How is Millar not super-pissed about this?

[Sawyer]

All I've heard from Millar is generally positive things. I just dont understand. They've essentially taken the title and the names of the two main characters and completely changed everything else. It's not even his anymore. I'd be pissed.

 

[Gilpesh]

He probably has seen what has happened to Alan Moore and his work and how much of a *****e he ends up looking like whenever he complains about the obvious corruption of the story that Hollywood is going to do.

Or he got paid the right amount to be happy with anything.

 

[Sawyer]

He probably has seen what has happened to Alan Moore and his work and how much of a *****e he ends up looking like whenever he complains about the obvious corruption of the story that Hollywood is going to do.

Or he got paid the right amount to be happy with anything.

Both good points, but I'd still be a little peeved.

Personally, I dont think Alan Moore has to much to complain about, I though From Hell and V for Vendetta were actually okay. He had every right to hate LXG, though. And Watchmen will be legendary.

But WINO here is just too much.

 

[Gotham]

I think it came down to finally seeing something from the comic come to life.

He didn't want to hold out for a studio making the novel the right way, I think. Also, I believe they bought the rights and never read the novel. He might have been nervous about how it was going to do and sold it to make something if it was a failure.

 

[TheVileOne]

Here's the simple truth of the matter.

Mark Millar desperately wants to ditch comics and be a hotshot Hollywood writer and creator. So he doesn't want to burn any bridges. He feels this movie is his ticket.

Alan Moore has never looked like a *****e talking about his work. Alan Moore is simply an artist that likes the integrity of his work. And he doesn't want to go into Hollywood like Mark Millar.

Millar wants to be like the next Frank Miller basically. "I write all my comic scripts like big budget blockbuster movies!"

 

[Sawyer]

Here's the simple truth of the matter.

Mark Millar desperately wants to ditch comics and be a hotshot Hollywood writer and creator. So he doesn't want to burn any bridges. He feels this movie is his ticket.

Alan Moore has never looked like a *****e talking about his work. Alan Moore is simply an artist that likes the integrity of his work. And he doesn't want to go into Hollywood like Mark Millar.

Millar wants to be like the next Frank Miller basically. "I write all my comic scripts like big budget blockbuster movies!"

Since when?!

 

[TheVileOne]

Since the past several years.

 

[Sawyer]

Since the past several years.

Little bit of proof, please.

 

[TheVileOne]

Look no further than how he's acting about WANTED. Look at his interviews in the latest Wizard about the movie.

Look how he was trying to pitch for WB, but WB cock blocked him because he did work for Marvel Comics.

 

[Sawyer]

Look no further than how he's acting about WANTED. Look at his interviews in the latest Wizard about the movie.

Look how he was trying to pitch for WB, but WB cock blocked him because he did work for Marvel Comics.

True. But I dont think he wants to completely abandon comics in favor of films. He's said before that film is just a hobby.

 

[TheVileOne]

People in the industry say **** that isn't true all the time.

 

[Sawyer]

People in the industry say **** that isn't true all the time.

Also true.

Oh, Millar, what has become of you?

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Simple. This is his meal ticket. No matter how f---ed up this film is, it advances his career. He's not a "household name" like Frank Miller or Alan Moore, but he'd like to rise to their level. With this film both the comic industry and the film industry might take him a bit more seriously and will definitely raise his value as a commody. Alan Moore can piss and moan because at the end of the day he is still Alan Moore and he still wrote Watchmen and is a comic book God. People will hire him regardless. If Millar gets his big break and he pisses and moans about it, people might say "well, to hell with you".

 

[Joker]

Millar was about to b**ch about the movie. And that's when the dump truck full of money pulled into his driveway...

 

[xisaacx]

Millar was about to b**ch about the movie. And that's when the dump truck full of money pulled into his driveway...

i literally fell out of my chair cause its so true?

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

http://forums.millarworld.tv/index.php?showtopic=78860&st=0&p=1747548&#entry1747548

Like James McAvoy said Wondercon, I saw the movie two weeks back and thought it was spectacular. It's changed again from the shooting script as they refine and refine it, but every draft has been closer to the book and about 70% of the movie is now from the graphic novel. In fact, the reason I was there was to tweak little moments here and there to get it even CLOSER to the book.

Also, the changes actually work as there's just no way in Hell analogues of DC and Marvel characters can appear in a big mainstream movie... legally or creatively (since only our fellow geeks would get any of the gags). But the character is word for word identical and the plot, though slightly rearranged, is pretty much identical, the only difference being that the super-villains are now super-powered assassins. The final ending is a bit different from the shooting script, but absolutely bloody brilliant. I don't want to say too much about it right now (it's still too early), but I walked out of that screening and spent an hour on the phone to friends in the UK (despite the fact it was after midnight back home) gushing. I could not be happier about it and Angelina is absolutely brilliant. It's the best role she's ever done.

The big shock for me was how close this was to the source material and even the stuff that wasn't left it open for the sequels. So I'm really, really happy.

 

[dark_b]

i dont belive this

sounds like a lie.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

The one about the analogues is.

 

[dr.strange]

it might have created more of a buzz if the people that they modeled wesley and the fox after were in the movie.

 

[dark_b]

The one about the analogues is.

i dont belive that the movie is 70% like the book.

its to get people in the thater.

 

[xisaacx]

he sold the **** out to hollywood, not for making a movie. But changing what the movie should have been. **** him.

 

[Anti-Moderator]

LOL!!! So 70% like the book is suppose to be a good thing? This is Doodoo.

 

[Gotham]

As much as I don't believe Millar on that statement (I think the film deviating from the source material is obvious), I'll still see the film. And that new trailer with McAvoy dashing from the store and being hunted by Jolie is quite good.

 

[RDK]

Because Millar, unlike most fanboys, is smart enough to know that you could never turn the Wanted comic book into a mainstream motion picture while retaining all of the over-the-top supervillain/superhero stuff that only works in comic books.

 

[shinlyle]

If you can't turn it into an accurate portrayal of the comic, then it shouldn't be made into a movie int he first place. PERIOD.