subject: Tony Scott Attached To Nemesis [print this page] First off, what do you know about Tony Scott? If you're into action movies and anything involving the boys in blue, wed wager you know loads. If not, hear this: he's directed Top Gun, Enemy of the State and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.
He's an extremely talented director, and the fact he's switched from big action screenplays to an action-packed graphic novel with a villainous protagonist is exciting. Nemesis is not your average super-hero comic.
Nemesis was one of the few comics that went viral. Appearing as a teaser with the tag-line "what if Batman were the Joker?", it toyed with the idea that a multi-billionaire favoured son of the city might not be interested in fighting crime, just perpetrating it.
Nemesis is, as villains go, rather odd. He never got into blowing things up and sending the cops hurtling round the city because he was fundamentally evil; he got into the gig because his parents were also super-villains.
Now, with them sat in jail, he causes havoc around the world, but mainly for a Chief Inspector by the name of Blake Morrow, the man responsible for putting his parents in jail and, subsequently, bringing about Nemesis' father's suicide.
This man is not nice. He crashes planes into cities. He drops seemingly innocent people in front of trains, then crashes them. So for all those who rooted for the Joker in The Dark Knight, your "he's so much cooler" argument is about to meet cinema reality.
Tony Scott seems like the perfect man for the job; used to working with story lines that involve trains, cops, explosions and some deranged antagonists, we reckon he'll make the film worth seeing. The only question is; are people going to like it?
Everyone loves it when the forces of Good triumph over the forces of Evil. That's how films work, and nothing other than The Empire Strikes Back has ever made us feel that that balance of cinema is under threat. But Nemesis just might, and the audience's reaction may be an interesting social experiment.
Mark Millar seems to be on a winning streak, though with Kick-Ass taking home an impressive amount of cash at the cinema, this may just be the start of the next-generation Alan Moore. Well, except this time the writer may associate himself with the project. More news as this develops, so stay tuned and we'll keep you updated.
