Watch the "Wanted" 1st Theatrical Trailer and discuss

[GNR]

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[Symbiotica]

"Our purpose is to maintain stability.... kill one, save a thousand."

Yeah.... that sounds like the Fraternity, all right.






NOT!!

I get no sense that these are paranormals, in any sense. FAIL

[deathshead2]

Well that doesn't even look like a comic book movie.

[Dark Donnie]

Looks pretty damn cool

[GNR]

"Our purpose is to maintain stability.... kill one, save a thousand."

Yeah.... that sounds like the Fraternity, all right.






NOT!!

I get no sense that these are paranormals, in any sense. FAIL

Yea,it's been known that the superhero/powers angle was dropped since the get go.

[xwolverine2]

wooooaaah!!!!!

this movie has moved to the top of my list...lol

[Octoberist]

I read a synosis on Wanted a while back. I never read the book but I know what it's about.

The trailer comes off as very different, premise-wise. I don't know about this one.

[MaskedManJRK]

If they used a different name then "Wanted," then I would be stoked for it. While the initial plot of it is the same, a guy pounded into conformity finds he is something more and becomes it, the change from supervillians to "assassins" and making it more good vs. evil does take away from the book itself.

[Hunter Rider]

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[IKnowSomeJudo]

Never read the comic, but that trailer was incredibly lame and generic. Not interested.

[Anti-Moderator]

I'm officially done with this garbage. There is no way, being a fan of the book WANTED, that I can accept this film. If I had known nothing about the production of this movie and saw this trailer without the title at the end, I would never have even known it was in any way related to WANTED. Not only that...but it really does look like a lame Matrix ripoff.


I refuse to even support it enough to bash it in these forums. Hope you guys enjoy the movie.

[d_haven]

hm..I understand why they might want to leave some of the subject matter out of the movie that was in the book...but still. This is not "wanted" the movie based on the graphic novel, this is "wanted" a movie with the same title and some of the same character names but a completely different story that is basically more hollywood drivel and a simple payday for everyone involved. I'll not be watching this.

[Hunter Rider]

Looks like a cool action flick.

[terry78]

Well that doesn't even look like a comic book movie.

That a positive or a negative?

[Gotham]

Angelina Jolie very much ruined the trailer for me. I don't know why, but she is very miscast.

[ang_hulk]

terrible.

[GNR]

For the first time,in terms of comic book movies,I didn't really know what to expect,since I have always shyed away from the book.For once I can look at a comic adaption with fresh eyes.

I'm a huge Millar fan,but have always heard that this was not his finest work from close friends who read comics.Plus,I'm on a student budget so I'm picky with comic purchases.

Either way guys,comic book/superhero movies are going to own the better part of 2008,2009 and maybe 2010.Last count,I think there are around 8 to 12 superhero/comic features.Good time to be a geek.

[Tempest19]

Felt like litterally puking. Still feel sick to my stomach. They call THIS 'Wanted'???? WTF?! This is going to be worse than both Catwoman and Elektra combined!

[Capt. Jack]

well that sucked!

well, not in every way but it looked absolutally nothing like the book not in one way.

i was affraid they would skip out on the superhero/supervillian angle but never did i imagine so much

**** this movie because the book is amazing and it was one of those books begging to be filmed but this is just dumb

what a dissapointment!

[namen87]

The official theatrical trailer to "Wanted" has been uploaded to YouTube by a film site and embedded here (http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/10/official-theatrical-trailer-to-wanted.html)!

[Apollo]

wow this movie seems like its going to be better then i thought it was going to be!

i liked it

[Johnichi Chiba]

Wow, way to go Universal. You take an original and incredibly unrelenting and irreverent graphic novel and turn it into a generic action movie.

[Symbiotica]

Yea,it's been known that the superhero/powers angle was dropped since the get go.

Then the entire purpose of the project is gutted. Rhetorical question here... Besides the supervillain angle, what sets what we're seeing here apart from 10,000 generic action flicks? I see nothing memorable here.

I'm a huge Millar fan,but have always heard that this was not his finest work from close friends who read comics.

It depends. If you're into supervillains, this "birth of a super-criminal" tale is not to be missed. If you thoroughly identify with heroes, you might enjoy it less. "Wanted" is definitely not for everyone - for one thing, the artist does not stint on the depictions of gore. People's heads are blown in half almost every other page.

The premise of the film is already flawed. When Fox and Wesley first meet [which is in a Subway-type sandwich shop] she does NOT rescue him from an attacker. LOL! Hardly. On a whim, she guns down every single person in the place, then whisks him off to meet Seltzer and then almost puts a bullet in Wesley's head herself. There's no kindness there. She does not care about him, he's Seltzer's project. [And in a way... hers.] it's strictly business.

Anyhoo, I'm going to have to agree with Anti-Moderator here and say that this is so extremely awful, I don't think I'll be following it further. You who want to see this, enjoy. Me, I don't want my super-criminals watered down, thanks but no thanks. Ugh.

[DSET]

seems like a C level movie...

if he flips off his boss like he didnt in the comic
it just might be worth seeing:hyper:

[L0ngsh0t]

Wow doesn't look terribly faithful at all but it looks like a damn fine action flick

[Mr. Sinister05]

Wow, this movie was horribly miscast and the whole assassin angle looks lame. The supervillain angle would've sold much better. Horrible!:cmad:

[MaskedManJRK]

For the first time,in terms of comic book movies,I didn't really know what to expect,since I have always shyed away from the book.For once I can look at a comic adaption with fresh eyes.

I'm a huge Millar fan,but have always heard that this was not his finest work from close friends who read comics.Plus,I'm on a student budget so I'm picky with comic purchases.

Either way guys,comic book/superhero movies are going to own the better part of 2008,2009 and maybe 2010.Last count,I think there are around 8 to 12 superhero/comic features.Good time to be a geek.

Your friends LIE. It's actually Millar's best.

[K.B.]

Seriously dude I'd find some new friends. If your a Millar fa nthis is Millar atthe top of his game re-inventing the genre. Wanted, like the original Sentry mini, will be talked about in 10,15,20 years the same way DKR and Watchmen are hailed now.

The trailer looks like complete garbage, not only as an adaptation but just as a movie as well. It comes off as not only a rip off of the matrix and a million other action flicks like it, but also as a BORING rip off. It came off as more of a trailer for a straight to DVD movie than a mutli-million dollar studio effort.

(but I bet the excuse fans will use will be "why would a studio show off the great effects in the first trailer?")

[DOG LIPS]

I never read the book, but I was interested in the trailer. Now that I've seen it, it looks OK I guess. Typical action movie with slo-mo-matrix bullet crap and such. Nothing special, but looks worth a watchin'.

[dark_b]

it doesnt look fresh enough. to bad. if it has tons of action i will watch it in the theater.

P.S. the start of the trailer was pathetic. i am talking about jolie in the store. it was edited extreme bad.

[nite-owl]

Meh, I wasn't a fan of the book so I'll pass on this.

[chamber-music]

generic action movie and matrix rip off it looks like. You can totally tell whats gonna happen before you have even seen the movie.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Wow, way to go Universal. You take an original and incredibly unrelenting and irreverent graphic novel and turn it into a generic action movie.

My feelings also. Shame really. I watched the trailer and was like "Did I accidentally click on the link to the Matrix trailer?"

[Carlo Comicus]

Horrible.

[Superman_]

Dear God Almighty after seeing the trailer I am so pissed at this movie. :cmad: Good God this should have been the easy to adapt to film and they made it into trash. I mean these guys were never heroes or keeping a balance between good and evil they were just plain pure bad ass evil.

[A_Graves]

As a huge Wanted fan I am incredibly dismayed. Removing the supervillain aspect set this movie up to fail from the start. The entire Wanted story is completely over the top, and they go all the way with it. The supervillain aspect maintains congruency with the rest of the ridiculous, excessive action and violence.

Without the supervillains, it's just another shoot-em-up, john woo wannabe, matrix jr. With the supervillains, you have a comic book movie sans your typical Hero/Protagonist vs. Arch Nemesis plot. Instead you have a gritty, action-packed tale that doesn't pull its punches and puts the (average) viewer in a situation that isn't necessarily brand new, but not one that they're in 15 times a year already. Protagonist-as-deadly-assassin is done every 5 minutes in hollywood action movies. Supervillain with impunity? Not quite so often. The last time someone made a gritty, true-to-story comic book adaptation that didn't pull its punches, we got Batman Begins.

That scene where Morgan Freeman makes the bullet curve around the obstacle in midair made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

[tdeverea]

Why are you guys so upset with this trailer? You knew long ago that the movie was going to be different from the graphic novel. I do think incorporating superheroes and villains could've worked nicely but oh well...

Anyhow, you all should wait and see what the movie has in store. The trailer and the synopsis does claim that the Fraternity is not all that they seem - hence, a possibel twist in the movie. Wesley could find out that he's been assasinating heroes all along. Wait and see. We might get a nice surprise.

[xisaacx]

i know some people are saying oh this is going to be a great action flick, why are you all mad, um well MAYBE your ok with a story you love being changed but WE ARE NOT. as a fan it pisses me off when hollywood changes someones origin or a script to be more p.c or tone down the violence for an audience, and although they make these movies to just make money, as a fan it just makes me sick. Half of the comic movies that have been produced have been absolute ****. terrible trailer, angelina jolie isnt even that great, and It looks like an amped up version of the matrix, so **** this, and for those who say oh it looks awesome..how do you even call yourself a fan? and support this stuff? No true fan would be happy with this movie, its a simple as that.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Some people are so used to being disappointed by how poorly adaptations are handled they are accepting this as a passable action movie.

[shinlyle]

For the first time,in terms of comic book movies,I didn't really know what to expect,since I have always shyed away from the book.For once I can look at a comic adaption with fresh eyes.

I'm a huge Millar fan,but have always heard that this was not his finest work from close friends who read comics.Plus,I'm on a student budget so I'm picky with comic purchases.

Either way guys,comic book/superhero movies are going to own the better part of 2008,2009 and maybe 2010.Last count,I think there are around 8 to 12 superhero/comic features.Good time to be a geek.

As MaskedManJRK said, this is Millar's BEST work, and probably my favorite comic of all time. So....yeah.


As for the trailer, I didn't know they were making another Matrix movie. This couldn't look any less like the comic if Pitof (of Catwoman In Name Only fame) had directed it.

Comic book: Full of superheroes. Movie: NO SUPERHEROES.

Yeah, this may turn out to be jsut another disposable action movie, but it could have been so much more....it could have been GREAT.

[shinlyle]

Some people are so used to being disappointed by how poorly adaptations are handled they are accepting this as a passable action movie.

And that just goes to show you how easily people can be convinced to swallow any spoonful of S*** that Hollywood feeds them. It's sad.

This is going to be an "Equilibrium" and "Matrix" rip-off AT BEST. Anyone who's read the comci can't possibly think this'll be worthy of it.

[terry78]

^Like someone mentioned to me, not that many people have read the comic outside of our little fanboy community. The masses will see another Jolie/Freeman vehicle chock full of action.

[dima]

Based on what I've read... the movie was being written at the same time as the comic. One issue of the comic was out at the time they started writing the movie. So yeah... they went away from the original plot... because there was no plot available. What they should have done was what Kubrick and Clarke did with 2001: Space Odyssey. They wrote the movie/book while constantly talking to each other and comparing notes and basically working together.

Another disadvantage to the movie is the director. While gifted, he is the wrong man for the job. Why? Simply because he took the core/subject matter of the premise... and threw it out. What, they couldn't find someone who would stick to the plot? Or did the suits not care about the whole super villain take? Somehow I don't think it was the suits. From reading interviews with the director, it's pretty clear that he wasn't interested in making a "comic book" movie.

[RedIsNotBlue]

^Like someone mentioned to me, not that many people have read the comic outside of our little fanboy community. The masses will see another Jolie/Freeman vehicle chock full of action.

I haven't read the comics at all but I have a little knowledge about it...the characters, story, how hardcore it was and it just sounded amazing. But so amazing and risky I don't even know why I even had my hopes up in the first place. This adaptation was DOA.

[phoenixflight]

Why so little love in this thread?? Where are the mass of comic fans, have they just no read WANTED?

Does anyone have the trailer for download, non-HD format...please post!!

[xisaacx]

this is what annoys me, you have movies like the hills have eyes, with girls getting raped, and people being gutted, and movies about serial killers and whatnot that have been shown in the theatures, people thought that were risky and they still showed all them. So wanteds "risky" scenes which I dont consider risky at all just apart of the book which should stick true should still be in there

[xisaacx]

in my opinion people WHO ARENT comic book fans or fans of the comic will say this is awesome cause its depicted as a shoot em up movie, its so much more then that but we will never know now cause it was produced like a pile of ****. so once again **** making things pc or w/e for the good of the people.

[terry78]

^You expect that type of thing in thrillers or horror, not in comic book movies. You just don't.

[shinlyle]

Why so little love in this thread?? Where are the mass of comic fans, have they just no read WANTED?

Does anyone have the trailer for download, non-HD format...please post!!

Um...the people who have read the comic are watching the trailer in disgust at how different it is from the comic.


Yeah, the comic wasn't even on issue 2 before the script was started up, but that's no excuse. Personally, I think it's going to be a very gimmicky action flick that borders on awesome but never acieves it....just like so many others, nowadays.

Looks like this is 8 bucks plus concessions that I can use on something else.

[RDK]

I agree the trailer is "meh," but do you guys really believe that Hollywood would ever make a $100 million action movie about supervillains that nobody has ever heard about before? I mean, Wanted has nowhere near the same popularity and name recognition as Batman, Spider-Man, and the rest, and the comic is a nihilistic (though brilliant I agree) deconstruction of the genre. I can perhaps understand the argument that the film shouldn't have been called "Wanted" if it drifted so far from the comic book concept, but it's incredibly naive of you people to think that this was either an "easy" adaptation or a film that would have been more commercial if stuck more closely to the comic. Other than comic book geeks (and I am one), nobody would be interested in an action film about murderous, utterly immoral supervillains who dress in Halloween costumes.

[mage]

this is the most wrong comic movie since catwoman. I'll give almost anything a chance but wanted is my favourite book right after preacher. This one is going WAAAY too far with changing it from the comic. I love the changes they do cus then I don't feel like I'm watching a story I already know too much about, but this is just too much. Seriously, what the F. I'm not givin a penny to this movie

[RedIsNotBlue]

I agree the trailer is "meh," but do you guys really believe that Hollywood would ever make a $100 million action movie about supervillains that nobody has ever heard about before?

Isn't that what they are doing anyway??? :huh:

I mean, Wanted has nowhere near the same popularity and name recognition as Batman, Spider-Man, and the rest, and the comic is a nihilistic (though brilliant I agree) deconstruction of the genre.

Exactly! Translating everything how it was in the comics would have given us something different and exciting. Instead we are getting a watered down cliche piece of **** it seems. I hate this ****ing recycle mentality in Hollywood. Get some balls and try something instead of worrying about making a buck.

Other than comic book geeks (and I am one), nobody would be interested in an action film about murderous, utterly immoral supervillains who dress in Halloween costumes.

I wouldn't call myself a comic book geek and I just love the idea of this story I don't give a **** if it came from a comic I really wanted to see this story on screen. God forbid anyone make an R rated superhero movie that would just be too risky!

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[M.O.Steel]

the guy going through the glass looks like he's flying. Are you sure they are dropping the superhuman sotryline completely?

[Superman_]

^^ Yep they dropped the superhuman storyline and switched it to magic.

[d_haven]

The real issue that I am having with this is not that they arent being true to the story, but really...the fact that they COULD NOT be true to the story with all of the insane stuff that happens in that book. We who have read it know it. Rapes..murders..cop killing...monsters made of crap, orgies, drug use...dimemberment..its all in there. Really, with all of the absolute crybabies out there this movie, if it were true to the book, would freak people into lawsuitville. Sad but true. I think Millar when he was writing this was just laughing his ass off in a mad fit about how over the top and ironic it was. And I think that he probably wasnt expecting to get an additional payday out of it either. I guess what I am saying is that if they had to warp the story that much..and we all know its just not a couple of minor tweaks...should it have been made at all? I think that the time will eventually come that people just stop accepting our wee pittance of storytelling and flare that they call film and tell them to shove it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'LL NOT BE WATCHING THIS. To those plants they have on these boards, tell your bosses that when this shlock is released that I'll be outside having a good time, and not sitting in a theater feeling my brain melt out of my ears and I am happy to say that I believe I wont be alone. Save your money and hire people with some story-telling ability and get your execs the hell out of the creative side of things.

[Figs]

I've never even ready the Graphic novel only seen parts of it here and there in picture format as well as having a few fans of it on SHH tell me about the story..............this looks like it has absolutely nothing to do with the book except for the name. I don't see anything similar at all from seeing that trailer.

[L0ngsh0t]

^Like someone mentioned to me, not that many people have read the comic outside of our little fanboy community. The masses will see another Jolie/Freeman vehicle chock full of action.


I would love to see a straight adaption but this thing looks badass, I am game

If you can make a sweet movie, however loose the adaptation is....go for it

you know 10 years down the road someone will make a straight adaption anyways so its all good

[RDK]

^^ Yep they dropped the superhuman storyline and switched it to magic.
Don't know what you've been reading but it's not "magic."

[terry78]

Honestly, the thing would have had to be like Grindhouse type levels in order to be accurate. Robert Rodriguez probably should have directed it.

[sinewave]

completely disappointing. i hadn't heard that they were doing away with the supervillain angle. i'll still give them the benefit of the doubt until i see it, but man, i don't have a good feeling about this. i want to see dr. rictus and all the other creeps. i can't imagine millar is too happy with this.

[블라스]

Damn, the hate coming out if this thread is so strong that the flowers in my office actually died :confused:

Anyway, I thought this looked great. It looks like a really fun action movie, and I will definitely go see it :up: :D

Also, even though now I know that the graphic novel is very different, I will still buy it. I really loved Mark Millar's take on The Ultimates, and this sounds like a great book as well.

If anything, I can look at the movie as some kind of companion piece to the novel (or viceversa).

Just because it's so different, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be horrible.
Look at the Bourne books, and the Bourne movies.

[Isildur´s Heir]

To be honest, it looks like crap.
The first line from Jolie is horrible.

A perfect comic, a lousy movie (as it seems)....a real shame :(

[the a1ant]

The trailer is ok, but nothing unique or special. Having read the graphic novel, this movie looks nothing like how I pictured it. I'll prob pass on this, unless a more impressive trailer hits. I think a more faithful adaption (visually/story-wise) would've been kicka$$, but we'll see...

I really wanted Jada Pinkett-Smith as Fox, too :mad:

[Anubis]

Aw man, I was really looking forward to this, I didn't even know they had done away with the super-villain angle. Not being able to see the kid steal a kryptonite condom from a alternate universe JLA, killing and maiming superheroes the whole way during a mad dash to the dimensional teleporter with busted jet boots and a living doll carrying him all the way is just.......incredibly disappointing. If I hadn't read the book already, I probably would have wanted to see this, but now.....screw it.

[dr.strange]

one day,hollywood will respect the source material.....maybe.if not a two hour movie,then how about a miniseries where you can flesh out the characters more?wanted wouldve been perfect.

[dima]

They should have made an Anime out of it. THAT could have worked. Something like Ghost In The Shell.

[JayTee]

"WINO" 'nuff said.

[TheVileOne]

You know what this trailer looked like? Like a bad knock-off of the Matrix. Jolie in the Trinity role. Morgan Freeman playing Morpheus. Mixed with what looked like the trailer for Daywatch.

So they are assassins now instead of supervillains? LAME.

Why is it even called WANTED? Because they aren't even supervillains apparently.

[Mister Sinister]

"Our purpose is to maintain stability.... kill one, save a thousand."

That's what ruins this for me. The whole point of Wanted are that they're villains, not anti-heroes, not sympathetic characters, they are just bastards. Getting rid of that element pretty much gets rid of the whole point of Wanted.


It seems like a good movie though, even if it is a bad adaptation.

[GL1]

Well it sounds like a horrible adaptation... mostly because it's not a Supervillain movie (but from what I understand, they said that a long time ago)

but the movie itself? Looks kick-butt up and down. And up and down again. Goodness... the man put a curveball on a bullet... what more do you want?

[Anubis]

That's what ruins this for me. The whole point of Wanted are that they're villains, not anti-heroes, not sympathetic characters, they are just bastards. Getting rid of that element pretty much gets rid of the whole point of Wanted.




Quoted for Truth.

[Anubis]

Well it sounds like a horrible adaptation... mostly because it's not a Supervillain movie (but from what I understand, they said that a long time ago)

but the movie itself? Looks kick-butt up and down. And up and down again. Goodness... the man put a curveball on a bullet... what more do you want?

A guy with a mobbed up talking penis, a s**t monster, and the kid slicing a bullet back into a baby eating douche bag's face.

[tdeverea]

I am equally tickled and disgusted at the number of adults who are crying about this movie adaptation. Do you guys really hold this source material so near and dear to your hearts that you can't except that they didn't make the movie way you wanted them to? Come on ladies and gentlemen.

Personally, I think the trailer was decent but it was lacking something. I love the story and the actors though, so I believe the movie will be quite entertaining. I agree with the person who suggested an anime version would've been a better idea.

[GL1]

A guy with a mobbed up talking penis, a s**t monster, and the kid slicing a bullet back into a baby eating douche bag's face.

Hmmmm...

I know Hollywood can be unimaginative... but I can't see them pulling that off at this point. But I can see now how a lot of the rawness of the movie has been lost...

I'd be pretty pissed if a PG-13 Authority movie came out, for instance.

[Anubis]

They didn't even try. Instead of giving us something never before done on the silver screen, they give us action movie plot #4. I mean, it doesn't look like it'll be a bad movie, but i've got the burden of having seen what might have been, and I just don't see any way i'll get a lick of enjoyment out of it. I'll wait for it come out on cable.

[GoldenAgeHero]

i always knew they would make a matrix sequel.

[KenK]

i always knew they would make a matrix sequel.

And not just in terms of action, but the whole story set-up; A beautiful woman approaches some lowly day laborer to tell him that he's destined for greatness, and then we see him become an acrobatic style gunsmith. Yeah, that is pretty much the set-up as the comic is concerned, but it clearly went in a totally different direction, as far as all the supervillain stuff. The fact that the movie has seen fit to tone town some of those elements to the point of non-existence, is a bit depressing.

[RedIsNotBlue]

And not just in terms of action, but the whole story set-up; A beautiful woman approaches some lowly day laborer to tell him that he's destined for greatness, and then we see him become an acrobatic style gunsmith. Yeah, that is pretty much the set-up as the comic is concerned, but it clearly went in a totally different direction, as far as all the supervillain stuff. The fact that the movie has seen fit to tone town some of those elements to the point of non-existence, is a bit depressing.

I also thought Morgan Freeman's character was basically Morpheus.

[M.O.Steel]

one day,hollywood will respect the source material.....maybe.if not a two hour movie,then how about a miniseries where you can flesh out the characters more?wanted wouldve been perfect.

I kinda like this idea. Some stories just make sense doing in mini-series, or just a regualr series if it has good grounds. i think it would have made more sense to do it that way.

[블라스]

You guys sure know a lot about a movie you haven't even seen.
I wish I had your almost supernatural insight!

[Superman_]

This movie could have been great now it will be just like Catwoman :(


God this pisses me off because I was really hoping I could be proven wrong about this movie. I mean the comic itself is a modern-day classic.

[TheVileOne]

Whatever. A trailer is supposed to get people talking or discussing a movie either way.

The trailer makes the movie look like a cheap, bad Matrix clone.

[KenK]

You guys sure know a lot about a movie you haven't even seen.
I wish I had your almost supernatural insight!

Of course, commenting on whether or not the movie will be good is premature, but A LOT is apparent just from watching the trailer, not to mention reading the OFFICIAL synopsis from the film, as well as reading interviews with the filmammkers. The bottom line is that this film is very much removed from the source material to the point of being something we've seen before countless times. It'd be a different story if the changes resulted in something that didn't look so damn familiar. But I mean, just from a visual standpoint, there's NOTHING to link this film to the comic. Nothing about it looks like Wanted. As I said on another message board, assuming you were a fan of the comic, but didn't know a film was being made based on the comic, you should be able to watch the trailer with the sound off, and ultimately KNOW, before the title card appears, what comic the film is based on.

Even if you could argue that there are comic films that can stay true to a comic in all ways except the look, we've still got a small line of dialogue in the trailer that kind of betrays the whole concept; Morgan Freeman saying The Fraternity believes in "killing one to save thousands", it sounds like they're making the Fraternity out to be good guys, or at least people who believe their actions are for a greater good. The whole hook of Wanted is that it's villains being evil for the sake of being evil. They fought superheroes and won. How excited can we got for the film, or more appropriately, how are we to help ourselves from prematurely judging the film, when the trailer acknowledges virtually NONE of the source material.

[tdeverea]

This movie could have been great now it will be just like Catwoman :(


God this pisses me off because I was really hoping I could be proven wrong about this movie. I mean the comic itself is a modern-day classic.


LOL! You haven't even SEEN this movie yet! LOL!

[tdeverea]

Of course, commenting on whether or not the movie will be good is premature, but A LOT is apparent just from watching the trailer, not to mention reading the OFFICIAL synopsis from the film, as well as reading interviews with the filmammkers. The bottom line is that this film is very much removed from the source material to the point of being something we've seen before countless times. It'd be a different story if the changes resulted in something that didn't look so damn familiar. But I mean, just from a visual standpoint, there's NOTHING to link this film to the comic. Nothing about it looks like Wanted. As I said on another message board, assuming you were a fan of the comic, but didn't know a film was being made based on the comic, you should be able to watch the trailer with the sound off, and ultimately KNOW, before the title card appears, what comic the film is based on.

Even if you could argue that there are comic films that can stay true to a comic in all ways except the look, we've still got a small line of dialogue in the trailer that kind of betrays the whole concept; Morgan Freeman saying The Fraternity believes in "killing one to save thousands", it sounds like they're making the Fraternity out to be good guys, or at least people who believe their actions are for a greater good. The whole hook of Wanted is that it's villains being evil for the sake of being evil. They fought superheroes and won. How excited can we got for the film, or more appropriately, how are we to help ourselves from prematurely judging the film, when the trailer acknowledges virtually NONE of the source material.

The voiceover states that The Fraternity is not all that they seem. As in, he assumes they are one thing but they turn out to be something else... Pay attention people! Sheesh!!

[Edd Automatica]

Okay, first off. I read the comic. It was absolutely brilliant. It was one of the most original ideas to come out of comics in years I thought. Supervillians killing off all the superheroes and running the world? Come on that's like the end of Empire! The worst scenario of a superhero's world has happened, and it's brilliant. Now they're making it seem like Wesley is a hero, and being trained by heroes. But they're calling them assassins. Also, they're taking out all the cool details and look of the nemesis of the main characters, and it's just a crying shame that they didn't grow a pair and follow the movie to the book like recent successes such as V for Vendetta(even though a lot of the book wasn't there, it still was faithful), 300, and Sin City. I mean, those movies were successful because they followed the book, but still made it into a good movie. This is bush league.

[Killgore]

They've missed the point entirely, and it's not just supervillians. Wesley and the "Fraternity" is supposed to be completely amoral and reprehensible. That's the entire charm of the book is rooting for the despicable. This isn't a tale of greys or blacks and whites, it's all deep black. All of the characters are horrible, horrible people. They rape and kill not to "save a thousand" but because they CAN. And that's the charm of the book. It doesn't hold back.

Something tells me it wont end with the audience seeing Wesleys screaming face as he gets us up the ass.

[~†~§iX~†~]

I was very unimpressed. I saw short clips of something that resembled moments from issue 1, but everything else seemed to be gone. It's not just the story of the comic, but I miss the look. Wanted was a very cinematic comic, with each frame standing out like a movie still. Even long giving up casting that looks like the characters, this film has no unique look. McAvoy still blends into the background whether being life's punchingbag or kicking ass. Jolie looks like she's come from another Lara Croft movie and Freeman...well, it's Morgan Freeman in a suit; he could be wearing his Dark Knight costume!......

[Killgore]

This is like making a Preacher movie without all of the blasphemous sacrilege. As if they drop the whole religious aspect all together, along with Cassady being a vampire. Or making a Soprano's movie where Tony is just a family guy and isn't a mobster. Or making Jurassic Park without dinosaurs. Or making a porn without nudity and sex. It's pointless.

[Doomed Hero Rising]

I'm unimpressed

[CombatRock319]

im so upset. i was really looking forward to this movie. it was gunna be a sick visual and now, well, if you didnt tell me it was and add for wanted and they didn't say "fraternity", "fox" and "wesley" i would have never guessed that it was an ad for wanted. this is a comic book movie. a movie about SUPERVILLIANS. stupid hollywood is convinced that all the comic gold needs to be metamorphed into something its not. Wanted is a damn good story, whether you tell it with ink, or on the silver screen. THe original story is original, action packed, visually stunning, and on top of it all it leaves you thinking the whole way through. And they stripped it and made it another dumb movie about someone being "the chosen one" and being stripped from their normal life to become a "hero!" I'm pissed. Mark Millar should be too. He should take his name of the project cause this is the most unfair depiction i have ever scene. [and its Halle Berry, Tommy Lee Jones and Eminem you morons in Hollywood]

[CombatRock319]

oh and that first scene in the trailer i was literally waiting for jolie to blow everyone in the freakin store away.

now THAT would be wanted.

[Sun_Down]

I am equally tickled and disgusted at the number of adults who are crying about this movie adaptation. Do you guys really hold this source material so near and dear to your hearts that you can't except that they didn't make the movie way you wanted them to? Come on ladies and gentlemen.


My thoughts exactly. It's bad enough when people get so worked up about adaptions of traditional (serial) comics, but that can be forgiven to an extent because those characters have been around for decades and their fans feel a sense of conncection to those characters. But people, this was a 4-issue mini-series! Get the hell over it.

[Killgore]

I don't care if it is the Justice League or Care Bears. If they decide to deviate so much from the source material, then there is no point in calling it an "adaptation".

And yeah, it was only a five issue mini. How many issues and how old does it need to be for people to want to see a faithful adaptation? What's the cut off line. 12 issues like Watchmen? Ten years old like Sin City?

[Anubis]

They took something that could have been fresh and new, and they made it bland and basically took all the balls outta the story. That's the bottom line. I don't wanna see it.

[KenK]

My thoughts exactly. It's bad enough when people get so worked up about adaptions of traditional (serial) comics, but that can be forgiven to an extent because those characters have been around for decades and their fans feel a sense of conncection to those characters. But people, this was a 4-issue mini-series! Get the hell over it.

That kinda just makes their deviations from it that much more unforgivable. All they had to work with is this one, self-contained story, and have little to no interest in adhering to it. One singular story, one singular look to each individual character, virtually all the work was done for them. I mean, they couldn't even committ to the visuals from the comic!! It's not like it would have even been THAT difficult to adapt Wesley and The Fox's costumes! J.G. Jones art favors realism enough that they wouldn't even have had to put much thought into what materials would be best to use.

[Sun_Down]

I don't care if it is the Justice League or Care Bears. If they decide to deviate so much from the source material, then there is no point in calling it an "adaptation".

And yeah, it was only a five issue mini. How many issues and how old does it need to be for people to want to see a faithful adaptation? What's the cut off line. 12 issues like Watchmen? Ten years old like Sin City?

So you're just upset about semantics? I think that only supports my side here.

Whatever, have a cow and freak out and be pissed off. Life's too short for that.

[MEXBONE]

I loved the novel , but from seeing the trailer :dry: ......

[Hoedowned]

Now I've never read the miniseries (but i've heard enough of it to know how unfaithful the movie seems to be), but even with that apparent benefit the trailer seems like it's lacking something. Maybe it will be a somewhat decent and enjoyable movie, but i'm not getting that vibe from it now.

[K.B.]

What I find funny is all these people going o nabout "oh you didn't think they'd make a good $100 mill adaptation of a comic thats not a house hold name" b.s.

Heres some other none house hold name comic films that kicked ass

300
Sin City
Hellboy

Sorry I just know for a fact that it's possible to make a good movie.

[ultimatefan]

Well, I didn´t read the miniseries so I watched it without any preconceived ideas of what it should be... Seems like an entertaining and watchable enough action movie, some cool visuals, nothing else. Oh, and Jolie was much hotter when she had more a little more meat in her bones.

[DarkSuperman]

I'm officially done with this garbage. There is no way, being a fan of the book WANTED, that I can accept this film. If I had known nothing about the production of this movie and saw this trailer without the title at the end, I would never have even known it was in any way related to WANTED. Not only that...but it really does look like a lame Matrix ripoff.


I refuse to even support it enough to bash it in these forums. Hope you guys enjoy the movie.

WANTED is the BEST comic book that I have ever read in my entire life. PERIOD. That concept was just so incredible it was like Sin City with Super Powers. Supervillains killed all the heroes and secretly run the world. Fantastic concept!

However, this movie seems like a generic shoot'em up. The Fraternity was soooooooo cool in the comics. The Gear, the cars, the costumes, the family feuds, The Psycho Super Villains!

If I have nothing better to do I might go see it, but as a super fan of the original graphic novel I can tell that movie doesn't even come close. Wanted is like A Clockwork Orange on steroids with super powers. I don't think this movie comes close to representing even half of what made the comic special.

and on another note...why did they cast an anorexic Angelina Jolie in the park that was clearly modeled after Halle Berry in the comics? :csad:

[DarkSuperman]

Then the entire purpose of the project is gutted. Rhetorical question here... Besides the supervillain angle, what sets what we're seeing here apart from 10,000 generic action flicks? I see nothing memorable here.



It depends. If you're into supervillains, this "birth of a super-criminal" tale is not to be missed. If you thoroughly identify with heroes, you might enjoy it less. "Wanted" is definitely not for everyone - for one thing, the artist does not stint on the depictions of gore. People's heads are blown in half almost every other page.

The premise of the film is already flawed. When Fox and Wesley first meet [which is in a Subway-type sandwich shop] she does NOT rescue him from an attacker. LOL! Hardly. On a whim, she guns down every single person in the place, then whisks him off to meet Seltzer and then almost puts a bullet in Wesley's head herself. There's no kindness there. She does not care about him, he's Seltzer's project. [And in a way... hers.] it's strictly business.

Anyhoo, I'm going to have to agree with Anti-Moderator here and say that this is so extremely awful, I don't think I'll be following it further. You who want to see this, enjoy. Me, I don't want my super-criminals watered down, thanks but no thanks. Ugh.

You're right the entire plot of the story has been gutted. It's supposed to be about super villains being evil with no one to stop them not assassins making the world a better place, like we don't all foresee the ineviatable twist at the end where you discover that the Fraternity isn't saving a thousand they're killing the good guys. Kinda lame when compared to what it was in the comics. There's a word I like to use in situations like these...

UNREMARKABLE. :cmad:

Does anyone know where I could find a cool wallpaper for the REAL wanted and not this movie version?

[ultimatefan]

Well, even though I didn´t read the GN, it sounds a lot cooler than the premise for this movie. Oh, well...

[K.B.]

The twist to the movie is that the bag of bones Jolie turns out not be Fox but really Mr. Rictus in disguise :)

[GL1]

Y'know, there's a lot of love for the original GN in here...

...as there should be...

... but no one seems to have commented on how cool and stylish the trailer is. Most people whom I've spoken with have been sold from the moment Morgan Freeman put a curveball on a bullet. And I'll put money against the 'forseeable twist' mentioned above, cuz... just no.

So, yeah, the movie might as well be named something else entirely (It doesn't appear as anyone is 'wanted' in the criminal sense), but as for what it is, on it's own? It's looking better than some other comic book movies, quality-wise.

[xisaacx]

graphic novel was great. trailer and movie is going to be garbage. end of story. wanted is NOT supposed to necessarily be a shoot em up movie, but supposed to be more story driven(a great story) by the way. You take the superhero/villain factor out of the movie IT RUINS THE CONCEPT of a world without heroes

[RedIsNotBlue]

Y'know, there's a lot of love for the original GN in here...

...as there should be...

... but no one seems to have commented on how cool and stylish the trailer is. Most people whom I've spoken with have been sold from the moment Morgan Freeman put a curveball on a bullet. And I'll put money against the 'forseeable twist' mentioned above, cuz... just no.

So, yeah, the movie might as well be named something else entirely (It doesn't appear as anyone is 'wanted' in the criminal sense), but as for what it is, on it's own? It's looking better than some other comic book movies, quality-wise.

But you do realize this trailer is basically the Matrix? It's not bad enough they are pretty much going away from the source material but they are basically ripping off the entire premise of another popular movie.

[KenK]

Y'know, there's a lot of love for the original GN in here...

...as there should be...

... but no one seems to have commented on how cool and stylish the trailer is. Most people whom I've spoken with have been sold from the moment Morgan Freeman put a curveball on a bullet. And I'll put money against the 'forseeable twist' mentioned above, cuz... just no.

So, yeah, the movie might as well be named something else entirely (It doesn't appear as anyone is 'wanted' in the criminal sense), but as for what it is, on it's own? It's looking better than some other comic book movies, quality-wise.

Well, any ****ty movie can have at least one or two good money shots for their trailer, but I'll admit, I liked the scene with the guy going through the skyscraper window.

[Johnichi Chiba]

I think the problem that most of us Wanted (graphic novel) fans have with the movie is that it looks like its going to be just an ok action movie. THATS THE PROBLEM. Wanted, the graphic novel, wasn't just an average okay action story, it was like an action/comedy with hilariously un-pc jokes and its own unique characters. With the movie, it looks like they've stripped that all away. Now it just seems like a "safe" generally pleasing movie for the masses that will be forgotten in a couple years.

[Anubis]

Years? Try months. Days even.

[M.O.Steel]

why did they drop the suit? It looks awesome.

[Anubis]

What's the point of having a kickass costume if they've completely done away with the need to even wear one?

[M.O.Steel]

they are assasins. superman doesn't really need on, niehter does spiderman. It just looks cool

[terry78]

No superhero needs costumes, but for some reason, skintight uniforms are a neccessity when fighting. I guess it's the best thing to fighting naked, which would mean nothing getting in your way. I do have to ask though...when it's winter, don't they get cold?

[Anubis]

From the looks of the trailer, they're the type of assassin's who like to wear a suit and tie when they off a guy.

[KenK]

From the looks of the trailer, they're the type of assassin's who like to wear a suit and tie when they off a guy.

Gee, we haven't seen THAT before.

I just want to know, will we see Wesley's father leap from rooftops in nothing but an evening robe, after being interrupted while taping gay porn?

[Deadpool876]

Damn, the hate coming out if this thread is so strong that the flowers in my office actually died :confused:

Anyway, I thought this looked great. It looks like a really fun action movie, and I will definitely go see it :up: :D

Also, even though now I know that the graphic novel is very different, I will still buy it. I really loved Mark Millar's take on The Ultimates, and this sounds like a great book as well.

If anything, I can look at the movie as some kind of companion piece to the novel (or viceversa).

Just because it's so different, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be horrible.
Look at the Bourne books, and the Bourne movies.

Yeah, that's what I thought too. Also, it's just a trailer, let's give the movie a chance shall we. You never know, there might be some pleasant surprises when the movie is finally shown. :cwink: If there's none, no big deal to me. :whatever: Life goes on...:woot:

[K.B.]

The whole "lets wait and see" idea is so lame and a terrible way of looking at things. Sorry I honestly dont need to wait "to see the movie and the context" to know when someone gets my favorite stories/characters wrong.

I am sick and tired of fans just sitting there and taking whatever the yget handed and loving it off..like wtf people? Am I the only one who remembers when fans were SUPER PISSED about Keaton being cast and it caused WB to rush the trailer out? I seriously wish the collective fandom would grow their balls back cuz it's really sickening how complacient 99% of the fan base has become.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well when the movie sucks the same people will probably say come on wait for the directors cut lets wait and see.

[Untilteld]

Loved the book, but skeptical about the movie, trailer seemed alright, but hmm...

[nocomics]

I've never read the comics so I'm not sure how its supposed to be. When I saw the trailer it kindof reminded me of that Clive Owens movie(forgot the name,had monica bellucie).

[Iron Fist]

I thought the trailer was good.

[KenK]

I've never read the comics so I'm not sure how its supposed to be. When I saw the trailer it kindof reminded me of that Clive Owens movie(forgot the name,had monica bellucie).

Shoot 'Em Up. Especially with that one scene of Wesley cross-arm shooting at people.

[xwolverine2]

Well when the movie sucks the same people will probably say come on wait for the directors cut lets wait and see.

i still think it looks great... i dont care what you people think lol:hyper:

[Zeitgeist]

I liked it. But the part with the train falling down looked bad. Really fake.

Btw, y hallo thar, nu fish.

[Untilteld]

I've never read the comics so I'm not sure how its supposed to be. When I saw the trailer it kindof reminded me of that Clive Owens movie(forgot the name,had monica bellucie).

shoot em up?

[RedIsNotBlue]

i still think it looks great... i dont care what you people think lol:hyper:

Hey thats fine. I was talking to the people that have this wait and see attitude like its going to be better or more like Wanted than what is being shown.

[ultimatefan]

I think the problem that most of us Wanted (graphic novel) fans have with the movie is that it looks like its going to be just an ok action movie. THATS THE PROBLEM. Wanted, the graphic novel, wasn't just an average okay action story, it was like an action/comedy with hilariously un-pc jokes and its own unique characters. With the movie, it looks like they've stripped that all away. Now it just seems like a "safe" generally pleasing movie for the masses that will be forgotten in a couple years.

Yeah, I mean, they didn´t even need to make it an adaptation, they could have named it something else, done the exact same movie, and no one would see a connection. The GN isn´t so popular that it justifies "brand name" association.

[GL1]

But you do realize this trailer is basically the Matrix? It's not bad enough they are pretty much going away from the source material but they are basically ripping off the entire premise of another popular movie.

Hmmm... well, except for the end goal: (Freeing enslaved people, versus saving innocent bystanders), there are some strong parallels, I see that, but that said, how is the premise from Wanted any different? It's only the trappings and end goal that have changed. Chick brings hapless white collar guy into the hidden world of -insert hidden war here.- Same for the GN, same for movie, same for the Matrix... it's only the hidden war and the end goal of the wise black man in charge that change.

I'm certainly not saying this is a landmark piece of fiction... I'm just saying it looks like it could be as good as any other action movie, despite the fact that it has more to do with the Matrix than the Graphic Novel.

[DoomJester]

I'm a slowpoke. I just saw the trailer. Really dissapointed. It doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look great either. I'll probabaly see it just because it is (barely...) based on Millar's book, and I love Millar, Wanted is one of my favorite comics too.

I guess I shouldn't have expected people to accurately represent the comic because of the subject matter but I'm pretty upset because it does look like they strayed far from the comic. They kept the names and stuff but that was about it... But at least I can judge it as its own movie, and I don't have to run a scene-to-scene comparison in my head!

[Savage]

Saw the trailer and...man, are they trying too hard. It's like they put together what they think today's audience would find "cool" and called it a movie.

That together with how far they've deviated from the concept of the comic itself (I haven't read anything but the first issue at my friends house but the damn synopsis alone is clearly not this) pisses me off as a comic book fan. It really bothers me that Hollywood would just completely warp a comic book like this and manage to make it into one of their generic action movies...Wow...Just amazing. The fact that Millar is going so crazy over it just bothers me even more. I mean this...is not even close.

[The Joker]

Millar is going crazy over it for one reason...they most likely delievered a dumptruck full of $100 bills to his house.

[Octoberist]

Saw the trailer and...man, are they trying too hard. It's like they put together what they think today's audience would find "cool" and called it a movie.

That together with how far they've deviated from the concept of the comic itself (I haven't read anything but the first issue at my friends house but the damn synopsis alone is clearly not this) pisses me off as a comic book fan. It really bothers me that Hollywood would just completely warp a comic book like this and manage to make it into one of their generic action movies...Wow...Just amazing. The fact that Millar is going so crazy over it just bothers me even more. I mean this...is not even close.

I do agree that the trailer tries too hard to be 'cool'.

Also, my friend yelled out Matrix 4 in the movie theater, embarrassing me. However, after thinking about it, it's kinda true.

Beyond the 'bullet time' effects, there's: Angelina Jolie (Trinity) who finds a white collar slacker who destined for greatness, and has a mentor who is a wise philosophical African American aka Morgan Freeman (Morpheus).


The Matrix is hardly original, but the writers here need to be less blunt on their influences.
I'm sure the comic wasn't this obvious.

[shinlyle]

You guys sure know a lot about a movie you haven't even seen.
I wish I had your almost supernatural insight!

Congrats! You get to be the "Don't judge it until you see it"-person for this forum! :whatever:

It will suck because it is called "Wanted", it is supposed to be an adaptation of the comic "Wanted, and it doesn't look anything like the comic "Wanted".

It's like ordering a brand new Corvette Z06 and getting a 1988 Ford Escort instead. You don't have to drive it to know it isn't a Corvette.

Millar is going crazy over it for one reason...they most likely delievered a dumptruck full of $100 bills to his house.

That's basically the only reason I can see him supporting this...that, and he'll get more money if it's successful. I can't blame him for wanting it to succeed....but it would have been cool if he'd taken more of a Frank Miller/executive producer type role as opposed to the Alan Moore/wash my hands of it and take the money role.

[shinlyle]

Shoot 'Em Up. Especially with that one scene of Wesley cross-arm shooting at people.

If I had video editing skills, I'd follow that scene with Willam Defoe from "Boondock Saints" saying, "Good Shooting..." (show scene with the bullet flying around the side of beef), then "S***ty Shooting" (show Wesley In Name Only crossing his arms)

I wish the writer's guild strike would have happened before this script was finished...then we could go another few years or months or days until this crap-fest came out in the theaters.

[블라스]

Congrats! You get to be the "Don't judge it until you see it"-person for this forum! :whatever:
It will suck because it is called "Wanted", it is supposed to be an adaptation of the comic "Wanted, and it doesn't look anything like the comic "Wanted".
It's like ordering a brand new Corvette Z06 and getting a 1988 Ford Escort instead. You don't have to drive it to know it isn't a Corvette.

LOL you people.
Fiiiine, don't watch it and ***** about it all you want, that's what the forums are for!

[shinlyle]

LOL you people.
Fiiiine, don't watch it and ***** about it all you want, that's what the forums are for!

Don't worry....I won't watch it....and, until I see something that resembles the f-ing graphic novel, I will continue to b****....and righteously so.

You can watch it until you're a skeleton for all I care. It can win twenty academy awards and be praised as the greatest film sicne Citizen Kane....but it'll STILL be an inaccurate adaption of the source material. Do you get that? Fans of a COMIC aren't going to like a movie that's based on it if it is NOTHING LIKE THE COMIC.

Wait and see...ugh. I'm sure you were on the "Wait and See" list with Catwoman In Name Only, too, weren't you?:whatever:

[tdeverea]

I think the problem that most of us Wanted (graphic novel) fans have with the movie is that it looks like its going to be just an ok action movie. THATS THE PROBLEM. Wanted, the graphic novel, wasn't just an average okay action story, it was like an action/comedy with hilariously un-pc jokes and its own unique characters. With the movie, it looks like they've stripped that all away. Now it just seems like a "safe" generally pleasing movie for the masses that will be forgotten in a couple years.

Thank you for stating this. This is probably the most well-articulated explanation of fan dissatisfaction on this forum to date. You made it clear to me why you are dissappointed without sounding like a big whiney baby. Again, thanks for this. Please help the other members learn this technique.:yay:

[shinlyle]

Thank you for stating this. This is probably the most well-articulated explanation of fan dissatisfaction on this forum to date. You made it clear to me why you are dissappointed without sounding like a big whiney baby. Again, thanks for this. Please help the other members learn this technique.:yay:

Bah! Subtlely is futile!:cwink:

[samsnee]

I do agree that the trailer tries too hard to be 'cool'.

Also, my friend yelled out Matrix 4 in the movie theater, embarrassing me. However, after thinking about it, it's kinda true.

Beyond the 'bullet time' effects, there's: Angelina Jolie (Trinity) who finds a white collar slacker who destined for greatness, and has a mentor who is a wise philosophical African American aka Morgan Freeman (Morpheus).


The Matrix is hardly original, but the writers here need to be less blunt on their influences.
I'm sure the comic wasn't this obvious.

I thought the same thing. There's even a shot of a guy in the trailer exploding into a little pieces, ala Agent Smith at the end of the first Matrix.

[Chaos Bringer]

it's pretty clear that he wasn't interested in making a "comic book" movie.


which is EXACTLY the kind of director you'd want directing a comic book movie... G R O A N

praying for it to flop and hope this teaches all those involved in the executive decision of creating this barf to never EVER poorly adapt again.
Comic book Companies - take control of your properties !

i want to swear but cannot.

it's like i've tripped on the brown acid and won't come down. i don't get it. i'm seriously confused. perhaps i should've taken the blue pill...waitaminute...

[shinlyle]

Yeah...it's funny how films like Wanted In Name Only and Catwoman In Name Only seem to have attracted the directors and screenwriters who are all so concerned about "making their mark" by changing a property, that they manage to change the property into something that already exists...hence making it crap, and ending their own careers most of the time. However, had they made it like the comic, it would have been a one of a kind film...

...but who wants that? Certainly not Hollywood....:whatever:

[RedIsNotBlue]

Don't bring logic into this!!!

[블라스]

Don't worry....I won't watch it....and, until I see something that resembles the f-ing graphic novel, I will continue to b****....and righteously so.

Phew! Not worried anymore, thanks!

You can watch it until you're a skeleton for all I care. It can win twenty academy awards and be praised as the greatest film sicne Citizen Kane....but it'll STILL be an inaccurate adaption of the source material. Do you get that? Fans of a COMIC aren't going to like a movie that's based on it if it is NOTHING LIKE THE COMIC.

I promise I WILL watch it until I'm a skeleton, even if I hate it. I will do it to spite you.

Wait and see...ugh. I'm sure you were on the "Wait and See" list with Catwoman In Name Only, too, weren't you?:whatever:

How...how did you know?? It's amazing! :wow:
Hahaha, you're funny :D

[Symbiotica]

Originally Posted by shinlyle: You can watch it until you're a skeleton for all I care. It can win twenty academy awards and be praised as the greatest film sicne Citizen Kane....but it'll STILL be an inaccurate adaption of the source material. Do you get that? Fans of a COMIC aren't going to like a movie that's based on it if it is NOTHING LIKE THE COMIC.

I promise I WILL watch it until I'm a skeleton, even if I hate it. I will do it to spite you.

.... and your sitting through this mess until you waste away to a skeleton is going to teach Shinlyle [or anyone else disappointed with this laughable excuse for an adaptation] exactly.... how?

I'm not sure how that will punish the rest of us, but if you want to do so - be my guest. They're YOUR eyes after all, not Shinlyle's.... and not mine :hq:

[블라스]

We'll just see about that...I have connections :cmad:

[xisaacx]

all these people who are saying it still looks like a great shoot em up, the trailer wasnt that bad. But maybe you dont understand as a comic book fan there are certain expectations and STORIES shouldnt be changed. especially if its the first movie of the gn, i mean its not like they changed the 3rd one that came out ITS THE FIRST ONE EVER SO FAR and its already warped, you take out the main elements of the story YOU DONT HAVE WANTED, sorry but how can you call yourself a TRUE fan when you settle for less?

[JMadisonIV]

quite possibly the worst Butchery of Source Material ever?

even worse than Catwoman?

[Savage]

I-I think so, yeah.

[shinlyle]

I promise I WILL watch it until I'm a skeleton, even if I hate it. I will do it to spite you.

That's all fine and dandy...just remember, every time you watch it, that'll be 5 more little IQ points that you can never get back...and it sounds like you're only sitting at about 20...so be careful, eh?:oldrazz:



How...how did you know?? It's amazing! :wow:
Hahaha, you're funny :D

I knows me a troll when I smells one.

[shinlyle]

quite possibly the worst Butchery of Source Material ever?

even worse than Catwoman?

I dare day it: Yes. As a buthering of the source material, it is FAR WORSE. At least CINO admitted there WAS a Selina Kyle. That much is the only thing they kept...and it's still MORE than they've kept on "Wanted".

This film is the equivalent of watching a Spider-Man film where Peter Parker is portrayed by Ricky Martin and wears a poncho featuring the great, "El Negro Arana", or "The Black Spider" (my Spanish sucks), who walks around using his awesoem crochet-skills to weave baskets in a "web" pattern while defeating his foes in "8 Mile" style rap battles.

That is basically what this is.

[Savage]

...wow, I would totally pay to see that movie. :up:

[shinlyle]

I think the Wayans Brothers are on the line wantign me to do a script treatment for them! Scary Movie 5...Scared Stupid. Coming in 2009!

[A Dark Knight]

The trailer looks pretty good to me, the actors in it are all good as well, I will check this out for sure, but as someone who has never read the comic should I before I see this film?

[RedIsNotBlue]

I think your best off reading the comics, watching The Matrix, and avoiding this movie.

[A Dark Knight]

I think your best off reading the comics, watching The Matrix, and avoiding this movie.

Thanks bud, I will check out the comic this weekend.

Love "The Matrix", but I still think I will check out the movie, Jolie kicking a##, Freeman is always great, Mcavoy (I think that is how you spell it) is a good actor, but we will see after I read the comic, thanks for your input.

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well maybe once you read the comics you will understand why everyone is so disappointed with the trailer...lol.

[Savage]

So if you want to enjoy this movie, DON'T read the comic.

[Anubis]

That's the way I feel about it.

[A Dark Knight]

Well maybe once you read the comics you will understand why everyone is so disappointed with the trailer...lol.

You may be right :woot:

[A Dark Knight]

So if you want to enjoy this movie, DON'T read the comic.

You guys now have me scared to death to read the comic :woot: , maybe I should not have asked if I should read the comic before watching the movie :cwink: :oldrazz:

[Sun_Down]

Anyone see the Smallville episode about the crazed comic fan who wanted to kill an actress because the movie adaptation of his favorite comic had her live instead of dying? This thread is seriously starting to remind me of that.

[Savage]

haha. I don't think any of us are THAT angry about it. I can see some people doing that to Ben Affleck though.

[Sun_Down]

haha. I don't think any of us are THAT angry about it. I can see some people doing that to Ben Affleck though.

Shh! Don't say the A-word 'round these parts, if you know what's good fer ya. :cwink:

[Superman_]

I dare day it: Yes. As a buthering of the source material, it is FAR WORSE. At least CINO admitted there WAS a Selina Kyle. That much is the only thing they kept...and it's still MORE than they've kept on "Wanted".

This film is the equivalent of watching a Spider-Man film where Peter Parker is portrayed by Ricky Martin and wears a poncho featuring the great, "El Negro Arana", or "The Black Spider" (my Spanish sucks), who walks around using his awesoem crochet-skills to weave baskets in a "web" pattern while defeating his foes in "8 Mile" style rap battles.

That is basically what this is.LOL


Once again this movie sounds like it needs to go into that what if thread we had for CINO.

[shinlyle]

LOL


Once again this movie sounds like it needs to go into that what if thread we had for CINO.

That was the best thread ever.

[JMadisonIV]

The trailer looks pretty good to me, the actors in it are all good as well, I will check this out for sure, but as someone who has never read the comic should I before I see this film?

if you plan on seeing this movie with the intent to actually possibly enjoy it, and don't much care about what it is based on, then don't *ever* read the graphic novel.

if you are at all interested in the story of the graphic novel in any way, shape or form, and you have the idea that maybe you can learn something about it from the movie, then i highly advise you to STOP RIGHT THERE, just simply read the novel and tell the movie and its creators to go to hell.

that is all.

[Superman_]

That was the best thread ever.
Yes it was and this movie belongs in there. I would have never thought because how the comic can clearly be used as a script itself.

[Tanin]

Where are the plants trying to hawk this movie as the best adaption ever like when Catwoman was out?

[TheVileOne]

That was the best thread ever.
Shinlyle remember the days of the CINO forums and all the great fun that was had? All the crap from a1ant, and who else were the other two CINO trolls/spammers?

[JMadisonIV]

Where are the plants trying to hawk this movie as the best adaption ever like when Catwoman was out?

I don't think this movie is even competent enough to warrant plants.

[A Dark Knight]

if you plan on seeing this movie with the intent to actually possibly enjoy it, and don't much care about what it is based on, then don't *ever* read the graphic novel.

if you are at all interested in the story of the graphic novel in any way, shape or form, and you have the idea that maybe you can learn something about it from the movie, then i highly advise you to STOP RIGHT THERE, just simply read the novel and tell the movie and its creators to go to hell.

that is all.

Wow! All the anger towards this film, is the trailer really that different than the graphic novel? I don't know what I am going to do now. Read or watch, I must decide :woot:

[Sun_Down]

I dare day it: Yes. As a buthering of the source material, it is FAR WORSE. At least CINO admitted there WAS a Selina Kyle. That much is the only thing they kept...and it's still MORE than they've kept on "Wanted".

This film is the equivalent of watching a Spider-Man film where Peter Parker is portrayed by Ricky Martin and wears a poncho featuring the great, "El Negro Arana", or "The Black Spider" (my Spanish sucks), who walks around using his awesoem crochet-skills to weave baskets in a "web" pattern while defeating his foes in "8 Mile" style rap battles.

That is basically what this is.

Now you're really stretching to be pissed off. Acknowleding Selina Kyles made Catwoman more faithful than what we've seen of Wanted? Bull****. I'm sorry but that's all this is. You're pissed off and saying ridiculous things to vent.

[UltimateJustin]

Now you're really stretching to be pissed off. Acknowleding Selina Kyles made Catwoman more faithful than what we've seen of Wanted? Bull****. I'm sorry but that's all this is. You're pissed off and saying ridiculous things to vent.
CINO was at least accurate to the source material in that it sucked. Wanted really is a ridiculous adaptation.

[JMadisonIV]

Wow! All the anger towards this film, is the trailer really that different than the graphic novel?

Yes.

[shinlyle]

Now you're really stretching to be pissed off. Acknowleding Selina Kyles made Catwoman more faithful than what we've seen of Wanted? Bull****. I'm sorry but that's all this is. You're pissed off and saying ridiculous things to vent.

As the NUMERO UNO hater of all things CINO (Catwoman In Name Only), I can freely say that I am not just "venting". Wanted hasn't a SHRED of what made the graphic novel what it was....Catwoman at least had a shred...although it was the one corn kernel in the 800 pounds of elephant sh** that was CINO.

Am I pissed off? You betcha. Am I just saying ridiculous things? No. Am I saying that CINO was even remotely enjoyable? HELL NO. Will "Wanted" be worse than CINO....possibly. THAT is what I'm getting at, my friend.

[Sun_Down]

As the NUMERO UNO hater of all things CINO (Catwoman In Name Only), I can freely say that I am not just "venting". Wanted hasn't a SHRED of what made the graphic novel what it was....Catwoman at least had a shred...although it was the one corn kernel in the 800 pounds of elephant sh** that was CINO.

Am I pissed off? You betcha. Am I just saying ridiculous things? No. Am I saying that CINO was even remotely enjoyable? HELL NO. Will "Wanted" be worse than CINO....possibly. THAT is what I'm getting at, my friend.

I'm not saying Wanted is gonna be a great or faithful adaptation, but it still seems to have some of the basic plot elements. However, you're entitled to your opinion and thats OK.

[Superman_]

I has none of the plot elements expect that they use guns.

[Sun_Down]

I has none of the plot elements expect that they use guns.

Man working deadend job, approached by woman who tells him his real dad died and was not who he thought he was, man goes into training to follow in his footsteps. There's three.

Again, not saying it's gonna be great or even good, but let's not say things that are totally untrue.

[블라스]

That's all fine and dandy...just remember, every time you watch it, that'll be 5 more little IQ points that you can never get back...and it sounds like you're only sitting at about 20...so be careful, eh?:oldrazz:
I knows me a troll when I smells one.

20 IQ points? Clever :o
I'm surprised you didn't take the "You're gay!!" route :dry:

Hahaha a troll? Man, this is still hilarious... as soon as someone disagrees with any of the little Nazi groups in here, you're automatically a troll or a fanboy :woot:

[fu manchu]

trailer looks nice. excited to see this one.

[shinlyle]

20 IQ points? Clever :o
I'm surprised you didn't take the "You're gay!!" route :dry:

Hahaha a troll? Man, this is still hilarious... as soon as someone disagrees with any of the little Nazi groups in here, you're automatically a troll or a fanboy :woot:

Oh lord...you again. So, now I'm a Nazi because I don't want to see a film that totally bastardizes a GN that I like. Oh no...how intolerant of me! Love the way you so flagrantly throw around the term "Nazi"...very awesome.:whatever:

Why don't you just sit in your little room and "wait and see" how good this is going to be. bub-bye now, little guy.

[블라스]

Haha you're funny :up:
Ok, bye!

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

Oh lord...you again. So, now I'm a Nazi because I don't want to see a film that totally bastardizes a GN that I like. Oh no...how intolerant of me! Love the way you so flagrantly throw around the term "Nazi"...very awesome.:whatever:

Why don't you just sit in your little room and "wait and see" how good this is going to be. bub-bye now, little guy.

Oh **** dawg, no one messes with a Games forum vet and gets away with it.

[GFreeman]

Oh lord...you again. So, now I'm a Nazi because I don't want to see a film that totally bastardizes a GN that I like. Oh no...how intolerant of me! Love the way you so flagrantly throw around the term "Nazi"...very awesome.:whatever:

Why don't you just sit in your little room and "wait and see" how good this is going to be. bub-bye now, little guy.
The less the movie has to do with Wanted, the better.

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

Damn straight.

[shinlyle]

oh, no! The "games forum" is attacking me!:whatever:

Whatever. Hey! How about you guys go and watch the other three Matrix movies instead, hmmm?

This movie shall blow....and "WANTED" rules. Now....back to the World of Warcraft with you....

[shinlyle]

Oh **** dawg, no one messes with a Games forum vet and gets away with it.

Uh....I just did.


Still, it's cool that you guys all showed up to "gang up" on me. Very awesome. :joker:

[Electro UK]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/its-a-trap.jpg

Run Gammy!

[GFreeman]

I can understand your anger. If I had been duped into reading the entirety of that awful Wanted "graphic novel", I'd be filled with an uncontrollable rage too. But you need to find a more healthy outlet for your anger. Campaigning for a movie closer to that wretched "graphic novel" so that more people can be exposed to the suffering that you had to endure is not the right way to be spending your time. Perhaps you could take up gardening, or poetry even. Something constructive, to help you work out these demons.

[블라스]

Hay guys, what's going on!!!

Wait, so the graphic novel is bad? I thought it was awesome...I mean, it makes fun of Adam Wrst's Batman :confused:

But still, this movie looks awesome and nothing at all like Matrix lololol!

[shinlyle]

Hay guys, what's going on!!!

Wait, so the graphic novel is bad? I thought it was awesome...I mean, it makes fun of Adam Wrst's Batman :confused:

But still, this movie looks awesome and nothing at all like Matrix lololol!

The graphic novel is awesome....but some people have jumped on the "f*** Shinlyle" bandwagon, so they probably hate it all of a sudden...funny how that works out, huh?:whatever:

As for the movie looking nothing like the Matrix, It's a pathetic office worker who is suddenly told by a sexy(and deadly) female that he is special, and he is then plunged into the "rabbit hole" into the "real world", with skills he never knew he possessed, and he's here to save the world. Aside from the machines being the villians, it's the exact same thing. If you want to see it again, more power to you. I was just hoping for a little bit more....actually, a lot more.

Also, yeah, Adam West was in there, so was Burt Ward, and so was Christopher Reeve. The GN had alot of depth to it...a great ending, and some really off the wall action scenes and alot of dark, twisted humor.

This movie looks very generic by comparison.

[shinlyle]

I can understand your anger. If I had been duped into reading the entirety of that awful Wanted "graphic novel", I'd be filled with an uncontrollable rage too. But you need to find a more healthy outlet for your anger. Campaigning for a movie closer to that wretched "graphic novel" so that more people can be exposed to the suffering that you had to endure is not the right way to be spending your time. Perhaps you could take up gardening, or poetry even. Something constructive, to help you work out these demons.

Wow. That was ALMOST cute....and just shy of being clever. Keep trying though, maybe it'll work out for you someday.

Exactly what part of the GN did you not like? Was it that it had a plot? Did that frustrate you? Were there not enough car chases and explosions? Maybe there weren't enough bare breasts? I'm sure your reasons are valid...

[WhatsHisFace]

The concept behind the Wanted "graphic novel" is pretty bad, actually. For a medium-budget action film I'm sure there are reasons they had to make it more appealing to the mass-market.

Being true to the comics isn't exactly a recipe for success. It worked for Sin City but rarely would a comic make a good movie undisturbed.

[shinlyle]

The concept behind the Wanted "graphic novel" is pretty bad, actually. For a medium-budget action film I'm sure there are reasons they had to make it more appealing to the mass-market.

Being true to the comics isn't exactly a recipe for success. It worked for Sin City but rarely would a comic make a good movie undisturbed.

I loved the concept...then again, I'm a hardcore comics fan, so superheroes and villians are my cup o' tea. I could have seen it as a big-budget feature film, but I'll be the first to admit that it wasn't going to make too much money. I could see it doing as well as 300, at the least. As for mass market appeal, as soon as it had supervillians, and it was rated "R", it would sacrifice half it's budget.

As for being true to the comics, it's true, not every comic can be ranslated to the big screen 100% and work. Look at Spider-man. If the Green Goblin had pulled out his helmet that projected his memories onto a wall in the theater, half the audience would have laughed...and the other half of us would have been embarassed. Things have to be changed, sometimes. That will always happen when you transfer stories to different media. Even Sin City had a few MINUTE changes, although it's still the MOST faithful adaptation.

Honestly, if you want my opinion, I think "Wanted" should have remained a comic only. It's not as timeless a story as Watchmen or Spider-man. It's just more proof that Hollywood is putting anything they can get into the theaters. I say this as a HUGE Wanted fan....there should never have been a movie made.

[ToddIsDead]

This movie doesn't look particularly good at all. Just thought I'd throw my two cents in.

[The Last Meatbag]

I like tuttles.

[ToddIsDead]

I like tuttles.

http://www.maniacworld.com/i-like-turtles.jpg

[shinlyle]

This movie doesn't look particularly good at all. Just thought I'd throw my two cents in.


Your avatar kicks all kinds of ass....just though I'd throw that in.

[XtromaniaK]

Wow. That was ALMOST cute....and just shy of being clever. Keep trying though, maybe it'll work out for you someday.

Exactly what part of the GN did you not like? Was it that it had a plot? Did that frustrate you? Were there not enough car chases and explosions? Maybe there weren't enough bare breasts? I'm sure your reasons are valid...

That man is a scat-aholic. He would know **** when he sees it, McDoucherson. :cmad:

[shinlyle]

That man is a scat-aholic. He would know **** when he sees it, McDoucherson. :cmad:

Uh....okay?:huh:

I guess that's one of those insults you have to be in on to really get.

[XtromaniaK]

Uh....okay?:huh:

I guess that's one of those insults you have to be in on to really get.

Scat = crap porn. Thus, he would know **** when he sees it. (as relating to the comic that he's saying is ****)

Get it now? :cmad:

[Anubis]

It's just not as funny when you have to explain it. Next time just post a link to the definition on wikipedia. They got everything.

[Shinigami]

I'm officially done with this garbage. There is no way, being a fan of the book WANTED, that I can accept this film. If I had known nothing about the production of this movie and saw this trailer without the title at the end, I would never have even known it was in any way related to WANTED. Not only that...but it really does look like a lame Matrix ripoff.


I refuse to even support it enough to bash it in these forums. Hope you guys enjoy the movie.

Amen to that.

[shinlyle]

It's just not as funny when you have to explain it. Next time just post a link to the definition on wikipedia. They got everything.

I'm pretty sure it was just NOT funny to begin with...not to mention he was wrong. So...there you go.:cwink: