The official Jonah Hex thread.

[Octoberist]

they could have mentioned something like taking a trainride to Gotham or something

 

[jondoe]

OMG! That looks completely badass! Despite to some changes to JH's origin and abilities (he doesn't supposed to have supernatural gifts those are just myths/rumors surrounding him due to his mystique and badassery as an excellent bounty hunter) and does feel like a weird western tale adaptation. XD Looking forward to it, looks like barrels of FUN! Regarding the obvious cheesy dialogue and supposed bad acting there's not much to judge yet due to mostly teasing you of the action scenes and megan fox.

I'm getting a Sherlock Holmes vibe here were it could be a surprise hit or a terrible miss like *gulp* wild wild west/van helsing. Hope for the best. Josh Brolin IS Jonah Hex! I hope he can pull of an RDJ for JH. ^__^

 

[rashad]

Very cool trailer. Looks like a fun film.

 

[Bad Superman]

I hope the film does well at the BO. From the little we've seen I wouldn't mind if they turn this into a franchise.

 

[Micah12345]

Looks badly made. I'll see it anyways.

 

[JTStarkiller]

That was better than I was expecting, but still nothing like I was HOPING. I'll still be seeing this because it's DC, though.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I had no idea Lance Reddick was in this. Awesome.

 

[Prison Mike]

The movie reminds me of Wild Wild West.

 

[Jack Bauer]

But Prison Mike, its better.

 

[Rac]

As a fan of the original comics (I haven't read the 90s or 00s efforts) I must say I am dissapoint. Hex with magical powers, what? Turnbull giving Hex the scar? Nah.

I'll check it out tho.

 

[Prison Mike]

I'll definitely see this movie, probably on DVD, but I don't think I want to spend $10 at a movie theater for it.

 

[terry78]

It looks fun, and it's a western that will probably actually make a profit at the box office for once.

 

[deathshead2]

I haven't read an issue of the new comic in a few months, but I'm am disappointed by a few things.
-Hex seems to Jokey
-supernatural powers of talking to dead people
-different way of how he got his scar
-the dead family, as I don't recall him having a family until much later in life, and even then he left them. Think his son even came after him to kill him or something.

And some dodgely CGI.

Still might enjoy it. Don't know, think I'll wait for dvd. Unless I really feel like spending the money.

 

[RoboAmish]

Not being familiar with the character in any way, it looks fun in a sort of "turn off your brain for a while" sort of way

Meaning, I can tell there will probably be a lot wrong with the finished product just by looking at it (dodgy CGI, hammy acting) but it seems to be giving off a decidely silly vibe anyway, so I might check it out, since I'd obviously be more inclined to overlook these flaws if they were semi-intentional and the film wasn't taking itself too seriously. My expectations won't be high, but the trailer has at least piqued some interest.

Unless I was supposed to take the whole thing seriously... then I might have an issue

 

[Beanjuice]

Shooting, boobs, Jon Malkovich. Yup seeing this.

 

[batsfan81]

Looks like fun to me.

 

[Sawyer]

I must say, I liked hearing Megan Fox do her little southern accent.

Looks like it'll be all in good fun.

 

[Hush]

Im very excited for this, I think it will be a decent hit for Warner.

 

[Catman]

it's a western that will probably actually make a profit at the box office for once.

Except it's opening opposite Toy Story 3.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Yes, unfortunately... unless it does a Kick-Ass and kicks TS3 ass out of the-

Oh, TS3 in 3D.

Damn it.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Not feeling the supernatural abilities, would rather see the Native American origin of the scar, and seems obnoxiously "90s extreme" in terms of content (seems to be a running trend with Neveldine/Taylor), but Brolin looks ****ing awesome as Hex himself. I'll most likely see it.

 

[theMan-Bat]

OMG! That looks completely badass! Despite to some changes to JH's origin and abilities (he doesn't supposed to have supernatural gifts those are just myths/rumors surrounding him due to his mystique and badassery as an excellent bounty hunter)

Director Jimmy Hayward explained that Jonah Hex himself may be larger than life, but more in the mythic sense than the actual superpowered one. "I think Jonah Hex, he's been shot so many times, the legend is he's got one foot in the grave and one foot here on Earth, and so we approach it by everybody else's version of who Jonah Hex is," Hayward continued. "At the beginning of the film, we bring out the John Albano (creator of the character and first Jonah Hex writer) quote, 'He's a hero to some, a villain to most, but where ever he goes, they speak his name in whispers.' So at the beginning of the film, he's a scarred bounty hunter, just a horrible guy, this murderous guy. You tear the layers off, you see that there's this normal guy in there, but he's kind of in purgatory until he settles the score."
http://scifiwire.com/2009/07/sdcc-clearing-up-the-supe.php
It sounds like he doesn't actually have a supernatural power. And we are told that in the beginning of the movie three old men are siting around a campfire telling mythical legends of Jonah Hex and in the trailer we hear one of the old men speaking of Hex having a power as a rumored legend saying "Some say he..". Jonah Hex being almost mythical with legends and rumors about him as a supernatural demon definitely harken back to the original comics written by John Albano. Jonah was almost a personification of the night and the outlaw's fears and own imaginations.

And having Turnbull burn the right side of Jonah Hex's face for the death of his son Jeb, rather than an Apache chief burning the right side of Jonah Hex's face for the death of the Apache chiefs son, weaves Hex's scared face into the films storyline with Turnbull and could work better within the film and serve to make things more personal between Hex and Turnbull. Most movie adaptions take some liberates with the source material. As long as they are differences that don't change the essence of the characters. As long as he's former Civil War Confederate Jonah Hex who's face was scared and is now a legendary bounty hunter, etc.

 

[Nirvana]

Looks interesting.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Not feeling the trailer, not liking the mythical powers, Hex having a family or Turnbull being the one to give him the scar, doesnt seem like the comics a lot at all.

 

[Superman]

It looks good but I'm not sure about Hex having magical powers. I don't remember him having any kind of powers in the comics.

Other than that the trailer looks good.