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quote:Originally posted by reidcourchie:
...Delano does characters very well...
Duzzee?  And whoever asked whether we could ever forget the Tory demons celebrating Thatcher's re-election - <shudder> I've been trying to forget that horribly obvious, heavy-handed and irony-free 'touch' for years. Thanks for bringing it up. At least the demons didn't have Spitting Image style heads with Tory minister faces... although I think that was more to do with the limitations of the artist than any restraint on Delano's part.
And Fly, you're still missing the point entirely. We're not debating whether they should change the colour of Constantine's hair, we're berating what appear to be the indications of a clusterfuck of a movie adaptation. Naturally, some of us will see it, as Cameron did with From Hell and dominate pub conversations for the ensuing few months with tales of their woe. Some of us, like me, will not see it, and will still dominate pub conversations for the ensuing few months with tales of their woe. And lo, it will be shite.
The main problem, other than the fan's* fury when the people making a movie adaptation so comprehensively misunderstand the source material and it's attraction, is that this will dissuade anyone attempting an intelligent version for years to come. It may put them off entirely. Shitloads of things could have been done with the Judge Dredd/MegaCity One ideas and imagery - anime-style straight to video stuff, for example. It seems that because the Stallone movie wasn't a monster hit, that plans for anything more have been postponed. Anyone remember the Swamp Thing movies/TV series? Apart from Adrienne Barbeau's breasts, which made me the man I am today, they have nothing to offer except the kitsch. Swamp Thing hasn't been touched, never mind fondled, since.
If this goes ahead, and doesn't rake in the cash, we'll never see a decent adaptation of Hellblazer. If it busts some blocks, on the other hand, I guess we'll be seeing a gradual transformation on the part of the comic. Constantine's nose will become larger. He'll start speaking in a southern accent (that's Deep South, by the way, not Hampstead). He'll start developing nervous twitches, and staring sorrowfully with his (now) big brown eyes). Oh yes, and he'll have a cahp girlfriend. Either that, or they'll start a new Constantine Unlimited/Maximum Constantine with the guy from the movie (you know... for kids), and keep the original as some kind of Earth-2 variant.
* This is 'fan', as opposed to 'fanboy', by the way. There's been some kind of anti-fanboy meme clogging up everywhere except the Comics threads for the entire history of this board, and probably a lot of others. This, in turn, appears to have lead to paranoia, and a feeling that one cannot express an opinion of anything one likes (specifically anything geeky, like superheroes or comics in general) and appreciates without signposting it with the usual irony disclaimers. Doing so separates the paranoiacs from the 'fanboys' they despise, and allows them to say exactly the same things as said 'fanboys', but with a raised eyebrow signifying their higher cool factor and self-awareness quotient.
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