Ratner and Liefeld a match made in hell.
Variety is reporting that Brett Ratner, who directs the type of movies I walk away from wishing never happened including the final segment of the X-Men trilogy, has been tapped to direct a film based on Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood. I had a friend in high school who loved everything Liefeld put his fingers on, but beyond the wee bit of respect I give him for being part of the Image revolution, I was never sold on his distortion of the human figure and found his storytelling, specifically in the Youngblood comic (which he was never able to produce on a timely schedule), to be drab and stunted.
I love the quote from Ratner “Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and ‘Youngblood’ is one of the few comicbooks left with tentpole potential.” So, Ratner is essentially saying everything else has been bought up and this is all that’s left. I have to question “tentpole” potential. I’m not exactly in the comic book scene as much as I used to be, but does anyone even feel a deep enough nostalgic connection with Youngblood to make this film do well? I’m predicting a bomb.
NO. He is saying that this is one of the last great comic properties available. Your negativity sucks. This is movie is gonna ROCK!
I beg to differ. My negativity rocks.
Root on, haters. “Let’s hope Liefeld crashes and burns. Let’s hope that the movie is an utter joke in Hollywood and is so pathetic that it’s not even put out on DVD – like the Corman Fantastic Four. Ha ha ha! Won’t that be fantastic!!!!”
The rest of us will enjoy the opportunity to watch yet another successful comic to movie experience with some of the characters we’ve liked best for almost twenty years . . .
I don’t like Ratner’s film making and I never cared for “Youngblood,” but in all honesty I truly hope Liefeld fans get a quality film they can love.
See, I think this is great. I don’t like Ratner or Liefeld, so I’m delighted about this pairing because it keeps Ratner from getting his hands on a property I care about.
If we’re going to make hopes, I hope that it’s something the Youngblood fans really enjoy, and I hope it makes enough money that it doesn’t damage the likelihood of other superhero movies but not so much that studios are in a hurry to throw A list projects at Ratner.