Top five Stan Lee cameos

July 11th, 2008

I think this is my favourite top five list so far because it gave me the chance to reminisce on what I think are absolute little comic book movie gems.

The Stan Lee cameo.

Forget anything else but above all Stan Lee is a living treasure/legend/icon. The man is responsible for some of the greatest comic book characters ever. Nuff said

Quit Your Day Job Stan Lee cameos top five

Fantastic Four - There are a couple of reasons why I like this cameo so much, for one thing it is a speaking role and is not too much out of place and secondly it’s based on an actual character! Willie Lumpkin postal worker, whom Stan helped create. It is just a real treat for me as a comic book fan and I’m reminded of the character’s appearance in the Marvel Onslaught comic.
Spider-man - Stan saves a little girl from being crushed by some falling concrete and bricks during one of the fight scenes. It’s a cool scene simple because Stan shows us that one man can make a difference and be a hero - he also repeats the act in the sequel.
Daredevil - A young Matt Murdock saves a man in the street with his face stuck in the newspaper from stepping out into the traffic. It’s a nicely shot scene and not overdone which is what can happen in some cameos.
Incredible Hulk - It is of course a tradition now to spot Stan and I had a huge grin on my face as he is the ‘old guy’ who has a brush with gamma irradiated sports-drink, again a nicely shot cameo.
Heroes - Ok it’s not a Marvel film, it’s not even a film but the brilliant, brilliant Heroes season one (did I mention it is brilliant?) knows where its origins lay. I almost jumped out of my seat when Hiro goes to board a bus and who happens to be the driver and has lines!? Stan the Man. It should be mentioned another homage in that series that made me very warm inside. The Kirby plaza.

Now there are other cameos that are cool like his appearance in Mallrats and there are some that are simply background shots such as X-Men (he’s either selling hotdogs on the beach or eating them in the background anyway). There is a really bizarre appearance too, one that I didn’t know, one I wish I didn’t know, The Princess Diaries 2:

Just to wash that out of your mind I also have a montage someone put together and the Heroes scene:

Let me know your favourite!!

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Bettina July 11th, 2008
cool.

Nothing in Xmen 2?

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Rol July 11th, 2008
I think my favourite is the one in FF2 - in fact, it’s probably the best bit in the whole film. “But I’m Stan Lee!”

Surprised you didn’t pick the Iron Man cameo though - that was great.

As to the Spidey scenes - I liked them because they referenced the death of Captain Stacy moment (although obviously Stan doesn’t get killed!)… and I think ONLY he could have delivered that line in Spidey 3 and made it work.

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Sujoy July 11th, 2008
Mallrats..helloooooo??

The one in HULK was too short .
The Heroes cameo was really surprising to have made to the list, but yeah, after reading ur post, made sense
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Lee July 11th, 2008
Bettina, I actually think he may not have appeared in X-Men 2! I can’t remember the appearance if he did.

I’m not sure if he has appeared in all of the Marvel films, like the Punisher and Blade but then I don’t think he had an active role in their creations.

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Lee July 11th, 2008
Rol - yeah I thought hard and long over the Iron Man appearance and it very nearly made it, the FF2 scene was really cool too and I think you may be right ;).

It is funny, I vaguely remember reading that that scene kind of appeared in the original wedding in the comics, I think Kirby may have been with him - respect

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Lee July 11th, 2008
Sujoy - I mentioned Mallrats but I’m not even sure if I class it as a cameo as he is credited in the opening credits!

I think some of the more effective Stan Lee appearances are brief so I was happy enough with the Hulk cameo, I love Lou’s cameo though especially when Banner says ‘you’re the man’

I think the Heroes cameo is a nod towards the fact that Stan has influenced popular culture so much!

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Rol July 11th, 2008
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they both popped up at the wedding in FF Annual 1.

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arkonbey July 12th, 2008
Stan is, and forever will be, The Man.

However, I am a bit tired of his Marvel movie cameos. We all know what Stan looks like and it kinda breaks the fourth wall for me. I liked Lou Ferrigno’s cameo in Hulk better.

I am however looking forward to Sen. Patrick Leahy’s cameo in The Dark Knight.

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Therin of Andor July 12th, 2008
I loved the Willie Lumpkin appearance in “Fantastic Four” and, even though Stan’s cameo in FF2 was hilarious, I was a bit disappointed they didn’t put Willie back in.

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