Watchmen

DoodgeGant · July 18th, 2008, 03:41 PM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/med.html

NeglectedField · July 18th, 2008, 03:54 PM

Good effects, but I'm more of a DC man. That doesn't entice me more than the next Batman film. Also, I can tell there's gonna be a load of cliche'd baws when there's a funeral in the pouring rain.

Or the Terminator sequel with Christian Bale in it, which everyone else really didn't want to happen, but they're gonna have to put up with it cos the concept is awesome.

DoodgeGant · July 18th, 2008, 09:18 PM

''Good effects, but I'm more of a DC man''

I don't know what you mean by that, because Watchmen IS DC.

I don't see what makes T4 an interesting concept, Man fighting Robots ?

ZombieMessiah · July 18th, 2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NeglectedField

Good effects, but I'm more of a DC man.

Schoolboy error!

Anyway, it's a film based on an Alan Moore comic - if history's anything to go by then it's going to be bollocks. Shame, that.

DoodgeGant · July 18th, 2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ZombieMessiah

Schoolboy error!

Anyway, it's a film based on an Alan Moore comic - if history's anything to go by then it's going to be bollocks. Shame, that.

Come off it, Zack Snyder's an obsessive Watchmen fanboy, his 300 movie was incredibly faithful to the source material ((which we can be honest, 300's source material was lame in the first place))

NeglectedField · July 19th, 2008, 07:05 AM

I'm no comic geek, but I'm just being defensive. Anyway it doesn't look like my cuppa either way.

DoodgeGant · July 19th, 2008, 07:36 AM

Oh understandable, but I'm just quite chuffed about it all, Allan Moore's been a bit of a douche when it comes to him picking the right people to do his comics, he's lucky now he's got a guy who actually does care about the source material.

Yogge-Sothothe · July 19th, 2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ZombieMessiah

Schoolboy error!

Anyway, it's a film based on an Alan Moore comic - if history's anything to go by then it's going to be bollocks. Shame, that.

The trailer's pretty promising, though, isn't it? The visual style is way off, but things like the sand palace rising from the surface of Mars and Ozymandias clobbering the assassin with the pole are so faithful to the comic it hurts. Let's just hope they don't do something daft like changing the ending to make it yet another 'Summer Blockbuster' showdown with a supervillain.

Publicity shots like that are keeping me hopeful. Maybe they'll pull it off somehow. Harder things have been adapted well - LA Confidential, for example.

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Originally Posted by DoodgeGant

Allan Moore's been a bit of a douche when it comes to him picking the right people to do his comics

He doesn't pick anybody, mate. In fact, he's refused to have anything to do with film adaptations of his comics since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and generally doesn't see any value in them. These artistic ventures are ususally by people who can't read anything without wanting to leave their mark on it, and have to shoehorn it into a different medium to feel like they created something. And earn a lot of money.

Snyder seems determined to make Alan Moore's Watchmen, though, and not The Warner Brothers' Watchmen. Hollywood has certain ideas about what a superhero film should be, and Watchmen doesn't fit any of them. It's a bit hard to see who the film's supposed to appeal to, really. Could anybody who hasn't read the comic get into it? It's going to be pretty funny listening to kids at the cinema asking why there are all these people in rubbish costumes, and why Batman's in it.

Silver Incubus · July 31st, 2008, 09:07 PM

yeah and then have someone like me yell out "ITS NIGHT OWL YOU ASSHAT" and make those kids feel like idiots. It doesn't look like Rorschach's mask is fluid, I thought that was fucking cool in the comic

Yogge-Sothothe · August 3rd, 2008, 10:53 AM

How many Watchmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

None. I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

(That means so little out of context it doesn't even count as a spoiler.

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July 18th, 2008, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
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NeglectedField Beefmo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds, England (originally Farnborough) Posts: 3,186	Good effects, but I'm more of a DC man. That doesn't entice me more than the next Batman film. Also, I can tell there's gonna be a load of cliche'd baws when there's a funeral in the pouring rain. Or the Terminator sequel with Christian Bale in it, which everyone else really didn't want to happen, but they're gonna have to put up with it cos the concept is awesome. __________________ þæt wæs god cyning! Fyrdsman Last.fm

July 18th, 2008, 09:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
DoodgeGant Individual Fruit Trifle Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 937	''Good effects, but I'm more of a DC man'' I don't know what you mean by that, because Watchmen IS DC. I don't see what makes T4 an interesting concept, Man fighting Robots ? __________________

July 19th, 2008, 07:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
NeglectedField Beefmo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds, England (originally Farnborough) Posts: 3,186	I'm no comic geek, but I'm just being defensive. Anyway it doesn't look like my cuppa either way. __________________ þæt wæs god cyning! Fyrdsman Last.fm

July 19th, 2008, 07:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
DoodgeGant Individual Fruit Trifle Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 937	Oh understandable, but I'm just quite chuffed about it all, Allan Moore's been a bit of a douche when it comes to him picking the right people to do his comics, he's lucky now he's got a guy who actually does care about the source material. __________________

July 31st, 2008, 09:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
Silver Incubus Dead Hands Justin Join Date: May 2002 Location: (Near) London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,758	yeah and then have someone like me yell out "ITS NIGHT OWL YOU ASSHAT" and make those kids feel like idiots. It doesn't look like Rorschach's mask is fluid, I thought that was fucking cool in the comic __________________ "It's important for some people to have the illusion that their conscious mind controls their behavior. It's a particularly virulent form of insanity among college professors, psychiatrists, and lawyers." -Richard Bandler

August 3rd, 2008, 10:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
Yogge-Sothothe Billy Crystalnacht Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 103	How many Watchmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. I did it thirty-five minutes ago. (That means so little out of context it doesn't even count as a spoiler. ) __________________ Last edited by Yogge-Sothothe : August 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 AM.