{"id":58,"date":"2012-02-18T05:32:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T05:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/02\/18\/7-lee-creations-that-shouldve-been-movies-a-long-time-ago\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:23","slug":"7-lee-creations-that-shouldve-been-movies-a-long-time-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/02\/18\/7-lee-creations-that-shouldve-been-movies-a-long-time-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Lee creations that shouldve been movies a long time ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first Blastr contribution of 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/02\/7-stan-lee-creations-that.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">7 Stan Lee creations that should have been movies a long time ago<\/a> came about from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btlnews.com\/awards\/rango-tops-ves-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">article by Mark London Williams<\/a>. As part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btlnews.com\/author\/mark-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">his regular gig<\/a> for <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Below the Line<\/span>, Mark covered the 10th annual Visual Effects Society awards show, where they remarkably gave Stan Lee &quot;the lifetime achievement award, for creating so many characters that provided so much work for the people in the room.&quot; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btlnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LR-Stan-Lee1-199x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9px;line-height: normal\">(Photo by Alex J. Berliner\/abimages)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It got me to wondering how many of Lee&#8217;s (co-)creations still hadn&#8217;t made it to the big screen. And hence the article.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Last week, Stan Lee received the lifetime achievement award from the Visual Effects Society, presumably for all the work he&#8217;s given the members of the past decade. While many of Lee&#8217;s Marvel co-creations dominate this century&#8217;s movies, several potentially deserving and exciting properties have amazingly yet to receive the full screen treatment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>I found 7 creations that fit my criteria. You&#8217;ll have to <a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2012\/02\/7-stan-lee-creations-that.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">head over to Blastr<\/a> to find out what they are, but check out this image for a few clues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/19383521074f3f355545d92.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first Blastr contribution of 2012, 7 Stan Lee creations that should have been movies a long time ago came about from an article by Mark London Williams. 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