(I remember interviewing Terry Gilliam back in 89 or so, when Munchhausen came out, and him saying Watchmen was his next project.)
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Why?
So newspaper subs in a vague sort of know will do headlines like "Who Watches The Watchmen. No-one, that's who".
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------And so... I read the buzz in IGN and superherohype. Please, DO NOT DO THIS FILM. Watchmen is the greatest comic book ever (or graphic novel you can say). Yes, Watchmen is so cinematic and hace a lot of cinematographic language in his form, but please... a two hour film (or three) is so much little time to fully understand, appreciate and feel the characters and his history.
So, excuse my very bad english, and like myself say no to this film.
Thanks
Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - futuramafan105 (Fri Nov 25 2005 10:24:45 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've heard rumors that Darren Aronofsky may direct it, and in that case I'm all for it. He's a terrific director, I think he could do it a lot of good. Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Frankeeee (Mon Jan 2 2006 02:30:56 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------They would not be able to do it justice. Look at 'From Hell' and 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.' Both terrible movies. 'V for Vendetta' looks like *beep* as well...Although I have been hearing great things...
Aronofsky was in talks, but that idea was scrapped...At least for now.
David Hayter wrote a screenplay for it, and Moore said it was "as close as I could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen."
I think it will be done. And it will suck. Unless someone like Aronofsky or Gilliam got ahold of it, and had Hayter's screenplay to work with.
Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - stoner_839 (Fri Nov 25 2005 10:26:29 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------*beep* you. Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - egacebotemes (Fri Mar 17 2006 00:38:23 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------i heard that the project is suspended Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Prof_Gotham (Fri Mar 17 2006 17:44:34 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse UPDATED Fri Mar 17 2006 17:45:48
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Apparentely Warner picked it up after V for Vendetta received a strong advance buzz and whether or not it moves forward all hinges on how well V does. Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Secondhandsmoke (Sun Mar 26 2006 19:02:28 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------You know, if they were worried that it would lose its depth, or scope, the movie could just be part of a series. The book could be done justice in two 2 and a half hour filmes.
Also, does a bad movie really harm the source material at all? Batman and Robin is awful, but do any of you like Batman less having seen it? Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Grapefruit13 (Mon Mar 27 2006 06:16:55 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse UPDATED Mon Mar 27 2006 14:16:48
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Watchmen is the greatest comic book ever (or graphic novel you can say).
Personally, I've never been that big a fan of Watchmen; in many ways it's a pretty cheesy book to begin with (I pity any actor charged with the task of making Rorschach's absurd staccato dialogue sound any more convincing off the page than it ever was on it). Whenever someone calls it the best comic book ever, I am forced to wonder exactly what other books they've read... To me, it's not even the best Alan Moore comic.
But for those people who do think it's a masterpiece, whatever film is eventually made of it, it's not the end of the world. The book won't suddenly disappear just because a crappy film was made.
Maybe a film adaptation would simply expose the emptiness of the plot - they'd no doubt decide to trim back the subplots and supporting characters until the central core, Adrian Veidt's plan to "fix" the world, was all that remained. In that event, what we'd be left with is a fairly typical superhero film with a really stupid masterplan, a little cod-psychological baggage, and a middle-age spread.
In any case, am I the only one who things that Watchmen's time came and went over a decade ago? It's not novel anymore to show the psychology of a "costumed hero". It's been done too many times. You can't swing a cat in a video store without hitting a film featuring some guy running around with his underwear over his trousers and spewing angst at the camera.
As for Watchmen's storyline of social prejudice against superheroes, and the effect on them of trying to fit into normal society... well, let's say that all the way through The Incredibles, I had a serious case of deja vu...
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - duckfandango (Fri May 26 2006 11:03:47 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------As for Watchmen's storyline of social prejudice against superheroes, and the effect on them of trying to fit into normal society... well, let's say that all the way through The Incredibles, I had a serious case of deja vu...
By God, is that what you think 'Watchmen' was all about? You are an idiot. I pity you. Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Grapefruit13 (Tue May 30 2006 13:09:17 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------By God, is that what you think 'Watchmen' was all about? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No, it's not. I would think you might have realised that from reading the rest of my post, but clearly you missed it. Watchmen is a work of many, many threads and storylines weaved together, and the storyline I mentioned is one of them.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------You are an idiot. I pity you.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not an idiot, so you needn't pity me. Just learn to read a whole post, think a bit before you respond in future, and try not to be so pointlessly rude to strangers.
Oh, yes, if a pig comes by Castle Dracula on a Tuesday, playing a banjo… Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - NCurran1987 (Mon May 29 2006 01:49:49 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alan Moore actually said that Watchmen doesn’t have a plot really. I mean he said at the end of the day a lot of the plot points where used in previous mediums and stories. Watchmen was about the telling more than the tale and you can't falter it for one second there. Its also one of the few comics that can truly be called comics and that have no way of ever being properly translated into a film or a book. Due to its complexities that take advantage of the comic field like no other book has.
And also I though the dialogue in the book was excellent so I don’t know what your getting at there. Also I believe adaptations of books like this DO hurt the source material. Some character like batman’s films being bad doesn’t hurt batman cause he's got just as many incarnations in the comic books field that are of mixed qualities. Batman’s a never ending character who will still be in a monthly comic LONG after were dead. Unlike Watchmen (which is a one off book which can never be re imagined by a new writer) it loses its soul because of that. Batman is a corporate character who is at the whim of an editor or executive so you pretty much know it’s only there interpretation.
Chuck Norris is'nt afraid of the dark, the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris! Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - Grapefruit13 (Tue May 30 2006 13:23:23 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------And also I though the dialogue in the book was excellent so I don’t know what your getting at there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Specifically, that a lot of the dialogue was a touch cheesy and b-movie esque, in particular Rorschach's stilted, monosyllabic "crazy guy" speech patterns. I often wonder if the dialogue weren't deliberately cheesy, to echo the superhero comics that Moore was referencing and building on.
But if you don't know what I'm "getting at" - well, that's because it's just an opinion, and you don't feel the same way. That's all.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unlike Watchmen (which is a one off book which can never be re imagined by a new writer) it loses its soul because of that. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The book itself would never lose its "soul"; how could it? It will still exist, even if a thousand movie versions are made.
There have been at least three film adaptations made of Wuthering Heights, none of which have managed to eclipse the power of the novel itself. My copy of V For Vendetta is still sitting out there on the shelf, unaffected by the film adaptation, just as it is unaffected by the different interpretations of other readers: one person's interpretation of a book - which is, as you say, what any film adaptation boils down to - does not infringe on my own.
It is possible that people who have never read the book will have a distorted view of what it is about if they see the film first, but then, if they hadn't seen the film they probably never would have searched out the book anyway
Oh, yes, if a pig comes by Castle Dracula on a Tuesday, playing a banjo… Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - luciddream_3 6 days ago (Tue Jun 20 2006 07:01:59 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have to agree with this. The Watchmen movie will eventually get made and everyone who has read the comic knows that it will most likely be a let down due to the difficulty of bringing the sheer magnitude and scope of the content to the Big Screen. However, in the end we must all remember that it is only a movie and essentially, just one (or several writer's) interperitation of the material.
It is unfortunate that a big budget movie will most likely be the way Watchmen is brought to the masses. On the other hand, this might not be bad thing either. Maybe it will inspire those to actually read the book afterwards?
It's pretty much a given that most movies based on books just aren't as good as the source material regardless of the genre. In regards to comic books, this is probably more so due to the difficulty of blending the fantastic visual elements with a great story.
Will the Watchmen movie be terrible? Who knows? Will it ruin the characters, history, etc.? Nah...at the end of the day, it's just a movie, really. Nothing worth losing sleep over.
Re: Watchmen movie?? No, please.. not AGAIN by - NCurran1987 5 days ago (Tue Jun 20 2006 17:15:51 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm more annoyed with hollywood. They cant come up with there own stories. I hope it crashs and burns some days. There going to make such a sh it movie outta this, its annoys me so much to see the book bastardised. Its like looking at a child you love and watching him from an alternate reality and seeing that hes become a whore. You dont like the way he's turned out in this world. It annoys you. You cant stand to see him travistised in this way. Thats how i feel about movie adaptions.
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UPDATES:
-Filming allegedly begins in September with a modified (inferior, apprently) modification of David Hayter's script. -No one is cast yet, but Gerard Butler will still be in the film, Cruise still possible for Veidt, and maybe: Thomas Jane, Keanu (Dr. Manhattan?), Jude Law (Veidt).
I want Mel Gibson for the Comedian.
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Cooke does have another Parker book out soon.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll just stick w/Morning Glories and Locke & Key. They're the only things I've read in the last year that have really been any good.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
the parodies of this are going to be much better than the comic, imo
― mh, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
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Len Wein?! ;askldfj;vauwnpoeiv .qajfasdjahfffffffffuuuuuuuuu
Not that I'm interested in these anyway, but Len fuckin' Wein?! He's terrible!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you want a comic that reads like it could have come out in the 60s he'll be fine.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Parker is not Cooke's character fyi
man this is just insane an odd non-sequitur
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Len Wein + John Higgins = look folks, we have half the original creative team from Watchmen in EVERY ISSUE!
I think both Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein have done some great comics, but I can't see how anyone thought either of them would be a good choice for a Watchmen comic, since they both predate the deconstruction era (Cooke in spirit, Wein in his actual career) that Watchmen kicked in.
Azzarello probably can do the grim & gritty deconstruction thing, but if his Joker mini (which was an awful attempt to take the Heath Ledger "edgy emo Joker" TO THE EXTREME) is anything to judge by, his Watchmen will have all of the grittiness and none of the humanism of Moore's original.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 February 2012 08:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just watched the Ultimate cut of Watchmen out of curiosity. The Black Frieghter stuff is jarring and not-that-well integrated, but the added other (live-action) material def helps flesh out the universe a bit, makes the whole thing into a more agreeable shape. Also, I'd forgotten just how perfect Patrick Wilson and especially Billy Crudup are in it.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 July 2012 20:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
The violence, unfortunate old-age discrepancies (JDM's supposed to be pushing 70?) and awkward dialogue lifting still the principal issues for me. Still a fair sight better (not to mention more fun) than, say, TDKR.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 July 2012 20:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
did these ever come out then? i was almost going to drag myself to the comics shop for a guilty flip-through but i was afraid my rubbernecking might be mistaken for actual interest.
― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
Mr. Moore, who has disassociated himself from DC Comics and the industry at large, called the new venture “completely shameless.”
Speaking by telephone from his home in Northampton, England, Mr. Moore said, “I tend to take this latest development as a kind of eager confirmation that they are still apparently dependent on ideas that I had 25 years ago.”
Love you, Alan.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
you know something is heinous when you're worried about how flippng through it will make you look in the eyes of the denizens of a fuckin comic book store.
― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
same reason i never picked up Lost Girls
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
^this
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 July 2012 14:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
love to see how you'd "flip through" a box set of three slipcased hardcovers in the shop tbh
― ¥╡*ٍ*╞¥ (sic), Sunday, 29 July 2012 23:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
one displayed, unboxed
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 July 2012 00:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
WHERE THE HECK ARE OUR WATCHMEN?
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― Nutri Grane (some dude), Monday, 30 July 2012 03:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
That book is why I can't get too worked up over anything DC does with Watchmen.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Monday, 30 July 2012 03:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
Good point, Lewis Carroll had spent 1971-1991 repeatedly fucking Moore and his close friends over before he took his revenge, gr8 analogy
― ¥╡*ٍ*╞¥ (sic), Monday, 30 July 2012 03:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
This thread might be of help: those Before Watchmen comics
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