Thread:Jamie/@comment-1713281-20130306131715

After a back and forth with one of our users about the films page, I wanted to get your opinion on something. Right now, we only cover official Marvel representations. That goes for print, film, television and video game medias. What I wanted to ask is whether or not we could cover a pair of "unofficial" films on Marvel characters that are notable in their own ways.

The movies in question are Dirty Laundry, a Punisher fan film made by The Punisher star Thomas Jane, and 3 Dev Adam a Turkish action film starring Captain America and a bad guy Spider-Man. Dirty Laundry made big news when it premiered at Comic-Con 2012, and 3 Dev Adam gained a cult following over the years for it's overall cheesey nature and it's treatment of Spider-Man as an organized crime boss, all without Marvel's copyright consent.

I know these are not entirely kosher representations, but I think there's a place for them here on the Database, as they are notable in one way or another. They would be very much limited in scope (i.e. no reality numbers or TRNs, no character/team pages, essentially the way we treat imprint properties like Kick-Ass) and it would be made very clear that they are unofficial products, not endorsed by Marvel. Along with that, it would be made very clear that normal users would not be allowed to add unofficial representations to the site in any way, shape, or form.

I'm curious as to your opinions on this, since it's something that's not been done on the site before. 