Just because someone had to say it, it looks freaking awesome from the trailer up on H&R.
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Just tried to watch the trailer a few moments ago. My $#%^$#^& machine won't download it.
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Well you'd best get to a machine that plays it, I haven't seen a trailer like that since that one with "Lux Aeterna" for The Two Towers.
When Dr. Manhattan dissipates - *shivers*
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BITCHIN'
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I am stoked.
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I realize this is completely irrelevant to anything, but when has that ever stopped anyone on this board? My big dance solo in the dance concert this year was to the "Lux Aeterna" theme from the Two Towers trailer. I have a rather soft spot for it in my heart.
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Making comics into movies is just about the only thing working for Hollywood anymore. And half the time, they still fail. I never did the
comic booksorry graphic novel thing. I'm not familiar with The Watchmen. To me the trailer looks like just another superhero in the summer of superhero.seriously though, i think you're crazy on this. and you think i'm crazy. everybody wins! - dhex
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Hard to explain without going into fanboy "OMG let me tell you about this great thing you MUST MUST read" mode (which sounds like a waste of your time), but Watchmen was basically the classic deconstruction of superheroes by Alan Moore. It and Dark Knight Returns influenced much lesser hands to create the Grim N' Gritty age of comics.
I actually kinda wonder how mainstream audiences will react to it.
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I wonder how they're going to have it make sense without all the data dumps that come in the newspaper articles, scrapbooks, incident reports, &c. that are scattered through the comic.
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I think that's doable, but I suspect it'll be tricky.
EDIT: to be fair, I was mystified as to how they'd get the V for Vendetta story to fit in a movie, but they hit the vital points.
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I coincidentally just finished reading Watchmen. I was overall pretty impressed. A little disappointed in some crucial things towards the end. I found Dr. Manhattan's revelation with Laurie to be pretty weak, I also thought that the whole giant psychic octopus teleported into New York felt, I dunno, not right. Too gimmicky or something. I know it's a super-hero comic, but it did such a great job building up its premise and its world, that when something doesn't seem spot on it sticks out.
I'm curious how they are going to work the Pirate story into it. Leaving it out would be a shame.
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I am waiting to come across the first accusations that Watchmen rips off The Incredibles.
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remember to savor it when you find it.
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I hear Watchmen rips off The Incredibles big time. Just sayin'.
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My prediction: the movie will be a slap in the face to Alan Moore.
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What're you going to predict next, that the sun will rise tomorrow? :p Alan Moore hates all comic book movies, especially the ones based on his books. He's already pissy because of some comments that the filmmakers made, which doesn't bode well for his feelings about it when it comes out.
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i thought moore hated all that stuff a priori?
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It can't be worse than Watchmen Babies on V for Vacation.
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Moore will take it as such, regardless of how the movie turns out. FWIW, I have confidence in Zak Snyder to be able to pull this off.
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I'll admit, I'm halfway through the "novel" and I'm completely stoked about this movie now!!!
Proud Cosmotarian
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Damnit, finished the novel and was sorely disappointed. :(
Proud Cosmotarian
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Over what, exactly?
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Alot, spoilers in white
Ozymadius's poor reasoning (and marginal intelligence)
Jon's lack of consistancy and shitty reasoning
Tachyons
Dreiburg's "go along to get along"ism
Laurie's flakiness
Book ending before events proved Ozymandias to be completely full of shit
Rorchach's exploding (only character that proved to be really interesting, aside from 'pre-Laurie on Mars' Jon)
The pirate story not fitting in with the actual story (though that in itself was not too terribly bad)
Writers and artists on island
That's about it.
Proud Cosmotarian
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I read the book in response to the movie buzz and, *shrug*, competition for the Hugo was light that year? (Actually, I can't recall a Hugo winner in years and years that I thought was worthy.) It's not a superhero book, the guy from the Blue Man Group aside. Remove the spandex and it's a graphic novel version of I don't know how many film noir movies and pulp fiction novels. It wasn't actually bad but it wasn't actually good, either. So, would one or more of its obviously many, many fans like to tell me what I'm missing?
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