You know, I really feel like they’re underestimating the story’s selling power. They get a little bit more towards what it actually is about with this one, but really, if I hadn’t read the book, I’d know virtually nil of what the hell this movie is about. These have not been good trailers thus far; I’m really disappointed with the editing. I hope that doesn’t carry over into the movie.

I’m surprised how good this looks. The comic was a bit ridiculous (e.g. the guy made of crap) but worked well enough for the medium.

Millar’s initial idea behind Wanted was supposed to be for a non-superhero book so this is one of the few times hollywood made the right call and pulled out what just doesn’t work (e.g. yet again, the guy made of crap).

Yes Lucas, Hollywood sure is underestimating the selling power of a power-trip fantasy about a mass-murdering serial rapist who not only goes unpunished for his crimes, but also devotes the ending to an extended monologue about his contempt for those in the audience who didn’t wake up one day and decide to indiscriminately rape and murder to make their lives more interesting.

Wow, I can see Middle America just lining up around the block for that one. It’d be bigger than Pirates of the Caribbean and The Matrix COMBINED.

The story of Wanted as written was of interest only to us, the comic book fans who read this stuff and have a frame of reference for what Millar was trying to subvert.

Now, whether or not you like it is a separate question, but the story as written was unfilmable.

The only way to do Wanted justice would be to make it the third film in a trilogy, with the 1st two about the now dead super heroes. And I tell ya nobody would find that joke very funny.

This might not suck. But than again its being directed by the guy who birthed that GODAWFUL Nightwatch series. guh.

It is a reasonable point. If the movie really is so different from the book as to be unrecognisable, then they could have made a few cosmetic changes and not bothered with the rights issue.

Adam, don’t tell me you actually believe that they only had the first issue to work with.

F this. Where’s the new Iron man trailer!!!??

I remember seeing something from Millar where he said that the movie is closer to his original vision of the story than the comic, which sounds believable because I believe the studio bought the rights before the book was released.

I thought the core point of the story, though, wasn’t supervillains running the world, so much as it was about what happens when a repressed, spineless loser discovers that he has the power to do whatever he ‘wanted.’ Hopefully the movie will address that concept in a way that doesn’t involve the main character becoming a serial rapist (and, of course, hopefully the movie will be good).

I just miss Rictus. How can you beat line like “I dont f&@k sheep. I make love to them.” or the act of roasting your enemies.

hey, it’s delicious.