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Brett Ratner Orbiting HARBINGER Feature Film!!

lol dont kill him by JeanLuc Dickhard	Mar 11th, 2008 07:47:27 AM

foyst by robertplant	Mar 11th, 2008 07:48:34 AM
yowza valiant comics!!! XO MANO-UNDERWEAR!
DERN IT by robertplant	Mar 11th, 2008 07:48:51 AM
AICN WINS AGAIN!
When will studios stop giving him work? by cornponious	Mar 11th, 2008 07:48:56 AM
Isn't the evidence piling up already?
Besides that, I just want to see an X-O Manowar film by cornponious	Mar 11th, 2008 07:49:41 AM
THAT would be the shiznit. As long as it had a proper director.
And... by DonnieDorko	Mar 11th, 2008 07:50:59 AM
The Ratner hate will ensue.. Don't really get it, he's not great but not that bad either.. And Johnny Drama will probably be in it!
The Hack Pack is Back! by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 11th, 2008 07:55:38 AM
And Ratner leads the way!
Just like in X-3... by Err	Mar 11th, 2008 08:13:44 AM
Everything in the movie will be undone and reset in the last 5 seconds.
HARBINGER = X-MEN 4 = WOLVERINE 4 by Err	Mar 11th, 2008 08:14:50 AM
Wolverine also stars in this one, right?
Shouldn't the headline read... by RenoNevada2000	Mar 11th, 2008 08:17:34 AM
"Ratner to ruin another comic book property"?
WOW!! by classyfredblassy	Mar 11th, 2008 08:18:48 AM
Any one else think Alyssa Milano looks fucking hot in that ad for "WISEGAL" that shows up on the right side of the page? SCHWING!
Family Man blew also by Stifler's Mom	Mar 11th, 2008 08:19:16 AM
The Rat is a hack, period.
paint by numbers by filmcoyote	Mar 11th, 2008 08:22:41 AM
Ratner is a paint-by-numbers director: with a poor script the film is doomed, when surrounded by good people or a reasonable script he can be okay. He has no style and is a dull, uninteresting director but he's nor Paul WS Anderson train-wreck bad. And the reason studios keep giving himwork is he comes in on budget, in time and generally makes money - and that is all the soulless studios care about. Don't kid yourself there's an executive in the world that values the artistry over the bottom line!
HARBINGER! STARRING JACKIE CHAN AND CHRIS TUCKER! by Err	Mar 11th, 2008 08:24:07 AM
The hilarity will ensue!
Let the X3 hate begin...again... sigh by Motoko Kusanagi	Mar 11th, 2008 08:27:27 AM
Anybody seen Richie? I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
The Rat isn't so bad by welsh12uk	Mar 11th, 2008 08:28:38 AM
after all he directed such good movies as ah ah ah...HULK SMASH!
Meh. by SlyAndTheFamilyStallone	Mar 11th, 2008 08:40:30 AM
Harbinger was good. I'd rather see a badass Rai, Magnus, Shadowman or Turok movie though.
FUCK NO!!!! HARBINGER IS MY CHILDHOOD!!! by reflecto	Mar 11th, 2008 08:48:10 AM
I wanted to make this film! Fuck you Ratner! NO MOOOORRREEE!
I want a Magnus Robot Fighter movie. by Knuckleduster	Mar 11th, 2008 08:48:23 AM
Even Ratfuck can't fuck that up. I mean, it has robots in it.
I figured the only way to make Harbinger work by reflecto	Mar 11th, 2008 08:50:04 AM
was to do it like a gritty road movie since the kids are on the run for the bulk of the story. Like early Gus Van Sant or even Into The Wild with superpowers. That's the only way to differentiate it from X-Men. James Marsden or Patrick Wilson would make a great Magnus.
Comic Books to Film by D o o d	Mar 11th, 2008 08:55:10 AM
There does seem to be this trend now to just make a comic book into a movie, whether you're a struggling studio, actor, Director or whatever. I'm not against this entirely but it is going to get tired very soon, if it hasn't already. I would just like to see something amazing and original that will inspire me. Unfortunately it hasn't happened for a very long time.
THIS IS SUCH GOOD NEWS!! by x-oManowar	Mar 11th, 2008 08:55:48 AM
harbinger could be such a good film. this could be a kick ass franchise. dont fuck this up ratner, i have faith in u!! now someone make an X-O Manowar film!!!!!
Does anyone really care? by GodMars	Mar 11th, 2008 09:08:52 AM
These books were hot for about a year in the very early 90's, because they printed like 5 copies of each issue.
"Hack Pack" entry deleted from Wikipedia by SpencerTrilby	Mar 11th, 2008 09:26:07 AM
what a bunch of wet blankets... As for the Rat, I think this site should stop posting news about him. First: no one cares about his movies, even the potentially good projects he will eventually ruin. And second: posting stories about him is just morbid curiosity, waiting for the TBers to bash him. Not unlike stepping down near a car wreck.
Merrick, you think this isn't good news because... by Fawst	Mar 11th, 2008 09:43:37 AM
it's Rattner, or because it's a Harbinger movie, or because it's Rattner DOING the Harbinger movie? Just curious.
hey, at least it's not Paul W.S. Anderson by Dr. Stanley Goodspeed	Mar 11th, 2008 10:10:14 AM
or Uwe Boll for that matter.
The comic book series became a "hit"? by slone13	Mar 11th, 2008 11:00:36 AM
I think that's definitely arguable.
I see we're scraping the bottom already. by TheRealRatigan	Mar 11th, 2008 11:31:40 AM
Skipping over so many unmade 'A' properties to greenlight this? Why?
HARBINGER and J. Shooter Rule!! Ratner, not so much by Dax_Bladerunner	Mar 11th, 2008 11:38:24 AM
HARBINGER was a huge hit in the early 90's. Especially for an independent company such as Valiant. If it wasn't a hit, then people would not have known about it at all, or still know about it today. Unfortunately Valiant went to major hell when Acclaim took over. I've always wanted to see this made into a movie and am shocked to see it happening. I'd prefer a different director after what Ratner and the writers did to X3. They completely missed the mark. The other issue is that HEROES and HARBINGER are very, very similar. That can be a good or bad thing. I believe the HEROES hype can definitely help with HARBINGER, but it has to be done right. If Ratner has one incling of common sense about him, he will get Jim Shooter to help co-write/assist in the script to some degree. I loved the HARBINGER comic as a kid. Peter Stanchek was the man. Here's hoping for the best.
Forget Ratner - Worst Comic Ever by Mr. Winston	Mar 11th, 2008 11:41:24 AM
That's the problem here, not Ratner being attached. If you read this in the 90s and didn't think it was one of the worst written rip-offs in the history of story, go back now and take a look. HARBINGER is absolute shit. I can't believe any entity, much less a major studio, would buy this donkey. It just goes to show that there are no bounds on stupidity. What's even funnier is that this property has been lamely offered - like a set of encyclopedias written by Downs kids - into every studio 3-4 times a year since the late 90s and it's been rejected and rejected and rejected and rejected. I suppose someone finally got tired of saying, "No."
Jim Shooter...that fuck! by Bob Cryptonight	Mar 11th, 2008 12:10:58 PM
His time at Marvel was a low point for the company (although I'm sure he made them a lot of money). What an asshole...
Wow, I'm Amazed People Still Remember This Comic by DKT	Mar 11th, 2008 12:14:19 PM
It was a pretty good comic, I guess, but I can't imagine it having a lot of drive behind it (or at a place like ComicCon) but then, who knows?
Where's my H.A.R.D Corps movie? by Raymar	Mar 11th, 2008 12:34:00 PM
Literal corporate warfare, with superpowers!
I Have About Half the Valiant Comics Released by Autodidact	Mar 11th, 2008 01:14:31 PM
I just ran into my complete run of Harbinger a while back. I think I'll pull it for a re-read, although thinking back the Valiant stuff was only a bit better than the crap that Marvel and Image were putting out in the early 90s. In fact I think the "Deathmate" crossover pretty much killed the company. X-O Manowar and Harbinger were my favourites from the Valiant universe.
Magnus Robot Fighter by Autodidact	Mar 11th, 2008 01:21:04 PM
Where's the Magnus, Robot Fighter movie? Too bad the Wachowskis already did the Matrix or they could do it. I think, done right, it could be one of the all-time sci-fi film classics. First requirement: minimal use of CGI.
Just after reading up on Harbinger at Wikipedia.... by wowsah156	Mar 11th, 2008 04:30:07 PM
It seems to me that this proposed movie will possibly be a NBC Heroes clone. One of the main characters is very very Sylar like, in that he can take over peoples abilities. Like Harbinger. There is also possible similarites to the 1970's Kirk Douglas movie "The Fury". Generic, formulaic, right up Brett "i am shit Ratner's street to be honest.
wowsah156 by x-oManowar	Mar 11th, 2008 05:06:52 PM
Every valiant fan knows that loeb (heard writer of heroes) ripped off a ton of harbinger ideas. Harbinger did them better though imho
harbinger full issue preview by x-oManowar	Mar 11th, 2008 05:08:42 PM
didnt aicn have a full issue preview of harbinger 0 a while back? would be a good idea to link it...cant find it on the broken search bar
Sting is nothing like Sylar by reflecto	Mar 11th, 2008 07:10:27 PM
He can't take over people's abilities. All he can do is activate them - other than that he is a powerful telepath/telekinetic. He was also bisexual, a fact Jim Shooter only hinted at before being fired.
Raymar, I wanted HARD Corps too by reflecto	Mar 11th, 2008 07:11:14 PM
Kurt Russell as Gunslinger and Barbara Hershey as Hotshot!
Thank god for Ratner's 10 second attention span by HoichiTheEarless	Mar 11th, 2008 10:46:54 PM
So glad he's leaving the Samurai Jack property on his shelf...

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