Todd’s Thoughts On WANTED

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1. BtoFu 06/26/2008 @ 4:40pm

   It was either this or Incredible Hulk tonight and I went with the Hulk. The fact that they ballsed up the poster right there by having Angie’s arm facing the wrong way - you could twist it like that but err…why would you wanna pose in that sort of uncomfortable fashion? Even with an 18 certificate I thought it was only trying too hard to be cool…bullet curving uh okay. Not that the Hulk was up to much but at least it had Norton I guess.

2. Tuan Jim 06/26/2008 @ 6:19pm

   Going by “Tattooed Man” now Todd?  Cheesy!  Was “Lobster Boy” already taken?

3. Tuan Jim 06/26/2008 @ 6:23pm

   BTW, I’m reading good reviews about this now but I’m still a little hesitant despite the talent involved - I read the comic book after the movie was announced, but only recently made the connection.  Being one more “millar cynic-fest” (see his run on “The Authority”, etc) - I’m a little curious to see just how much got left in.  - although from the reviews I’ve already seen, it sounds as though most of the really repulsive character traits and events have been pulled - it also sounds like they rewrote the whole “secret society” bit to a twisted, non-representative shell of the original (not that I’d really mind other than the fact that I don’t enjoy adaptations nearly as much knowing how great the divergence is) - if that even makes sense.

4. ChevalierAguila 06/26/2008 @ 11:53pm

   Ugh, just no, i’m skipping this one.

5. Swarez 06/27/2008 @ 1:14am

   because all of the movie sites I visit are saying this rules all sorts of everything, I’m stoked to see this now.

6. Todd Brown 06/27/2008 @ 2:36am

   Tuan:  yeah, the film has very little connection to the comic beyond the initial set up.  It’s mostly just an excuse for the director to blow stuff up.  And, yeah, the Showcase blog is carnival themed - all the writers have to pick some sort of carnival name and since I’ve got a few very prominent tattoos ...

7. Kurt Halfyard 06/27/2008 @ 6:30am

   Meh.  Special Effects are the logical extension of the ‘watch series with even more cash and computer processing power, but (to use a bluray metaphor), all of the grain of the ‘Watch series is washed away, instead we are left with a sludge of Fight Club, Highlander, Office Space, The Matrix, Equilibrium.  And NOT in the good hommage-crazy way that DOOMSDAY was….

8. zombeaner 06/27/2008 @ 11:58am

   It looks fun to me.

9. The Visitor 06/28/2008 @ 2:42am

   the Watch series were a set of very terrible movies. ya, all the effects look cool, but narrative-wise it’s a mess, and it’s all very “empty.”

   i think the Matrix series was the last great visual-effects extravaganza with a substantial core. all its imitators since then have rung hollow.

   there are ppl calling Timur a “visualist” or “visual stylist.” no, he is not. the Wachowskis and Timur and ilk are “visual effects stylists.” visual stylists are people like Terrence Malick.

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