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* The ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movie proved once and for all that comic book adaptations didn't need to be cheesy or silly, with terrible budgets & special effects.
* Although there have been occasional big budget [[Comic Book Adaptation|comic book movies]] dating back to ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' (and filmed serials before that), the current boom in comic films got its start when ''[[Blade (film)|Blade]]'' was a hit at the box-office, followed shortly thereafter by ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''.
** ''Blade's'' influence can be seen thusly: Prior to ''Blade,'' the ''only'' theatrically-released movies based on Marvel Comics-owned properties, ''ever'', were a [[Captain America (comics)]] serial from the 1940s, ''[[Red Sonja]]'', the 1989 [[Dolph Lundgren]] version of ''[[The Punisher (film)|The Punisher]]'', and ''[[Howard the Duck (film)|Howard the Duck]]''.<ref>Yes, there was also a 1990 adaptation of [[Captain America (comics)]] and a 1994 adaptation of [[The Fantastic Four (film)|The Fantastic Four]], but the former went [[Direct to Video]] and the latter was never even released.</ref> Now, you can't have a summer without one.
* In an amazing coincidence, just as ''[[Watchmen]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' took comic books in a [[Darker and Edgier]] direction, ''[[Dark Knight Trilogy|The Dark Knight]]'' and [[Watchmen (film)|the film adaptation]] of ''[[Watchmen]]'' seem to be having the same effect on comic book movies.
** Whoa whoa, ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' easily did that first twenty years earlier.
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