James Barclay

[Drizzt]

Hooray! Just collected my copy of this from the local Royal Mail centre. Looking forward to reading this..!!
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[Drizzt]

I've now read this beast.

It's pretty good and you can tell why the chaos who are making it want to turn it into a film. And if they stick to the tone of the graphic novel it'll be wall to wall action.

The artwork in this is superb as well.
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[DarrenT]

It's a classic of the oeuvre, and no mistake. Frank Miller is one of the best in the business. The movie is coming along nicely as well, trailers can be found at www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300 if you've got the bandwidth. Well worth a look.
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[Selik]

I've read it now too, though only very quickly, but that was enough to see how awesome it really is.
If the film is that good I can't wait!!
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[DarrenT]

Chris Teague of Pendragon Press thinks it's over-stylized, with far too much CGI. But then when you're producing an adaptation of a highly-stylised graphic novel and want to make it reasonably true to the original, then it's probably not a good idea to make it look like Spartacus...
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[Tk421]

well it made my jaw drop repeatedly so I'm not bothered if a critic doesnt like it lol
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[DarrenT]

No no, Chris isn't a critic, he's a small press publisher, so he's one of the good guys.

And he does rather have a point about the way film-makers chuck CGI around like it's confetti these days, but I think in the case of 300 it's pretty essential to the whole ethos of the film.
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[Drizzt]

Yeah it needs to be if they want to get the feel of the graphic novel. For anyone who's seen 'Sin City', it's the same guy who wrote those novels who wrote 'The 300' and they're using the same green-screen techniques in the movie as they did for 'Sin City'. Not for everyone - Sin City was one of those movies people either loved or loathed.

If anyone wants a sand & sandals epic version, check 'The 300 Spartans' from back in the 50s/60s.
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