Come on can't we get an American actor?


The comics medium has made its Hollywood credentials on the bountiful crop of super-hero fiction it’s served up to be adapted into movies and film, but there’s more to comics than capes and cowls. And with Warner Bros. slowly coming around to the bumper crop of great stories it has not named Batman or Suprman, there’s a certain steel-eyed sergeant they should get to know: Sgt. Rock.

Created by a pair of army veterans-turned-comic-creators named Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, Sgt. Rock burst onto the comics scene in the late 50s in the military series Our Army At War. Serving alongside his comrades in Easy Company, Sgt. Rock fought on the front lines (and behind enemy lines) in the European theater of World War II. Years before there was Nick Fury & The Howling Commandos, there was Sgt. Rock. And unlike that eye patch-wearing Marvel hero, Sgt. Rock kept in the military — and kept fighting in the WW2 — for over 50 years in comic books worldwide.

There have been several half-hearted attempts to bring Sgt. Rock to the big screen with everyone from Arnold Schwarznegger to Bruce Willis talking about the role, and writers as illustrious as John Milius (Conan) working up stories and directors like Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) signing on them promptly dropping off the project. Sgt. Rock wouldn’t stand for that kind of pussy-footing and lily-livered nonsense, so we’re giving Hollywood a cheat sheet to get a great Sgt. Rock movie made.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I understand no one right now is going to want to hear it, but at what point do we get into the point of oversaturating the market with borderline characters that will make for mediocre movies and wind up hurting the scene as a whole?

Please explain how SGT Rock is a borderline character? At one point he had three titles and was almost as popular as Superman.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Sgt. Rock isn't a borderline character, but he's not well known outside of comic book people.

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I grew up on Sgt. Rock. Joe Kubert just passed away about a month ago. Mr. Kuberts art was memorable to say the least. His books looked like I would imagine WW 2 to look like. He brought his readers back to that world. I don't know how a WW2 movie would play nowadays though. What actor today could play Sgt. Rock?



My vote is for Channing Tatum.




No,just kidding but who could play Sgt. Rock?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Guess I'm looking for a word other than borderline, becuase that's exactly what I meant.

I knew what you meant. It's like Guardians of the Galaxy. Not many people know the characters.

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Will an audience of adults take a character that is Thor with a donkey head seriously?