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Wanted
Tucanwarrior13
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What an amazing Novel. I love how it turns over the world as we look at it, and turns it into something heinous and awful. Amazing.
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I get it, I just didnt think it was as clever as it thougt it was. It read like it was written by a kid who's just watched Fight Club and had way too many Eminem posters on his wall.
I got that "trying so desperately hard to be edgy and cool" feel that turned me off. I thought that elements of it were ok, but overall - it just made me wince.
I honestly think it's the most obnoxious thing I've read from Millar, and I'm an Ultimates fan.
Having said that, the scene where we see "the cape" was a powerful little moment. The rest of it just struck me as a juvenile, masturbatory, nasty little piece of work. I mean, it's really, really hard to not get the impression that the writer was just scripting his own ugly little fantasies.
Sorry if I'm coming off just as crass, but I've read very few books that have left as bad a taste in my mouth as Wanted.
I hear that there is a movie coming. I fear the hordes of people that might think this kind of thing is still clever.
Well, Ellis and Vaughan are both getting screenwriting gigs. I guess he feels left out.
It's Eminem superhero crossover fanfiction.
Really I thought it was very realistic. In fact the most realistic comic book ever. Except for the part where they said that they stopped Jesus from coming back. Basically if there were as many super villians and super heroes as in the Marvel or in the DC universe with the powers they have they would have done what Millar had them do a long time ago.
And if you want a power trip, which is what comic books are ultimately, then you might as well be realistic about it.
I mean let me tell you if I had super powers the first thing I would is rip some ones arms and legs off. And tongue.
But it was definitely a challenging story.
Best line "Just because you own a big flat screen tv doesn't mean you're free" or something to that extent. So true.
I actually liked it, but not because I thought it was deep or anything, because it isn't. But because it was a juvenile, masturbatory, nasty piece of work, and every now and then a book like that feels good.
Wanted felt like watching Millar jerk off screaming how cool he is while watching german shit porn.
at least the concept of love existed in preacher
Well not some random person.
Well, that's why you're not a sociopath, I guess.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Whoever said on this board that Millar only writes villians is so dead on the money. It's just a shame that he was the one tapped to write a big Hero vs Hero event...
I think the last page should've been a strong reminder that there are no 'heroic' villians. Returning to the status quo was great for them, but we're still being fucked in the ass.
I'm pretty sure Millar didn't mean to imply that we were any less fucked before the villains took power. He's speaking directly to us about our lives, and his statements are supposed to ring true despite the fact that there are no real super-villains.
Exactly. Ringo are you my alt?
I'm your second alt, twice removed?