except for booster , none of these would work . the "general movie going " audience will not be up for anti-heroes of any sort . and unless there is a guy gets the girl or a merc with a heart of gold it will also not work or make me not watch it.
a lot of violent comics get a waterd down treatment or get panned bc of the violence example: tom jane punisher was ok for its time because there was not a recent film /series that could compare . it kinda lacked violence that u would expect from the punisher .war zone was a overhaul and it was exactly what i was looking for , ultra violence , no lovey-dovey, brutal, classic frank castle . yet the movie was panned by everyone . ('cept yours truly)
so with team 7; a movie of mercenaries taking out baddies would be a expendables rip-off(corny and over the top) you can connect with the good guys from expendables because they really are not that bad, how would that play out for characters like waller, grifter , or deathstroke? how would a deathstroke film play out without him having a underlying noble cause or a love interest ? and then you have the suicide squad ; a team of non-repentant killers on suicide missions because they are forced to? again unless one of them has a noble intention or convinces the others to no be so bad , it will be crap , complete crap .
last example i will use for the watered down violent story is kickass. i liked the comic thought it was honest and no real fantasy towards it (excluding hit-girl) yet the movie took that brutal nature, that true savagery ,and made it a R-rated comedic adventure , next to movies where producers and such glanced at the source material (elektra,the wolverine films) it is my least favorite movie . it was garbage . and if i can expect the same to be said of the movies planned for filming like team 7 and suicide squad , NO THANKS!!!!
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