WANTED, starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, opened in theaters this past weekend and we dive into the source material, a comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones.
Originally published in 2003 by Image Comics, WANTED was written by Mark Millar with art by J.G. Jones. The story follows Wesley, a no body, as he becomes one of the world's deadliest super villains. WANTED is a polarizing comic book that some people absolutely love and others hate vehemently. For example, Josh hates it, while Conor and Ron really enjoy it.
The movie WANTED was released on June 27th, 2008 and while it strays from the original story, many familiar scenes and elements make their way into the movie.
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Posted by Valoharth on 07/02/2008 at 10:26:27 am in iFanboy
"I just finished reading this and... I don't even see the (writing) skill here.
The art is perfection. The writing is just not good. It's that whole bad SNL sketch thing. "Her har, look at what I just did!" There's just no humanity in this book, all of the characters are like robots programed for horridness and nothing else. There's no skill there, he's not going into the mind of these characters, they don't have distinct personalities, they're just all sick sick mouthpieces for whatever controversial ideas Millar wants to throw out.
Also, there's not any rape in GTA, they don't cross that line."
Yea, it may be that you're too young to get the point of this Six, I know you're a smart guy but the book really relies on you being out of college or high school in a shit job to be on a level to relate to the main character. Its more of an adult power fantasy, where superheros are a boys power fantasy, super villains are adult power fantasies.
I do suggest to give it another read about a month down the road because that was my first reaction to the book. I didn't like it after the second read through but I saw the skill and understood where Millar was coming from that time.
And I agree with you about GTA, the main character is likeable.
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Posted by Six Gun on 07/01/2008 at 06:10:24 pm in iFanboy
I just finished reading this and... I don't even see the (writing) skill here.
The art is perfection. The writing is just not good. It's that whole bad SNL sketch thing. "Her har, look at what I just did!" There's just no humanity in this book, all of the characters are like robots programed for horridness and nothing else. There's no skill there, he's not going into the mind of these characters, they don't have distinct personalities, they're just all sick sick mouthpieces for whatever controversial ideas Millar wants to throw out.
Also, there's not any rape in GTA, they don't cross that line.
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Posted by horatio616 on 07/01/2008 at 07:54:50 am in iFanboy
My reaction was very similar to Josh's. Reading Wanted was one of the most unpleasant reading experiences of my life (and, like Josh, I continued to buy the book despite loathing it). Early Millar books were chalk full of casual violence and this callous attitude that tended to turn me off. His run on The Authority was just as dark and the characters just as unlikeable, but it was a better book than the similar-in-tone Wanted.
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Posted by paper on 06/29/2008 at 09:28:22 pm in iFanboy
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I think we all go through a bit of experimentation, maybe in college or...and you know if that's how you want to...what if we went to see a football movie and you can sort of think about it and maybe....
...Ask your mother.
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Posted by Dave Accampo on 06/29/2008 at 09:16:00 pm in iFanboy
Nothing can be polarizing to one person. That requires at least two people. Hence poles.
What if you're bi-polar?
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Posted by Dave Accampo on 06/29/2008 at 09:14:54 pm in iFanboy
Sympathizing with characters is not necessary for good art. It is merely the quickest way to gain fans.
Haven't watched the ep, and I'm just casually browsing the thread, but this is the best thing that Labor has ever said. Couldn't agree more.
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Posted by paper on 06/29/2008 at 07:09:55 pm in iFanboy
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Sorry guys, its not polarizing to me... it was kind of boring.
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Nothing can be polarizing to one person. That requires at least two people. Hence poles.
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Posted by KilroyPerrywinkle on 06/29/2008 at 06:21:54 pm in iFanboy
I read this twice and I don't understand the big deal around it... Its like the first kid in your grade to say the word "fuck"... yeah its shocking, and cool.
But at the end of the day its just a kid saying the word "fuck".
Its not genre defining, its not profound, its just a fucked up antihero given free reign in world that doesnt really work, nor does it seem all that well defined. I give it a "meh" more than anything, there are more shocking, more profound pieces of art out there that are better thought out.
Sorry guys, its not polarizing to me... it was kind of boring.
The art was pretty though...
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Posted by cormano on 06/29/2008 at 01:00:59 pm in iFanboy
I feel similarly to Josh, but not to the same extreme. I didn't enjoy it, but I don't think I was quite as repulsed as he was. I love the beginning and I thought the ending was awesome. That may be part of the reason I was so disappointed by the rest.
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Posted by Zombox on 06/29/2008 at 10:49:27 am in iFanboy
Great episode, iFanboys.
I actually love Wanted. Millar to me is hit and miss, but with this book he hits.
Conor, I believe, best sums it up in the episode. This series expresses anger and discontent, which we all feel from time to time, with being mundane and normal. The feeling of being trapped by the system. The feeling that nothing you do ever matters, which is actually elaborated on when Wesley becomes a true villain - even doing this foul, exciting things that are bigger than reality feels pointless to him. So, while he is expressing anger at being trapped with his regular life his superhuman life isn't any better. It looks glitizier. It looks flashier. It looks more edgy. Really, though, it just another way of being 'more of the same'. The series embodies the sense of struggle and frustration that is the modern world. The hope and desire to accomplish, but the realization that even the famous and rich rarely mean anything in the grand scheme.
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