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God.
No, the fanboys do not have a point. The fanboys don't have a brain between them. The fanboys, for the most part are egotistical geeks who want everything done exactly the way they want it right goddamn now.
You think Robert Louis Stevenson would have appreciated League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen's take on his Jekyll and Hyde characters? No, he would have thought it was childish bilge, and almost completely unrecognisable from his creations. "Hang on," he'd think, "my Edward Hyde was a short man, almost a dwarf, with an air of sickness and yet at the same time enormous muscular power. He was disgusting to look upon, and gave everyone who laid eyes upon him cold shivers. What the hell's this eight-foot-tall green ape-thing?!"
Friends might have taken him to one side and attempted to explain the comic-book mythos of the Incredible Hulk, and how both stories resonated with many of the same themes, persuading the writer, a Mr. Moore, to 'update' the Edward Hyde character, and make him more of a beastie. Much as friends of Mr. Moore might well take him to one side and explain that it's Steve Norrington's movie, using one hundred million of Hollywood's precious dollars, and they've paid Mr. Moore for the privilege of adapting his comic to the screen and it's ntohing to do with him so why the hell doesn't this lanky limey hairball shut his goddamn mouth before he gets sued or something.
Fortunately, there's no need for Moore's friends to tell him anything of the sort, because as an intelligent man of the world, he already knows these things, and sold the rights knowing he'd never have any input and not particularly wanting any. See, it's not his movie. Alan Moore doesn't direct movies. Do you see? He writes comics, and a few other things here and there, but no movies yet! None!
You may feel as if you've been cheated of an opportunity to see a great LOEG movie. But you have to remember that this is actually nothing to do with you. Hollywood does not care if every LOEG fan in the world boycotts this film, because they, and you, aren't the target audience. Give it up. Move on. If your interest is sufficiently whetted by trailers, TV spots or documentaries or early reviews, by all means go and see it. Just remember it's not Alan Moore's movie, and it's not yours either. He (quite rightly) doesn't give a toss what it turns out like, so why the hell should you? |
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