When news of a
Guy Ritchie-directed
Lobo movie broke two weeks ago, there was considerable enthusiasm from the fan community. But,
Keith Giffen, who co-created Lobo with
Roger Slifer, is a little more reserved about the prospect. He told CBR:
"I’m sort of waiting with everyone else that Guy Ritchie hits it out of the ball park. I’m not as standoffish as Alan Moore is nor am I as overly exuberant as Mark Millar, I just settle back and say, 'Give it your best shot and we’ll see.' And again, I’ve said before, but that character has been very good to me. I’ve enjoyed telling his stories and I hope the guys doing the movie have as much fun as I had when I was playing with the character. I wish them all the luck in the world and I’ll just settle back and see what happens.
"One of my all-time favorite movies is [the Guy Ritchie-directed] Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. But then one of my least favorite movies of all-time was the [also Guy Ritchie-directed] Swept Away. I’m hoping the right Guy Ritchie walks through the door." Giffen said that he would like to see Lobo portrayed in the flesh, rather than through the use of CGI:
"I think there has to be an actual body. I’ve always thought that. CGI is not developed to the point wherein it doesn’t scream CGI at you, especially when you are doing characters that are supposed to be humanoid. For Gollum, my hats off to those guys because they really made him fit in but when it comes to a main character in a movie, I really feel like they’d be better off going with putting somebody into that position and letting him work it through. I just pray he doesn’t show up in Batman-style muscle suit because that just screws the pooch."
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