Hot tits, I just read the first Dylan Dog story,
Dawn of the Living Dead, and it's increeeediiibllllllle. One of the coolest comics I've yet read.
And it confirmed my suspicions that the movie is nothing like the comics. Well, I haven't seen it yet, but judging by the trailer, it just looks like typical action-comedy poo-poo.
Wikipedia has this to say:
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The film also appears to be much lighter in tone and more action-oriented, lacking the surreal feeling, the black humor and the melancholy of the comic book, and the Dylan character is portrayed like more of a scientist-adenturer in the vein of Indiana Jones, rather than the romantic loner he is in the comics.
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OK, so that looks to have been written by someone who hasn't seen the movie either, ha ha. But the trailer is pretty telling.
Still, I miiiight go see the movie if just because I think
TMNT is a pretty good movie. And out of curiosity to see just how bad they messed the character up.
Also, judging by the first comic story, the movie
Cemetery Man (a.k.a.
Dellamorte Dellamore) is definitely the REAL Dylan Dog movie. It's a weird sort-of adaptation: Dylan Dog and
Cemetery Man's protagonist, Francesco Dellamorte, were created by the same author. Dylan Dog is from London, and from what I'm reading, Francesco is kind of an Italian version or counterpart of Dylan. Dylan in the comics was modeled after actor Rupert Everett, who played Francesco in
Cemetery Man. Thus, Francesco in the film
looks exactly like Dylan Dog, but he isn't him. But Francesco's personality and the tone of the film are the same as the Dylan Dog comics.
Sadly, it appears that none of Francesco's comic book appearances, nor the novel he originated in and which served as the basis for
Cemetery Man, have been translated into English. Hopefully the hefty
Dylan Dog Case Files trade paperback from a couple years ago is selling well and Dark Horse will obtain the rights and have the desire to publish all these goodies.
