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[Matlock]

http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

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Oh god let this be as awesome as it looks.

 

[GG-Duo]

I hate that poster.

 

[hXc_thugg]

Going to be so shite!

 

[Error]

looking good

btw WB also updated their Corpse Bride official site

Corpse Bride site

Photos, a poster, some cool wallpapers were added.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Total ripoff of

 

[Matlock]

Total ripoff of

V for Vendetta predates it by a few years.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Not the poster.

 

[hXc_thugg]

Not the poster.

Considering that the poses and perspective are completely different, it has nothing to do with it. The central character in V for Vendetta is V. He wears a Guy Fawkes mask and all that, so that's what he looks like.

As much as the Wachowski guys suck, they didn't copy that shit.

 

[J2 Cool]

Btw, how closely is this following the graphic novel? Will they take it in their own direction or try and stay faithful to it?

 

[Red Scarlet]

Considering that the poses and perspective are completely different, it has nothing to do with it. The central character in V for Vendetta is V. He wears a Guy Fawkes mask and all that, so that's what he looks like.

As much as the Wachowski guys suck, they didn't copy that shit.

:lol I was only being a goof.

 

[Gribbix]

Btw, how closely is this following the graphic novel? Will they take it in their own direction or try and stay faithful to it?

Not very faithful apparently. Alan Moore publicly disassociated himself from it. He described the script as being "imbecilic" and full of plot holes.

 

[hXc_thugg]

Not very faithful apparently. Alan Moore publicly disassociated himself from it. He described the script as being "imbecilic" and full of plot holes.

Yeah, and Alan didn't even disassociate himself from Constantine. THINK ABOUT IT.

 

[8bit]

The only way this would work visually is if it were in black & white, as it were originally presented in Warrior. It's going to be absolute bollocks anyway.

 

[Flynn]

It will probably be as good as the Matrix sequels.

We might as well start being bummed now.

Alan Moore puts the whammy on Joel Silver and the Wachowski Brother and Sister!

 

[mrkapawutzis]

Yeah, and Alan didn't even disassociate himself from Constantine. THINK ABOUT IT.

I believe he did. Didn't he say something to the effect that any royalty payments he received he sent to the other creators and artists involved and didn't accept a penny (or whatever the equivalent currency is in England) of it, though I imagine the check to be kind of small.

 

[karasu]

Are the Wachowskis directing or producing?

 

[temp]

Are the Wachowskis directing or producing?

Producing and writing. An assistant from the Matrix trilogy is directing.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I didn't know that Matrix brothers were on the project...Anyway, how is the Alan Moore graphic novel? I've heard of it, but never read it. The only Alan Moore stuff I've read is From Hell, which is an enormous book about Jack the Ripper. And Batman: The Killing Joke is on it's way to my house, which is also by Alan Moore, but how is V For Vendetta?

The movie has Natalie Portman in it right?

 

[COCKLES]

Well to be fair...comic book writers haven't set the world alight when writing for the film media. Frank Miller's Robocop 2 anyone?

 

[Crazymoogle]

I didn't know that Matrix brothers were on the project...Anyway, how is the Alan Moore graphic novel? I've heard of it, but never read it. The only Alan Moore stuff I've read is From Hell, which is an enormous book about Jack the Ripper. And Batman: The Killing Joke is on it's way to my house, which is also by Alan Moore, but how is V For Vendetta?

The movie has Natalie Portman in it right?

Yeah, apparently Natalie Portman is in it.

In any case, V for Vendetta is basically a must read for the uninformed. If the Wachowski's have found a way to make it work on the screen, all the more power to them because it's a powerful tale of what makes up a free society and the struggle between order and anarchy. The main character is basically a terrorist, so I'm curious to see how this will fly with the public.

If they fuck it up, well, I guess it will just have to join the B movie world of Moore's other adapted stories (like From Hell, as you mentioned, and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Moore thinks that's the case yet again, but he has historically not happy with adaptations of his work at all, so who knows...?

Cockles: Moore himself isn't involved - they just pay him a tiny pittance for the rights. And as explained at SBC weeks ago, Joel Silver has pissed off Moore so badly now that Moore put his money where his mouth was, made sure he wasn't collecting on movie rights, and then quit on his own label at DC Comics/Wildstorm. He is working with Top Shelf now, though, which is pretty cool (the company responsible for publishing Blankets and Box Office Poison, among other things)

 

[nitewulf]

heh, just received my copies of Dark Knight Returns and Year One. i'll probably get this down the line.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

He is working with Top Shelf now, though, which is pretty cool (the company responsible for publishing Blankets and Box Office Poison, among other things)

Shit, did he take Tom Strong with him when he went?

 

[Crazymoogle]

Shit, did he take Tom Strong with him when he went?

Nope, the speculation was he would either just hand the title off to some other writer - which I take it he has done before for short runs anyway - or just let it be canned. I imagine once Top 10 - The 49ers arrives we will start to see the Moore fallout.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

You know, as much as Moore has contributed to the comic industry, as a creative person I liken him to a Baby's Daddy. Constantly running around, knocking all these random bitches up, and leaving all these bastards in his wake.

With any luck the bastards will end instead of being beaten to death by bad writing and art. :X

Ah well Art Adams stopped handling the art chores on Jonni Future anyhow.