Brett Ratner to Direct Image Comics' 'Youngblood'
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The Internet's favorite punching bag, Brett Ratner, has found his passion project. According to Variety, he's set to direct Rob Liefield's series Youngblood for Reliance Big Entertainment and Julia Roberts' shingle, Red Om Films. Says Ratner: "Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and Youngblood is one of the few comicbooks left with tentpole potential. It was a real personal passion project for me, and a lot of people wanted [it], but the amazing thing about the guys at Reliance is the speed with which they're able to move."
I can't claim to be a comic book expert by any stretch of the imagination -- but when the great graphic novels are bandied about, I'm pretty sure that Youngblood is never among them. (Even if Alan Moore did pen some of it.) Maybe there's a circle where it beats out Watchmen, but I've never encountered it. Now, if there's a discussion of worst or most forgettable superhero comics, that's probably where you'd find Youngblood.
The series centers on a group of superheroes who are co-opted by the government, and treated like celebrities. A poor man's X-Men / Avengers kind of thing. That said, you can be of two minds about this deal: You can share the general lament that so much money will be wasted on something so lousy. Or you can be glad that Youngblood is Ratner's passion project, and not one of the "great graphic novels." I'll leave you to contemplate how easily it could have been that other book Alan Moore wrote.
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2-09-2009 @ 9:50AM
pAT said...
I haven't heard of a better pairing since Britney and Criss Angel.
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2-09-2009 @ 10:18AM
Brant said...
If the internet has a second-favorite punching bag, it's Rob Liefeld.
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2-09-2009 @ 10:34AM
robert said...
are there enough anatomically disproportionate mutated freaks in Hollywood to bring Rob Liefeld's crimes against art to the big screen?
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2-09-2009 @ 10:50AM
carg0 said...
Brett Ratner and Youngblood...
yea, that's about as perfect a match i can think of. two entities of 'suck' colliding to form one massive black hole.
how this hack continues to find employment, as a director no less, escapes my understanding...
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2-09-2009 @ 11:42AM
Rich said...
Youngblood?
ROFL
You have to be kidding me...
Tentpole possibilities?
ROFL
Damn I needed that laugh...
If he does direct it, everyone needs to have huge torsos (guys with big chests and arms, the women with giant breasts), all must have HUGE thighs and tiny little ankles.
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2-09-2009 @ 4:27PM
bigchrisystyle said...
WTF NO
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2-09-2009 @ 8:58PM
Sam said...
AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
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2-11-2009 @ 1:32AM
Ronturon said...
say it isn't so! i collected youngblood before and i think it's purty awesome. but please, let's leave it at that. he's just going to slaughter the series!
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