Jonah Hex

[megladon8]

The popular western comic book is getting a big screen adaptation, starring Thomas Jane in the title role.

A photo was released today of the first make-up test...

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6631/janehexmx9.th.jpg (http://img129.imageshack.us/my.php?image=janehexmx9.jpg)


And for reference, this is what the character looks like in the comics...

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5391/300pxjonahhexv21pu4.jpg

[Grouchy]

Awesome. Totally awesome news.

Thomas Jane sure gets around to playing some badass comic-book characters.

[megladon8]

Awesome. Totally awesome news.

Thomas Jane sure gets around to playing some badass comic-book characters.


He has the look!

He has that mix of intensity and depth. And he doesn't need to bulk up ala Punisher to look tough and menacing.

Plus, he's a great actor.

I think it's really cool that he's taking on another comic book role, especially considering his involvement in the comic book industry over the last couple of years.

[Grouchy]

He has the look!

He has that mix of intensity and depth. And he doesn't need to bulk up ala Punisher to look tough and menacing.

Plus, he's a great actor.

I think it's really cool that he's taking on another comic book role, especially considering his involvement in the comic book industry over the last couple of years.
I didn't know he wrote comic-books! Just found out on Wikipedia.

Have you read Bad Planet? Is it any good?

[megladon8]

I didn't know he wrote comic-books! Just found out on Wikipedia.

Have you read Bad Planet? Is it any good?


No, I haven't.

It seems to have disappeared into obscurity. The only copies I can find are monumentally expensive on eBay.

I even asked about it at MidTown Comics today and they didn't have any copies.

[Sycophant]

I opened this thread expecting information about an occult film starring/about Jonah Hill.

[[ETM]]

Ha! They even managed to tie him into the Batman universe... I had totally forgotten that he was in TAS.

[Acapelli]

;74257']Ha! They even managed to tie him into the Batman universe... I had totally forgotten that he was in TAS.
well he is still a dc character

he showed up in a booster gold comic recently

[megladon8]

;74257']Ha! They even managed to tie him into the Batman universe... I had totally forgotten that he was in TAS.


How do you mean?

This is connecting to The Dark Knight somehow??

[MacGuffin]

Please stop making comic book movies. Thanks.

[megladon8]

Please stop making comic book movies. Thanks.


No one's making you go see them.

Besides, it's just the current trend, and it'll be replaced by something equally annoying.


60 years ago it was detective movies, 50 years ago it was westerns, 30 years ago it was gritty crime films, 20 years ago it was slashers...


Learn to embrace the trends and you'll be a much happier camper :)

[number8]

Please stop making comic book movies. Thanks.

Here's an interesting question. A Jonah Hex movie would just be nothing more than a straightforward western, with the only arguably "comic booky" element being his scarred face. Does that make a difference, or is it still detestable for its funnybook roots?

[MacGuffin]

Here's an interesting question. A Jonah Hex movie would just be nothing more than a straightforward western, with the only arguably "comic booky" element being his scarred face. Does that make a difference, or is it still detestable for its funnybook roots?

Why did you pick up the assumption that I had something wrong with comic books?

[number8]

Why did you pick up the assumption that I had something wrong with comic books?

?

I didn't. I was asking if your comment still applied when it's essentially an entirely different genre removed from its peers.

[MacGuffin]

?

I didn't. I was asking if your comment still applied when it's essentially an entirely different genre removed from its peers.

I'm just getting bored with movies that are based off of books. If you must use plot, make your own damn plot. I don't know Jonah Hex, but it's getting pretty annoying seeing all of these characters supposed to represent post 9/11 American heroes, and then people automatically dismiss true American heroes like Axel Foley or the Cooler King or just someone who could be a realistic representative of American culture. Not some giant green antihero or a man in a fucking cape who flies around the city (not that there is anything wrong with these things in extremely small portions... but really no need to make the same movie over and over).

[[ETM]]

How do you mean?

This is connecting to The Dark Knight somehow??

No, they used him in the animated series:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Jonah_hex_btas.jpg

[Raiders]

I'm just getting bored with movies that are based off of books. If you must use plot, make your own damn plot.

Yeah, someone should have told Kubrick this, dammit.

[Sycophant]

Anyone have a stat on what percentage of movies are based on pre-existing works? 'Cause I think it'd be pretty overwhelming.

[Grouchy]

I'm just getting bored with movies that are based off of books. If you must use plot, make your own damn plot. I don't know Jonah Hex, but it's getting pretty annoying seeing all of these characters supposed to represent post 9/11 American heroes, and then people automatically dismiss true American heroes like Axel Foley or the Cooler King or just someone who could be a realistic representative of American culture. Not some giant green antihero or a man in a fucking cape who flies around the city (not that there is anything wrong with these things in extremely small portions... but really no need to make the same movie over and over).
So, you're complaining about... what, exactly? Non-original screenplays? 9/11? Batman? Your whining is so shapeless it applies to the entire galaxy.

And number8, about the straight-forward western comment, I think Jonah Hex has a trend of fighting supernatural menaces and time-travelling a lot on his Western comics. I don't know what story they'll use for the movie, though.

[Ezee E]

So, you're complaining about... what, exactly? Non-original screenplays? 9/11? Batman? Your whining is so shapeless it applies to the entire galaxy.

And number8, about the straight-forward western comment, I think Jonah Hex has a trend of fighting supernatural menaces and time-travelling a lot on his Western comics. I don't know what story they'll use for the movie, though.
Stupid movies based on books. Who really needs No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. Give us more Crash. That's an original piece.

[number8]

And number8, about the straight-forward western comment, I think Jonah Hex has a trend of fighting supernatural menaces and time-travelling a lot on his Western comics.

No, not quite, exactly. Aside from a short-lived "reimagining" where he's turned into a Mad Max ripoff and a couple of non-canon horror miniseries by Joe R. Lansdale, he's been strictly grounded western. The one being published currently is just him going on bounty hunts every issue. His enemies are mostly bandits and Union soldiers.

[Sycophant]

So, you're complaining about... what, exactly? Non-original screenplays? 9/11? Batman? Your whining is so shapeless it applies to the entire galaxy.Sigged, BTW.

[MacGuffin]

Sorry, I think I meant comic books, not books. But it doesn't matter anyways.

[Grouchy]

No, not quite, exactly. Aside from a short-lived "reimagining" where he's turned into a Mad Max ripoff and a couple of non-canon horror miniseries by Joe R. Lansdale, he's been strictly grounded western. The one being published currently is just him going on bounty hunts every issue. His enemies are mostly bandits and Union soldiers.
Just read the Wikipedia entry for Jonah Hex. You are right, but check this paragraph:

"A live action movie has been announced for release in 2010. This movie appears to be based on the Vertigo series and will have Jonah fighting zombies and other such creatures. Thomas Jane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jane) has confirmed that he will be playing Jonah Hex".

It might not be true, of course. It's too early for them to be finished with the script writing phase.

[MacGuffin]

Okay, I want to get this out there. I don't have a problem with movies based off books. I don't have a problem with comic books. Some people have made movies off of books and comic books and have done it correctly. I am just getting a little annoyed at the fact that people feel the need to make two Hulk movies, an Iron Man movie, three Spider Man movies, a Superman movie, 300 Batman movies and so on and so fourth. I didn't mean to offend anybody which is why I was surprised to see pitchforks, but it's just irritating seeing a country make the same damn movie over and over again.

[eternity]

Okay, I want to get this out there. I don't have a problem with movies based off books. I don't have a problem with comic books. Some people have made movies off of books and comic books and have done it correctly. I am just getting a little annoyed at the fact that people feel the need to make two Hulk movies, an Iron Man movie, three Spider Man movies, a Superman movie, 300 Batman movies and so on and so fourth. I didn't mean to offend anybody which is why I was surprised to see pitchforks, but it's just irritating seeing a country make the same damn movie over and over again.What you're saying is that the books that get adapted should actually warrant a film adaptation, and that a large heap of them don't really?

Don't negative rep me, just trying to read this right.

[MacGuffin]

What you're saying is that the books that get adapted should actually warrant a film adaptation, and that a large heap of them don't really?

Don't negative rep me, just trying to read this right.

Yep.

[megladon8]

I'm just getting bored with movies that are based off of books. If you must use plot, make your own damn plot. I don't know Jonah Hex, but it's getting pretty annoying seeing all of these characters supposed to represent post 9/11 American heroes, and then people automatically dismiss true American heroes like Axel Foley or the Cooler King or just someone who could be a realistic representative of American culture. Not some giant green antihero or a man in a fucking cape who flies around the city (not that there is anything wrong with these things in extremely small portions... but really no need to make the same movie over and over).


I'm confused as to why you threw the "post-9/11" thing in there.

Surely not every superhero movie that has come out since 9/11 has been intended to reflect changed American values.

[MacGuffin]

I'm confused as to why you threw the "post-9/11" thing in there.

Surely not every superhero movie that has come out since 9/11 has been intended to reflect changed American values.

I think many of them do. The superhero movies I've seen portray America as a place of chaos with one hero representing all that is good in society.

[megladon8]

I think many of them do. The superhero movies I've seen portray America as a place of chaos with one hero representing all that is good in society.


I really don't see that at all.

I would argue superhero movies have always been this way, and you're just attributing this to them because 9/11 happened.

I'm not ignorant of the fact that some of them do use this heavily in their stories - Superman Returns is probably the worst offender here, as the whole movie is literally a re-examination of heroes and American values after 9/11.

But I don't think films like Hellboy or Hulk were commenting on this.

[MacGuffin]

I really don't see that at all.

I would argue superhero movies have always been this way, and you're just attributing this to them because 9/11 happened.

I'm not ignorant of the fact that some of them do use this heavily in their stories - Superman Returns is probably the worst offender here, as the whole movie is literally a re-examination of heroes and American values after 9/11.

But I don't think films like Hellboy or Hulk were commenting on this.

Fair enough.

[Grouchy]

Fair enough.
Both directed by a not-US film director.

[MacGuffin]

Both directed by a not-US film director.

Non US director or non US born director living in the US? ;)

No matter; I don't really care much about these movies to argue over them.

[megladon8]

I find it hard to understand how one can basically write off an entire genre of films.

Especially since, when it's comic book films, or more specifically superhero films, it seems to be "acceptable" to do this.

If I were to go to FDT and say something like "I don't care about crime films enough to argue about them", I'd get the ultimate smack down.

[MacGuffin]

I find it hard to understand how one can basically write off an entire genre of films.

Especially since, when it's comic book films, or more specifically superhero films, it seems to be "acceptable" to do this.

If I were to go to FDT and say something like "I don't care about crime films enough to argue about them", I'd get the ultimate smack down.

I didn't write them all off, they're just not my favorite.


Okay, I want to get this out there. I don't have a problem with movies based off books. I don't have a problem with comic books. Some people have made movies off of books and comic books and have done it correctly.

[number8]

Brolin as Hex. (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=13743)

This is going to be terrible, isn't it?

[Acapelli]

i had high hopes for this

[Grouchy]

What? If that's all the scarred they could get him, then fuck this movie.

But, you know, they might just do that make-up for reference and then use CGI.

[Acapelli]

What? If that's all the scarred they could get him, then fuck this movie.

But, you know, they might just do that make-up for reference and then use CGI.
very true, they still have to do the eyeball

[Skitch]

But, you know, they might just do that make-up for reference and then use CGI.

This is what I was thinking.

[Dukefrukem]

teaser poster @ comic con
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8401/jonahhex.jpg

[Dukefrukem]

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8401/jonahhex.jpg

[Ivan Drago]

Is it too early to say that the makeup sucks? Compared to how Jonah looked in the comics anyway.

[megladon8]

Is it too early to say that the makeup sucks? Compared to how Jonah looked in the comics anyway.


Yes, I'd say it's too early.

[Ivan Drago]

Yes, I'd say it's too early.

It's just that a poster is already out with nothing done to the eye. So it's too early to assume that that's as far as they'll go? Or is this along the lines of a promotional image not being used in the film? As stupid as flipping out over a poster may sound, I don't intend to pull an Eternity (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=124707#post12 4707).

EDIT: Woah, Neveldine and Taylor wrote this? Interest now skyrockets.

[number8]

Well I saw a chunk of footage and I can say that this will not be good at all. Wats and I both said the same thing after seeing it: it looks very much like a Ghost Rider vibe.

[Ivan Drago]

Well I saw a chunk of footage and I can say that this will not be good at all. Wats and I both said the same thing after seeing it: it looks very much like a Ghost Rider vibe.

Any CG on the eye?

[number8]

Any CG on the eye?

What do you mean?

[Ivan Drago]

What do you mean?

Just a thought stemmed from this conversation earlier in this thread:



But, you know, they might just do that make-up for reference and then use CGI.


very true, they still have to do the eyeball

So I just thought I'd ask if they've done anything like CG to the eyeball whatsoever to make it look something like Jonah in the picture posted earlier.

[Acapelli]

Well I saw a chunk of footage and I can say that this will not be good at all. Wats and I both said the same thing after seeing it: it looks very much like a Ghost Rider vibe.
that's certainly the vibe i got from the poster

[Dukefrukem]

Well I saw a chunk of footage and I can say that this will not be good at all. Wats and I both said the same thing after seeing it: it looks very much like a Ghost Rider vibe.

Can't say I'm too surprised.

[megladon8]

This is going to be so awful.

[Spun Lepton]

Trailer's up. Looks like a turd.

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/04/29/jonah-hex-trailer/

Double-Gatling guns on ... a horse. Riiiiight ... Jonah's make-up looks really cheap, too.

[megladon8]

Yikes.

[Winston*]

Brolin sounds like Sling Blade.

[eternity]

It's just that a poster is already out with nothing done to the eye. So it's too early to assume that that's as far as they'll go? Or is this along the lines of a promotional image not being used in the film? As stupid as flipping out over a poster may sound, I don't intend to pull an Eternity (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=124707#post12 4707).

EDIT: Woah, Neveldine and Taylor wrote this? Interest now skyrockets.It's still pretty shitty to try to create iconic imagery for a film that has nothing to do with the film. Like putting the Eiffel Tower on the poster for a movie that takes place in rural France.

[MadMan]

I saw the trailer tonight as it was attached to the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. What I saw left me unsure as to whether or not it was going to be incredibly stupid-I'm leaning towards, "Yes." But hey Megan Fox sure looked good, I guess-but if she wasn't enough to get me to see either of the Transfomers movies or Jennifer's Body, well, this movie doesn't stand a chance either.

Josh Brolin is a good actor. Really. He appearently choose poorly here.

[Morris Schæffer]

It might be a little fun.

[number8]

"A little fun" should never be something a movie goes for.

[Raiders]

"A little fun" should never be something a movie goes for.

I dunno. That's exactly what I would call something like Ladyhawke or The Mask of Zorro and those are damn fine films. Not saying this looks as good as those, but if done right, "fun" is an acceptable goal. Particularly for a film where your anti-hero is a western gunslinger with a ridiculous scarred/scorched face. The comics may find a good balance beyond "fun" but I don't know how willing I am to accept this film and character beyond the initial camp value I get just from looking at him.

[number8]

I didn't say "fun." Fun movies are great. I said "a little fun."

[Ezee E]

What sucks is that Malkovich is completely wasted in this. I can tell that just by its rating alone.

He may be the best foulmouthed actor in Hollywood.

[Morris Schæffer]

"A little fun" should never be something a movie goes for.

Nor did I claim that. Not all movies attain that which they strive for. Does that mean they oughta be dismissed altogether?

[number8]

I'm watching this right now, and it is the most incompetent thing I've seen this year. What a bizarre case of shitty this movie is.

[number8]

I love how the credits say it's written by "Neveldine & Taylor," with no first names.

[Derek]

I love how the credits say it's written by "Neveldine & Taylor," with no first names.

They're like the tweaker version of Powell & Pressburger.

[Lasse]

I'm watching this right now, and it is the most incompetent thing I've seen this year. What a bizarre case of shitty this movie is.

It really is terrible - it wasn't even entertaining. I don't know why I watched it to the end, but jeez, it was stupid.

[megladon8]

This actually made me look back fondly on Clash of the Titans.

This whole movie was a giant "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??" moment.

[Dukefrukem]

This actually made me look back fondly on Clash of the Titans.

This whole movie was a giant "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??" moment.

I'd rather watch this than Clash. It's shorter and at least it has Megan Fox to look at. But I know you're not a fan of her.

What's the deal with the snake guy?? I know this movie is about a dude who can talk to dead people but c'mon.

[megladon8]

I'd rather watch this than Clash. It's shorter and at least it has Megan Fox to look at. But I know you're not a fan of her.

What's the deal with the snake guy?? I know this movie is about a dude who can talk to dead people but c'mon.


What I'd like to know is why Michael Shannon gets billed pretty high on the list and has a single line and screentime of about 5 seconds.

Yet Jeffrey Dean Morgan has a pretty substantial scene and is uncredited.

[number8]

What I'd like to know is why Michael Shannon gets billed pretty high on the list and has a single line and screentime of about 5 seconds.

I wrote about this in my review. They were planning a trilogy and Shannon is playing a popular villain from the comics who's going to appear in all 3, being the big bad in the third. They decided to cut his scenes out, but he's still contracted to get fifth billing.

[megladon8]

I wrote about this in my review. They were planning a trilogy and Shannon is playing a popular villain from the comics who's going to appear in all 3, being the big bad in the third. They decided to cut his scenes out, but he's still contracted to get fifth billing.


I wonder if the trilogy will happen, since this one was such a success :lol:

[Dukefrukem]

A trilogy will never happen. This crap made less than 11 mil with a 50 mil budget (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jonahhex.htm).

[MadMan]

A trilogy will never happen. This crap made less than 11 mil with a 50 mil budget (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jonahhex.htm).Biggest bomb of the year? Maybe. I never bothered to see it, as the previews (and later on, the reviews) made it pretty clear how awful it looked/was.

[Spun Lepton]

The moment they showed the horse-mounted Gatlin guns, I knew it was going to be a steaming turd.

[Ezee E]

The moment they showed the horse-mounted Gatlin guns, I knew it was going to be a steaming turd.
That's really the only reason why I considered giving it a chance.

[[ETM]]

at least it has Megan Fox to look at.

In the few minutes I managed to endure online, she seemed to have baffling amounts of "digital makeup" on her face. It looked ridiculous.

[Ivan Drago]

Shame it sucks. I'm one of the few that finds Neveldine/Taylor's work awesome.

[MadMan]

;302784']In the few minutes I managed to endure online, she seemed to have baffling amounts of "digital makeup" on her face. It looked ridiculous.Why the hell would they touch up her face digitally? To make it look like plastic? That's stupid. I'm glad I haven't wasted my time with this movie.

[number8]

Because they wanted her to look like she does in her photoshopped magazine shoots, which is not how she actually looks in real life. /hasmetherinpersontwice

[number8]

I can't confirm that they did digitally touch her up, though. Itsnprobably just tons of regular make-up.

[Dukefrukem]

;302784']In the few minutes I managed to endure online, she seemed to have baffling amounts of "digital makeup" on her face. It looked ridiculous.

I'm not familiar with this term. What is "digital makeup"?

[Grouchy]

This was embarassing.

Jonah Hex talks to dead people? What kind of shit idea is that? Since when has the character ever needed to do that? Turd.

[EvilShoe]

Lost interest about three minutes in, when a badly animated segment started playing to tell us what Hex had been up to.

This is really, really incompetent. I wish I could critique it properly, but I just started replying to emails instead of paying attention.