I've ordered the DVD of the recent film (I know its terrible, but I liked the premise of it) and was hoping to experience the graphic novel first. Is there a compilation of the first several issues?
Jonah Hex for the beginner
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Unlike the movie, most of the Jonah Hex comics are straightforward westerns with no SF&F element. There were three Vertigo miniseries with supernatural elements (Two-Gun Mojo, Riders of the Worm and Such, and Shadows West), and a short-lived ongoing series, Hex, where Jonah is transported into a dystopian sci-fi future. Apart from that the lengthy runs of the character have been westerns in the violent, cynical spaghetti western tradition. The first 6-issue story arc of the current Jonah Hex series is collected in Jonah Hex: Face of Full of Violence. Alternatively, there's Showcase Presents: Jonah Hex, Vol 1 (printed in black and white), which collects the first few years' worth of Jonah Hex stories from the 1970s.
Vulcan nailed it I think. If you want Hex with some SF&F your choices are limited, which is why doing the movie the way they did was a poor decision as I see it. Hex is a great western character and if they had done a straight up adaptation then I think things would've at least had a much better chance to succeed. Hex is an archtype of any one of the 'man with no name' bad ass characters that Clint Eastwood portrayed. Doing the character like that was what should've been done for the film...imo.
I didn't actually realise the original Jonah Hex wasn't a supernatural western. Pretty odd choice for the film then.
Thats just Hollywood.
Why not do something else?
You know how 'something else' turned out for Hex, right?
Do you see how a 'straight' western is doing for True Grit?
So yeah they chose poorly it does indeed seem.
Well, I always thought the Transformers franchise was one gigantically stupid idea, but if that can be made profitable and popular with a decent enough execution (for one live-action movie so far at least), why couldn't a fantasy Hex?
And, if Cowboys vs. Aliens does well, by your logic, Hex's makers would have chosen wisely. So, which is it?
And, if Cowboys vs. Aliens does well, by your logic, Hex's makers would have chosen wisely. So, which is it?
Transformers has a built in audience of grown up 80s Reagan-era children both at home and abroad. They would have paid to see the movie regardless of quality as ROTF proved.
Well, I always thought the Transformers franchise was one gigantically stupid idea, but if that can be made profitable and popular with a decent enough execution (for one live-action movie so far at least), why couldn't a fantasy Hex?
And, if Cowboys vs. Aliens does well, by your logic, Hex's makers would have chosen wisely. So, which is it?
Transformers was true to it's primary roots no matter how you look at it. Giant alien robots fight on Earth.
Cowboys & Aliens is true to it's primary source as well. Aliens invade Earth in the American west circa 1880s.
Jonah Hex, to be true to it's primary source is to be a 'straight' Western. It was instead a movie about a very minor portrayal some 10 hrs ago of about 10 issues total vs the hundreds of issues with the character as a Western bad ass ala any Clint Eastwood western.
You need an argument were a movie used a minor portrayal vs it's more established primary one AND succeeded. You didn't do that.
Translation, I don't have an argument and have resorted to copypasting motivators that I stole off of third party websites
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Yeah, it's because of the supernatural elements that Jonah Hex sucked. You nailed it.
Skip the movie, for starters.
Got to start somewhere. Script is the first thing made so yeah it didn't help they weren't faithful.
Did Megan Fox suck, yeah.
Were gaitling guns on a horse OTT, yeah.
Start with a bad blueprint though and you get what Hex became.
Glad you agree I nailed it.
The fact that the writer on the current Jonah Hex comic book thought Toy Story 3 was better says it all.
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Yeah cause the writer, Jimmy Palmiotti, crafts actual western stories for Hex. Read anything by him and you'll see why it's a shame they went with such a weird angle with the movie script.
I'd like to find someone who does think Hex is better than Toy Story 3. Bet you can't so that's not really a bizzare comment.
Yeah cause the writer, Jimmy Palmiotti, crafts actual western stories for Hex. Read anything by him and you'll see why it's a shame they went with such a weird angle with the movie script.
I'd like to find someone who does think Hex is better than Toy Story 3. Bet you can't so that's not really a bizzare comment.
Armand White of the NY Press
^^^
He's a well known contrarian. He takes opposite views just for the sake of doing so.
That's like posting a link to Uwe Boll's mothers blog raving about how great his films are.
Armond White isn't taken serious even by his own peers.
He's a well known contrarian. He takes opposite views just for the sake of doing so.
That's like posting a link to Uwe Boll's mothers blog raving about how great his films are.
Armond White isn't taken serious even by his own peers.
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