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It wasn't just from Whedon [whedonesque.com]
"MTV: Speaking of comic books, how much of the movie was drawn from Joss Whedon's story "Gifted"?
Ratner: It wasn't just from Whedon. Every scene in this movie you could find in an existing comic book - a portion of it or the idea behind it. I didn't want the fans saying, "Oh, Brett Ratner invented this in his mind." So I made Zak and Simon show me the comic book references. Every single scene I had on my wall in my office in comic book form."
Highlight from the discussion by user daylight: "Well, that would explain why the film was both a complete mess and yet also piece-by-piece highly enjoyable."
It wasn't just from Whedon [whedonesque.com]
"MTV: Speaking of comic books, how much of the movie was drawn from Joss Whedon's story "Gifted"?
Ratner: It wasn't just from Whedon. Every scene in this movie you could find in an existing comic book - a portion of it or the idea behind it. I didn't want the fans saying, "Oh, Brett Ratner invented this in his mind." So I made Zak and Simon show me the comic book references. Every single scene I had on my wall in my office in comic book form."
Highlight from the discussion by user daylight: "Well, that would explain why the film was both a complete mess and yet also piece-by-piece highly enjoyable."