3. The Phantom (1996)
It’s based on the classic cartoon of the same name, 1996’s The Phantom stars Billy Zane as Kit Walker, an affluent playboy in 1930s New York City who covertly battles crime as the main hero. The mantle of the Phantom is gone from father to child, and Kit is the most recent incarnation. The producers’ objective with this motion picture was to reproduce the action serials of the mid-twentieth century. In this manner it does succeed. However, the thought on a very basic level was confusing. Without a doubt, the Indiana Jones films pulled it off, however director Steven Spielberg upgraded the material for the present day audience in a few essential regards. The Phantom is generally as mushy as those original serials. Besides, we should simply be straightforward; it’s difficult to think of a hero seriously while he’s circling in a ridiculous purple costume. What’s more, the stock plot, which scarcely bears describing, includes a villain attempting to locate an old relic to open otherworldly powers. In case you’re brave enough to watch The Phantom, search for an early performance from Catherine Zeta-Jones as the bad guy’s female sidekick.
4. Doctor Strange (1978 film)
Decades before making his big screen debut, Marvel’s Doctor Strange featured in a made-for-TV film that was broadcast by CBS in 1978. Proposed as a pilot for a TV series that was later relinquished by the system, it tells Strange’s (Peter Hooten) story of origin as a therapeutic doctor turning into an extraordinary sorcerer. The film feels like a ton of comic book-to-TV adaptations of the period like The Incredible Hulk series. The special effects are out dated, the costumes seem as though somebody assaulted a circus entertainer’s closet and the majority of the scenes were clearly shot on CBS back lot sound stages. Obviously, Benedict Cumberbatch doesn’t have huge shoes to fill with his Doctor Strange. One remarkable thing about the 1978 Strange is that a youthful, saucy Jessica Walter (best known as Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development) plays the role of a vamp called Morgan Le Fay.
