2. Sandman
DC ComicsOh, we want it; there's no mistake that we definitely want to see a Sandman movie on the big screen - one rendered with all the brilliance of the insanely complicated graphic novel on which it was based. But flick through a single issue of Neil Gaiman's magnus opus and you'll find yourself met with something so dense and intelligent, surreal and conceptual, that it seems as though it might be impossible to actually do it justice in a singular film. And going by the results of Zack Snyder's admirable but flat adaptation of Watchmen, we should heed warning. Because the thing with Sandman, ultimately, is that it does not lend itself well to the cinematic medium - the narrative is so much built around the nature of dreams and visions and whatnot, that constructing a fluid storyline for a feature film would not only prove complicated, it would be incredibly dangerous to the integrity of the source material. Trying to subject Gaiman's work to the requirements of a Hollywood blockbuster will likely prove an exercise in futility. Some comic books are best left on the page; Sandman is certainly one of them.