i don't have much stake in this -- i mostly take slocki's attitude.
but one alarm bell is the fact that in every interview, synder (sp?) seems way more psyched to talk about little fetishistic details like the kind of weaponry used, etc. than about what the thing might be out, what the drama is based on, how the characters interact, etc. i mean, i'm not one who thinks the original comic is a masterpiece or anything but it does have a density that i doubt this film will know how to even approximate. could be wrong though.
― amateurist, Saturday, 9 August 2008 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
thing might be ABOUT
and i realize now it's SNYDER. right?
which kind of looks like a superhero name when you squint
snyderman
― s1ocki, Saturday, 9 August 2008 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone else get the animated webcomic off of itunes while it was still free?
― HI DERE, Saturday, 9 August 2008 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
just finished reading it, really enjoyed it (though I'm really excited to hear they're doing an animated treat-up of the sub-comic "Marooned" that appears in the novel???!!)
I thought they showed Osterman killing Rorshach in the trailer, but maybe it wasn't him...they don't show him killing anybody else in the novel, but presumably it was during one of his war conflicts.
anyway, here's hoping Mr. 300 doesn't fuck it up.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
He kills a couple of other guys in brief flashbacks in the book - a gang lord and some Vietcong I think.
― chap, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
yea, those were the scenes I was thinking of.
Carla Gugino, though.......boiyoiyoing....
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
good god man
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
^
DC's most obscure superhero
― latebloomer, Sunday, 10 August 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/urgent-warners-watchmen-in-legal%20-peril/
Not likely to prevent the film coming out or anything, though it could mean the end of a three-hour film....
― Duane Barry, Monday, 18 August 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Studios have been trying to make Watchmen into a movie since the 1980s when it originally was published. Producer Joel Silver at one point tried to get Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Dr. Manhattan, and Ah-nuld was said to be willing to shave his head and be painted blue.
http://www.toneoperi.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mr-freeze.jpg
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
took a different joel to make it happen
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Not so fascinating a chronology as they promised.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
apparently dave gibbons likes the movie:
http://watchmencomicmovie.com/081908-watchmen-movie-con-dave-gibbons.php
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
And who could doubt his motives for praising it?
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Kevin Smith:
I saw “Watchmen.” It’s fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off.
Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching “Watchmen.” Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can’t come soon enough.
/shakeybait
― jeff, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
> Covering the events was ... Michael Moran
!!!
http://jaqrabbit.com/moore/Miracleman.jpg
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Sin City was awful btw
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
kevin smith saw the 3 hour cut and called it "a fucking masterpiece" or something oh xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I remember back when they were pushing for Arnold. Then he was Mr. Freeze and that took care of that.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
-- Shakey Mo Collier
― omar little, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals?
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
"joygasmic"
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sin City" was great on the big screen, not so great on TV.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Then again everyone here hated "300", too.
yeah I saw Sin City on TV. It started to hurt my eyes after awhile and then I fell asleep. when I woke up Rosario Dawson was sweating or something.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
i am shocked that contenderizer and shakey mo hated sin city
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
FWIW, I hated 300 and Sin City as comic books, too. Well, the art in Sin City is pretty good, but even translating panels directly to digitally fucked-with film removes the way Frank Miller handles ink, which is the only thing I've liked about the guy for years.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
nb: i am not shocked
I've been re-reading some of my old Miller stuff lately and frankly am shocked that anybody thinks of this guy's dialogue as anything but schlock. His stories are compelling, but the narration & speech is awful.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah he's seriously deficient as a writer - I think the only time he really overcame his limitations were with Ronin (which is truly beautiful) and Batman: Year One.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
sin shitty
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
that's brilliant!
― blueski, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
who scotches the botchmen
― blueski, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
300 and Sin City are both excellent popcorn movies; you went expecting high drama? Miller's high points as a writer for my money are Give Me Liberty, Ronin, Year One and most of the Daredevil run. Dark Knight, Sin City and anything he's done in the past five years doesn't hold up too well. Also: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ryan.coombes/Myworld/cain1.JPG
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
nuke
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
gimme a red
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
300 and Sin City are both excellent popcorn movies; you went expecting high drama?
I went to Sin City expecting a good movie.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
but it was a comic book adaptation
― blueski, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I got one. Your mileage varied, I guess.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
ONLY SEVEN MONTHS AWAY
JUST THINK
― David R., Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Miller's second run on Daredevil (w/Mazzuchelli) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his first run
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching “Watchmen.”
This actually sounds pretty bad, because one of the reasons Sin City sucked was exactly the way it tried so slavishly to transfer everything in the original comic to the screen. Film is a different medium than comic, and you as a filmmaker should realize that.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I wouldn't call Kevin Smith a filmmaker. He's more like a fanboy with a camera.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, but I was referring to Snyder and whoever it was who did Sin City.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
jesus god you people are dour
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
whadayamean Dan I lol at you all the time!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
re: pretty-looking movies, I mean
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not going to defend either "300" or "Sin City" as an artistic triumph in terms of storytelling because they aren't (although "300" does a better job of getting its story across than "Sin City", mostly because there isn't a prominent actor completely flubbing an American accent in it) but both of them are visually-stunning; most of my enjoyment of both movies came from the deep commitment to visual style evidenced in both.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link