Watchmen is, in my estimation, the best comic story... ever. And, unlike some Watchmen fans (and Alan Moore), I am looking forward to the film adaptation.
i am sooo excited about this movie. When i saw the trailer in the theaters my jaw dropped. I am so glad they picked Zack Snyder to direct the movie, he did such a great job on 300, and i think he captured watchmen as well. So excited!
It looks interesting I'm actually not that farmilar with the Graphic novel but it's from the director of 300 which from the trailer i can see it has the strange factor too it which i really like!!
My fear is that Snyder, while good at cut-and-paste jobs (read: 300), isn't terribly adept at creating his own consistent visual style. He's like an author who hasn't cemented a confident voice.
Watchmen will be good, I'm sure. Or, at the very least, a passable adaptation, but I don't think it will capture and/or encompass the multi-faceted themes of the graphic novel. Doctor Manhattan will surely vaporize some dudes, but will the real psychology behind the quasi-culture of masked vigilantes be explored?
I've read that the length Snyder is aiming for is just over two hours. I'm steadfast in believing that is far too short a time to do anything else with this material sans blow up stuff.
"i plan on getting the graphic novel because the trailer caught my attention "
Good luck, my friend. It is the third best-selling item in all of Barnes & Noble as of Thursday morning, and as of Wednesday afternoon, the publisher was out of stock.
I've read the graphic novel 3 times. It's the Dark Side of the Moon of Comics. Any major bookstore will have a copy. It is beyond anything you've read in comics, and I recommend everyone pick up and read this book.
"i plan on getting the graphic novel because the trailer caught my attention "
Good luck, my friend. It is the third best-selling item in all of Barnes & Noble as of Thursday morning, and as of Wednesday afternoon, the publisher was out of stock.
Hopefully the movie will not be a bomb. I hate when franchises that I like get turned into horrible video games and movies. Hopefully there will not be a licensed video game version of this movie.
"Hopefully the movie will not be a bomb. I hate when franchises that I like get turned into horrible video games and movies. Hopefully there will not be a licensed video game version of this movie. "
They are making a episodic brawler of a prequel to The Watchmen. It will star Rorschach and Nite Owl and they will be physically fit to fight. I want it to be good but I know it will be horrible. Please don't fuck this up.
The trailer was fucking cool but I don't have any impression yet of how good the movie is actually going to be. I have faith in Zack Snyder though, as his previous two films weren't bad. I'm certainly looking forward to how it turns out. In the mean time, I'll need to be picking up the graphic novel.
I think a lot of people who aren't familiar with the source material are going to go into it expecting an action movie, and hopefully they'll be pleasantly surprised by what it actually is.
Taking into consideration the average intelligence of the public in general these days, I'm gonna go ahead and guess they'll stand up, throw poop at the screen, and walk out of the theatre.
Can't wait to see what they do myself, it's such a great story. Hope they fit in some of the comic book that the kid at the newsstand reads. That was a truly disturbing tale.
I saw the trailer in theaters and became excited enough to finally pick up the graphic novel and read it. So far I'm enjoying it and I'm looking forward to the movie. I'm unsure about the game though because a brawler seems out of place. There isn't much brawling in the comic.
"They are making a episodic brawler of a prequel to The Watchmen. It will star Rorschach and Nite Owl and they will be physically fit to fight. I want it to be good but I know it will be horrible. Please don't fuck this up. "
can someone explain the premise of the Watchmen? like you can summarize Iron Man by saying hes a multimillionaire playboy that fights evil in a metal suit
"My fear is that Snyder, while good at cut-and-paste jobs (read: 300), isn't terribly adept at creating his own consistent visual style. He's like an author who hasn't cemented a confident voice.
Watchmen will be good, I'm sure. Or, at the very least, a passable adaptation, but I don't think it will capture and/or encompass the multi-faceted themes of the graphic novel. Doctor Manhattan will surely vaporize some dudes, but will the real psychology behind the quasi-culture of masked vigilantes be explored?
I've read that the length Snyder is aiming for is just over two hours. I'm steadfast in believing that is far too short a time to do anything else with this material sans blow up stuff. "
LOVE THE TRAILER. Fuckin Loved the hell out of it. Reading the comic now. I've heard about it for AGES but never picked it up. Lookin forward to a great movie. Can't wait to finish the book.
BTW he said his cut so far is three hours. With a supplemental DVD of the pirate comic to be released. And so far theirs a rumor that UNDER THE HOOD will be a documentary, again released seperate from the theatrical film.
"can someone explain the premise of the Watchmen? like you can summarize Iron Man by saying hes a multimillionaire playboy that fights evil in a metal suit "
Someone is mysteriously killing former members of a group of super heroes and Rorsache, a vigilante hero himself, aims to find out who is behind it all.
"can someone explain the premise of the Watchmen? like you can summarize Iron Man by saying hes a multimillionaire playboy that fights evil in a metal suit "
That would be almost impossible. Very, very basically it's about superheroes, only one of whom has superpowers.
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