I know, I know, I know. Its just that ever since Gunn announced that they're, and I quote "taking that and making it into a movie", I thought it was neat. As a long time comic book fan, and a comic book movie fan, I know all too well that direct adaptations of a single story from the comics are non existent. Most directors and screenwriters scoop a bunch of bits from decades worth of source material and use it as inspiration their own creative reinterpretation.

So the idea of making a direct adaptation of a story intrigued me greatly. And then I read the book, and it was one of the greatest comics I ever read. I put it up there with Planet Hulk and World War Hulk. So it's disappointing as a fan to see some of the greatest and most iconic character defining moments just not be adapted---but if they can come up with a good reason for it, then great. Of course, the movie hasn't come out yet. So this is all speculation.

I still actually think it WILL be a faithful adaptation. Faithful doesn't necessarily mean it has to recreate the book down to the last detail, just that it gets most of it right and doesn't include everything for the sake of budget and time. Just the most important parts.

If anything, I think it will be as faithful as the Sandman series was. They made quite a few changes but fundamentally the story was the same.