Constantine 2

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Surtur Restricted

I always enjoyed the movie.

Felt the tv show shouldn't have been cancelled either.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by Surtur
I always enjoyed the movie.

Felt the tv show shouldn't have been cancelled either.


I liked the movie too, though it was an alt reality John (which was addressed in a Constantine novel a few years later).

And the series was on the wrong station, given the subject matter.
While I loved that CW got the perfectly cast character for its shows, that version is also watered down by necessity. It’s new52/Rebirth John, not Vertigo John.

Surtur Restricted

Originally posted by riv6672
I liked the movie too, though it was an alt reality John (which was addressed in a Constantine novel a few years later).

And the series was on the wrong station, given the subject matter.
While I loved that CW got the perfectly cast character for its shows, that version is also watered down by necessity. It’s new52/Rebirth John, not Vertigo John.

Well the original series was on NBC I think, but the CW got the same actor from that series. He also voiced the character in the Justice League Dark and Constantine City of Demons animated movies.

City of Demons is the latest movie and it has a brutal ending(not violent though) where

Spoiler:
John's friend Chaz has a daughter and she is cursed and by the end John does save her but the price is that the daughter and wife forget Chaz and that Chaz forgets John. So a very "f*ck you" ending that you'd expect for a Constantine story.

riv6672 Senior Member

Well the original series was on NBC I think, but the CW got the same actor from that series.

Yeah, it’s what I was getting at.
John was cast perfectly, but network TV was no place to do a series that fit way better on cable (or nowadays, some streaming service).
There was no way it was going to get as ****ed up as the Vertigo stories it was based on.
And CW John is awesome, but again, network TV will never give us a truly pure version, which i’m Ok w. really, as the version we ARE getting is still fun!

TBC I’m not going all kaz “it has to be R Rated to be good” here, just commenting on Keanu being an alt reality John, and CW John being more New52/Rebirth than Vertigo.
It’s never bothered me much to see differences in characters from print to live action; even as a kid I just figured they were from a different universe.

Putinbot1 Restricted

The TV show was like Harry Dresden, well cast, they even used some of the old stories in it. It worked better than Dresden to be honest. The mage in a trench coat is an excellent trope. Tbh, of all demon fighters from comic and film, Shandor is the one I would most like to see return.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

I hope this is true. Peter Stormare says it's happening...

https://screenrant.com/constantine-2-development-keanu-reeves-peter-stormare/

riv6672 Senior Member

^^^it would be nice.

jaden_2.0 Awful

Peter Stormare did the best portrayal of the devil in any movie. Hope he gets a bigger role in a sequel.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Peter Stormare did the best portrayal of the devil in any movie. Hope he gets a bigger role in a sequel.

I hope he doesn’t get a bigger role.
One of the reasons his portrayal was so good is it was quick. He came in, changed the game, and left. If he’d been shown hanging around, plotting to get that darn Constantine, it wouldn’t have been nearly as impactful.

jaden_2.0 Awful

Maybe. He just exuded a ridiculous level of power. Would be great to see it unleashed.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Maybe. He just exuded a ridiculous level of power. Would be great to see it unleashed.

Yeah he did, and yeah it would, but I’d still rather it be done quickly.
That’s just my personal opinion, and it might work just as well w. more screen time.

roughrider Thunderer

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I hope this is true. Peter Stormare says it's happening...

https://screenrant.com/constantine-2-development-keanu-reeves-peter-stormare/

An Americanized version of John Constantine played by Keanu Reeves is something I will never watch.

Kazenji Onyx Prime

Regardless of Keanu not looking like how Constantine does in the comics, He still played the role good.

Surtur Restricted

True

jaden_2.0 Awful
Originally posted by roughrider
An Americanized version of John Constantine played by Keanu Reeves is something I will never watch.

First one's awesome. One of the most underrated comic book movies.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism
Originally posted by Kazenji
Regardless of Keanu not looking like how Constantine does in the comics, He still played the role [well].

Fixed. And I agree. I'll never understand why people complain about superficial differences when the film as a whole is pretty good.

Kazenji Onyx Prime

People are still butthurt over the first movie with him not being a blond hairted British.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

Pretty psyched that this is happening.

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Impediment Endless
Originally posted by Kazenji
People are still butthurt over the first movie with him not being a blond hairted British.

As he should be.

Kazenji Onyx Prime
Originally posted by Impediment
As he should be.

Regardless of the ****en change, Keanu still did a good job of it.