Harbinger Comics in a Movie
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Harbinger Comics in a Movie
So I am watching this awesomely weird and dark comedic movie staring Ryan Reynolds . . .
It's really good . . but you have to have a dark sense of humor and not be bothered by violence . . and if you are interested at all, go in as blind as possible . . don't read anything else about it.
The reason I am posting this here though is that the main character (Ryan Reynolds) has some Harbinger (VEI) comic books by his bed. I know Ryan is a huge comic book fan so I have to believe this is him adding this touch to his character. Which means he has to be a Valiant fan because of the subject matter and what it means to his character.
This has to be the first appearance of Harbinger Comics in a movie right . .
It's really good . . but you have to have a dark sense of humor and not be bothered by violence . . and if you are interested at all, go in as blind as possible . . don't read anything else about it.
The reason I am posting this here though is that the main character (Ryan Reynolds) has some Harbinger (VEI) comic books by his bed. I know Ryan is a huge comic book fan so I have to believe this is him adding this touch to his character. Which means he has to be a Valiant fan because of the subject matter and what it means to his character.
This has to be the first appearance of Harbinger Comics in a movie right . .
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
I believe that you may be right about this being the first time it was in a film. There may have been an advert with Jonathan Ross featuring X-O Manowar maybe?
It could also be a sponsorship thing. Maybe one of the producers asked Valiant to give money to the film, or at least donate a few comics to the production. Adi Shankar, one of the producers, is also a fan of comics, so he could have donated the comics as well.
p.s. The movie was really good. Ryan Reynolds is an extremely talented actor.
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It could also be a sponsorship thing. Maybe one of the producers asked Valiant to give money to the film, or at least donate a few comics to the production. Adi Shankar, one of the producers, is also a fan of comics, so he could have donated the comics as well.
p.s. The movie was really good. Ryan Reynolds is an extremely talented actor.
One question for you. Bosco or Mr Whiskers?
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
Get the blu-ray graded NOW!
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
Now that you mention it, I remember that from WAY back. Great observation and thanks for the post.
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
The not so great movie Comic Book Villains had a comic shop full of old Valiant comics in the background.
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
VEI should send Reynolds some gold issues. It couldn't hurt, right?
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
It wasn't a bad movie. I used to have it on DVD until I loaned it to a guy at the local comic shop.Andy wrote:The not so great movie Comic Book Villains had a comic shop full of old Valiant comics in the background.
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
Even the Ultraverse can do it ...
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
depluto pulled that out of his Felix bag of trix.
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Re: Harbinger Comics in a Movie
As pointed out by Pixierosa elsewhere, the movie Unbreakable has a ton of classic Valiant books in a scene as well - including a few Harbinger issues. It was pretty cool, there were a lot of them in it. Sorry, I don't have the pic to post here to show it.
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Just rewatched Unbreakable recently... what a great concept. I'd love to see VEI do a comic like this; a normal guy starts to realize he has super strength and an unbreakable nature... VH1 Shadowman without the costume or spider alien origin.grendeljd wrote:As pointed out by Pixierosa elsewhere, the movie Unbreakable has a ton of classic Valiant books in a scene as well - including a few Harbinger issues. It was pretty cool, there were a lot of them in it. Sorry, I don't have the pic to post here to show it.
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Screenshot or it did not happen.
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I haven't seen it in a very long time - I recall enjoying it up to a point but somewhere around the end was a bit of a let down... I should watch it again. Interesting idea & comparison, jmatt - it is a good character driven plot mechanic.jmatt wrote:Just rewatched Unbreakable recently... what a great concept. I'd love to see VEI do a comic like this; a normal guy starts to realize he has super strength and an unbreakable nature... VH1 Shadowman without the costume or spider alien origin.grendeljd wrote:As pointed out by Pixierosa elsewhere, the movie Unbreakable has a ton of classic Valiant books in a scene as well - including a few Harbinger issues. It was pretty cool, there were a lot of them in it. Sorry, I don't have the pic to post here to show it.
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Haha! I'll try to find itLady Oiorpata wrote:Screenshot or it did not happen.
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