[Trailer] Wanted

[The Grumpy Celt]

I do wonder, if they are going to change it so completly, then why bother adapting it at all. They are, in essence, creating a new story.

I've not read the original comic. Is it any good?

 

[Fallen Seraph]

It is very good, many people compare it as the "villains version of Watchmen"

 

[Felon]

Yeah probably, but they have probably completely alienated the comic-book fans by doing this.

Just like how they have already alienated the fans of the manga/anime version of Akira by setting it in New-Manhattan.

Let's face it, a lot of fans of the comic will probably see the movie anyway, even if it's just to complain about it later. Same goes for Akira fans. Alienating a tiny segment of the audience to provide appeal to an exponentially larger group is a more-than-equitable sacrifice. Alienating a tiny segment of a tiny segment is a total no-brainer.

I've not read the original comic. Is it any good?

Well, it's a Mark Millar comic, and like most modern comic authors, his books are more about talking heads and smartass remarks than a great plot or great action scenes. Millar is also big on shock tactics, portraying characters as extremely ugly and dehumanized. He likes to go that step or two overboard. So, when he re-created Captain America for the Ultimate series, he didn't just make him more believable by having him use lethal force when necessary like an actual soldier does; instead, he's kind of a jack-booted thug who doesn't think twice about smashing his boot-heel through a face. And when he re-created Ultimate Hulk, he didn't just make him more believable by having him actually take lives in the course of his city-leveling rampages; he made him actually rip people apart and eat them, just to go that extra step overboard.

And that's him handling the good guys. Wanted is about what happens when the bad guys are in power. So, if none anything I've said so far is bothersome, give Wanted a shot. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, because I knew going in to expect something mean-spirited and cynical. It has some interesting things to say about the process of desensitization, and there's actually a pretty good message delivered to us, the readers, in the epilogue.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Well I don't know about the whole comic book thing, but Angelina Jolie looking smoking hot in a Matrixy kind of action movie has convinced my ass it needs to be in a theatre seat for this movie.

Any word on a 3d version? Real 3d or Imax - I'm good with either.

 

[Felon]

The guy in the lead role looked like a young Chris Kattan, complete with "Night at the Roxbury" attire.

 

[Tetsubo]

I do wonder, if they are going to change it so completly, then why bother adapting it at all. They are, in essence, creating a new story.

I've not read the original comic. Is it any good?

I enjoyed the comic quite a bit. It was nice seeing the world with the bad guys in charge.

But like -I Am Legend- the book and the movie aren't going to resemble each other much. There just isn't any way that comic could ever be made into a faithful film and not get an NC-17.

 

[Krug]

Just read the comic book. It's light years away from the movie. I wouldn't call the comic book Watchman with super villains though. It's an interesting concept, but doesn't quite grab me, and I'm still unconvinced Wesley Gibson would do what he did at the end.

 

[Tetsubo]

Just read the comic book. It's light years away from the movie. I wouldn't call the comic book Watchman with super villains though. It's an interesting concept, but doesn't quite grab me, and I'm still unconvinced Wesley Gibson would do what he did at the end.

He drank the Koolaid. He became one of them, lock, stock and barrel. Hey, it's a great life if you are an immoral monster.