i guess i've already read about half of those..
i remember seeing this a while ago, and i'd only read/owned one back then.
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RE: Sucker Punch
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@THE:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1951793,00.html
Roll down.sea got banned??
and i guess i've already read about half of these..
i remember seeing this a while ago, and i'd only read/owned one back then. -
RE: One Piece x Toriko collaboration Manga
much more entertaining than the other cross epoch with dragon ball.
luffy's charisma made it light, but a nice diversion. toriko still looks dull and generic to me.
sorry, toriko fans. =\Luffy's profile on the first page looks unexpectedly mature.
that was the only panel where i'm almost positive that it wasn't drawn by oda.
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RE: Xenoblade Chronicles
xenogears is the 2nd best rpg i've played, following closely after final fantasy VI.
xenosaga is one of the worst first-gen ps2 titles i played, and i turned it off after about an hour or two.ambivalent about this, but i'll be hopefully if the first glimpses look promising..
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RE: News: Newspaper: Funimation Sales Down More Than Half Since 2004
isn't this sort of old news, or par for the course?
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@JERK:
The Dark Knight Returns has never been adapted for film.
which is why i'm not turned off yet. i meant that the film versions just give me the impression i won't like his writing at all, so i just avoid his original works. they're like reverse advertisements, because i was interested in checking out his stuff before i saw 300.
just throwing these out here since the conversation has become how to make a good or bad comic film:
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Heh. I'm not even saying it's this good movie that people are shitting on, but the most annoying thing ever is when you're watching or discussing a movie and someone won't stop going on about the source material and how everything is either changed (ALWAYS) for the worse or lazily just copied and pasted.
I don't walk up to people talking about apples with some line about how I like the taste of oranges.
And on topic, I'm sure this movie sucks.
if it helps, i've never read 300 and i didn't like that one, either.
frank miller film adaptations have pretty much made me disinterested in his entire oeuvre
aside from maybe the dark knight returns.also, i'm wasn't knocking watchmen as a film in the first place; i was knocking snyder as a director. i agree that watchmen is a perfectly okay movie as long as you have never read the original book.
Is the graphic novel that good? I'm thinking of checking it out.
it's definitely worth checking out as it's satisfying on a lot of different levels. you'll probably enjoy it if you enjoy reading comics at all, regardless of personal taste or comic book fandom immersion.
i don't agree that it's the best of all time or anything, but definitely well-written, smart, and entertaining.
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RE: Sucker Punch
This is a movie about badass sexy hot chicks fighting and superb visuals. Its just one of the countless latest movies which have no real plot like the Expendables, Scott Pilgrim, Machete, Ninja Assasin…etc.
People should have specific expectations for specific movies when they go to the theaters.
From Sucker Punch..you can expect this...
[qimg]http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/sucker-punch-baby-doll-poster.jpg[/qimg]lol 'there are other dumb movies guys! how come you no like this dumb movie, too?!!?'
i've only seen scott pilgrim from that list, so i can only defend that one by saying there was a (messy)plot, and a lot of heart and originality. sucker punch is giving off a shallow 'kill bill impersonation' vibe–but once again, i haven't seen it, dude. maybe you're right, and it's awesome.
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@RobbyBevard:
I hate it when movies take source material thats already perfect and then deviate horrendously, thus leaving out what is often the best part of the book, the main theme, message, ending, or a moment that demanded to be on screen. I don't understand how anyone can stomach the Haryr Potter movies when they're misisng the only thing the books really had going for them, the world building and the charm. Or like when Jurassic Park left out the river ride or the scene in the hatchery.
If I'm getting a movie of a beloved book, I want that book up on screen, not something just taking its name and screwing it all up.
Considering the fact that recreating the comic was the only good thing Watchmen had going for it, and it sucked whenever it deviated, I'd say the BEST part of the entire film experience was looking forward to scenes you knew well and wondering how they'd be interpreted and pulled off and with sound and motion, and is pretty much all it had going for it.. (The same applies to the Sin City movie, really.)
And then he goes and injects Hallelujah into a an overlong sex scene, makes the murder of the redundantly obvious and lacking in subtlety, makes the regular humans into super beings, and misses the entire point of the story.
The fact that he screwed up so badly when he had perfect storyboards from THE MOST HIGHLY ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF ALL TIME written by ALAN the god of American and British comics MOORE to begin with speaks volumes about Synder's talent, or lack thereof.
my issue is that that form of fidelity, even at its best, either creates a strong reverence for the source material among already existing fans, or only comes close to the level of quality from the comic. the best comics, in my opinion, are taking advantage of the medium itself–that doesn't transfer if you adapt it directly into a film, because it's being swapped over to a completely new medium.
i think the director MUST respect and enjoy and have reverence for the source material for it to be good, but they have to realize they need to make it into a movie, not a moving comic book on screen. if you've read the original lord of the rings, jackson altered tons of aspects of the series that were prominent in the novels (read: songs play a massive part in the story, as well as lineage and each character's personal backstory), but the themes and spirit of the novels are completely in tact with those things taken out for the movies.
the original hellboy movie, i felt, was great--and it seems totally in the vein of everything from the comic, despite the swapping of liz's ethnicity. a LOT is lifted directly from the comic, the characters all feel true to their comic counterparts, the themes and style feel the same, but things are changed to make it flow naturally as a film. it would NOT have worked as well had it been a strict adaptation.
when the director gets it right, it feels exactly the same as it did reading the comic, even if some of the details and events are completely new. the only chance a director has at possibly IMPROVING upon the source material is when they understand the balance between adapting things for the film medium and keeping what's already there from the comic.
no one enjoys the harry potter movies, but there are definitely a few adaptations that i've seen improve upon a novel, and it's never when they try to copy every detail directly. as a movie fan and a fan of the comic, i didn't enjoy it at all. it's supposed to be a good comic made into a good film. i get why you'd enjoy that aspect, but what you're describing is only enjoyable in that fanboy 'oh, now i get to see rorschach do my favorite thing from the comic!' sort of way. i actually wanted a good movie, not my favorite scenes read back to me by someone who didn't seem to totally understand them.