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The Watchmen
bez:
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--- Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 18, 2009, 03:35:12 PM ---looks corny as fuck to me....
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Read the comics. It is far and away the best thing to ever come out of the comic world. So good that it's the only book that ever gets mentioned in best novel lists.
Alan Moore has said it was never meant to be a film and even wrote the story with that mind. Watchmen was written not to show that you can make a great movie or novel, but written to show what you can do with comics that cannot be done in film or literature. It's a fucking masterpiece.
That being said I don't look forward to the film at all. I really believe that the best thing about it will end up being the Smashing Pumpkins song in the trailer.
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im not a comics guy at all so its not really targeted towards me so its all good. to me even the costumes just look goofy though,like some adam west batman type ish....i dunno maybe that the intention????......
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But it is targeted towards you. No self respecting fan of the comic is anticipating this film or expects it to be anything better than average.
When I say read the comic. I don't say that to comic book fans. I say that to fans of great storytelling. It's the kind of book that could be used in a University literature class. The type that takes a few reads to fully understand.
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i might peep it, i just dont like superhero shit, dont like scifi, in terms of litterature i only like realistic shit, but ill see
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If you don't like anything to do with Sci-Fi at all then you probably won't love Watchmen all that much. It's like The Dark Knight the film, critics could have loved it and said it was amazing but many fans of film just can't grasp the idea because it's about a man dressed as a bat fighting a painted face lunatic.
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--- Quote from: white Boy on February 26, 2009, 03:36:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on February 23, 2009, 09:48:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 23, 2009, 07:17:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on February 21, 2009, 01:18:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: white Boy on February 18, 2009, 04:40:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on February 18, 2009, 03:35:12 PM ---looks corny as fuck to me....
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Read the comics. It is far and away the best thing to ever come out of the comic world. So good that it's the only book that ever gets mentioned in best novel lists.
Alan Moore has said it was never meant to be a film and even wrote the story with that mind. Watchmen was written not to show that you can make a great movie or novel, but written to show what you can do with comics that cannot be done in film or literature. It's a fucking masterpiece.
That being said I don't look forward to the film at all. I really believe that the best thing about it will end up being the Smashing Pumpkins song in the trailer.
--- End quote ---
im not a comics guy at all so its not really targeted towards me so its all good. to me even the costumes just look goofy though,like some adam west batman type ish....i dunno maybe that the intention????......
--- End quote ---
But it is targeted towards you. No self respecting fan of the comic is anticipating this film or expects it to be anything better than average.
When I say read the comic. I don't say that to comic book fans. I say that to fans of great storytelling. It's the kind of book that could be used in a University literature class. The type that takes a few reads to fully understand.
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i might peep it, i just dont like superhero shit, dont like scifi, in terms of litterature i only like realistic shit, but ill see
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The only superhero character in the book is Dr. Manhattan. All the other characters are grounded in reality.
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what does that mean?
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It means that none of them are "Super" Heroes. The idea of the book when first conceived was how would the real world react to men dressing up in masks and costumes and fighting crime. It changed from that premise a bit.
Either way, if you thought Dark Knight wasn't all that great then it doesn't matter because Dark Night is set in complete reality. Watchmen isn't.
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Gotham City is a fictional city...
Westcoastin':
the name of the city is irrelevant.. he means that Batman is just a guy in a costume, he cant fly or shoot lazers from his eyes. The Watchmen is almost as realistic... except for Dr. Manhatten, the heroes dont really have any special abilities
trishjames:
"Alan Moore discusses Watchmen (from documentary)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwm4TSlNO3U
EFFeX:
Went to the premier last night, the movie was pretty damn intense. I didn't know anything about Watchmen before going, but this ain't no Spider Man I'll tell you that. Movie is hella graphic! The action scenes were crazy too. Only thing was that it was TOO DAMN LONG. Some scenes went on forever...
BTW: You might want to turn your head everytime Dr Manhattan is on screen!
Shallow:
--- Quote from: EFFeX on March 04, 2009, 08:29:42 AM ---Went to the premier last night, the movie was pretty damn intense. I didn't know anything about Watchmen before going, but this ain't no Spider Man I'll tell you that. Movie is hella graphic! The action scenes were crazy too. Only thing was that it was TOO DAMN LONG. Some scenes went on forever...
BTW: You might want to turn your head everytime Dr Manhattan is on screen!
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Glad you liked it. I haven't read it in a long enough time to remember all the details and I plan on not reading it again until after the I see the film because I know I'll be getting angry at every change and everything that was left out.
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