Postby locke » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:08 am
you are a strangely insightful launchie. except for the bit about CG being best, CG just guarantees that no one takes it seriously outside of teenagers and anime fans. nothing wrong with that genre embracing it, but I think it's a more universally accessible story and shouldn't begin by artificially limiting its audience.
I would not be at all surprised if Marvel (if Marvel is indeed looking at the property for film) wanted to make this their foray into the 300/Watchmen realm. I think perhaps if a movie announcement is going to come out of Marvel it'll come out either the week before or the week after Watchmen releases, before if the tracking on Watchmen is through the roof (maybe even a couple weeks before) and after if the tracking is average but the opening thrashes expectations.
EG is an equivalent property to Watchmen in terms of awareness (as well as time in development hell and perceived impossibility of filming it successfully), they're just in different mediums, so Marvel could use the argument of Watchmen's success with a strong faithful R to make a strong faithful PG-13 EG in that manner, deciding it's possible for a legendary property like EG or Watchmen to turn into a success. They are separate studios, but what happens in the industry matters, and Watchmen's success makes a gamble on EG less risky in the eyes of greenlighters.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.