Who Watches the Watchmen

[Dr. Russell Fell]

Anyone a fan of the original book by Alan Moore? Or any of his other work?

Also, who else is ...... the hell off at Snyder's hyped-but-soon-to-be-forgotten butchering of the classic?

"Oblivion gallops closer, favoring the spur, sparing the rein. I think we will be gone soon." - Rorschach

 

[scrubadub]

Yes it's an amazing book. Haven't seem the film though, I didn't realise it was out yet. I didn't have high hopes though, I'd heard Alan Moore had disowned it and they changed the ending.

 

[leaford]

Big comic book fan in general.

But I gave up years ago on ever seeing a good adaptation. I just try to enjoy the costumes and gadgets, the action, etc, and ignore how much better the original was. Unless, of course, it reaches Catwoman, LEG, or Judge Dredd levels of bad, that is.

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

Yes it's an amazing book. Haven't seem the film though, I didn't realise it was out yet. I didn't have high hopes though, I'd heard Alan Moore had disowned it and they changed the ending.

it's not out yet, but i don't plan on seeing it.if any of the released footage and trailers/teasers/tv promos show even the slightest indication of what the film will be like, it's going to be god awful.

alan moore disowned it before he even knew they changed the ending. and i don't blame him for it. judging from hollywood's track record of slaughtering his work (v for vendetta, league of extraordinary gentlemen) and from what's been released so far, he seems to have made the only logical decision.

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

I just try to enjoy the costumes and gadgets, the action, etc, and ignore how much better the original was.

i enjoy all that from the original. no need for a big screen adaptation to get any of that, regardless of cool factor.

glad to see there are others here that dig this stuff though.

 

[K-Sound Krew]

I saw some screen shots a few months ago, it looks bad
Think I will wait till it's on cable

Do ya know the rating? prob gonna take all the rape and violence out to get a pg-13

Another clunker coming out is the dragon ball movie, never saw screen shots, but just based on the cast.....
Come on a white guy playing goku?

 

[Denni]

I love the graphic novel: a great classic and one I need to read again. As for the movie, I think I'll wait for the DVD. Alan Moore has explicitly stated that he doesn't want a film adaptation, but sadly he doesn't own the copyright

 

[leaford]

I've only seen one trailer, but it looks fantastic to me. Just speaking about the visual, of course.

 

[swanee]

It deff looks sweet and being done by snyder who did 300 which is one of my fav's i have high hopes..

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

I've only seen one trailer, but it looks fantastic to me. Just speaking about the visual, of course.

the visuals is what's getting me. it's all cool and awesome and cool and rad and whatever, but that stuff gets really old really fast if 300 was any indication.

and the whole fanboy argument that all the panels from the book are being redone shot for shot (with the aid of repetitive slow motion speed ramping of course) in the movie. but, my thing is, i've found that the best place to look for a perfect shot for shot duplication of the panels is, well, looking at the original panels in the flippin book.

maybe i'm getting old.

 

[Rorschach]

Heh...well Dr. Russell, have a look at my forum name.

I'll be watching that movie for better or for worse!

 

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

I always watch film adaptations of comic books, even when I suspect they'll be gash, just for the snapshot moments. Judge Dredd is a perfect example.
Sly Stallone? Gaaahh!
He took his hat off! Gaaaaaahhhhhh!
Mean Machine Angel, however, is the most perfectly realised comic book character I've ever seen on the big screen. Redeemed the entire steaming pile of puke (and he got what, two minutes on screen?)

Emp

 

[Kit]

Sincity and Hellboy for me, are the best from comic book to the big screen.Hellboy's director Guillermo del Toro is directing the hobbit for peter jackson next year, can wait for that del toro know's how to tell a story!

 

[Rorschach]

Didn't he do Pan's Labryinth as well? I know it's not a comic but I was frustrated with the movie because I wanted the little girl to die so bad for her stupidity and Del Toro finally obliged at the end.

I was disappointed that I had to wait for the end for that to happen.
Everything else about that movie was good though.

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

Heh...well Dr. Russell, have a look at my forum name.

I'll be watching that movie for better or for worse!

doesn't that quote go "and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout save us, and i'll look down and whisper no."

 

[Rorschach]

And you're right Dr. Russell. Mine is the Propylene Glycol-13 version.

 

[Cage]

How 'bout Iron Man?

I gotta say I was impressed with the movie even though not a big fan of the character/comic.

 

[scrubadub]

doesn't that quote go "and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout save us, and i'll look down and whisper no."

Wow, you chaps have your Watchmen quotes memorised much better than I do. The Rorschach line that really grabbed me as a young goth:

'None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me.'

...or words to that effect

 

[K-Sound Krew]

What do you think of the wolverine movie?

The only good part of the x-men movies was in X-2, when Wolverine gets to use his claws, bloodless but still satisfying

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

Wow, you chaps have your Watchmen quotes memorised much better than I do. The Rorschach line that really grabbed me as a young goth:

'None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me.'

...or words to that effect

yeah he's a bit of a nietzsche-ish fellow in all his quotes.