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John Byrne Wants to Capture Internet Screams, Suggests Rob Liefeld do “WATCHMEN 2”

Posted by mistergroonk in Comics, Intertube Madness on August 5, 2010

From comics veteran John Byrne’s message board:

I was watching a few minutes of the WATCHMEN movie on cable last night, and I found myself musing on the notion of a “prequel” or sequel to the original comicbook series.

In WATCHMEN, Moore inverted — I might say perverted — pretty much everything the superhero genre is all about. He was not the first to do so, but WATCHMEN was the first time we got it all in such a concentrated dose. Largely, this seems to have happened because Moore is very much a one trick pony. The one trick works for him and his fans, so no problem there, I guess. But this got me to thinking about who would be a suitable candidate to produce another round of WATCHMEN.

The thought began to take shape in my head that any revisiting of those characters should be a continuation of the “tradition” of WATCHMEN. That is, as Moore trashed everything superheroes were all about, the next go-round should do the same with WATCHMEN itself. So the ideal candidate for doing the project should be someone who is equally a one trick pony, but from the opposite end of the spectrum. Immediately, one name sprang to the forefront: Rob Liefeld.

No, I’m not kidding. Liefeld would be to WATCHMEN what Moore was to superheroes in general. And it would be such fun to watch a whole flock of retailer’s heads exploding, as they tried to serve two entirely different faces of mammon!
– John Byrne

Sorry, Byrne. Your argument is invalid.
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Why won’t Warner Brothers Share a Halloween TRICK ‘R TREAT?

Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, Movies, Trailers on October 25, 2008

mikedougherty trickortreat.jpgWhile the lot of you pack in to theaters to indulge yourselves with the latest in the gorn series, SAW V.

Really? SAW 5?

I understand that the first SAW is worth it’s weight in corn syrup and I’ll get around to watching that one before the next apocalypse. Did such a, possibly, Nightmare Fuel Unleaded original need to be diluted by a factor of 4?

This is especially confusing when there seem to be a slew of original and highly rated(by those lucky enough to see them) horror flicks waiting for distributors. I’m not even close to being a horror movie fan but these odd business practices are more than a little frustrating.

Here is a snippet of an article on why TRICK ‘R TREAT won’t get released by Warner Brothers via Michael Dougherty’s MySpace:

…why won’t Warner Brothers, which co-financed the flick with Legendary Pictures, open this film, if not wide then at least on limited basis? Personally, I’d go with wide as I feel this is the kind of film that will pack ’em in at malls across North America. There’s really something for everyone here, a fact that would help drive word-of-mouth. Neither a sequel, a torture flick, a J-horror knock-off, or an idiosyncratic vision such as Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN, TRICK ‘R TREAT may be exactly the kind of meat-and-potatoes horror that general audiences are looking for these days.

There are rumors flying that TRICK ‘r TREAT will be released in Spring 09. Which makes about as much sense as releasing a Christmas movie in July.

Michael Dougherty more than proved his skills to me in the writing of X-MEN and the (much better) X2. Give the guy a chance, Suits.

Let him shine on.

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