Comments on: Comic book movies: Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah

By: erautomatic

erautomatic — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:39:07 +0000

mr.vergara’s work and its stage adaptation deserve nothing but applause.

the movie on the other hand…is…ummm…zzzzzzzzz.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:16:34 +0000

I’ve watched the musical play last summer and enjoyed it thoroughly. I hope that the movie version is just as good. I wonder why they didn’t get Eula as the lead in the movie, she is actually surprisingly great with the role. (You should hear her sing!) Besides, her previous roles on TV have proven time and again her acting abilities. Oh well, here’s hoping that the movie won’t disappoint ZZZ fans who raved about the comics and the musical.

By: carlo

carlo — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:24:29 +0000

The musical is being restaged at the ccp from jan. 19 – 28 with the original cast in it.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:43:21 +0000

The play’s going to be running again soon, Gerry. I’m not sure the details, but you might be able to google it.

Carlo was disappointed with the film, wasn’t he? It was on his blog that he would’ve done it differently. Or something.

Toby, what in hell are you talking about? The Departed clearly mentioned it was an adaptation of Infernal Affairs.

By: Tintin Pantoja

Tintin Pantoja — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:11:40 +0000

And oh yeah, buy his books! i think his first book was in English, no?

By: Tintin Pantoja

Tintin Pantoja — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:07:48 +0000

And lest I be accused of ‘Crab-ism’ (that supposedly Filipino tendency for putting my compatriots down, like crabs climbing over each other in a basket) I have nothing but respect for Carlo Vergara (not to be confused with Brazillian artist CARLOS Vergara). He has a very strong visual sense and his art is very accomplished, he has been extremely brave in making comics about homosexuality, and is an asset to the Philippine artistic community, and I love his art. There!

By: Tintin Pantoja

Tintin Pantoja — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:00:21 +0000

I actually thought that the original comic was a bit misogynistic, considering that the villains were these women who had been enslaved by the males of their home planet, so they sought revenge on other males. I really wanted to get into the story but that bit bothered me. And all of the females were drawn in such a hyper-sexualized way…maybe I’m reading too much into what’s supposed to be a campy farce, but there ya go. You could also say it was making fun of Americans/ Pinoys who worship America because no one but the villainesses speak English…haha. But I think that’s funny.

Anyway, Carlos Vergara sure loves his Adam Hughes (who also draws some of the best-lookin’ men in tights, IMHO). Hope he continues to publish.

I’m looking forward to seeing this movie and totally love the concept, the costumes. Damn! Maybe I can hope over to Manila in January, when the price of plane tickets goes down…

By: Rodney Wall

Rodney Wall — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:06:40 +0000

Thanks for this story.
I’m interested in the comic, the movie, and the musical.
Looks like a parody of “Darna”, another Filipino Superhero, i recently discovered.
Darna has had a number of movies, and tv shows based on her adventures since the 50’s.
I’m always surprised at how little, North Americans know about world comics culture.
Myself included.

By: tobie

tobie — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:40:18 +0000

I see an American Remake happening.
Hell, American Remakes of Korean, Taiwan, Japanese and Chinese horror flicks are already happening. And most don’t even cite the original source (take for instance THE DEPARTED and INFERNAL AFFAIRS).

Ha.

By: Budjette Tan

Budjette Tan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:38:43 +0000

More ZSAZSA ZUTURNNAH art at:
http://alamatcomics.com/zsazsa2/page01.htm

By: Budjette Tan

Budjette Tan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:37:37 +0000

ZSAZSA ZATURNNAH pages can be viewed at…
http://visprint.net/publications/zsazsa/preview/preview.htm

Check out Carlo Vergara’s artwork… might be interesting to see him take a crack at doing art for WONDER WOMAN. Yes? :)

By: Gerry Alanguilan

Gerry Alanguilan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:31:42 +0000

The comic book is actually very good, and in fact, the receipient of the Comic Book of the Year award handed out by the Manila Critic’s Circle a few years ago.

Before this movie, it spawned an insanely popular musical, which strangely enough, translated the comic book perfectly. I wish it’s still being staged because it had a lot of great actors, great music, and inventive and clever solutions to the comic book special effects.