Author Topic: V for Vendetta (Read 590 times)

deSelys · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2006, 02:04:20 AM »

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Originally posted by eilif
Alan moor wrote V for Vendetta, he is a geniouse in the medium, his "watchmen" raised the bar for graphic novels, he wasnt going to sell the rights for any of his comics but he finaly let vendetta slip since it wasnt his most cherished property.

He had already sold the rights of "The League of the extraordinary gentlemen", and the movie turned ou to be a huge pool of manure.... I really hope that it won't be the case with this one.

IMO, the Watchmen is his masterpiece and nobody will ever be able to make a movie as good as the novel.

gofaster · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:41:21 AM »

"The Watchmen" was the only one of his books I read. Was pure genius in story writing and really elevated comic novels into the adult market.

From what I've seen of the trailer for "V", it struck me as a cross between George Orwell and "Aeon Flux", but in a bad way.

Airscrew · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2006, 08:46:10 AM »

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Originally posted by deSelys
He had already sold the rights of "The League of the extraordinary gentlemen", and the movie turned ou to be a huge pool of manure.... I really hope that it won't be the case with this one.

deSelys, I havent read any of those so I wasnt aware "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was a book and then a movie. I enjoyed the movie, mostly because of Sean Connery and also because I didnt read the book first.

phookat · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2006, 11:11:24 AM »

I loved the comic book. Extremely well done. I have a feeling that the movie is going to not be that great, just because the things that make the comic book great are things that are difficult to translate to a film format.

Then again...Natalie Portman will make a good Evey. So we'll see.

Sandman · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2006, 11:35:32 AM »

What's the word on Ultraviolet?

Airscrew · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2006, 11:45:05 AM »

Whatever happened to "Scanner Darkly" based on the Phillip Dick book.
They were here in Austin almost two years ago filming, they used some buildings behind ours.

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #21 on:** March 03, 2006, 12:15:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
Whatever happened to "Scanner Darkly" based on the Phillip Dick book.
They were here in Austin almost two years ago filming, they used some buildings behind ours.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/ascannerdarkly/trailer2/

phookat · « **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2006, 12:21:48 PM »

Why does Hollywood insist on ruining the best ideas by casting...*Keanu Reeves*. He was in the Hellblazer movie too...I cannot imagine a worse choice for the character of John Constantine.

Ever since the Matrix he's seen as the "sci fi guy". Granted he was decent in that movie, since his only requirement was to look dumb and say "Woooah", which is the kind of thing he's good at. He needs to go back to Bill and Ted.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2006, 12:48:10 PM »

Well, I actually think that most producers don't expect Reeves to be any good, so they don't let him be good.

One of the best scenes in Constantine was one that was cut. Reeves actually showed a good amount of emotion and pulled off the scene flawlessly.

phookat · « **Reply #24 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:23:30 PM »

Even if he was a good actor I would not have chosen him. I don't know if you've read the comics, but Constantine was a great character (when the author was good) and would have made a great character in a movie. But Keanu Reeves he is definitely not.

Airscrew · « **Reply #25 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:38:35 PM »

I never read those books either but watching Constantine and Keanu Reeves, I would have thought Rutger Hauer or Michael Madsen type actor would have been a better choice, someone a little older, a little more beliveable as someone with lung cancer, someone that looked like they smoke 4 packs a day.

Thanks for the link DMF, I wondered, I check once a month but I had a different site, a site they put up when they were making the movie, i expected to see something there when it was done.

http://www.philipkdick.com/films_scanner-061204.html

phookat · « **Reply #26 on:** March 03, 2006, 03:46:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
Rutger Hauer

I definitely like this idea. A good actor, and fits the part. Too bad it didn't happen.

BTW, the comics are great, but spotty. It's a series that changed authors every year or something. It will go through some buttkicking plot/character development involving the machinations of various demons and gods, and then the next issue will be about tripping out with aborigines.