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post #51 of 73
4/16/08 at 8:15pm
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Step outiside and take a look around.
They hardly ever have aliases and wear colorful costumes while dishing out their own type of vigilante justice.
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post #52 of 73
4/16/08 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by killz View Post
They hardly ever have aliases and wear colorful costumes while dishing out their own type of vigilante justice.
You totally missed the point.

Originally Posted by killz
Still, I'm curious what a world full of non-super heroes would like.

We're all hoping you are aware you live in a world full of non-super heroes.
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post #53 of 73
4/16/08 at 8:40pm
Are killz and duke fleed somehow related?
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post #54 of 73
4/16/08 at 8:54pm
sigh..I realize that. But the point of the comic is what if regular people decided to act like spider-man. These people will not have special powers/training hence the term non-super heroes..perhaps I should have wrote non-super super heroes.
So I just want to see where Millar brings the concept of having the Watchmen as done by geeky teenagers. That's all i was saying..there's no need to pick apart my comments. Or have I just totally missed the point again.
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post #55 of 73
8/28/08 at 4:28am
Well, I'm done. $3 is $3 too much to pay for reading something that is basically Mark Millar rubbing his dick all over the shit of Frank Miller. He's making Jeph Loeb seem mature. Talent really seems to be fleeting with these guys when a company gives them the power to do whatever they want.
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post #56 of 73
8/28/08 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by Headless Fett View Post
Knowing Millar, his next project will involve Reed Richards as a teenage rapist stalking the neighborhood for women to violate with his elastic body parts. The title?

COCKS & RUBBERS
...and some people wonder why WB won't let Millar anywhere near the Superman film franchise.
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post #57 of 73
9/2/08 at 3:42pm
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Just read #4 a few minutes ago. It makes no sense. Although Millar's Wolverine story has been fairly decent so far.
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post #58 of 73
9/8/08 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by Eric Cordo View Post
Just read #4 a few minutes ago. It makes no sense. Although Millar's Wolverine story has been fairly decent so far.
Funny, I thought both of those issues were crap; although still not the awfulness that was the "Wanted" comic.
I seriously wish I could wash off the memory of that one from my brain.
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post #59 of 73
9/8/08 at 5:41pm
Is there anywhere I can read a complete synopsis of this story? It looks like it's gone all over the place, and I have no interest in actually reading the damn thing.
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post #60 of 73
9/8/08 at 5:45pm
Though I know nothing about this book Wikipedia is usually quite good at spoiling you silly on popular stuff.
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post #61 of 73
9/8/08 at 6:14pm
despite what milllar says, kick ass is not great - but it is pretty good. I'm not sure what people are expecting - it's called kick ass and it says on the cover: "EXtremely violent, just the way you like it" or whatever, and it allows JRJR (who is one of the best comic artists ever) to really cut loose and put together those brutal fight sequences that he excels at (as well as the swollen, bruised results). The plot is paper thin, perhaps because it doesn't matter - the movie will wipe out all of that, millar's in this for the cash, I'm in it for the art and violence. Not the best thing either of them has done, but fun nonetheless. Give it a year or so and the halloween costumes will be available.
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post #62 of 73
9/8/08 at 7:46pm
I've enjoyed it so far, I just picked it up with the "must have edition" Pretty much issues 1-3 in one book. I'm just curious where on earth the story is going, sure its cool to see a kid dress up and "Kick Ass" but where else do you take this story?
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post #63 of 73
9/8/08 at 8:54pm
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
sure its cool to see a kid dress up and "Kick Ass"
Slide this along Jonas Brothers, rollerskate shoes and reaggaeton in the, "Wait, this is cool?" sweepstakes.
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post #64 of 73
9/18/08 at 12:25pm
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Moriarty has a script review and a picture of Cage in costume over at AICN.
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post #65 of 73
9/18/08 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Eric Cordo View Post
Moriarty has a script review and a picture of Cage in costume over at AICN.
Boy, if there was ever a reason to continue questioning his taste this is the big one. Unless somehow the script is way, way better then the comic.
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post #66 of 73
9/18/08 at 5:33pm
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Originally Posted by Ryan S~ View Post
Boy, if there was ever a reason to continue questioning his taste this is the big one. Unless somehow the script is way, way better then the comic.
Well, the last time something by Millar got adapted (Wanted), things worked that way, in a sense (seriously, the Wanted comic makes the movie, a decent action film, look like "Moby Dick")...still have little hope for this one and Im now on the side of the field that questions Moriarty's sanity.
I just think Millar comes up with great, original ideas for a comic book and ends up screwing them over by going over the top with them; "Kick Ass" reaslistic take on what a real life superhero would be like died the second he introduced that ninja psychotic little girl.
Same goes for his current Wolverine run, which leaves me waiting for when he'll do something utterly idiotic in Fantastic Four.
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post #67 of 73
4/29/09 at 11:42pm
Just finished #6 again.

I want to see Hit Girl and Big Daddy in action now. After the bullet session at the start, I need more of this team-up.

I'm not sure if I'm going to buy McLovin as Red Mist. Red Mist is a little too much teenage Miguel Ferrer for my tastes.
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post #68 of 73
3/17/10 at 11:17am
This is really a horrible series. It's simply pop culture references and bizarre racism mashed up with some horrific violence- there's just nothing to it. You don't care about these characters or really get to know them, you just watch them spout shitty comic book one-liners and get brutalized. (It's also pretty cute how Millar tried to create his own curse word with the hope that it would spread... they left it out of the movie, of course.)

I read the whole series yesterday after being stunned by the movie and couldn't believe that it came out of this material. In the film you actually grow to care for the characters, who actually have some backstory and humanity to them. There's more buildup to the big set pieces and when they hit, they have a whole helluva lot more impact.

I'm thinking about writing an article closer to release that compares the differences between the two, but there really is no comparison. The more I think about it the more I love the film, and hate the book.
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post #69 of 73
3/17/10 at 11:30am
Yeah, a bunch of people have made the same comment, which is pretty reassuring. When the strong word of mouth started to hit about the movie I was kind of left scratching my head how something so highly praised could have come from such a steaming pile of shit as this book.
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post #70 of 73
3/17/10 at 11:47am
I really don't blame anyone for not anticipating the film after reading this, but it's so much better than the source material. There are a bunch of significant differences and improvements, like the Big Daddy/Hit Girl relationship. Their reasons for what they do and who they are are a bit more realistic in the film, although the world is still deeply rooted in comic book silliness. Another big thing was that you get to see Red Mist's origin, such as it is, before the reveal. Really could go on and on, but man, don't judge the film by the book. I'd say it's not even worth reading the series before seeing the film.

One funny thing I learned from the Q&A after my screening? The whole "guy pretending to be gay in order to get closer to a girl" thing is from Millar's real life.
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post #71 of 73
3/17/10 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello View Post
I really don't blame anyone for not anticipating the film after reading this, but it's so much better than the source material. There are a bunch of significant differences and improvements, like the Big Daddy/Hit Girl relationship. Their reasons for what they do and who they are are a bit more realistic in the film, although the world is still deeply rooted in comic book silliness. Another big thing was that you get to see Red Mist's origin, such as it is, before the reveal. Really could go on and on, but man, don't judge the film by the book. I'd say it's not even worth reading the series before seeing the film.

One funny thing I learned from the Q&A after my screening? The whole "guy pretending to be gay in order to get closer to a girl" thing is from Millar's real life.
Dont worry Alex, I, for one, will not even remember the comic exists when the movie hits here.
I find it funny the movie was pretty much done before the comic series ended...hell, i wonder if Vaughn was ever even aware/interested in the comic's version of the ending.
I'll say it again; Millar has great ideas, but his over the top style kills those great ideas when it comes to the execution.
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post #72 of 73
3/17/10 at 12:11pm
Millar's acknowledged that he sees Dave as pretty much a version of his younger self, in a lot of ways.

As I understand it, some of the differences between book and film have to do with the fact that the screenplay was written before the comic was finished (well, the first series of the comic, anyway-- there will be at least one more), and that some of the elements in the latter parts of the book were Millar deliberately veering off from the way the screenplay turned out.

FWIW, I didn't care for the book either, but I'm looking forward to the movie. Maybe more to the point, in terms of its box office potential, my wife and daughter (who don't read comics) are, too. But, then, they both love Nic in full-on crazy mode.
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post #73 of 73
3/19/10 at 10:04pm
What a mean-spirited piece of shit that was, and I actually liked the first 3 or 4 issues, Dave is Millar's most likable protagonist yet.

The pimping of Millar's other comic 1985 was painful, as was him pimping other current Marvel books. Oh, and then there was Tunk, the fake swear word that Millar puts in the book that he so clearly wants to see become a meme(And, somehow, in the book's world, it does!)

I hope the movie is better. I'm looking forward to it after all the buzz, but seriously, fuck this book.

Great art, however.
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