The Authority and From Dusk till Dawn I recently got into…
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The Authority and From Dusk till Dawn
I recently got into comics and was recommended The Authority and I absolutely love it. I started with the first 12 issues of Ellis, then read the Stormwatch Road to The Authority compendium, and now have decided, for better or worse, to try out the miller run.
IMO, The Authority is extremely campy and almost reminds me of Robert Rodriguez directing style. Stormwatch was much more grounded in standard superhero tropes. In between the two there is a sudden xenomorph invasion that gruesomely kills everyone. Is it just me, or does this story remind anyone else of Tarantino's From Dusk till Dawn? (Minus the feet stuff) Getting into this series recently, I saw that there was a movie planned and then cancelled and it got me thinking about what I would want that movie to look like.
Opening on drunk Jenny sparks in a bar being recruited to Stormwatch , the first 1:15 would play like a standard marvel movie, exploring wholesome themes like the fight against corruption, featuring a protagonist redemption arc, flashbacks to a story of lost friendship, and a cliche,"the powerful good guy was actually the bad guy", plot twist. The Stormwatch plot lines of Gamorra, The Americans, and Change or Die would make up this act. Apollo and Midnighter would be retconned to be part of The Highs team. The High would be retconned to not die during the Change or Die plot.
Then, when everything feels resolved at the end of change or die, Xenomorphs gruesomely attack the station out of nowhere, the film style abruptly changes to Grindhouse and the ensuing battle kills The High and everyone else except the members of the authority who barely make it out alive.
This leads to the last 1:15 of the movie with the two teams joining together to create The Authority, Jennys Authority monologue, and straight into a fast paced telling of the 3 plots found in Ellis' first 12 issues. This act bombards you with ridiculous high concepts, often left fully explained, and overshadowed by the next ridiculous high concept. This is only contrasted by violence, gore, and campy framed dialogue akin to the Desperado series.
All in all, it's probably for the best that were not getting a movie. I think most people would hate whatever DC was going to force the characters into and would also hate my interpretation . What do you think? Has anyone else thought about these similarities?
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I recently got into comics and was recommended The Authority and I absolutely love it. I started with the first 12 issues of Ellis, then read the Stormwatch Road to The Authority compendium, and now have decided, for better or worse, to try out the miller run.
IMO, The Authority is extremely campy and almost reminds me of Robert Rodriguez directing style. Stormwatch was much more grounded in standard superhero tropes. In between the two there is a sudden xenomorph invasion that gruesomely kills everyone. Is it just me, or does this story remind anyone else of Tarantino's From Dusk till Dawn? (Minus the feet stuff) Getting into this series recently, I saw that there was a movie planned and then cancelled and it got me thinking about what I would want that movie to look like.
Opening on drunk Jenny sparks in a bar being recruited to Stormwatch , the first 1:15 would play like a standard marvel movie, exploring wholesome themes like the fight against corruption, featuring a protagonist redemption arc, flashbacks to a story of lost friendship, and a cliche,"the powerful good guy was actually the bad guy", plot twist. The Stormwatch plot lines of Gamorra, The Americans, and Change or Die would make up this act. Apollo and Midnighter would be retconned to be part of The Highs team. The High would be retconned to not die during the Change or Die plot.
Then, when everything feels resolved at the end of change or die, Xenomorphs gruesomely attack the station out of nowhere, the film style abruptly changes to Grindhouse and the ensuing battle kills The High and everyone else except the members of the authority who barely make it out alive.
This leads to the last 1:15 of the movie with the two teams joining together to create The Authority, Jennys Authority monologue, and straight into a fast paced telling of the 3 plots found in Ellis' first 12 issues. This act bombards you with ridiculous high concepts, often left fully explained, and overshadowed by the next ridiculous high concept. This is only contrasted by violence, gore, and campy framed dialogue akin to the Desperado series.
All in all, it's probably for the best that were not getting a movie. I think most people would hate whatever DC was going to force the characters into and would also hate my interpretation . What do you think? Has anyone else thought about these similarities?
#entertainment
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