamilyn Tomita as Nguyen Ngoc Bich/Cheshire
Ned Beatty, Joe Don Baker, or Jon Voight as Brother Blood
Kyra Sedgwick or Dana Plato as Teriza Markova/Terra
Ron Perlman as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
Bronson Pinchot as the voice of The Brain
Leslie Anne Warren as Madame Rouge
Monsieur Mallah courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop
David Warner as Psimon
Trigon courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop


Question Directed by John Millius or Oliver Stone

David Caruso as Vic Sage/Question I
Chuck Norris as Richard Dragunowski/Dick Dragon
Michele B. Chan as Lady Shiva
Mako as Osensei

Black Lightning directed by Spike Lee

Steve James as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning I


Mr. Terrific Directed by Bill Cosby

Laurence Fishbourne as Michael Holt/Mr. Terrific II


Aquaman directed by James Cameron

Kevin Bacon as Arthur Curry/Orin/Aquaman
Geena Davis as Mera
Denzel Washington or Yaphet Koto as Black Manta
Ernie Hudson as Cal Durham
Kadeem Hardison as Kaldur'am/Cal Durham Jr./ Aqualad

Shazam! directed by Penny Marshal

Benji Gregory as Billy Batson
Vincent Price as The Wizard Shazam
The Ultimate Warrior (With a dye job) as Captain Marvel
Bill Kirchenbauer as Uncle Dudley
Vanessa Lindores as Mary Batson
Matt Skankman as Freddie Freeman
Bill Murray as Dr. Sivana
Jimmy Smits or Danny Trejo as Teth Adom/Black Adam
Mr. Mind and Tawky Tawny courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Workshop.


Suicide Squad Directed by Mark Lester

Nell Carter as Amanda Waller
Micheal Biehn as Rick Flagg
Billy Blanks as Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger
Phoebe Cates as Eve Eden/Nightshade II
Emilio Estavez as Rac Shade/Shade the Changing Man


Super Zeros directed by Tim Burton or Ivan Reitman

Rich Moranis as Irwin Schwab/Ambush Bug
Patrick Warburton as Ted Kord/Blue Beetle II
Jeff Bridges as Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold
Robin Williams or Jim Carrey as Eel O'Brien/Plastic Man

For Marvel:

Spider-Man directed by Steven Spielberg

Michael J. Fox as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Willford Brimley as Uncle Ben
Betty White as Aunt May
Hulk Hogan as himself
Elizabeth Shue as Gwen Stacy
Molly Ringwald as Mary Jane Watson
Dann Florek as J. Jonah Jameson.
John Goodman as Otto Octavius/Dr.Octopus.
Jeffery Jones as Norman Osborne/Green Goblin
Ralph Macchio as Harry Osborne
Mickey Rourke as Flint Marko/Sandman
Rowdy Roddy Piper as MacDonald Gargan/Scorpion I
Charlie Sheen as Quintin Back/Mysterio I
Sam Neil as Kraven
Patrick Swayze as Eddie Brock/Venom


Daredevil directed by J. Lee Thompson

Jeff Speakman as Matt Murdoch/Daredevil
Tom Hanks as "Foggy" Nelson
Kelsey Grammer as The Owl
Lesley Ann Warren (after about a year in a dojo) as Elektra
The Gladiator (The Wrestler) as Himself
Liam Neeson as Bullseye
Arnold Scwartzenegger as Nuke


Hulk Directed by Jonathan R. Beutel

Scott Bakula as Bruce Banner
Dabney Coleman as General Ross
Natasja Kinski as Betsy Ross
Kris Kristofferson as Bruce Banner's Dad
Bruce Willis as The Abomination
Rick Moranis as The Leader

Telly Sevalas or Albert Finney as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin

Cynthia Rothick as Silver Sable.

Nancy Wilson from Heart (The Heavy Metal Band) as Typhoid Mary.

Brigitte Nielsen as Black Widow

Punisher Directed by George B. Cosmatos

Steven Segal as Frank Castle/Punisher
Cloiris Leachman as Joan the Mouse
Anne Ramsey as Ma Gnucci


X-Men directed by Sam Raimi

I know Patrick Stewart was just born for Professor X, how about Christopher Lloyd as Magneto!
Mark Summers as Scot Summers/Cyclops
Kurt Russel as Wolverine (See Especially his roles in Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York to see what I mean)
Kim Catrall as Rogue
Veronica Hamel as Jean Gray
Tracy Gold as Kitty Pryde
Michael Keaton as Hank McCoy/Beast
Val Kilmer as Bobby Drake/Iceman
Holly Robinson as Storm
Stephanie Chow as Jubalee
Jimmy Sixkiller as Thunderbird I
Bolo Yeung as Sunfire
Sonny Chiba as Silver Samurai
Kenneth Branaugh as Sebastian Shaw
Matt Dillon as Warren Worthington III/Angel
Madonna as Emma Frost
King Kong Bundy as The Blob
Joanne Walley or Rebecca Romijn(!) as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
Road Warrior Animal as The Sha'ir Gladiator
Denzel Washington as Bishop
Tim Thomerson as (Middle Aged) Nathan Gray/Cable
Jim Carrey as Deadpool

Luke Cage/Iron Fist series directed by Steve DiMarco

Mr. T. as Luke Cage
Michael Dutikoff as Danny Rand/Iron Fist
Tamylin Tomita as Colleen Wing
Kim Fields (After about a year in a dojo) as Misty Knight

Excalibur Directed by Charles Crichton

Kelly LeBrock (after spending a year in a dojo) as either Jessica Drew/Spiderwoman or Psylocke.
Cary Elwes as Captain Brittain
Sting as Pete Wisdom

Lisa Ruddy as Squirrel Girl

Great Lakes Avengers Directed by Zucker, Abraham, and Zucker

William H. Macy as Mr. Immortal
Bob Saget as Doorman
Rosanne Barr as Big Bertha
Thomas F. Wilson as Flatman


Avengers Directed by Joseph Zito

Mark Pillow as Captain America
Kevin Costner as Hawkeye
Vincent D'Onofirio as Thor
Justine Bateman as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlett Witch
William Zabka as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Patsy Walker/Hellcat I
Michael Douglas as Hank Pym/Ant Man I
Famke Jansen as Janet van Dyne/Wasp

Captain and Ms. Marvel directed by Lamont Johnson
Dolph Lundgren as Mar-Vell of the Kree

Victoria Principal as Carol Davers/Ms. Marvel



Tommy Lee Jones as 40's Soldier and 60's Spy Nick Fury

Tim Thomerson as 80's SHIELD Director Nick Fury
Brian Dennehy as Dum Dum Dugan

Corrin Nemec as Speedball

Iron Man Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Timothy Daly as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Ernie Hudson as Jim Rhodes
Jeff Bridges as Justin Hammer
Mako as Mandrin

Fantastic Four directed by Robert Zemeckis
Ted Danson as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic
Kristy Swanson as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman
Stacy Keach as Ben Grimn/Thing
Emillio Estavez as Johnny Storm/Human Torch II

Questions? Comments? Flames? Ideas to plausibly make these happen?
 
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vultan

Kalvan said:
Stand-alone Slam Bradley and Huntress movies Directed by Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese
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I don't think either of them would direct, not in this time period. Perhaps a post-Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino would accept the director's chair.
 

Torqumada

After a quick look:

Shado wasn't introduced until late 1987 with The Longbow Hunters. Chances are she would appear in a 90's era Green Arrow movie, not an 80's.

The Keaton Batman franchise didn't apear until 1989. If you are truly going 5 films with him, you're pushing that well into the 90's as well, maybe as long as a decade.

Black Mask: While his first appearance was in 1985, he was a relatively minor character until much later. He had no appearances between 1986 and 1992 in the comics. Chances are he wouldn't get more than a bit part in the movies in the late 80's to early 90's.

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Torqumada

More looks:

I like the idea of Valerie Bertinelli as the Huntress, but she was and has primarily been a TV star and there is still that divide there in the 80's between the two.

Stephanie Brown: She didn't exist until 1992, so she really can't be an 80's movie character. Same with Rene Montoya.

I like the idea of Bruce Campbell as Jack Ryder, but he was still pretty culty in the late 80's and early 90's. The studios would push for someone with better name recognition.

David Spade was an unknown in the 80's (his first acting job was in 1987) and wouldn't have any sort of real name recognition even after Saturday Night live in 1990, but even more in teh mid 90's with Just Shoot Me.

Kevin Smith the actor would be unknown to American audiences until the mid 90's. No 80's era movies for him.

No sure about Snipes as Jon Stewart. I just don't quite see him that way. I think Denzel might fit better here.

Burt Lancaster as Alan Scott? If you are following DC canon, Alan is physically in his 50's. Burt Lancaster is in his 70's during the 80's.

Not sure about Nancy Mckeon as Wonder Girl. Toughenss yes. Glam? Not really.

Michael Holt didn't exist as a character until the late 90's, so it would be impossible for him to be in an 80's comic book movie directed by Bill Cosby.

Shade the Changing Man: Didn't join the Suicide Squad until 1988. They would be hard pressed to get an 80's era movie in place with him as part of the team.

Jim Carrey had little to no name recognition in the 80's despite have 10 years of work. Robin Williams would be a better fit personality wise for Plastic Man...you just have trouble with all the body hair. :D

Nuke is a late 80's DD villian. You probably couldn't have him in a move before 88 or so (given all the time for production etc...)

Despite what Ang Lee thinks, you don't need to show Bruce Banner's father in a Hulk movie.

I think Pierce Bronson might make a better Iron Man.

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Torqumada

A little more:

Famke Jansen's career didn't start until 1992. It would be tough for her to be in an 80's era Avenger's movie.

Kyle Rayner didn't exist until 1994. He can't be in an 80's era movie.

David Caruso was considered a minor actor until 1993. It would be hard for him to have a lead role since he didn't have name recognition in the 80's. Maybe as a TV movie?

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