Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Pre-Release Discussion

This looks... moderately fun. Serviceable enough that I wonder what kind of asshole would be opposed to not spending a Sunday afternoon catching this on FX.

I remember reading some Dylan Dog comics in the late 90s and sadly the trailer didn't remind me of them at all. Was the guy who directed Cemetary Man busy or something? Anyways, I also feel bad for Routh, who played a damned great Superman and a great villain on CHUCK. He's got the goods but sadly this movie isn't going to do much for him.

That being said, when this hits cable I'll check it out.

The only DYLAN DOG comics available in english are in the DYLAN DOG CASEFILES book that Dark Horse released. And yes, the movie seems different from the stories in that volume. The movie looks much more action/creature oriented than the comic. The comics had more psychological weirdness than creature battles. And Dylan wasn't a monster hunter who would go around kicking ass. He was more of an oddball PI who would be hired by people when something weird happened. Also, the movie takes place in New Orleans instead of London and Dylan's sidekick has been changed from a weird Grouch Marx impersonator to a generic panicky wimp.

My first comic book....

looks like it's gonna be a bomb...no review....nothing.

Hope still opens here....

Saw this was showing at a mall I was at yesterday(last day before Thor steamrolls the multiplex), so I took a chance.

The verdict?  Far exceeded the expectations you'd have for a completely buried vampire/werewolf/zombie film starring an ex-Superman and KURT FREAKING ANGLE as a werewolf(I had no idea he was in this.  Totally geeked out when he showed up.).  Some of the attempts to cleverly update the Raymond Chandler private eye voiceover dialogue thud pretty awkwardly, but Routh delivers it with the proper grizzled ennui.  Taye Diggs is cool as the emotionless baddie.  Peter Stromare makes his few scenes count as an opportunity to devour scenery.  And the sidekick took what could have been a highly obnoxious screeching one-note character and makes him likeable with his situation.

If, as has been alluded to here, you get a chance to catch it for free on FX on a Sunday afternoon in a couple years, you won't feel cheated.

Did you see Constantine? Then you've seen Dylan Dog. I swear to god the writers read one Philip Marlowe novel, then Constantine, then said 'Fuck, we can do this!' and voila, Dylan Dog. Hell, both films even have Peter Stormare (and he steals the show in both) God love Brandon Routh, seems like the best guy in the history of ever, but he's in full on Superman mode here; quiet, desperate, tortured.

Never read the comic and now, don't really want to. Boo to Dylan Dog.

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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin 

Never read the comic and now, don't really want to. Boo to Dylan Dog.

See CEMETERY MAN (AKA Dellamorte Dellamore) for a great and nutty view of the character.
 

Watched this tonight.  Decent, but nothing special.  Doc compared it to Constantine and I can see the similarities.  Constantine is the better film of the two though, despite the fact that I really like Brandon Routh.  He just needs to go for better roles.  Hopefully Marvel will snag him up for something in the near future.

Constantine's the better film, but aside from the basic PI/horror mixture (and the presence of Stormare), they're not terriblly similar: Dylan Dog goes for a more cheerful goofiness, whereas Constantine plays it pretty striaght, with the humor more wry and low-key.

I'll agree that Dylan Dog is a rental at best (technically, it's on the level of a good Buffy episode), but Routh sells it completely-- fun stuff.