As we are all aware, the current trend in Hollywood is to scoop up and option nearly every comic book property or graphic novel possible and turn it into a movie or television show. Of course, this has been met with varying amounts of success. For every The Dark Knight and American Splendor, we get five Constantine's and Fantastic Four's. This new feature has a lofty goal; we hope to educate those without previous knowledge of a comic property to become familiar with franchises that have recently been picked up for a film or television series. In doing so, hopefully we can train the untrained eyes to spot weaknesses in a film's development so that some day, Hollywood bigwigs will have no choice but to produce faithful and quality works based on our favorite sequential art.
Our usual approach to Source Material is to garner the unfamiliar prepared enough to see a film without actually ever reading the original book. While I rather inspire you to read the original material on your own, rather than taking what I say word for word, times are tough and moolah is scarce. I can personally guarantee there will be no spoilers. If you find a spoiler, I give you permission to keep my first born.
Sure, it's only been a week since our last Source Material (Source Material #6: The Surrogates), but with Fox's new show Human Target kicking off this week with a bang (read our review of Human Target), I thought it'd be prudent to take a look at with this relatively obscure, though previously adapted for television, character came from.
In terms of the television show, at least the pilot, the only character seemingly lifted directly from the comics is Christopher Chance. He's a snarky character, and though he has his problems with ego and self-centricity, he is a genuinely caring person for those that are lucky enough to get close to him.
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