Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2018 10:58:21 GMT
Feb 13, 2018 12:02:52 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
Have you read any of the comic book series by Gail Simone, Amy Chu, Marguerite Bennett, Ron Marz and Brian Reed under Dynamite Entertainment? The comic books are very different than the movie and the movie had far more in common with Red Sonya of Rogatino from 'The Shadow of the Vulture' by Robert E. Howard than Red Sonja (who was loosely based on that character but is more like Howard's Dark Agnes de Chastillon) and the director said it was written as a parody. The 'Red Sonja' are very dark, bloody and violent and Red Sonja cuts people's heads off and fights monsters that are the size of buildings with her sword. The character was given a complete makeover when Dynamite Entertainment took over the series and the Red Sonja of today is actually not the same character who originally appeared in Marvel comic books. Gail Simone removed a lot of the sexist elements associated with the character before including the "she will not sleep with a man until he has beaten her in battle" part and made her bisexual. The new movie is going to be completely different especially with 'Red Sonja LLC' now owning full control of the character and having big say over everything that gets made. No, I haven't read the comics. Never even see a Red Sonja one. Thing is, we don't want a pussified Red Sonja movie, but a full throttled, in your face and don't mess with me Red Sonja. If it's not rated MA15+, I won't go see it.
From what I read it is going to be R rated so I don't think it is going to be 'pussified' as you called it and if it is anything like the comic books which they are saying it will be it is going to be very violent and brutal. You should really check out the comic books sometime though as they are awesome and some great news for fans of 'Red Sonja' Gail Simone is returning to Red Sonja for a brand new 'Red Sonja/ Tarzan' crossover series.
Gail Simone to Helm Red Sonja/Tarzan Crossover Series for Dynamite
Dynamite Entertainment has announced its first-ever Red Sonja/Tarzan crossover miniseries from writer Gail Simone and artist Walter Geovani. According to the official series description, the title will “unite the iconic heroine of swords-and-sorcery with the quintessential jungle adventurer in deadly conflict with Eson Duul — an evil man whose very name makes the powerful quake with fear. ”
“It’s an odd thing about my career, especially being a female writer mostly known for superheroes, but I do get asked a lot to write these incredibly manly characters quite often, and the truth is that I just love them. I like stories that are bloody and sweaty. I love the dark night pulpy stuff. I can’t get enough and it’s a sure way to get me to work on a property,” Simone said in a statement. “Tarzan is the king of them all to me. When I was a kid, I read every Edgar Rice Burroughs book I could find. They had these Neal Adams covers, or Frazetta, or someone equally wonderful. And I just fell into that world in the same way you might fall into Middle Earth. I loved the jungle aspects, the family stories, and I loved how Tarzan had to fend for himself at the start. It was just exhilarating to me.”
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“I wanted a classic-style villain, something that would fit in with an ERB story or a Robert E. Howard story. And what we have is something that is kind of like a Tarzan gone wrong, someone who isn’t content just to dominate; he has to make his targets extinct from the Earth. He’s basically awful, and yet, he’s not completely unlike some real like people with too much power,” she added.
As to her collaborator Walter Geovani, Simone shared, “Walter’s like me — we both love crossovers, and we feel downright possessive of Red Sonja. When he heard this was coming up, we agreed to put aside another project that we were working on for six months so he could draw this; he just wanted in so badly. Me, I’m ecstatic, because it’s honestly a bit difficult for me to write Sonja scripts for anyone but Walter. He just gets my scripts so perfectly. I adore him! And wait ‘til you see his Tarzan!”
Simone and Geovani’s Red Sonja/Tarzan #1 goes on sale in May. The series will boast variant covers by Geovani, Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, Aaron Lopresti and Sergio Davila. You can check out Hughes’ cover below.
“It’s an odd thing about my career, especially being a female writer mostly known for superheroes, but I do get asked a lot to write these incredibly manly characters quite often, and the truth is that I just love them. I like stories that are bloody and sweaty. I love the dark night pulpy stuff. I can’t get enough and it’s a sure way to get me to work on a property,” Simone said in a statement. “Tarzan is the king of them all to me. When I was a kid, I read every Edgar Rice Burroughs book I could find. They had these Neal Adams covers, or Frazetta, or someone equally wonderful. And I just fell into that world in the same way you might fall into Middle Earth. I loved the jungle aspects, the family stories, and I loved how Tarzan had to fend for himself at the start. It was just exhilarating to me.”
RELATED: Why Red Sonja Isn’t Part of Marvel’s Conan Deal
“I wanted a classic-style villain, something that would fit in with an ERB story or a Robert E. Howard story. And what we have is something that is kind of like a Tarzan gone wrong, someone who isn’t content just to dominate; he has to make his targets extinct from the Earth. He’s basically awful, and yet, he’s not completely unlike some real like people with too much power,” she added.
As to her collaborator Walter Geovani, Simone shared, “Walter’s like me — we both love crossovers, and we feel downright possessive of Red Sonja. When he heard this was coming up, we agreed to put aside another project that we were working on for six months so he could draw this; he just wanted in so badly. Me, I’m ecstatic, because it’s honestly a bit difficult for me to write Sonja scripts for anyone but Walter. He just gets my scripts so perfectly. I adore him! And wait ‘til you see his Tarzan!”
Simone and Geovani’s Red Sonja/Tarzan #1 goes on sale in May. The series will boast variant covers by Geovani, Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, Aaron Lopresti and Sergio Davila. You can check out Hughes’ cover below.
www.cbr.com/red-sonja-tarzan-crossover-dynamite-gail-simone/